Re: MtMan-List: Re: Whiskey in the Fur Trade

[mxhbc@TTACS.TTU.EDU (Henry B. Crawford)]

> but Fort Hamilton was the big one. It is much
>better-known here as Fort Whoop-up. It was not on the site of Calgary; it is
>a few hundred miles to the south, on the site of the city of Lethbridge.  In
>fact, the recreated Fort Whoop-up is in Lethbridge, and Lethbridge
>celebrates Whoop-up Days every year. Calgary was pretty much bald prairie
>until the NWMP arrived and set up Fort Calgary in 1875.
>
>Your humble & obedient servant,
>Angela Gottfred

Angela, are you familiar with Jack Gladstone's song "Whoop Up Trail"?  Jack
performed it at a museum conference I attended in Missoula last fall.  He's
a Blackfoot living in Kalispell, and quite a balladeer.  Thanks for
correcting me on the location of the fort.  I am glad they've recreated it.
How is the reconstruction, pretty accurate or Disney-esque?  Is the event
worth going to?

HBC

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