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hist_text-digest Saturday, July 11 1998 Volume 01 : Number 100
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:48:34 +0000
From: randybublitz@juno.com (RANDAL J BUBLITZ)
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Brown's Hole
Tom, Cache valley is north of Salt Lake on the Bear River. Brown's Hole
is on the green River. Hope this helps. Hardtack = Randy
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 03:12:22 EDT
From: <KPMTNMAN@aol.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Brown's Hole
<where is Cache Valley?>
According to the Journal of a Trapper edited by Aubrey L Haines, (ISBN
0-8032-5166-1), Cache Valley is located along the Bear River where it crosses
the Idaho/Utah border. He uses Chittendon and Ferris, as well as Peter Skene
Ogden's notes as references to locate it and tell how it got its name. Hope
that helps.
KP
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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 22:41:31 -0700
From: Roger Lahti <lahtirog@gte.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Brown's Hole
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Tom'
I found this info on Browns Hole or Browns Park on Infoseek. I haven't found
anything about Cache Valley other than I have an impression that the name was
given to many different places where a cache of some type was left. Pierre's
Hole has a local spot by the name Cache because of a cache of supplies left by
Fontenelle on his way into the 1832 Rendezvous that was made at that location. I
don't mean to say that Pierre's Hole is also known as Cache Valley but that the
term was widely used. Someone else may know of a more correct location for Cache
Valley but where it may be excapes me at this time.
If you have trouble bringing up the attachment, and can't find it on Infoseek,
consider the following:
The valley is located in exteme northeastern UT.,northwestern Colorado, and
south-central WY. The Green river flows through the park and provided access to
the area for the first Americans who traveled through the park.
Some claim it was named for Baptist Brown, a French-Canadian fur trapper who
arrived in 1827, while others clam that Baptiste Brown was an alias for
Jean-Baptiste Chalifoux. A few argue that Brown is a fictional character
invented long after Browns Park was named, and that the name comes from the
brown physical appearance of the valley. (there is more on the attachement).
Enjoy.
YMOS
Capt. Lahti
Tomactor@aol.com wrote:
> I've been doing a lot of reading lately about the early fur trade. I know
> where Pierr'e's Hole, Jackson Hole, and the Three Forks, but I can't seem to
> locate Brown's Hole or Cache Valley. Anyone want to help out a greenhorn?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom Laidlaw
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Browns Park, originally named Brown's Hole, is an isolated valley, thirty-five
miles long and five to six miles wide. It is bounded on the south by Diamond
Mountain, a part of the Uinta Mountains, and on the north by Cold Spring
Mountain. The valley is located in extreme northeastern Utah, northwestern
Colorado, and south-central Wyoming. The Green River flows through the park and
provided access to the area for the first Americans who traveled through the
park. <p>
Accounts of how Brown's Hole was named vary. Some claim it was named for
Baptiste Brown, a French-Canadian fur trapper who arrived in 1827, while others
claim that Baptiste Brown was an alias for Jean-Baptiste Chalifoux. A few argue
that Brown is a fictional character invented long after Browns Park was named,
and that the name comes from the brown physical appearance of the valley. <p>
The first recorded visit to Browns Park was in 1825 by William Ashley and a
group of fur trappers who floated down the Green River through Brown's Hole in
bull boats made from hides. After that, many fur trappers and mountain men
visited Brown's Hole; the list included Kit Carson, Joe Meeks, Jack Robinson,
the Ceran St. Vrain party from Taos, New Mexico, who spent the winter of
1827-28 in Brown's Hole, and the Alexander Sinclair party who wintered there in
1831-32. Later, in 1837, William Craig, Philip Thompson, and a man named
Sinclair established a trading post, known as Fort Davey Crockett, in Brown's
Hole. <p>
Explorer John Wesley Powell passed through the area during his first
expedition in 1869 and began to refer it as "Brown's Park," a more appropriate
and attractive name for the basin. The more mild winters of the location made
it popular with the Indians and the subsequent fur trappers and cattlemen. Its
isolation made it a haven for outlaws. <p>
The historical record is not clear as to who was the first to bring cattle
into Browns Park and who was the first to escape the law by hiding out in its
remote location. Quite possibly they were one and the same since the line
between cattleman and cattle rustler was often vague. Juan Jose Herrera, a
native of New Mexico, and a small group of men arrived in Browns Park in 1870
