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Montana History Books


Montana local and regional history books feature vintage images of small towns and downtowns across the state. Each title celebrates the unique cultures and traditions of 'Big Sky Country' through historical images and descriptive captions.

From the millions of majestic acres in Glacier National Park, to the Irish immigrants who heeded the call of a better life in the Butte copper mines, the spectacular parks and forests of Paradise Valley, and the towns of Livingston, Little Bighorn, Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, and more, each book features stunning vintage images revealing the unique people, places, and events that make up the history of the great state of Montana.


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Bear Creek Valley
Bear Creek Valley

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Memories of Montana's Bear Creek Valley flicker briefly to life each February on the anniversary of its darkest day. It is remembered as the ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738570419
Beartooth Mountains
Beartooth Mountains

$21.99 Not Yet Published
state: Montana
series: Images of America
The name Beartooth suggests strength, rawness, and force. Indeed, the Beartooth Mountains are a power and are unsurpassed in splendor and be ...
Images of America Not Yet Published $21.99 9780738593319
Beartooth Mountains
Beartooth Mountains

$7.99 Not Yet Published
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
The Beartooth Mountains boast a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Patty Hooker exp ...
Postcards of America Not Yet Published $7.99 9780738593326
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Beaverhead County, located in southwest Montana, sits at the top of the Missouri River drainage. In 1805, Lewis and Clark navigated the rive ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738558875
Big Timber
Big Timber

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Big Timber, watched over by the Crazy Mountains of Southwest Montana, has always been named for its natural surroundings. Big Timber was ori ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738569949
Billings
Billings

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
Billings is sometimes called “The Magic City” for its rapid growth that seems to change the skyline overnight. Located in the heart of the Y ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738570464
Billings
Billings

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Billings boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, James M. Reich explores the ci ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738570471
Bozeman
Bozeman

$19.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Surrounded by dramatic mountain ranges, Bozeman is an impressive city with a remarkable past. The land that would become Bozeman and the Gal ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738548449
Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley
Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
By the time picture postcards came into popular use shortly after 1900, Bozeman was almost 40 years old and prospering, and the Gallatin Val ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738570846
Butte
Butte

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Butte boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Ellen Crain and Lee Whitney explo ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738571980
Butte
Butte

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Butte, Montana, nestled in the Rocky Mountains at 5,545 feet, hosts classic architecture, a vibrant past, and an abundance of colorful chara ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738571867
Butte
Butte

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Then and Now
Nicknamed "The Richest Hill on Earth," Butte was once among the world's largest copper producers and a thriving industrial metropolis in the ...
Then and Now Available $21.99 9780738581828
Cascade County and Great Falls
Cascade County and Great Falls

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
Great Falls, on the Missouri River, began as a city of sun, water, and future. Long a crossroads for Native Americans, in 1805, the Lewis an ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738581927
Clark's Fork Valley
Clark's Fork Valley

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Many of the great icons of western American history left their mark on Carbon County while living in or traveling through the natural byway ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738581675
Columbus and Stillwater County
Columbus and Stillwater County

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Stillwater County's history is anything but still. In 1875, the trading post and stage stop of Stillwater at the confluence of the Yellowsto ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738574622
Cooke City
Cooke City

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Northeast of Yellowstone National Park, between precipitous mountains along Soda Butte Creek, lies the old mining town of Cooke City. Ramsha ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738575841
Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
In the language of the Shoshone, Sacagawea’s people, the Deer Lodge Valley was it-soo-ke-en-carne. The name referred to a lodge-shaped mound ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738570785
Emigrant Gulch: Searching for Gold in Park County
Emigrant Gulch: Searching for Gold in Park County

$19.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
In 1864, an Oregon Trail wagon train of pioneers from Pennsylvania and Iowa found their way to Emigrant Gulch and Park County in search of g ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738520780
Fort Benton
Fort Benton

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
Fort Benton, the head of navigation on the Missouri River, is known as the “Birthplace of Montana.” Its history spans every era in Montana’s ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738570280
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
For generations, the Native American people have been a society of great mystery. The Assiniboine and Sioux Indians of the Fort Peck Reserva ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738548272
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Glacier National Park is a majestic million acres of towering mountains, ancient glaciers, and amazing biodiversity. Located astride both th ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738530116
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
Pres. William Howard Taft signed the bill creating Glacier National Park in 1910, and a wilderness paradise in northwestern Montana was born ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738580807
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Glacier National Park boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Tom Mulvaney expl ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738580968
Glasgow and Valley County
Glasgow and Valley County

