The Vigilantes Of Montana

Author : Thomas Josiah -1866 Dimsdale
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016303118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vigilantes of Montana written by Thomas Josiah -1866 Dimsdale and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Frederick Allen
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806189886
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Decent, Orderly Lynching written by Frederick Allen and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deadliest campaign of vigilante justice in American history erupted in the Rocky Mountains during the Civil War when a private army hanged twenty-one troublemakers. Hailed as great heroes at the time, the Montana vigilantes are still revered as founding fathers. Combing through original sources, including eye-witness accounts never before published, Frederick Allen concludes that the vigilantes were justified in their early actions, as they fought violent crime in a remote corner beyond the reach of government. But Allen has uncovered evidence that the vigilantes refused to disband after territorial courts were in place. Remaining active for six years, they lynched more than fifty men without trials. Reliance on mob rule in Montana became so ingrained that in 1883, a Helena newspaper editor advocated a return to “decent, orderly lynching” as a legitimate tool of social control. Allen’s sharply drawn characters, illustrated by dozens of photographs, are woven into a masterfully written narrative that will change textbook accounts of Montana’s early days—and challenge our thinking on the essence of justice.

Author : Thomas Josiah Dimsdale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vigilantes of Montana ... written by Thomas Josiah Dimsdale and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Montana Vigilantes, an organization which arose when civil law seemed inadequate on the frontier, and their action in running down a band of highwaymen.

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 : Nathaniel Pitt Langford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vigilante Days and Ways written by Nathaniel Pitt Langford and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thos. J. Dimsdale
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The vigilantes of Montana; Or, popular justice in the Rocky Mountains written by Thos. J. Dimsdale and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The vigilantes of Montana; Or, popular justice in the Rocky Mountains" by Thos. J. Dimsdale. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Thomas Josiah Dimsdale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vigilantes of Montana; Or, Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains written by Thomas Josiah Dimsdale and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Josiah Dimsdale
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 269 pages
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Download or read book The Vigilantes of Montana written by Thomas Josiah Dimsdale and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 : Llewellyn Link Callaway
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806129129
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Montana's Righteous Hangmen written by Llewellyn Link Callaway and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Montana Territory in the last half of the nineteenth century, when a massive influx of gold seekers brought murderers and robbers into the region and forced the creation of an organization of law-abiding citizens known as the Vigilantes. Led by Captain James Williams, the Vigilantes sought to stop the blatant activities of more than fifty road agents in the Bannack-Virginia City mining area, who were secretly directed and protected by a local sheriff, Henry Plummer. The first instance of taking the law into their own hands occurred when an impromptu group of men captured, tried, and hanged one notorious killer, George Ives. Thereafter, with public approval, the Vigilantes continued to ride across the land, bringing swift retribution to all wrongdoers. Lew L. Callaway, who grew up knowing Captain Williams as a friend to his father, herein recounts the stories of such famous episodes as the trial of Ives and the controversial capture and hanging of Joseph A. Slade, who was carrying the severed ears of one of his victims in his pocket on the day he was hanged. More than a history of the bloody era that spawned the Vigilantes, this is the story of life in Montana Territory, of gold fever, Indian warfare, and the cattle empire that ended, along with Captain Williams’s life, in the disastrous winter of 1887.