William F. Wheeler manuscript 1885

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William F. Wheeler manuscript 1885

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The collection consists of William F. Wheeler's two page biography of Angus McDonald, a Hudson Bay Company fur trader, with an account of Beneyse Finlay's discovery of gold in Montana in 1850.

2 leaves

eng,

University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections

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McDonald, Angus, 1816-1889

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Angus McDonald was born in Scotland in 1816, and came to Fort Colville in what is now the state of Washington in the fall of 1839 as a trader for the Hudson's Bay Company. He went to Fort Hall in what is now Idaho in 1840. In 1842, he married a Nez PerceĢ woman, Catherine, at Fort Hall; their marriage was solemnized by a Jesuit missionary in 1854. They had twelve children between 1845 and 1871: Duncan, John Christina, Donald, Anne, Margaret, Thomas, Alexander, Archibald, Joseph, Angus Colville, ...

Finlay, Beneyse

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Wheeler, Wm. F. (William F.)

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Western lawyer, entrepreneur, and First Lieutenant, Co. F, 4th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteers. From the description of Collection 1857. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 49562931 William F. Wheeler was born in New York in 1824. After his education and service in the Civil War, he came to Montana in 1869. Appointed United States Marshall of Montana, he opened and organized the state penitentiary at Deer Lodge in 1871, and remained its superintendent until 1878. He ...