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Once known only as "Siding 45," Glasgow, Montana, was named by a railroad clerk's random finger poke on a spinning globe in 1887. Resourcefu ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738580630
Great Falls
Great Falls

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Before Meriwether Lewis saw the Great Falls of the Missouri River in 1805, the area had been visited for centuries by plains bison and the B ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738580845
Great Falls
Great Falls

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Great Falls boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Don Peterson and the Histor ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738580951
Helena
Helena

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
Helena began in 1864 as a mining camp with the discovery of gold along Last Chance Gulch (soon to become Helena’s main street). In 1875, Hel ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738559773
Helena
Helena

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Helena boasts a rich history. These images illustrate the people, the events, and the everyday scenes that make up Helena’s story.

Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738559780
Helena, Montana
Helena, Montana

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
From its origins as a dusty mining camp, Helena quickly grew into a bustling cosmopolitan city, eventually to become the capital of pioneer ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738518985
Hill County
Hill County

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
With the establishment of Fort Assinniboine in Montana Territory in 1879, the development of Hill County has progressed from the wild fronti ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738569338
Irish Butte
Irish Butte

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Summoned by the call of the copper mines in Butte, Montana, Irish immigrants left a struggling Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738581781
Jefferson County
Jefferson County

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Jefferson County was created in 1865 when the legislature of the newly formed Montana Territory met for the first time. Its residents played ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738570358
Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
The Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25–26, 1876, is one of the most controversial and studied events in American history. While of rela ...
Postcard History Available $21.99 9780738570075
Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Little Bighorn boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Vincent A. Heier explore ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738570082
Livingston
Livingston

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
In January 1883, barely a month after the Northern Pacific Railroad (NPRR ) finished laying tracks to the “last crossing of the Yellowstone ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738570440
Livingston
Livingston

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Livingston boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Elizabeth A. Watry and Rober ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738570457
Manhattan, Belgrade, Amsterdam, and Churchill
Manhattan, Belgrade, Amsterdam, and Churchill

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
To Gallatin County they came, entrepreneurs and immigrant families alike, lured by new opportunities and abundant land west of Bozeman. Belg ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738576091
Mining in Butte
Mining in Butte

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
The story of Butte is the story of underground mining. In the early part of the 1900s, Butte had more than 100,000 people and 400 mines in o ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738575476
Missoula
Missoula

$19.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcard History
Missoula began in 1860 as Hellgate Village, a trading post located about 4 miles west of what is now downtown. In 1864, the construction of ...
Postcard History Available $19.99 9780738558882
Missoula
Missoula

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
Missoula boasts a rich history. These images illustrate the people, the events, and the everyday scenes that make up Missoula’s story.
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738558899
Missoula
Missoula

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Then and Now
In this survey of how Missoula has changed since the late 1800s, important historic sites in the city and environs are showcased in vintage ...
Then and Now Available $21.99 9780738580784
Paradise Valley on the Yellowstone
Paradise Valley on the Yellowstone

$19.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Paradise Valley, located midway between Gardiner and Livingston, Montana, is aptly named. The area is surrounded by spectacular national par ...
Images of America Available $19.99 9780738508054
Red Lodge
Red Lodge

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
From enchanting downtown architecture to the spectacular Beartooth Highway, Red Lodge wears its vibrant history with pride. A coal-mining bo ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738556260
The Little Bighorn, Tiospaye
The Little Bighorn, Tiospaye

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
In June of 1876, members of various northern Plains tribes gathered at the Little Bighorn River to form the largest Indian encampment in rec ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738508283
Tobacco Valley
Tobacco Valley

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
The Tobacco Valley, in Montana’s far northwest corner, was so named by explorer David Thompson in 1808 upon finding the resident natives usi ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738570884
Virginia City
Virginia City

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Tucked between the Tobacco Root Mountains and Mount Baldy in southwestern Montana, Virginia City began in May 1863, when gold was discovered ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738582054
West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone

$21.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Images of America
Founded in 1908 to provide services for visitors arriving at the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park, the town of West Yellowstone, M ...
Images of America Available $21.99 9780738570877
West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone

$7.99 Available
state: Montana
series: Postcards of America
West Yellowstone boasts a rich history.

Author Bio: In this collection of vintage-photograph postcards, Paul Shea explores the ...
Postcards of America Available $7.99 9780738570945
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