Capt. James L. Fisk's fourth expedition to Montana territory : laving Fort Abercrombie, Minnesota, Monday morning, June 25th, 1866 (in three columns) it reached Fort Berthold, Dakota territory, July 19th, 1866 and Fort Union, Dakota territory, August 2nd, 1866. 1917.

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Capt. James L. Fisk's fourth expedition to Montana territory : laving Fort Abercrombie, Minnesota, Monday morning, June 25th, 1866 (in three columns) it reached Fort Berthold, Dakota territory, July 19th, 1866 and Fort Union, Dakota territory, August 2nd, 1866. 1917.

Typewritten manuscript of contemporary newspaper clippings relating to Capt. Fisk's expedition, copied and arranged by Charles N. Kessler from a scrapbook owned by Mrs. A.J. Fisk.

[78] leaves ; 24 cm. + 4 photographs.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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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...