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546:. British Columbia: Heritage House Co. p. 33. Archived from
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543:Kootenai Brown Canada's Unknown Frontiersman
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735:Founders of the petroleum industry
667:BROWN, JOHN GEORGE, Kootenai Brown
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790:Pre-Confederation Manitoba people
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409:After a quarrel and gunfight at
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820:People of the American Old West
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628:Brown, John George, 'Kootenai'
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780:People from Montana Territory
437:Kootenay Lakes Forest Reserve
340:in British Columbia, Canada.
496:The Legend of Kootenai Brown
448:Waterton Lakes National Park
242:Non-Permanent Active Militia
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483:Waterton Lakes, Alberta
481:Kootenay Brown died in
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81:Waterton Lakes, Alberta
60:, County Clare, Ireland
760:People from Ennistymon
430:Rocky Mountain Rangers
279:Rocky Mountain Rangers
452:Glacier National Park
251:Years of service
800:Canadian fur traders
550:on 24 September 2015
426:North West Rebellion
411:Fort Benton, Montana
262:commissioned officer
332:. After serving in
489:In popular culture
400:United States Army
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389:Fort Garry
314:Ennistymon
308:Early life
304:advocate.
210:Allegiance
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73:1916-07-19
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499:starring
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142:explorer
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