Montana Stories
Montana Stories

Author: Tim Dailey

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1462060269

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When Hank leaves South Dakota for Montana, he carries a heavy heart and some dark secrets; all of his belongings fill just one small suitcase. A country boy who doesnt speak the Kings English, hes willing to work hard and keep his head down. He finds that opportunity as a flatland ranch hand helping Russell and Lora with the chores and their cattle in the Missouri Breaks in eastern Montana. The family provides him with work, renewed faith, and a respite from his troubled past. They introduce him to Eileen, a beautiful, confident red-head. Their courtship revolves around working the land and the ranch, as well as truly learning what it means to be a family under the grace of God. MONTANA STORIES tells a fictional story of the joys and sorrows of the seasons of ranching, cattle drives, hard work, a clean life, and good morals.

Stories from Montana's Enduring Frontier
Stories from Montana's Enduring Frontier

Author: John Clayton

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-04-09

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1625840942

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At the turn of the twentieth century, Montana started emerging from its rugged past. Permanent towns and cities, powered by mining, tourism, and trade, replaced ramshackle outposts. Yet Montana's frontier endured, both in remote pockets and in the wider cultural imagination. The frontier thus played a continuing role in Montanans' lives, often in fascinating ways. Author John Clayton has written extensively on these shifts in Montana history, chronicling the breadth of the frontier's legacy with this diverse collection of stories. Explore the remnants of Montana's frontier through stories of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, the Beartooth Highway, and the lost mining camp of Swift Current--and through legendary characters such as Charlie Russell, Haydie Yates, and "Liver-eating" Johnston.

Hidden History of Helena, Montana
Hidden History of Helena, Montana

Author: Ellen Baumler and Jon Axline

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467144010

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Distinguished by statesmen and magnates, Helena's history is colored with many other compelling characters and episodes nearly lost to time. Before achieving eminence in Deadwood, Sheriff Seth Bullock oversaw Montana Territory's first two legal hangings. The Seven Mile House was an oasis of vice for the parched, weary travelers entering the valley on the Benton Road, despite a tumultuous succession of ownership. The heritage of the Sieban Ranch and the saga of "King Kong" Clayton, "the Joe Louis of the Mat," faded from public memory. From unraveling the myths of Chinatown to detailing the lives of red-light businesswomen and the Canyon Ferry flying saucer hoax, revered local historians Ellen Baumler and Jon Axline team up to preserve a compendium of Helena's yesteryear.

Montana
Montana

Author: Krys Holmes

Publisher: Montana Historical Society

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 0975919636

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More than 12,000 years of Montana history come to life in Montana: Stories of the Land. This new book, created for use in teaching Montana history, offers a panorama of the past beginning with Montana's first people and ending with life in the twenty-first century. Incorporating Indian perspectives, Montana: Stories of the Land is the first truly multicultural history of the state. It features hundreds of historical photographs, unique artifacts, maps, and paintings largely drawn from the Society's extensive collections. Sidebar quotations bring the stories of ordinary people to life while providing diverse perspectives on important historical events. Published by the Montana Historical Society Press with production management by Farcountry Press. Features 463 photos, maps, and artifacts primarily drawn from the Montana Historical Society's collections Fully integrates the history of Montana's Indians into the state's story Uses quotations from everyday people to bring Montana's past to life

Tales from Choteau Montana
Tales from Choteau Montana

Author: Nancy C. Thornton

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2020-01-22

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0970070454

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Tales from Choteau Montana is a collection of original short stories created from writings dating back to the 1880s in old newspapers including the Choteau Acantha that will entertain and inform both Montana residents and visitors alike. Learn about the people, climate and cityscape of Choteau, Montana, from true yarns spun about its memorable events, tragedies, crimes, businesses, government officials, veterans, heroes and villains.

Montana Campfire Tales
Montana Campfire Tales

Author: Dave Walter

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2011-06-14

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0762768037

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No one knew more about Montana’s history than the late, great Dave Walter, and no one told the state’s stories with more eloquence, humor, and accuracy. This new edition of the classic Montana Campfire Tales invites readers to gather around the campfire as Walter revisits the tragic Baker Massacre, recounts Truman Everts’s harrowing ordeal in Yellowstone, and sheds light on more forgotten but fascinating aspects of the Treasure State’s past. Evocative historical photos and maps further bring to life the rich details in this book. Visitors and residents alike will treasure Montana Campfire Tales for many years, whether in an armchair next to a fireplace or around a fire at a campground.

Montana Highway Tales
Montana Highway Tales

Author: Jon Axline

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-06-07

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1439672725

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Much of Montana's exciting history is visible from its storied highways. Visit a segment of the historic Bozeman Trail overlooking Virginia City, where vigilantes hanged public nuisance Joseph Alfred Slade just as his wife attempted a horseback rescue. Discover the saga of adultery, attempted murder and eventual triumph that occurred at a single stone building in the Browns Gulch area of Butte. On Highway 308 east of Red Lodge, learn more about the tragic 1943 Smith Mine disaster, where a methane explosion trapped and killed seventy-three miners. The catastrophe triggered investigations at the state and national level that resulted in improvements in mine safety. With more than two dozen stories, historian Jon Axline provides a front-seat view of the Treasure State's thrilling past, forgotten characters and overlooked oddities found by the wayside.

History of Montana Agriculture, A: A Life of Discovery
History of Montana Agriculture, A: A Life of Discovery

Author: Jody L. Lamp & Melody Dobson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1467136506

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Agriculture developed into Montana's top industry from humble beginnings. In 1841, Father De Smet planted a small plot at St. Mary's Mission. Thomas Harris, the territory's first farmer, harvested oats at Fort Owen for "sustenance and trade" in 1854. Within thirty-five years, beef and wool were being exported out of the territory to satisfy national and European demands. In the intervening years, the mechanical engine and rural electrification dramatically transformed agribusiness. Billings became home to America's largest monthly horse sale. And the modern cooperative model is lauded for sustaining agricultural operations and rural communities. With untold and forgotten stories, the American Doorstop Project co-founders and authors Jody L. Lamp and Melody Dobson spotlight the technological advancements and legacies of those who blazed trails, broke sod and built farms and livestock ranches that shaped the Treasure State's agriculture history.

More Montana Campfire Tales
More Montana Campfire Tales

Author: David Walter

Publisher: Farcountry Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781560372363

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Montana history at its wildest and most intriguing. These 15 stories--illustrated with historical photographs--flash with humor, action, indignation, amazement, and admiration for what some Montanans (and visitors) added to the state's story.