Posts tagged Trading

Fort Whoop-Up: A New Take on an Old Subject

People and historic events are not frozen in time; they can be researched and explored through new ways of thinking—Fort Whoop-Up and its legacy are no exception.

ArticleDarrin J Martens Aaká óóhkotoki (Many rocks)November 15, 2022Lethbridge, History, history, History This Week, history this week, Lethbridge history, Fort Whoop-Up, Fort, Trading, Interpretation, interpretation, Fort Hamilton, Whisky, Niitsitapi, BlackfootComment

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.

Article, Indigenous HistoryGalt Museum & ArchivesSeptember 15, 2020Fort Whoop-UpFort 150, Gladstone, Cottonwood, Trading, Blackfoot, Fort Benton, Whoop-Up, Fort Whoop-Up, Flag, Northwest Mounted Police, Cannon Comment