Bibliography of Montana history explained
See main article: History of Montana.
The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial Montana, Montana Territory and the State of Montana.
General works in Montana history
- Book: Aarstad. Rich. Arguimbau. Ellie. Baumler. Ellen. Porsild. Charlene. Shovers. Brian. Montana Place Names From Alzada to Zortman. 2009. Montana Historical Society Press. Helena, MT. 22 July 2014.
- Book: Bancroft, Hubert Howe . Hubert Howe Bancroft . The History of Washington, Idaho and Montana (1845-1889) Vol XXXI . The History Company . San Francisco, CA . 1890 .
- Book: Burlingame. Merrill G.. Toole. K. Ross. A History of Montana. 1957. Lewis Historical Pub. Co.. New York, NY. 3 vols..
- Book: Cheney, Roberta Carteek . Names on the Face of Montana . Mountain Press . Missoula, Montana . 1984 . 0-87842-150-5.
- Book: Egan, Ken Jr. . Montana 1864-Indians, Emigrants and Gold in the Territorial Year . Riverbend Publishing . Helena, Montana . 9781606390764 . 2014.
- Book: Fogarty, Kate Hammond . The Story of Montana . A. S. Barnes Company . New York . 1916 .
- Book: Fritz, Harry . Murphy, Mary . Robert Swartout. Montana Legacy: Essays on History, People, and Place. Montana Historical Society Press. 2002. 978-0-917298-90-5.
- Book: Graetz, Rick . Graetz, Susie . This is Montana-A Geography-Geographic History of Montana . Northern Rockies Publishing . Helena, MT . 2003 . 1891152181.
- Book: Hamilton, James McClellan . From Wilderness to Statehood: A History of Montana, 1805-1900 . Bindfords & Mort . 1957 .
- Book: Howard, Joseph Kinsey . Joseph Kinsey Howard . Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome . 1943 . University of Nebraska Press . Lincoln, NE . 2003 . 2017-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120729192526/http://www.questia.com/read/111577407 . 2012-07-29 . dead .
- Book: Howard, Joseph Kinsey . Montana Margins-a state anthology . Yale University Press . New Haven, CT . 1946.
- Book: Judson, Katherine Berry . Montana-Land of Shining Mountains . A. C. McClurg & Co . Chicago, IL . 1912.
- Book: Leeson, Michael A. . History of Montana, 1739-1885. A History Of Its Discovery And Settlement, Social And Commercial Progress, Mines And Miners, Agriculture And Stock-Growing, Schools And Societies, Indians And Indian Wars, Vigilantes, Courts Justice, Newspaper Press, Navigation, Railroads And Statistics, Histories Of Counties, Cities, Villages And Mining Camps; Also, Personal Reminiscences Of Great Historic Value; Views Of The Territory In Our Times, And Portraits Of Pioneers And Representative Men In The Professions And Trades. . Warner Beers and Company . Chicago . 1885 . 2018-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929195908/http://content.lib.umt.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fsubscrip&CISOPTR=7568&REC=1 . 2011-09-29 . dead .
- Book: MacDonald, Douglas H. . Montana Before History-11,000 Years of Hunter-Gatherers in the Rockies and Plains . Mountain Press Publishing Company . Missoula, MT . 2012 . 978-0878425853.
- Book: Malone, Michael P. . Montana-A History of Two Centuries . Roeder, Richard B. . Lang, William L. . University of Washington Press . Seattle, WA . 0-295-97129-0 . 1991., the standard scholarly history
- Book: Miller, Joaquin . An Illustrated History of the State of Montana Containing a History of the State of Montana from the Earliest Period of the Discovery to the Present Time, Together With Glimpses of its Auspicious Future, Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of Some of it . The Lewis Publishing Co. . Chicago . 1894 .
- Book: Montana Historical Society . 1976 . Not In Precious Metals Alone-A Manuscript History of Montana . Montana Historical Society . Helena, MT . 0917298012.
- Book: Pace, JNO W. . Mock, H.W. . The Montana Bluebook-Biographical, Historical and Statistic book of reference . Journal Publishing . Helena, Montana . 1891 .
- Book: Robison, Ken . Montana Territory and the Civil War: A Frontier Forged on the Battlefield . 2013 . The History Press . Charleston, SC . 978-1626191754 .
- Book: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald . A History of Montana . The Lewis Publishing Company . Chicago and New York . 1913 .
- Smith, Duane A. Rocky Mountain Heartland: Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming in the 20th Century (2008) 305pp
- Book: Stout, Tom . Tom Stout . Montana Its Story and Biography--A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decade of Statehood . American Historical Society . Chicago . 1921 . 2009-06-24.
- Book: Toole, K. Ross. Montana: An Uncommon Land . K. Ross Toole. University of Oklahoma Press. 1959. 0-8061-1890-3., classic populist history from longtime University of Montana professor of History.
- Book: Toole, K. Ross. 20th Century Montana: A State of Extremes. K. Ross Toole. University of Oklahoma Press. 1983. 978-0-8061-1826-0., update to Toole's previous works.
