Journal Kept by S. R. Bond on the Fisk Expedition of 1862. 1922-1923.

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Journal Kept by S. R. Bond on the Fisk Expedition of 1862. 1922-1923.

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A typescript copy of a journal kept by the secretary of the 1862 Fisk Expedition to escort emigrants and gold-seekers through the Dakota Territory from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6648464

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Houle, Veronica

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Bottineau, Pierre, 1817-1895

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Nute, Grace Lee, 1895-1990

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Bond, Samuel R. (Samuel Robert), 1832-1922.

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Fisk, James Liberty, 1835-1902

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Fisk was born in New York of Irish extraction, the eldest of six sons of John B. and Jerusha T. Fisk. He worked as a "raftsman, farmer, carriage maker, and newspaperman" for the Daily Courier of Lafayette, Indiana. Four of his five brothers also became newspapermen. Becoming engrossed with the western frontier, he moved to White Bear Lake, Minnesota, sometime in the 1850s, married Lydia Burson, and started farming. In 1857, he was in the expedition of William H. Nobles which tried unsuccessfu...