intending to start a cattle business with cattle taken from herds passing
through the area. The following year, George Baggs wintered a herd of 900 Texas
cattle in Browns Park. He was so impressed with the spot that he encouraged
others to relocate there. <p>
By the late 1870s and early 1880s, a number of settlers had taken up land in
the area. One of these, John Jarvie, opened a general store/trading post on the
north bank of the Green River. The store, with its ferry across the river,
served as a way station for travelers. In addition to the store, Jarvie pursued
mining ventures and raised cattle and horses. He was murdered while he was
alone at his store on 6 July 1909. Today, the Jarvie ranch and store is
maintained as a historic site by the Bureau of Land Management and is open to
visitors. <p>
Cattlemen, cowboys, rustlers, settlers, and outlaws all intermingled in Browns
Park, which was, at least through the 1930s, a place, in the words of writer
John Rolfe Burroughs, "where the Old West stayed young." Outlaws like Butch
Cassidy, the Sundance Kid (Harry Longabaugh), Matt Warner, Elza Lay, Tom Horn
Ann Bassett "Queen of the Cattle Rustlers," and many others left their mark on
the history of Brown's Park. Today, Browns Park is still used for some cattle
grazing, but more important are the recreational activities pursued there, such
as hunting, fishing, and river rafting. <p>
<p>
See: William L. Tennent, <i>John Jarvie of Brown's Park</i> (1981); John Rolfe
Burroughs, <i>Where the Old West Stayed Young</i> (1962); Dick and Vivian
Dunham, <i>Flaming Gorge Country: The Story of Daggett County, Utah</i> (1977);
and Diana Allen Kouris, <i>The Romantic and Notorious History of Brown's
Park</i> (1988). <p>
<p>
<b>Gary Wilder</b><p>
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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 13:00:51 -0600 (CST)
From: mxhbc@TTACS.TTU.EDU (Henry B. Crawford)
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Bents Fort
>Does anyone have any info regarding the shindig at Bents Fort at the end of
>July (24th and 25th)? Can one camp out? Are children welcome? Because of all
>the recent brush fires in the Southwest, are they forbidding campfires? How
>does a "newbie" work their way into the group of 'reinactors'? Just turn up
>wrapped in buffallo skin waving a Winchester? Thanks..I am trying to get my
>sons interested in this most fascinating chapter of history,...
Yes, I'm going to be there. I am portraying a Bent St. Vrain & Co. trader.
Bent's Fort interprets the year 1846, which is the year for which they
have the most information. It is also a pivotal year in the fort's
history, with the arrival of Kearny's army on the eve of the Mexican War.
My wife and two daughters (8 and 11) also do the period and they have been
approved to participate, but they opted to sit this one out. As far as I
know, campfires are still good to go.
There were no Winchesters in 1846, so don't even mention those. I suggest
that you go to the event as a public spectator and observe. Ask questions
and show your interest. Look me up and I'll be glad to talk to you. Just
like being new to anything, it takes time to learn the ways of it. Being a
National Park Service living history volunteer is sort of a reward for
attaining a level of skill and knowledge, very much like being an Hiverano
in the AMM. Both have high standards, but are not unattainable.
Some good books to look at to help are David Lavender _Bents Fort_, Bernard
DeVoto _Year of Decision 1846_, Josiah Gregg _Commerce of the Prairies_
(Max Moorhead, ed.), State Historical Society of Colorado _Bents Old Fort_,
David Weber _The Taos Trappers_, Susan Shelby McGoffin _Down the Santa Fe
Trail and into Mexico_ (Stella Drum ed.). Bent's Fort figures so
prominently into the history of the Santa Fe Trail, that a study of the
Trail would be helpful. A few titles available are: Marc Simmons _The Old
Santa Fe Trail_, and _On the Santa Fe Trail_. Marc is the foremost
authority of the Santa Fe Trade, with more than two-dozen books on the
subject to his credit. Other titles are Mark Gardner _The Mexican Road_,
Gregory Franzwa _The Santa Fe Trail Revisited_, and _The Mexican War
Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliot_, (Mark Gardner and Marc Simmons,
eds.) A good general book on the Southwest Fur Trade is Robert G. Cleland
_This Reckless Breed of Men_. All of the above books except Cleland are
still in print. All are available at book stores or through interlibrary
loan if your library does not have them. For a look at the material
culture (clothing and artifacts) of the period, _Book of Buckskinning_
volumes 1-7 are excellent. Vol. 4 has an outstanding chapter on clothing
and objects of the SW fur trade era, many photos in that chapter were taken
at Bent's Fort. The Museum of the Fur Trade in Chadron, NE (308/432-3843)
is one of the most prolific publishers on fur trade era information. Look
at the _Mountain Man Sketchbook_ vols 1 and 2, _Feminine Fur Trade
Fashions_, and others. Also, the _Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly_ is an
excellent resource.
