#TBT – Throw Back Thursdays Follow weekly social media posts
Throw Back Thursdays #TBT is a weekly social media post that tells local historical stories, highlights elements from current SCLT historical projects, and/or announces upcoming historical activities.
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part III
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians in the Powder River Basin and Big Horn Mountains. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing John Jacob Astor’s interests in the fur [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part II
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part I
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part VIII
On this #TBT, we conclude our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the first [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part VII
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part VI
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part V
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part IV
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians. As John Jacob Astor’s agent in the fur trade, Hunt led an 1811 expedition of roughly 60 men to secure a fur trading post at the Columbia River's mouth. These explorers, dubbed the Astorians, were the [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part III
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians in the Powder River Basin and Big Horn Mountains. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing John Jacob Astor’s interests in the fur [...]