If you are near a fairly decent library, there are two series of books to
look for - one is by forrest crossen (Western Yesterdays) and it is a
series of interviews with folks from the intermountain west (these
interviews were with folks who had lived in the 1860s - 1890's). Another
one is the series put out annually by the Denver Westerners (Brand Book) -
they also have articles about a wide variety of Intermountain west topics.
In terms of maps, if you look up custer on the internet, I'm sure you will
find maps depicting the forts (from South Dakota to Idaho) in that area,
also look up the story on Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce - which should
also show the forts in eastern washington, Idaho and Montana.
BW
At 03:08 PM 8/9/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>The moromons are big on geneaology - I would think some mormon sites might
>help you with the colony information.
>>
>Seekers, I'm in a quandry. I'm in the middle of writing this book (it's
>fiction but the facts need to be straight) and I'm at a loss. I've
>looked in numerous books relating to Idaho history along with a few
>websites but so far no luck. I must be looking in the wrong spot
><g>.
>
>1) I'm trying to locate information about forts located in (what is
>now present day) Western Montana, Eastern Wyoming and
>Southern Idaho around 1870ish. If there is a map lurking around,
>that would be helpful. The only map I have for this area is from the
>1840's which is good but....
>
>2) I'm also looking for information about the number of Mormon
>colonies situated in these areas, the names of the colonies, and
>where those colonies were located.
>
>I've searched. I'm flustrated and I need these facts. If anyone can
>help, I would be forever grateful :-)
>
>Thanks!
>Brenda
>Leslie Pearson
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>
