Montana

Drawn to Bozeman by the lure of gold, prospectors were swept up by Big Sky beauty and became permanent residents. It’s easy to linger in our Montana history books, held by the incomparable history of an irresistible state. Whether you arrive at Glacier National Park via the Great Northern Railway or Going-to-the-Sun Road, the scenery remains sublime, though not always hospitable. The Yellowstone earthquake of 1959 trapped more than two hundred in the Madison River Canyon and the Dimple Knees scandal rocked Butte to its core. But Montana’s history, like its matchless landscape, rewards the work of preservation. [View all Montana books]
4 products
The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive
The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive
Haunted Southwest Montana
Haunted Southwest Montana
Lost Fort Ellis
Lost Fort Ellis
Fort Benton
Fort Benton

The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive

9781467135795

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
Traversing the spectacular Beartooth Highway in Montana and Wyoming is an unforgettable experience. The unspoiled mountain scenery along the highway inspired famed news correspondent Charles Kuralt to label it "America's most beautiful drive," yet the story behind this engineering marvel is largely unknown. It is an epic account of man versus nature to construct a road through unforgiving wilderness. Built during the height of the Great Depression and rising 10,947 feet above sea level, the Beartooth Highway sparked an economic boom in Red Lodge, Cooke City and Yellowstone National Park. Understandably, it continues to leave a profound impression on people privileged to drive it. Historian Jon Axline tells the exciting and colorful narrative behind the origins and construction of the Beartooth Highway.
The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive

Haunted Southwest Montana

9781467153683

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
Phantoms in Paradise!
Southwestern Montana boasts a bloody past that produces a persistent paranormal presence. In 1899, drunken Charles Sheppard murdered John Benson with a fence post in Deer Lodge and threw his body into the river. Some still witness the bloody apparition of a man on the water's edge. The spirit of Doctor John Singleton Meade still roams his Hotel Meade in the renowned Ghost Town of Bannack. The old Montana State Prison, now a museum, is tormented with residual energy from multiple executions, riots and violent deaths. Beset by an unsolved murder, a famous ghost town and a haunted bed & breakfast, Gunslinger Gulch attracts thousands each year to Anaconda. Author Deborah Cuyle collects tales of haunted hotels, ghostly residents and gruesome events from Dillion, Philipsburg, Garnet and more.
Haunted Southwest Montana

Lost Fort Ellis

9781626199798

$21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
Established in 1867 in the Gallatin Valley of Montana, Fort Ellis played a key role in the development of the Montana frontier. From post commanders attacking the town to restoring order when riotous mobs got out of control, explore the ambivalent, albeit contentious, relationship from 1867 to 1886 between the civilians and soldiers in whimsical but dramatic fashion. Competing visions of economic and military conditions on the frontier led to a complex relationship that has all the drama of a Hollywood western. Join MSU–Billings history professor Dr. Thomas C. Rust as he examines the fort's impact on the social and economic development of early Bozeman, the problems of military command and the dynamics of the soldier-civilian interaction on Montana's frontier.
Lost Fort Ellis

Fort Benton

9780738570280

$24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%
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 development. Founded in 1846 as a fur-trading post, it is Montana's oldest continuous settlement. Arrival of the first steamboats and completion of the Mullan Road in 1860 heralded the steamboat era, bringing gold seekers, merchant princes, scoundrels, soldiers, North West Mounted Police, and eventually women and children to the wild frontier. Then came the railroads, open-range ranching, and homesteaders by the thousands. Today Fort Benton serves the agricultural Golden Triangle and presents its colorful history through cultural tourism.
Fort Benton