Prospecting for gold : from Dogtown to Virginia City, 1852-1864
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Prospecting for gold : from Dogtown to Virginia City, 1852-1864
（A bison book）
University of Nebraska Press, [1977], c1925
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Forty years on the frontier as seen in the Journal and reminiscences of Granville Stuart, gold-miner, trade, merchant, rancher and politician
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"Originally published under the title Forty years on the frontier as seen in the Journal and reminiscences of Granville Stuart, gold-miner, trade, merchant, rancher and politician, volume I [published by A.H. Clark, c1925]"--T.p. verso
"First Bison book printing: 1977"--T.p. verso
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"""The Montana Frontier, 1852-1864" was originally published in 1925 as Volume I of Granville Stuart's classic Forty Years on the Frontier, based on his reminiscences and journals. The opening chapter reviews his early years in Virginia, Illinois, and Iowa; the narrative proper begins in 1852 when the eighteen-year-old Stuart headed for California with his father and his brother James. ("There was not a habitation from the Missouri river until the small settlement of Salt Lake was reached; nor one from Salt Lake until the Sierra Nevada mountains were crossed.") The volume covers his experiences in California, including an account of the Rogue River War, and describes how--almost fortuitously--he was able to confirm rumors of gold in present-day Montana. Because they lacked equipment and supplies, the Stuart brothers were unable to cash in on their find until 1860; during the interim they were traders along the emigrant road near Fort Bridger. After 1860 Stuart became a permanent resident of Deer Lodge; in 1864, thanks in great part to his efforts, Montana became a United States territory.
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