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Hugh Monroe | |
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 Hugh Monroe in old age[1] | |
| Born | July 9, 1798 Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 8, 1882 (aged 84) Two Medicine Creek, Montana |
| Resting place | Unmarked grave, Two Medicine Valley, Montana |
| Parent(s) | Captain Hugh Monroe (British Army) and Amelia de la Roche |
Hugh Monroe (born July 9, 1798, died December 8, 1882) was a fur trader, trapper, interpreter who lived and traded with the Kootenai and Pikuni tribe of Blackfoot indians in northern Montana near what is now Glacier National Park (U.S.). He is purportedly the first white man to visit the region that became Glacier National Park. He is credited with naming the St. Mary Lakes in the park's northeast corner in 1836[2].
Early life
editHudson Bay Company interpreter
editTrader
editMemorials
editRising Wolf Mountain in Glacier National Park was named to honor Hugh Monroe by James Willard Schultz[1].
Notes
edit- ^ a b Schultz, James Willard (1919). Rising Wolf-The White Blackfeet, Hugh Monroe's Story of his first year on the plains (PDF). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.
- ^ Hanna, Warren L. (1988). "Hugh Monroe-The White Blackfeet". Stars over Montana-Men Who Made Glacier National Park History. Glacier Natural History Association. pp. 1–24. ISBN 091679064.
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