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New Wagon Arrives at Fort Whoop-Up
New Wagon Arrives at Fort Whoop-Up

The Glenbow Museum in Calgary contacted the Galt to see if we would be interested in a replica of a bull wagon. We said “Yes.”

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ArticleDarrin J Martens Aaká óóhkotoki (Many rocks)Fort Whoop-UpBull, Wagon, Freight, Transportation, Commerce, Trade, Fur, Whisky, Fort Whoop-Up, Fort Benton, Crane, Glenbow Museum, Gift, Donation, Zero Gravity Crane & Rigging Inc., Colonization, Bison Robe, Montana, Alberta, Commemoration, Fred Findlay, ReconstructionComment
Constructing the Fort
Constructing the Fort

William Gladstone (“Old Glad”) was the head carpenter and blacksmith at Fort Whoop-Up. He was a former carpenter and boat builder for the Hudson’s Bay Company, and he was hired in Fort Benton in the early summer of 1870 for the two-year project of building the bigger, more permanent Fort Whoop-Up.

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Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesFort Whoop-UpFort 150, Gladstone, Cottonwood, Trading, Blackfoot, Fort Benton, Whoop-Up, Fort Whoop-Up, Flag, Northwest Mounted Police, Cannon Comment