Christopher P. Higgins
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Capt. Christopher Powers Higgins was an American Army captain and later businessman who with Frank Worden founded the Hellgate Trading Post and the nearby city of Missoula, Montana. He erected one of
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Higgins Block
Missoula, Montana
Bitterroot Salish
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The Bitterroot Salish peoples are a Salish-speaking group of Native Americans, and one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. The Flathead Re
Christopher P. Higgins
…Pacific Ocean. Governor Stevens, also acting as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, signed the Hellgate treaty to which Higgins was a witness with the Bitterroot Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai tribes that guaranteed passage. In 1860 Higgins partnered with Frank Worden, a general merchandise store owner in…
Salish Men Near Tipis (1903 Flathead Reservation, Montana)