To participate in period clothing in Bent's Fort activities you have to be
on the National Park Service's list of volunteers. To do that you call the
fort at 719/383-5010 and speak to Greg Holt, Chief of Interpretation. If
Greg is not available, ask for Dan Brown Among other things, Dan is an
expert on Indian sign language. Ask for a VIP (Volunteers In the Parks)
application form. It will ask your interests and skills appropriate to the
period, as well as your availability. It will also ask you to describe
your clothing outfit, and justify each item (in broad terms) by citing
sources for the information. Those of you who do the late years of the fur
trade era should have no problem being accepted to do in Bent's Fort
activities. It may be too late to participate in the event this month if
you are not already on the volunteer list, but I suggest you get a form and
send it in. You'd be in good company, with people like Jeff Hengesbaugh,
Bob Schmidt, Bill Gwaltney, Dan Muldoon, and more than a few AMM members.
I am also on lists for other parks like Fort Larned, Kansas (1860s) and
Fort Davis (1880s) as well as Civil War sites, but my areas of specialty
are frontier commerce and material culture of the 1830s-50s.
Good luck, and welcome to the greatest leisure-time activity you can
possible have (with one or two exceptions) in a single lifetime.
Cheers,
HBC
*****************************************
Henry B. Crawford Curator of History
mxhbc@ttacs.ttu.edu Museum of Texas Tech University
806/742-2442 Box 43191
FAX 742-1136 Lubbock, TX 79409-3191
WEBSITE: http://www.ttu.edu/~museum
****** Living History . . . Because it's there! *******
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Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 21:00:07 -0600
From: "Ron" <cstmzd@ida.net>
Subject: MtMan-List: Fabrics
Hello the list!
In Book of Buckskinning VII they talk about "A fine pair of blue denim,
narrow front-panel trousers, attributed to the 1820's......."
Would this fabric be the same as todays blue denim? I'm not talking about
Levi's but the soft denim in fabric stores.
Was cotton broadcloth used in the mid 1830's? What would the recommended
fabric for this time frame be, for cloth trousers and breeches?
Thanks in advance,
Ron
Ron's Idaho Pages
<http://www.ida.net/users/cstmzd/>
Email <cstmzd@ida.net>
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Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 23:09:40 -0400
From: darlene <darlene@mail.sssnet.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: OilCloth
old fox, as to what is used on modern oilcloth i don't know.a few years
back a friend of mine got a really good deal on 3 ft pieces,so i bought
enough to make a 9.6x9.6 diamond & had my wife ,which is stitches in tyme
sew it up.i had problems with the seams leaking so i bought some bee grease
from log cabin in lodi oh & put this on the seams.as for the oil on the
cloth i had problems for along time with this getting all over everything
it came in contact with.it is very waterproof & hardf to get dry.the only
way i ever got it completly dry was with paper towels.i finaly sold the
diamond fly,because i did a burn test on a scrape piece, & man what a
torch.so just a word of caution (be very careful around open flames & watch
the sparks from the fire)At 11:07 AM 7/3/98 EDT, you wrote:
>A while back we discussed diamond shelters and someone posted how to make
>oilcloth using linseed oil. I have a different question along the same
lines.
>
>Back in March of this year I obtained enough commercially producted oilcloth
>to make a 10X10 diamond. I just got it back from the tentmaker last nite. I
>have two questions:
>
>!. Does anyone know what type of oil is used to make commercial oilcloth?
>
>2. How does one cure it for use?
>
>This stuff just dripped oil when still on the bolt. After 4 months, it is
>still pretty slick and the stuff gets on your hands and everything it
touches.
>
>OldFox
>(expecting a wealth of knowledge from John Kramer, who seems to know
>everything)
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 06:09:57 -0500
From: Jeff Powers <kestrel@ticon.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Brown's Hole
On 1998-07-08 hist_text@lists.xmission.com said to kestrel@ticon.net
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>I've been doing a lot of reading lately about the early fur trade.
