Southwest Montana Provides Distinctive Stories (Part 3 of 4)
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Last updated 1/1/2020 at 7:02am
Rick and Susie Graetz
Virginia City was an early Montana territorial capital
Fur trappers, followed quickly on the heels of Lewis and Clark into the new frontier. Searching for beaver to satisfy the latest fashion demands of Europeans, they wandered to what would become Montana Territory and particularly to the southwest sector of the state. But they were not settlers, just passers-through, and they left behind a mostly negative legacy that included degradation of the n...
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