TY  - BOOK
AU  - Samuelson-Brown,Randi
TI  - The bad old days of Montana: untold stories of the Big Sky State 
T2  - The bad old days
SN  - 9781493067268
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - Essex, Connecticut
PB  - TwoDot
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - Montana
KW  - Vigilantes
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Outlaws
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -