Table of Contents
Preface x
A First Glimpse of the Shining Mountains, Bighorn Range-1743 1
Lewis's Confrontation with the Blackfeet, Marias River-1806 4
John Colter's Sprint for Life, Three Forks-1808 7
The Birth and Death of a Fur Company, Billings-1823 10
Mike Fink: A Rowdy at Henrys Fort, Fort Henry-1823 13
Prince Maximilian: Tourist Royale, Fort Mckenzie-1833 16
Father DeSmet's Chapel in the Pines, St. Mary's-1841 19
Liver-Eating Johnston's Gruesome Revenge, Northwestern Montana-1843 22
Crazy Woman Morgan and the Massacre, Musselshell River-1846 25
Fort Benton: Mecca on the Upper Missouri, Fort Benton-1860 28
The Golden Cornerstone, Alder Gulch-1862 31
Blood on the Bozeman Trail, Fort C. F. Smith-1863 34
The Innocents at the End of Their Rope, Virginia City-1864 37
Jim Beckwourth: Adopted Son of the Crows, Statewide-1866 40
Shoot-Out in the Hay Fields, Fort C. F. Smith-1867 43
Pointing Them North on the Texas Trail, Central Montana-1870 46
King Copper, Butte-1876 49
A Sioux Chief's Account of Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn-1876 53
"I Will Fight No More Forever," Bear Paw Battlefield-1877 57
The Slaughter of the Buffalo, Miles City-1883 60
The Hard Winter, Statewide-1886-87 63
"Lady" Cameron: Montana Photographer, Terry-1889 66
Bicycles vs. Horses: Providing Transportation for the US Army, Fort Missoula-1896-97 69
The Birth of Glacier National Park, Glacier-1910 76
Shelby's Day of Glory, Shelby-1923 79
Charlie Russell: Cowboy Artist Extraordinaire, Judith Basin-1926 82
Plenty Coups: Chief of the Crows, Pryor-1932 85
Smoke jumpers to the Rescue, Missoula-1939 88
From Montana to Hollywood, Helena-1941 91
Jeannette Rankin: A Dove in Congress, Missoula-1941 94
Will James: Montana's Mystery Man, Billings-1942 97
The Killer Quake, Hebgen Lake-1959 100
The Wild Horses of the Pryor Mountains, Pryor Mountains-1969 102
The Centennial Cattle Drive, Statewide-1989 104
A. B. Guthrie: Literary Giant, Great Falls-1991 107
The Capture of the Unabomber, Lincoln-1996 110
Tracking Early Humans in Montana, Wilsall-2014 114
Montana Facts & Trivia 121
Further Reading 123
Index 125
About the Author 131
