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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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…Still flows with stories, year on passing year. Of sickness’ bite, and arrows sharp and true, And a land that asked, “Who are these men to you?” The mountains stand, like sentinels so grand, Guardians of secrets, held within this land. They saw the struggle, saw the sweat and tears, And echoed back the hopes, and echoed back the fears. The eagle soars, on currents strong and high, A silent witness, watching from the sky. It sees the past, the present’s constant fray, And dreams of futures, yet to light the way. For in this valley, where the wild winds blow, A tapestry of life begins to grow. Of Shoshone strength, and courage born of strife, And the unyielding pulse of Malad’s wild life.