Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-12-26
EASTERN MONTANA.

Eastern montana is very encouraging
at present. The Northern Pacific Rail
road Company is giving the project all
the aid itcan, and has contracted with
the leading Rocky Mountain Transpor-
tation company, the Diamond r, to
freight all the goods they ship to Mon
tana. They have feet OF boats an
chored at Bismarck, the present ter.
minus of their road, to start up the
Missouri river so soon a.. navigation
opens, and put freights into the Terri
tory earlier than by any other route,
and If o road is opened to tie mouth
Of Powder river, will send freight by
that route as well as by Muscleshell.
The Company are more anxious for an
eastern connection than ali other, as
they will be more benefited by it.
Helena is more interested in bringing
her freights by way of MuscIeshell
than on any other route, and will give
the bulk of her freight to the North
ern Pacific, and thereby aid in opening
up a road in that direction. Already
the road to Muscleshe1 has been gone
over by competent surveyor deputed
to do so by the citizens of Helena, and
no doubt exists that the merchants of
that place will ship the most of their
supplies from that direction. Soon i'm
provements and stations will spring
up all along the road from Helena to
Muscleshell, and settlements be made.
There is project, in which General
Ord, US. A, is very much interested,
to open road from Point of Rocks on
the Union Pacific to Fort Ellis and
Bozeman. Sometime since the Hell.
ena Gazette published the substance
of letter from Col. Bracket, of the
I'd Cavalry, to the Chicago Tribune in
regard to Captain Jones' expedition,
which was out last summer looking I'D
a new route from the Ufffon Pacific
to Montana, which is claimed
to be a success. The writer says that
ION the 10th day of July last the ex-
petition left Camp Brown, on Little
Wind river, i'll Wyoming Territory, |
and travelled to the Yellowstone lake,
passing along the cast side of it, sur
Feying the route as they went. From
he Yellowstone lake the pack train
vent to Fort Ellis, for supplies. The
expedition returned to Camp Brown,
passing down the west side of the lake,
md finding road which can be made
IN excellent stage route with a very
distance in round numbers NAV be
stated as follows: From the Yellow
tone river, at what is known as the
liners Bridge, (being forty miles be-
ow where the river leaves the lake,,
PASSING down the east side to Camp
Brown, is 210 miles, though the dis.
ance from the south end of the la;,e
o Camp Brown is but .145 miles.
There is a very good trail already
made, which could be easily converted
nto good wagon road. From Camp
Brown to South Pass City is 80 miles,
nd thence to Bryan, on the Union
Pacific railroad, 100 miles; so that the
Whole distance from Bryan to the Vel.
owstone lake is a little less than 800
niles. From the Point Of Rocks, on
he Union Pacific railway, to Camp
3rown, a stage road could be made
which would not be much over 100
niles, SO that the lake could be reached
rith only little over $50 miles stage
zach travel"
The Colonel adds: SIN addition to
icing a near and direct route to the
Yellowstone Park, there is other and
I'LL more important objects of making
short and direct route to the heart of
dontana, including BDzeman, Virginia ,
lily and Helena, and the rich gold
lelds and magnificent grazing country
t that region. The fact is, the road !
1ill be of incalculable benefit to the I
eople of the heart of the continent.
nd open up new avenues of trade and
ommerce, besides bringing into cult.
alton vast extents of as fine wheat
and as lie beneath the sum-
In addition to this the people of
'heyenne, Wyoming, are much ex-
tied on the question of connection !
'om that place with Montana, and ,
ave been working for several years !
q projects to accomplish that object. I
hey are. now alive to the question,
nd are working with zeal and energy. i
The citizens of Bozeman and Gal.
tin county feel, perhaps, liyelier G
terest in an eastern connection than 4
! other portions Of Montana. They z
q nearer the objective point, and will
ceive the benefits mucIr sooner. They y
e interested in Saaurip a. :, Y,o;,+ ~ !