Uncharted Territory: David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau (2009) | Documentary | KSPS PBS

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  @kin0689 · 1 year ago

  I met his great grandson when I was a young child. Our Kinsmen club in the small town of Rocky Mtn. House Alberta brought him out from Ontario to help celebrate our &quot;David Thompson&quot; days.<br>Thompson died penniless and blind...a fact not well know.<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; He was the greatest inland geographer the world has ever known. An almost unbelievable feat! What a man...

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• JO

  @JohnnyRebKy · 6 years ago (edited)

  Geez I get froze just walking to the mail box! Those people were a total different breed of human

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• NA

  @nancystevens7447 · 3 years ago

  My family settled around The Dallas about 1870’s,the stories of the untamed Columbia were unbelievable. Rough country for sure,beautiful and unforgiving.

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• CA

  @caroletomlinson5480 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EccSnNgQP7c&amp;t=1353">22:33</a> Tears come, “The Kootenai saw our famished looks and asking no questions gave everyone a sufficiency to eat.” &nbsp;Brought tears to my eyes that won’t stop. &nbsp;My ancestry includes Natives, Scots &amp; English, African and even French way back. &nbsp;But those sensible people of the forests lost so much for their compassion.

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• CL

  @CLombardi11 · 5 years ago

  These documentaries are so much better like this with no acting/scenes

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• HA

  @HaggardProspector · 14 years ago

  I live in Rocky Mountain House and have toured the trading post, was very cool to see this documentary

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• MR

  @mrscienceman7986 · 10 months ago

  I&apos;ve watched this documentary many times. I also own a copy of the unedited Columbia Journals by Thompson. I want to commend the crew who made this for being so... both accurate and introspective to his journals. He truly was one of the greatest explorers of world history, and this documentary makes me happy as to the justice they do to his work. <br><br><br>From the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this fantastic work on his life. It really is a special film.

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• WA

  @wayupnorth9420 · 6 years ago

  My family ventured into the wilds of The northwest in the 1870’s winding up in Murray, Idaho. &nbsp;Been here ever since.

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• KL

  @klartdesi521 · 5 years ago

  This man was a genius, he should get a lot more recognition in history books.

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• SE

  @sethgeezy · 1 year ago

  As a surveyor, I love when I stumble upon docs about pioneers of my craft!

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• RO

  @robertmecalis7189 · 7 years ago

  This is where my heart lives. Wonderful documentary.

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• CO

  @corinnehill8565 · 5 years ago

  I am so excited to watch this program... Because I am part Kootney an Shuswap...<br>Mostly Flathead an Umpqua from Oregon where I now live...<br>I am loving this program ... Thank you<br>I have spent a lot of time with my family there... I now live i

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