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OLD FORT BRIDGER HAD ORIGIN IN FUR

Bridger Called “Blanket Chief.”

On December 10, 1843, James Bridger, at this time among the

fur men called “Blanket Chief,” had a letter written he was not

able to write, addressed to Pierre Choteau, Jr., heading a leading

fur trading house in St. Louis, stating: “I have established a small

fort, with a blacksmith shop and a supply of iron in the road of

the emigrant in Black Fork of the Green river, which promises

fairly. In coming out here they are generally well supplied with

money, but by the time they get here they are in need of all

kinds of supplies, horses, provisions, smith-work, etc. They bring

ready cash from the states and should I receive the goods or-

dered, will have considerable business in that way with them

and establish trade with the Indians in the neighborhood, who

have a good number of beaver among them. The fort is a beauti-

ful location in Black Fork of Green river, receiving fine, fresh wa-

ter from the snow on the Uintah range. The streams are alive

with mountain trout. It passes the fort in several channels, each

lined with trees, kept alive by the moisture of the soil.” In 1843,

when General Fremont was exploring this western country on

his way to the Great Salt Lake, which had been discovered by

James Bridger, in the fall or early winter of 1824, on August 18th

of this year, Fremont records: “the Shoshone woman took leave

of us here (Hams Fork) expecting to find some of her relatives at

Bridger’s fort, which is only a mile or two distant, in a fork of this

stream.” Only once prior to this date have been found any rec-

ords of Fort Bridger with the exception being made by John

Boardman, of New York, who had come on horse-back with a

small party to the west. On Sunday, August 13, 1843, he records:

“Arrived at Bridger and Vasquez fort, expecting to stay 10 or 15

days to make meat, but what was our disappointment to learn

that the Sioux and Cheyenne’s had been here, run off all the

Buffalo, killed three Snake Indians, and stolen 60 horses.”

Historians Provide Description

From 1843 until its abandonment by the government in 1890,

Fort Bridger is a frequent topic for journalists and historians. On

July 25, 1845, Joel Palmer, a farmer at the head of an Oregon

emigrant train writes: “July 25, 1845. This day we traveled about

16 miles, crossed the creek (Black’s Fork) several times, and en-

camped near Fort Bridger,” writes Palmer. “This is a trading fort

owned by Bridger and Bascus (Vasquez). It is built of poles and

daubed with mud; it is a shabby concern. Here are about 25

lodges of Indians, or rather white trappers’ lodges occupied by

their Indian wives. They have a good supply of robes, dressed

deer, elk and antelope skins, coats, pants, moccasins, and other

Indian fixens, which they trade low for flour, pork, powder, lead,

blankets, butcher knives, spirits, hats, ready-made clothes,

coffee, sugar, etc. They ask for a horse $25 to $50 in trade. Their

wives are mostly Pyentes and Snake Indians. They have a herd of

cattle, 25 or 30 goats, and some sheep. They generally abandon

this fort during the winter months. At this place the bottoms are

wide and covered with good grass. Cottonwood timber in plenty.

The stream abounds with trout. July 26th. Remained at the fort

for the whole of this day.” “Bridger had a party of trappers and

traders out that spring, probably trapping the Snake and its ter-

ritories, and gathering the furs from the Indians, such as were

not traded at Fort Hall.”

Notes on Jim Bridger.

(continued in next weeks “Moments in History”….)

September 6th, 1901

A Sad Day in American History.

It was 82-degrees on a hot September day in Buffalo,

New York. The Worlds Fair had been going on for

more than six months. A crowd had gathered, and

formed a line that funneled into a small corridor that

led to the Pan-American Exposition. The lavish red-

brick wall of the exposition hall was the setting for

the final public appearance for the two-term, and

arguably the most popular chief executive of the

time, President William McKinley, who was greeting

and shaking hands with the crowd that had formed

to see the president.

The day prior President McKinley had made one of

the most significant speeches of his presidency. He

announced a continuation and expansion of trade

policies with European countries. This support for

reciprocal trade treaties, was a different view in Pres-

ident McKinley’s ideals about trade policy. While the

president was trying to create better relationships

between the United States and European countries,

many groups did not agree with these policies or the

presidents changing view.

One major group that was seeking their own para-

digm shift were the anarchists, a union group that

had progressively became a more dominant force in

American life during the last part of the 19th century.

While the American government was making a push

for a couple of decades in the late 19th century into

imperialism, it was creating discourse with the Amer-

ican working class. While the American government

was fighting the Spanish American War, and pushing

forces into Cuba, and South America, the working

class of America was fighting for improved and hu-

mane working conditions.

