Gateway to Yellowstone : The Raucous Town of Cinnabar on the Montana Frontier.
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- computer
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- 9781493016662
- Hoppe, Hugo J. (Hugo John), 1836-1895
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Cinnabar
- Hotelkeepers--Montana--Cinnabar--Biography
- Businessmen--Montana--Cinnabar--Biography
- Railroads--Yellowstone National Park Region--History
- Cinnabar (Mont.)--History
- Cinnabar (Mont.)--Social life and customs
- Cinnabar (Mont.)--Biography
- Yellowstone National Park Region--History, Local
- 978.6/661
- F739.C53W47 2015
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Before Cinnabar -- 2 Cinnabar -- 3 Dreams of Striking It Rich -- 4 "What a Bonanza for a Freighter!" -- 5 Freighting, Farming, and Politics -- 6 A Dream Realized -- 7 The Town Itself -- 8 "The Only Little Girl in Cinnabar" -- 9 Hoppe Plats the Townsite, Reorganizes His Company, and Dies, but Cinnabar Lives On (1895-1903) -- 10 "Wail of a Cinnabarite" -- 11 Old Cinnabar -- 12 Tussles over the Triangle -- 13 Conclusions -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.
The town of Cinnabar, Montana, no longer exists, but when it did, it served as the immediate railroad gateway for a generation of visitors to Yellowstone National Park. Visitors passed through its streets from September 1, 1883, through June 15, 1903, on their way to "Wonderland" when Cinnabar was a raucous Wild-West town, and this book tells the story of its place in the West.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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