It Happened in Montana.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- A FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE SHINING MOUNTAINS -- LEWIS'S CONFRONTATION WITH THE BLACKFEET -- JOHN COLTER'S SPRINT FOR LIFE -- THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF A FUR COMPANY -- MIKE FINK: A Rowdy at Henr y's Fort -- PRINCE MAXIMILIAN: Tourist Royale -- FATHER DeSMET'S CHAPEL IN THE PINES -- LIVER-EATING JOHNSTON'S GRUESOME REVENGE -- CRAZY WOMAN MORGAN AND THE MASSACRE -- FORT BENTON: Mecca on the Upper Missouri -- THE GOLDEN CORNERSTONE -- BLOOD ON THE BOZEMAN TRAIL -- THE INNOCENTS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE -- JIM BECKWOURTH: Adopted Son of the Crows -- SHOOT-OUT IN THE HAY FIELDS -- POINTING THEM NORTH ON THE TEXAS TRAIL -- KING COPPER -- A SIOUX CHIEF'S ACCOUNT OF CUSTER'S LAST STAND -- "I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER" -- THE SLAUGHTER OF THE BUFFALO -- THE HARD WINTER -- "LADY" CAMERON: Montana Photographer -- BICYCLES VS. HORSES: Providing Transportation for the US Army -- THE BIRTH OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK -- SHELBY'S DAY OF GLORY -- CHARLIE RUSSELL: Cowboy Artist Extraordinaire -- PLENTY COUPS: Chief of the Crows -- SMOKEJUMPERS TO THE RESCUE -- FROM MONTANA TO HOLLYWOOD -- JEANNETTE RANKIN: A Dove in Congress -- WILL JAMES: Montana's Mystery Man -- THE KILLER QUAKE -- THE WILD HORSES OF THE PRYOR MOUNTAINS -- THE CENTENNIAL CATTLE DRIVE -- A. B. GUTHRIE: Literar y Giant -- THE CAPTURE OF THE UNABOMBER -- TRACKING EARLY HUMANS IN MONTANA -- MONTANA FAC T S &amp -- TRIVIA -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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.

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