A Tenderfoot In Montana

Author : Francis McGee Thompson
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 9780972152228
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Tenderfoot in Montana written by Francis McGee Thompson and published by Montana Historical Society. This book was released on 2004 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Mark C. Dillon
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874219205
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Montana Vigilantes, 1863–1870 written by Mark C. Dillon and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history and legal analysis of vigilantism in Montana in the 1860s, from a state Supreme Court justice and legal historian. Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860s, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement in the western territories and also trial procedures, gubernatorial politics, legislative enactments, and constitutional rights. Using newspaper articles, diaries, letters, biographies, invoices, and books that speak to the compelling history of Montana’s vigilantism in the 1860s, Dillon examines the conduct of the vigilantes in the context of the due process norms of the time. He implicates the influence of lawyers and judges who, like their non-lawyer counterparts, shaped history during the rush to earn fortunes in gold. Dillon’s perspective as a state Supreme Court justice and legal historian uniquely illuminates the intersection of territorial politics, constitutional issues, corrupt law enforcement, and the basic need of citizenry for social order. This readable and well-directed analysis of the social and legal context that contributed to the rise of Montana vigilante groups will be of interest to scholars and general readers interested in Western history, law, and criminal justice for years to come. “[Justice Dillon’s] book reads like a Western. Dillon masterfully sets the stage for the rise of the Montana vigilantes by bringing alive the people who created and lived in [mining] towns. There are heroes, villains, shady characters, and more than a few politicians, businessmen, lawyers and judges. What sets Dillon’s book apart from historical texts and fictional tales is that he provides legal analyses and explanations of the trials, sentences, due process and procedures of the day . . . And shed[s] grisly light on the details of the hangings. Dillon’s unique background as an attorney and judge and his downright dogged research are what makes this complex story so engaging. The prose is clear, crisp and gets to the point. . . . The book is satisfying because it answers contemporary nagging questions about the law regarding the vigilantes and the hangings.” —Gregory Zenon, Brooklyn Barrister “Dillon’s analysis of the vigilantes of Bannack, Alder Gulch, and Helena in Montana Territory is the most detailed, insightful, and legally nuanced yet produced. . . . This book is a model for historians to follow when dealing with 19th-century criminal proceedings. Establishing historical context includes examining the laws in books as well as the law in action.” —Gordon Morris Bakken, Great Plains Research

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Montana Wilderness written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Field
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780671758387
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tenderfoot Kid written by Peter Field and published by Markham, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada. This book was released on 1951 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James A. Crutchfield
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149302356X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It Happened in Montana written by James A. Crutchfield and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author James A . Crutchfield has mined thirty-seven of the most colorful episodes from Montana's provocative past--from the first glimpse of French explorers of the "Shining Mountains" in 1743 to the attempt to round up the wild horses of the Pryor Mountains. These episodes are a lively look at life in the Wild West.

Author : Katharine Seaton Squires
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439664706
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Antietam Veteran's Montana Journey written by Katharine Seaton Squires and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this recently unearthed memoir, Civil War veteran James Howard Lowell offers a firsthand account of his brutal journey west on a wagon train attacked by Indian Dog Soldiers. The Boston Yank staggers snow blind through a Laramie Plains blizzard to reach Salt Lake City, where he meets Brigham Young. In Montana, he joins an old forty-niner to work a mining claim, practices "tomahawk jurisprudence" in Fort Benton and builds a mackinaw to head downriver through Deadman Rapids to trade with the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. Lowell's great-great-granddaughter edits this tale populated with colorful characters, narrow escapes and important historical events, such as the Baker Massacre. It features Lowell's letters to his sweetheart and Civil War correspondence.

Author : Joseph A. West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780786297702
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tenderfoot Trail written by Joseph A. West and published by . This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Framed for murder and pursued by bloodthirsty killers, Luke Garrett's landed himself in a real fix this time.

Author : Wyman C. Schmidt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1H/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Forests, Ranges, and Watersheds in the Northern Rocky Mountains written by Wyman C. Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Wilbur Steele
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Major Douglas-fir Habitat Types of Central Idaho written by Robert Wilbur Steele and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
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