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Forget dreary dates and boring facts. More Montana Moments distills the most funny, bizarre, and interesting stories from Montana's history into pure entertainment. Meet the colorful cast of the famous and infamous desperadoes, vigilantes, madams, and darned good men and women (and a few critters) who made the state's history.

Passed down through generations, these stories illustrate the subtle presence of the past in the everyday lives of modern Montanans.

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Fly fishing intersects western history in so many ways that it is surprising that more writers--besides historians--have not sensed its rhetorical and scholarly opportunities. As fly fishing's practitioners grow in economic power, political reach, ecological awareness, and clarity of need, those intersections will only become more compelling. In the fine tradition of angling books that celebrate fly fishing for the way it invites readers int...

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Although fast-disappearing Montanas historic bridges are an integral and often overlooked part of Montanas landscape This book tells the stories of those bridges and how they shaped the development of the Treasure State from the early horse-and-buggy

Although fast-disappearing Montanas historic bridges are an integral and often overlooked part of Montanas landscape This book tells the stories of those bridges and how they shaped the development of the Treasure State from the early horse-and-buggy

Among Montana's most enduring legacies are the names assigned to its geographic features and places found on the state map. As long as humans have inhabited Montana they have named places. While the past two centuries have changed the way people live in Montana, the names given to some rivers, mountain ranges, cities, and towns have persisted, while others have changed with time. Naming Montana explores the origins of more than 1, 000 Montana ...

Selected from the FSA Collection at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the photographs in Hope in Hard Times offer viewers an unparalleled look at life in Montana in the years preceding the United States' entry into World War II.

Editor Brian W. Dippie presents a variety of looks at Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926), whose perspectives on the changing West and talents with oil, watercolor, bronze and more made him a lasting name. With illustrations.

Frank Thompson vividly recalls his experiences in gold-rush era Montana, where sought his fortune, served in the first territorial legislature, and met some of the territory's most notorious road agents.

Red Cloud was the only Native American leader ever to win a war against the United States Army. Here, for the first time in print is Red Cloud's 'as-told-to' autobiography in which he shares the story of his early years.

This is the first book devoted to Montana's long history of industrial newspaper ownership and the consequences for democracy. The work also reveals the costs paid by owners and their journalists, whose credibility eroded as their increasingly constricted newspapers lapsed into ambivalence and indifference. The story offers a timeless study of the conflict between commerce and the notion of a free and independent press.

This is the first book devoted to Montana's long history of industrial newspaper ownership and the consequences for democracy The work also reveals the costs paid by owners and their journalists whose credibility eroded as their increasingly constricted

Bozeman has been home to many pasts. Founded in the 1860s, the town has grown from a frontier farming settlement to a bustling city and center of academic excellence. This guide tells the stories of the places and people that built Bozeman and the efforts to preserve the town's colorful history.

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 artifa...

As towns in northeastern Montana approach their centennials, "The Red Corner" chronicles the events of the teens and 1920s that left a permanent mark on the region. Sheridan County was the site of an armed robbery of $100, 000 from the county treasury, a Young Communist camp, an adolescent's "Bolshevik funeral, " and surveillance by FBI agents who pursued some radical leaders even into the 1960s. The book profiles several influential Communist...

For over two decades, volunteers from around Montana registered local quilts as part of the Montana Historic Quilt Project. This lavishly illustrated, full-color book showcases over one hundred of the best, most unique, and most interesting quilts discovered and tells the stories of the extraordinary women who made them.

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