George Gore's gory expedition

From 1854 to 1857, Sir St. George Gore, a wealthy Irish landowner, rumbled through the Great Plains This painting shows a hunting carvan similar to Gore's, put together by Scottish nobleman Sir William Drummond Stewart. There are no drawings of Gore's expedition. and the Rocky Mountains, killing thousands of animals and living in wilderness luxury. That drew rebukes from some private citizens and U.S. government officials, but no actual penalties. He also built a wagon road

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This books is one of the most recent documents written about Sir St. George Gore and his expedition through the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. And it offers more information on Gore's early life than other things I've read.

A paper written published Montana magazine in 1959, called "A Celtic Nimrod in the Old West," by Clark C. Spence, does a better job, I believe, of narrating the expedition itself -- where it may have gone and what consequences in caused. It is available through several sources online.

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I retired as editorial page editor of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2014. Since then, I've continued to write a twice-a-month history column for the Sentinel, while seizing every opportunity I can, with my wife Judy or my horses, to enjoy the beautiful outdoors of the Colorado Plateau.

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