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The First Trappers and the Founding of Malad Valley : Fort Stuart. Written By Amy Kathryn Allen
Between the years of 1818 -1821 A group of French Canadian Trappers led bya Scottish Canadian Fur Trader named Douglas McKenzie arrived in what is now Malad Valley. Malad Valley was an untamed vast wilderness drought with disease, bitterly…
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…“Courage, mes amis!” he’d cry, his voice raspy from the dry air. “The beaver pelts here are said to be the finest in all the territories. Think of the coin! Think of returning home wealthy men!” But his words, though meant to inspire, often fell on ears dulled by exhaustion and hunger. He observed the subtle signs of their struggle: the cracked, bleeding hands, the frostbitten tips of fingers and ears, the constant