Already frustrated by many years of economic tur-

moil that began with the Panic of 1893, and the lack

of humane working conditions, unions started to

push for the betterment of the working class. Unions

started to spawn in many major cities, creating union

strikes. The strikers had clashed violently with the

police and the military and many occasions, in Chica-

go in 1886 the Haymarket Riot caused the streets to

be scattered with bodies in the aftermath, and only 8

years later, it happened again with the Pullman

strikes. With unions clashing with the government, a

more dangerous element was about (cont.)

Deseret News Friday May 2 1930

PEIPING BECOMES OLD TIME PIKING; CAPTURED AGAIN

Peiping, China, May 2, - (AP) Peiping, so-named by its Nanking

conquerors who divested it of its centuries old glory, will once

again be called Peking, this time by its new and northern con-

querors, who established themselves there recently without

shedding a drop of blood. Dr. Tchou Gao Hsiang, commissioner

of foreign affairs for Yen His Shan, sometimes known as the

“model” governor of Chansi province, announced the change

today in Yen’s behalf, and said the Peking, Peiping, or Peping as

it is now variously known, will resume as the capitol of United

China.

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Funny! - - - and not so!!!!

Did You Know

At the Doctor’s office, Tom was getting a check up. “I

have good news and bad news,” says the doctor.. “The

good news is you have 24 hours left to live.” “The bad news is I should have told you yesterday.”

Never write with a broken pencil. It’s pointless.

What do cats eat for breakfast? Mice Krispies!

What do you get when you cross a fish with an ele-

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What do you call a person without a nose or a body?

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Who is the poorest guy in the south? The Tooth Fairy

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1 - China - three times as much as the USA and Japan

A Sad Day in American History. Cont.

to exacerbate the situation. Anarchism arrived in

America from Europe. They brought with them a

more radical philosophy into the working class and

unions. Anarchist believed that one way to combat

government was to eliminate those in power. Since

1894, anarchists were involved with multiple Euro-

pean assassinations—President Sadi Carnot of

France, Empress Elizabeth of Austria, King Humbert

of Italy, and Spanish statesman Cnovas del Castillo,

and in 1901 on a warm September day they would

be involved in yet another egregious act. The as-

sassination of President William McKinley.

The man who carried out the act was Leon Czol-

gosz, a 28 year old man from Cleveland Ohio. Leon

was a poor, often unemployed, reclusive individual

living in Chicago during the previously stated riots,

and like many other working class looked to anar-

chism to vent their frustrations about the condi-

tions of their working environment. Czolgosz start-

ed a job in Cleveland at the city’s wire mill, where

he attended a lecture from one of the most notori-

ous Anarchist leaders, Emma Goldman. Emma

spoke of the constant struggles between the work-

ing class and the government. She spoke to the

audience about how the time had come for action

against the government, which Czolgosz took to

heart.

In the early morning of September 6, 1901, George

Cortelyou spoke to President McKinley urging him

to cancel his meet and greet in Buffalo that day.

Cortelyou who was the presidents personal secre-

tary, was always nervous about the president’s

public appearances. McKinley who had been noto-

rious for discounting his personal safety at public

appearances, again disregarded his advisors warn-

ing on that fateful day.

A long line had formed at the exhibition hall, peo-

ple anxiously waiting to shake the presidents hand.

Cortelyou had tried to tighten security by funneling

people into a hallway where the presidents body-

guards could inspect people as they walked to-

wards the president. This is where Czolgosz stood

waiting for his turn to greet his target. With his

hand wrapped with a handkerchief to disguise his

pistol, Czolgosz met McKinley face to face.

Leon Czolgosz approaches President William

McKinley, and reaches out to shake his hand, he

fires two shots into McKinley’s chest. The president

hunches forward on his toes, then collapses for-

ward saying, “ be careful how you tell my wife.” As

Czolgosz goes to fire a third round, he is tackled by

guards and the president is ushered away to a seat.

He will be in surgery within an hour, but die of gan-

grene early in the morning of September 14, 1901.

That afternoon Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in

as President of The United States.

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The band Blink 182 named their holding company Poo

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China has clone towns that are replicas of popular cities

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Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “Paris is almost a ghost town,

because the cost of living is high and the jobs are scarce

but people will pay millions to live in fake Wyoming, be-

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The most used sentence in the Harry Potter books is:

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name is Katniss Everdeen,’ and when you read the Twi-

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Oscar winners have thanked Steven Spielberg more

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line, with Peter Jackson rounding out the top 5 and edg-

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In the Star Wars short comic ‘Into the Great Unknown,’

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