To Bernice Klassen, CRAIG-L and FURTRAPPERS-MOUNTAINMEN-L lists: Just want to make a correction: Brown's Hole is located in Utah. More precisely, in the Northeast corner of Utah nearest the communities of Dutch John and Vernal, Utah. To the north of this area is Wyoming and to the east is Colorado. Additionally, should anyone want to know what a 'hole' is in the context of a place, it is a sheltered area usually surrounded by mountains that protect it from the harsh cold winds of winter. The best holes will always have water, wood, and game, if only nearby. Native North American Indians for eons used holes to winter in for the tribe or hunting parties. Using the ways of the indians, the mountain men and others, also used such holes for such wintering, etc. Also, they were used for rendezvous of hunting and trapping parties. Thus, the most famous, Pierre's Hole, was used several times for the Great American Fur Trapping Rendezvous' which William Craig knew very well! In more recent history, Brown's Hole was often used as hangout and hideout of Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the Hole-In-Wall Gang. Lastly, regarding Ft. Davy Crockett, it was very small compared to some other fur trapping and trading forts. However, it was partly owned by William Craig and documentation indicates that the famous Kit Carson one winter hunted for the fort. Sincerely, Deane Craig Las Vegas, Nevada(Glitter Gulch of the so-called New Wild West) On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 02:58:56 -0700 (PDT) Bernice Klassen <surfinamma@yahoo.com> writes: > 1836 _ Settled at Brown's Hole on Green River extreme > NW corner of present Idaho, and there established Fort > Davey Crockett (aka Fort Misery) with others. . >