blackfoot-valley

C O N T E N T S Prelude: A Pioneer Beginning / The Madland Manuscript .......... Introduction and Acknowledgements : ............................... Meyer Company Ranch Map : ............................................... The Land: .............................................................................. Shaping the Land .................................................................. Glacial Lake Missoula and its Cataclysmic Floods .................... Glacial Leavings on the Ranch and its Valley ........................... Vegetation and Wildlife: ..................................................... Climate: ............................................................................... Earliest Peoples, and Man-Made Environments: ................ Known Native Peoples in the Region ..................................... Early European and American Explorations: ..................... The Lewis and Clark Expedition ............................................ Mountain Men and the Fur Rush ........................................... New Arrivals: The First Modern Transport System ........................................ Political Changes on the Land ............................................... 7 pages 1-2 pages 3-6 pages 9-10 pages 11-14 pages 15-17 pages 18-26 pages 27-30 pages 31-35 pages 36-43 pages 44-49 pages 50-52 pages 53-57 pages 58-66 pages 67-69 pages 70-71 pages 72-73