Re: MtMan-List: Battle of Pierre's Hole

["David Tippets" <dtippets@xmission.com>]

Dale,

Over the last couple of years I've made an effort to talk to locals about
the reported breastworks of the Battle of Pierre's Hole.  When the local
information about the breastworks is compared with other information it
appears that what locals observed was actually the rotting logs that were
part of one of the fur company's (Rocky Mountain Fur Co., I think)  whiskey
storage cabin at a rendezvous campsite, rather than the the Gross Ventre'
breastworks.  The rotting log remains in question are just south of Teton
Creek and the modern town of Driggs.  In contrast, all the more scholarly
analysis of accounts of the battle locate the battle site much farther
south, closer to Victor.

Local Pierre's Hole oral history does not stand up to serious investigation.
Even the two historical markers are poorly located and create
misinformation.

Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Nelson <dnelson@wizzards.net>
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Battle of Pierre's Hole


>Carpenter's wrote:
>>
>He told me that the fortification breastwork,
>> from the battle, still existed when he was a kid, growing up in that
area.
>> I'll have my wife try and find these notes, if any one is interested.
She may
>> know where they are.
>
>Hey, we are all interested.    DN
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