The Montana Frontier, 1852-1864
Title | The Montana Frontier, 1852-1864 PDF eBook |
Author | Granville Stuart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Frontier and pioneer life |
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Visit the Old Frontier
Title | Visit the Old Frontier PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Montana |
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The Battle for Butte
Title | The Battle for Butte PDF eBook |
Author | Michael P. Malone |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2012-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0295802197 |
First published in 1981, The Battle for Butte has remained the best treatment of the influence of copper in the political history of Montana. "Fine history: rich in detail, full of finely drawn people, masterfully clear where the subject matter is most complex, constructed to preserve something of the tone and atmosphere of the age."-American Historical Review
The Montana Frontier
Title | The Montana Frontier PDF eBook |
Author | Merrill Gildea Burlingame |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Frontier and pioneer life |
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The Montana Frontier
Title | The Montana Frontier PDF eBook |
Author | Don Baker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 61 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Frontier and pioneer life |
ISBN |
Montana 1864
Title | Montana 1864 PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Egan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2014-09-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781606390764 |
Creative nonfiction history about the year Montana became a U.S. Territory.
A Decent, Orderly Lynching
Title | A Decent, Orderly Lynching PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Allen |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 449 |
Release | 2013-07-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0806179570 |
The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were justified in their early actions, as they fought violent crime in a remote corner beyond the reach of government. But Allen has uncovered evidence that the vigilantes refused to disband after territorial courts were in place. Remaining active for six years, they lynched more than fifty men without trials. Reliance on mob rule in Montana became so ingrained that in 1883, a Helena newspaper editor advocated a return to “decent, orderly lynching” as a legitimate tool of social control. Allen’s sharply drawn characters, illustrated by dozens of photographs, are woven into a masterfully written narrative that will change textbook accounts of Montana’s early days—and challenge our thinking on the essence of justice.