Various2018-06-012018-06-011960TRA-059-19-001http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/77341 page typed transcription, created by Click Relander."When gold was discovered along Grasshopper Creek in the Beaverhead Valley the nation's view was focused upon General George McClellan's withdrawal from his assault upon Richmond and his inability to strike a telling blow at the Confederacy (summer of 1862)/ The big Alder Gulch strike, in May of 1863, was lost in the news of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and the military turbulence of that climactic summer. The future territory of Montana and the entire trans-Mississippi West seemed unimportant before the vital events upon whose outcome the fate of the nation depended."NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.