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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «prairie county» AND «montana»

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By Barry Swackhamer, February 5, 2011
Father DeSmet - Sitting Bull Council Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Montana, Prairie County, Terry — Father DeSmet - Sitting Bull Council — Father DeSmet - Sitting Bull Council —
Father DeSmet, accompanied by Trader Galpin and his wife traveled overland from thenMissouri River to meet the Hunkpapa Sioux at the Sitting Bull Council on June 20, 1868 for a peace conference. Runners from Father DeSmet's were sent ahead to to . . . — — Map (db m253651) HM
2 ► Montana, Prairie County, Terry — Milwaukee Railroad — Calypso Trail —
Work on the 225 mile Eastern Mountain scion of the Milwaukee Railroad took place 1907-1908 The Milwaukee ran through a region of river and creek valleys making for the building of many bridges. The Yellowstone was crossed three times between . . . — — Map (db m282915) HM
3 ► Montana, Prairie County, Terry — Yellowstone Trail —
• A conference of businessmen from South Dakota in 1912 met to build a better road between Ipswich and Aberdeen, SD. This led to the development of the Yellowstone Trail which stretched from "Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound". • The Yellowstone Trail . . . — — Map (db m202882) HM

4 ► Montana, Prairie County, Terry — Prairie County —
In 1970, Congress enacted a Wilderness Act and designated 43,000 acres north of Terry in the badlands as a Wilderness Study Area. The Calypso Trail and Scenic View offer a grand look at the badlands area. Father DeSmet met with the Hunkpapa Sioux . . . — — Map (db m203104) HM

5 ► Montana, Broadwater County, Townsend — Yorks Islands — Lewis and Clark in Montana —
York (ca. 1770-1831) is the only name given for Captain William Clark's slave in the journals of Lewis and Clark (Moulton, 1988). Lewis and Clark's journals frequently refer to York, a black slave to Captain William Clark. York played an . . . — — Map (db m141726) HM
 
 
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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