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The Lewis & Clark Story
Reflections of a Montana Pioneer
W. R. Felton
Edited
by Henry L. Armstrong
Soft Cover $10.00
The Story of Lewis and Clark's Exploration
was written by a Milwaukee railroad locating engineer, rancher,
and well-informed Lewis and Clark buff, W.R. Felton. It was
originally written in 1920 as 18 articles for the Square Butte
Tribune, especially for the school children in the Square Butte
School, as well as interested adults. He injected into the story
a great deal of his knowledge of the State of Montana as related
to Lewis and Clark, while incorporating the impact the
expedition had on the Montana landscape by 1920. The story
covers the entire trip out and back, with an emphasis on the
time the Expedition spent in Montana.
Felton distributed the newspaper articles
to all Chouteau County schools in 1920. In that same benevolent
spirit, the Editor will be distributing complimentary copies on
a somewhat larger scale covering North Central Montana's high
school or middle school libraries, public libraries and other
institutions with a special target on Montana's middle school
history classes.
In 1955-56, W.R. Felton and Mark Brown
co-authored two well known books, The Frontier Years and Before
Barbed Wire featuring 250 Miles City photographer, L.A.
Huffman's photographs. |
