The bad old days of Montana : untold stories of the Big Sky State /
Samuelson-Brown, Randi,
The bad old days of Montana : untold stories of the Big Sky State / Untold stories of the Big Sky State Randi Samuelson-Brown. - xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - The bad old days .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Montana in the Rough Beginning, 1803-1847 -- The Mountain Men and Trappers, 1815-1840 -- Gold in 1862 : The Birth of Bannack -- Henry Plummer : Prisoner 1573 -- The Noose Tightens -- Shady Women and their equally Shady Men -- Captives, Cavalry and Desertions -- The Bottom of the Bottle and the Bottom of the Barrel -- A Troubled History Spills Over -- Shady Ladies and Their Equally Shady Men -- Last Chance Gulch -- Retribution, 1879-1890 -- The Devil's Perch, Black Heart Of And Other Names -- A Rare History.
"Certainly, in the nineteenth century, the Western frontier was not for the faint of heart. The Bad Old Days series celebrates each region's glorious and rowdy past. These pages recount the tales of people who came west seeking if not their fortune, at least opportunity. It is no secret that the West was settled by the adventurous willing to brave the harsh conditions and to prevail. Whether on the right or the wrong side of the law, all settlers and pioneers made unique contributions to the state's complex culture"--
9781493067268 1493067265
2023012610
Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.
Vigilantes--History--Montana--19th century.
Outlaws--History--Montana--19th century.
Montana--History--19th century.
The bad old days of Montana : untold stories of the Big Sky State / Untold stories of the Big Sky State Randi Samuelson-Brown. - xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - The bad old days .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Montana in the Rough Beginning, 1803-1847 -- The Mountain Men and Trappers, 1815-1840 -- Gold in 1862 : The Birth of Bannack -- Henry Plummer : Prisoner 1573 -- The Noose Tightens -- Shady Women and their equally Shady Men -- Captives, Cavalry and Desertions -- The Bottom of the Bottle and the Bottom of the Barrel -- A Troubled History Spills Over -- Shady Ladies and Their Equally Shady Men -- Last Chance Gulch -- Retribution, 1879-1890 -- The Devil's Perch, Black Heart Of And Other Names -- A Rare History.
"Certainly, in the nineteenth century, the Western frontier was not for the faint of heart. The Bad Old Days series celebrates each region's glorious and rowdy past. These pages recount the tales of people who came west seeking if not their fortune, at least opportunity. It is no secret that the West was settled by the adventurous willing to brave the harsh conditions and to prevail. Whether on the right or the wrong side of the law, all settlers and pioneers made unique contributions to the state's complex culture"--
9781493067268 1493067265
2023012610
Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.
Vigilantes--History--Montana--19th century.
Outlaws--History--Montana--19th century.
Montana--History--19th century.