On 9 Aug 2000, 12:36, Brenda wrote:
> 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....
The Ultimate U.S. Forts Links Page
http://members.tripod.com/~dydx/forts/
Sorted alphabetically and better for your purposes, by state, as well.
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This Cyndi's List - U.S. - Idaho, looks like a good reference site for you:
http://www.cyndislist.com/id.htm
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Another good reference site: Idaho Research Outline
http://www.familysearch.org/sg/Idaho.html
(See the contact information for the Mormon Church)
Also includes information on obtaining maps.
> 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.
You might try and find this book:
Stegner, Wallace, 1964 (reprinted 1971) The Gathering of Zion: The story of
the Mormon Trail: New York, McGraw Hill Book Company, 331 p.
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http://www.mormons.org/
Scroll down the left side menu and select "Church History".
Make use of contact addresses at that site as well as their chat.
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This could be helpful:
cite:
http://school.discovery.com/students/homeworkhelp/worldbook/
atozgeography/i/271480.html
<quote>
A group of Mormons began farming in eastern Idaho in 1855. They built Fort
Lemhi and started Idaho's first irrigation projects. But attacks by Indians
forced the group to abandon the settlement. In 1860, another band of
Mormons founded Idaho's first permanent settlement, at Franklin.
<endquote>
> I've searched. I'm flustrated and I need these facts. If anyone can
> help, I would be forever grateful :-)
Let me suggest you to post this same query to the following USENET
newsgroups:
alt.religion.mormon
soc.religion.mormon
Leslie's suggestion on checking with genealogy sites, has merit. In
searching for you, I was running into all kinds of geneology references.
Spend some time researching these resources:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Family History
Library
http://www.genhomepage.com/LDS.html
Good luck with your research.
Alan
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