July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
Partly-printed Document Signed by “J.M. Needham U.S. Indian Agent” 1pp. quarto, May 1, 1889, being a receipt from The Union Pacific Railway Company, issued from Utah to “Inga an Indian of Lemki Agency” Idaho, for “3 Ponies...killed November 5th 1888” by a train “2 miles east of Red Rock, Montana.” Claim was settled for $70. With official stamps and signatures. Fine condition. The Centennial Valley was well known to the Shoshone-Bannock, the Nez Perce, and other nomadic tribes as a favored travel route between the headwaters of the Big Hole River and the Yellowstone country. The wide stretches of uninterrupted native grasslands provided grazing bison with ample feed and served as their traditional summer range. Settlement by Euroamericans did not occur until 1876. With settlement, herds of livestock were driven into the valley and homesteads sprang up in scattered locations. In the early days, market hunting for waterfowl and big game brought some revenue to local residents, but most settlers concentrated on livestock and sporadic lumbering. The long winters, great distances to market, and small land parcels combined to make subsistence difficult. Few survived the depression of the 1930s.
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