John Owen letter July 19, 1873
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Owen, John, 1818-1889
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John Owen came to the northwest in 1849 with the Oregon Rifles and became their sutler at Cantonment Loring. In 1850 he settled as a trader in Bitter Root Valley and two years later he purchased St. Mary's Mission where he built Fort Owen. He served as a special agent to the Flathead Indians, from 1856 to 1862. After 1871, he lived in a hospital at Helena, Montana and later he went to live with relatives in Philadelphia. From the description of John Owen papers, 1849-1881. (Unknown)....
Denver, James William, 1817-1892
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