>I know where Pierr'e's Hole, Jackson Hole, and the Three Forks, but
>I can't seem to locate Brown's Hole or Cache Valley. Anyone want to
>help out a greenhorn?
>Thanks,
>Tom Laidlaw
THE EARLY FUR TRADE WAS'NT JACKSON HOLE,ETC. it was Pembina,Fort
Vermillion,La Chine,GRAND PORTAGE,and especially Hudson Bay!!!
What you are readingis the Hey Day of the fur trade 20-30 years at best on
the heels of over 100 years of trade with very little Indian fighting!
Because HBC, and The Northwest Company TRADED with the Indians,they didn't
go into Indian country as trappers pissing off the natives.
THE SHINING TIMES WERE NOT THE EARLY FUR TRADE!!!!
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 07:52:55 -0500
From: WIDD-Tim Austin (WIDD-Tim Austin) <AustinT@silltcmd-smtp.army.mil>
Subject: MtMan-List: Fabrics
The denim that was in the 1820's is not the same as anything we have
today. All I have seen in museums has one side that is kind of like the
weave on the denim of today, but the other side is more of a flannel type
looking stuff. As I recall there is or was, not sure which, a place that
reproduced denim like it was made, and having seen some of that it is
really good quality stuff. Again, sorry I do not remember who makes it,
but know a person that got some of the stuff in green and made a great
looking pair of pants.
Good luck.
Tim Austin
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:53:21 -0500
From: "LEE D SMITHSON" <DRANNAN@prodigy.net>
Subject: MtMan-List: Drannan, pseduo frontier comrade of kit carson
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I have a book, "Frontier Legend", Texas Finale of Capt. Wm. F. Drannan, =
Pseduo Frontier Comrade of Kit Carson, based on research, by W. N. Bate, =
published by Owen G. Dunn Company, Publishers, New Bern North Carolina =
in 1954, which goes into detail why the Drannan books were not factual. =
According to him, the books were probably written by Drannan's wife and =
he peddled them all over. This book shows photographs of Drannan, his =
grave site, etc. He died in 1913. My uncle was born in 1912 and his =
middle name was Drannan. He was named after a character in a book and I =
assume it was after William F. Drannan. I was named Drannan after my =
uncle when I was born inn 1937. Sincerely, Lee Drannan Smithson
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:20:51 EDT
From: <ThisOldFox@aol.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: OilCloth
In a message dated 98-07-09 23:36:32 EDT, you write:
> old fox, as to what is used on modern oilcloth i don't know.
> i had problems with the seams leaking so i bought some bee grease
I had two 10 ft. X 60 in. pieces. Sewn together, they came out real nice, for
a 10 X10 shelter. I only had one seam down the middle that was double-
everlapped for waterproofness. Also, the person who did the sewing used a new
self-sealing cotton thread to prevent the seams from leaking. I had a 6X6
inch piece of elkhide sewn in the center of it, for the pole to rest against.
I am real happy with the results.
> as for the oil on the
> cloth i had problems for along time with this getting all over everything
> it came in contact with.it is very waterproof & hardf to get dry.the only
> way i ever got it completly dry was with paper towels.
It has been hanging from the old oak tree from a rope for almost two weeks
now. Been through several storms, and temps from 50 to 96, and it looks
exactly like it did when I hung it, except where the leather patch was. The
leather sucked all the oil out of that square of mateial. I suspect I will
have to cover the whole thing with newspaper, roll it tight, and let the paper
suck the oil out of it.
OldFox
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 15:33:46 -0500
From: "Scott Allen" <allen@blueridge-ef.SAIC.COM>
Subject: MtMan-List: gone for awhile
Hello the list(s)
I'm getting ready to go to "postpone" mode for a couple of weeks.
Heading out to the Last Frontier. I will be in Alaska for two weeks
and then will rejoin y'all when I return. See you then and take care.
Your most humble servant,
Scott Allen
http://members.tripod.com/~SCOTT
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 14:35:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: pwjones@onr.com
Subject: MtMan-List: 1870's era packaging
Dear List:
I have a friend who participates in 1870's Indian Wars reenacting. Does
anyone have any suggestions as to where he might find information as to
"packaging" for items traded on the frontier of that era?
Appreciate any suggestions.
Regards, Paul W. Jones
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