"We shall delineate with correctness the great arteries of this great country: those who come after us will extend the ramifications as they become acquainted with them, and fill up the canvas we begin." - President Thomas Jefferson to his friend, William Dunbar, May 25,1805.George Trischman is anxious to show the world why Jefferson should be smiling down on the canvas the third U.S. president started when he engineered one of the largest land acquisitions in world history - the Louisiana Purchase. "We can demonstrate thatwhat Thomas Jefferson was after in 1805 exists today," explains Trischman, manager of Hamilton Ranches near Twin Bridges, MT. "We're living proof you can have sustainable ranching, agricultural communities and commerce - and still leave the land pretty much like it was when Lewis and Clark came through."
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