- WPA Federal Writers Project. Montana: A State Guide Book (Viking Press, 1939) classic guide to history, culture and every town online free
Chronologies
See main article: Timeline of pre-statehood Montana history.
- Book: Parry, Ellis Robert . Montana Dateline . Globe Pequot Press . Guilford, CT . 2001 . 156044956X.
- Book: Smith, Jeffrey J. . Montana Book of Days-365 Days-365 Stories-The Short Course in Montana History . Historic Montana Publishing . Missoula, MT . 2003 . 0966335562.
Periodicals
Agriculture, ranching, and rural life
- Bishop. John F.. Beginning of the Montana Sheep Industry. The Montana Magazine of History. April 1951. 1. 2. 3, 5–8. 4515725.
- Book: Burlingame. Merrill G.. The Montana Frontier. 1974. Big Sky Books. Bozeman, MT. 333–354. Reprint. 15, The Agricultural Frontier in Montana., originally published in 1942.
- Clay. T. A.. A Call to Order: Law, Violence, and the Development of Montana's Early Stockmen's Organizations. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Autumn 2008. 58. 3. 48–63, 95–96. 25485736.
- Clayton. John. Caroline Lockhart on the Dryhead: 'Happily-Ever-Aftering' on a Montana Cattle Ranch. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Summer 2006. 56. 2. 58–64. 25 July 2014.
- Edwards. Douglas M.. Show Windows of the West: Exhibitionary Complexes and the Promotion of Montana's Agricultural Possibilities. Agricultural History. Summer 1999. 73. 3. 322–348. 3744174.
- Book: Elofson. Warren M.. Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell. 2004. University of Washington Press. Seattle, WA.
- Elofson. Warren. An Exceedingly Dicey Business: Frontier Horse Ranching on the Northern Great Plains. Agricultural History. Autumn 2005. 79. 4. 462–477. 3745166. 10.1525/ah.2005.79.4.462. 161679191 .
- Book: Fletcher. Robert H.. Free Grass to Fences: The Montana Cattle Range Story. 1960. University Publishers. New York, NY.
- Fletcher. Robert S.. The End of the Open Range in Eastern Montana. Mississippi Valley Historical Review. Sep 1929. 16. 2. 188–211. 1902901. 10.2307/1902901.
- Fletcher. Robert S.. That Hard Winter in Montana, 1886-1887. Agricultural History. Oct 1930. 4. 4. 123–130. 3739414.
- Book: Gilles. T. J.. When Tillage Begins: A History of Agriculture in Montana. 1977. UMP. Laurel, MT.
- Book: Grant, Frank R.. Myers. Rex C.. Fritz. Harry W.. Montana and the West: Essays in Honor of K. Ross Toole. 1984. Pruett Publishing Co.. Boulder, CO. 87–104. To Husband the Land: Robert Sutherlin and the Irrigation-Dry Farming Controversy.
- Book: Hargreaves. Mary Wilma. Dry Farming in the Northern Great Plains, 1900-1925. 1957. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA.
- Book: Kennedy, Michael S. . Cowboys and Cattlemen: A Roundup . Hastings House . New York . 1964.
- Malone. Michael P.. Roeder. Richard B.. 1876 in Field and Pasture: Agriculture. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Spring 1975. 25. 2. 28–35. 4517977.
- Mercier. Laurie. Women's Role in Montana Agriculture: 'You Had to Make Every Minute Count'. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Autumn 1988. 38. 4. 50–61. 4519173.
- Pace. Dick. Henry Sieben: Pioneer Montana Stockman. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Winter 1979. 29. 1. 2–15. 4518350.
- Smith. Phyllis. Isabelle Randall and the 'Natives'. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Spring 2002. 52. 1. 66–71. 4520397.
- Strom. Claire. The Great Northern Railway and Dryland Farming in Montana. Railroad History. Summer 1997. 176. 80–102.
- Stuart. Leland E.. The Winter of 1886-1887: The Last of Whose 5,000?. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Winter 1988. 38. 1. 32–41. 4519114.
- Ward. Ralph E.. Wheat in Montana: Determined Adaptation. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Autumn 1975. 25. 4. 16–37. 4518021.
Biography
- Book: Adams, Ramon F. . Home E. Britzman . Charles M. Russell: The Cowboy Artist - A Biography . registration . Trail's End Publishing . Pasadena, California . 1948 .
- Book: Athearn, Robert G. . Thomas Francis Meagher, An Irish Revolutionary in America . University of Colorado Press . Boulder, CO . 1949.
- Bates, J. Leonard. "Walsh, Thomas James"; American National Biography Online 2000
- Book: Bates. J. Leonard. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana: Law and Public Affairs from TR to FDR. 1999. University of Illinois Press. Urbana, IL.
- Crawford. Don L.. Crawford. Melinda Blanchard. Just a Name on a Grave?: Discovering the Story of an Unknown Montana Miner. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Winter 2010. 60. 4. 50–61, 95–96. 27922549.
