Interviewer
Ethel MacDonald and Nancy Cranston
Files
Description
Daniel Longpre talks of his family and the other early settlers of the Frenchtown valley including the Poitras, Touchettes, Ledouxs, and Ploufs, many of whom were French Canadian immigrants. He describes trapping with Albert brothers, after whom Alberton, Montana, was named. He mentions the Longpre genealogy and reminisces about his father and grandfather emigrating from Canada to Frenchtown in search of work. Longpre shares stories of his mother’s relatives, including “Tin Cup Joe” who was involved in a legal dispute with Barnum O’Keefe. He also discusses his family’s interactions with local Native American tribes in Montana’s Frenchtown valley. He recalls witnessing a land-clearing fire started by that one of the tribes as well as tribal processions and encampments in the valley. Longpre talks about the Dufresne family, one of Frenchtown’s earliest homesteaders, and shares stories about his uncle, Pete Longpre, and his relationship with Baptiste Ducharme.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Poitras family; Touchette family; Ledoux family; Plouf family; Longpre family; Damien Ledoux; “Tin Cup Joe” Ledoux; Frenchtown, Montana; Alberton, Montana; Albert brothers; Homesteading, Montana; Barnum O’Keefe; French-Canadian immigrants; Native American fishing methods; Native American clearing methods; Frenchtown, Montana; Nine Mile, Montana; Six Mile, Montana; Flathead Indian Reservation; Bitterroot Salish tribe; Cormier family; Dufresne family
Original Date
2-25-1976
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project, OH 047, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 047-008, 009
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:55:24 minutes
Local Filename
OH_047_008_009.pdf
Citation
Longpre, Daniel, "Daniel Longpre Interview, February 25, 1976" (1976). Frenchtown Historical Society Oral History Project. 6.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/frenchtown_oralhistory/6