History
The History of Fire and the Human Use of Fire in the Northern Rockies
History
The History of Fire and the Human Use of Fire in the Northern Rockies
History
The History of Fire in the Northern Rockies
In the decades following the Hellgate Treaty, the tribes had by no means been marginalized yet, and western Montana was still contested terrain. And it was also still a regularly burned terrain. but enormous change was on the horizon brought on by the gold rush, the Mullan Road, boom towns like Bannock and Virginia City, and non-Indian settlments in places like the Bitterroot Valley.
Victor's Camp, Hell Gate Ronde, John Mix Stanley, 1853
Yale University Art Gallery | Credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Tipis at New Perce Pass
In the decades following the Hellgate Treaty, the tribes had by no means been marginalized yet, and western Montana was still contested terrain. And it was also still a regularly burned terrain. but enormous change was on the horizon brought on by the gold rush, the Mullan Road, boom towns like Bannock and Virginia City, and non-Indian settlments in places like the Bitterroot Valley.
Victor's Camp, Hell Gate Ronde, John Mix Stanley, 1853
Yale University Art Gallery | Credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Tipis at New Perce Pass
In the decades following the Hellgate Treaty, the tribes had by no means been marginalized yet, and western Montana was still contested terrain. And it was also still a regularly burned terrain. but enormous change was on the horizon brought on by the gold rush, the Mullan Road, boom towns like Bannock and Virginia City, and non-Indian settlments in places like the Bitterroot Valley.
Victor's Camp, Hell Gate Ronde, John Mix Stanley, 1853
Yale University Art Gallery | Credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Tipis at New Perce Pass