- Book: Graybill. Andrew R.. The red and the white : a family saga of the American West. 2013. W. W. Norton. New York. 978-0871404459.
- Book: Hanna, Warren L. . Stars over Montana-Men Who Made Glacier National Park History . Glacier Natural History Association . West Glacier, MT . 1988 . 978-0-09-167906-4.
- Book: Hanna, Warren L. . The Life and Times of James Willard Schultz (Apikuni) . University of Oklahoma Press . Norman, Oklahoma . 0-8061-1985-3 . 1986 .
- James. Jon G.. Lt. James H. Bradley: The Literary Legacy of Montana's Frontier Soldier-Historian. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Winter 2009. 59. 4. 46–57. 40544016.
- Johnson. Jeffrey A.. One of the Most Charming of Men. Journal of the West. Fall 2012. 51. 4. 60–66., on William Scallon of the Anaconda Company.
- Karlin, Jules A. "Dixon, Joseph Moore" American National Biography Online (2000) online
- Lang. William L.. Charles A. Broadwater and the Main Chance in Montana. Montana The Magazine of Western History. Summer 1989. 39. 3. 30–36. 4519233.
- Book: Lind. Robert W.. Brother Van: Montana pioneer circuit rider. 1992. SkyHouse Publishers/Falcon Press Publishers. Helena, MT.
- Book: Linderman. Frank Bird. Plenty Coups, chief of the Crows. registration. 1962. University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln, NE., originally published in 1930.
- Book: Linderman. Frank Bird. Pretty-Shield, medicine woman of the Crows. 1960. Harper & Row. New York., originally published in 1935.
- Book: Lopach . James . Luckowski . Jean . Jeannette Rankin: A political woman . University Press of Colorado . 2005 . 978-0-87081-812-7 . registration .
- Book: Lucey, Donna M. . Photographing Montana, 1894-1928: The life and work of Evelyn Cameron . Mountain Press Publishing . Missoula, Montana . 2001 . 0-87842-425-3.
- Book: Milner, Clyde A. II . O'Conner, Carol A. . As big as the West: The pioneer life of Granville Stuart . Oxford University Press . New York . 2008 . 978-0-19-512709-6 .
- Book: Morrison. John. Morrison. Catherine Wright. Mavericks: The lives and battles of Montana's political legends. 2003. Montana Historical Society Press. Helena. 978-0917298936., first published in 1997; chapters on Joseph K. Toole, Ella Knowles, Joseph M. Dixon, Thomas J. Walsh, Jeannette Rankin, Burton K. Wheeler, James E. Murray, Mike Mansfield, and Lee Metcalf
- Newell. Alan S.. 'Home is What You Can Take Away with You': K. Ross Toole and the Making of a Public Historian. The Public Historian. Summer 2001. 23. 3. 63–71. 10.1525/tph.2001.23.3.63. 10.1525/tph.2001.23.3.63.
- Book: Progressive Men of the State of Montana . A.W. Bowen and Co. . Chicago . 1900 .
- Book: Petersen, Keith C. . John Mullan-The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder . Washington State Univ Press . Pullman, WA . 2014 . 978-0874223217 .
- Book: Robison. Ken. Montana Territory and the Civil War : a frontier forged on the battlefield. 2013. The History Press. Charleston, SC. 978-1626191754.
- Book: Robison. Ken. Confederates in Montana Territory: In the shadow of Price's army. 2014. The History Press. Charleston, SC.
- Ruetten, Richard T. Burton K. Wheeler, 1905-1925, an independent liberal under fire (1957) 418pp; vol 1 of standard biography; Burton K. Wheeler of Montana: a progressive between the wars (1961) - 662 pages; vol. 2
- Book: Scott, Kim Allen . Yellowstone denied: The life of Gustavus Cheyney Doane . University of Oklahoma Press . Norman, OK . 2007 . 978-0-8061-3800-8 .
- Book: Shirley. Gayle C.. More than petticoats: Remarkable Montana women. 1995. Falcon Publishing. Helena, Mont.. 978-1560443636.
- Book: Steele. Volney. Wellington Rankin : his family, life and times : Montana attorney, politician, cattleman, land baron. 2002. Bridger Creek Historical Press. Bozeman, Mont.. 978-1888550108.
- Book: Stevenson. Elizabeth. Figures in a Western landscape : men and women of the northern Rockies. 1994. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 978-0801846762.
- Book: Wostrel, Linda . Dreams across the divide: Stories of Montana pioneers . Stoneydale Press Publishing Company . Stevensville, MT . 2001 . 1931291136.
Memoirs and autobiography
- Book: Abbott, E.C. ("Teddy Blue") . We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher . Farrar & Rinehart . New York . 1939 .
- Book: Bell. Margaret. Blew. Mary Clearman. When Montana and I were young : a frontier childhood. 2002. Univ. of Nebraska Press. Lincoln, Neb.. 0803213255.
- Book: Blew. Mary Clearman. All but the waltz : a memoir of five generations in the life of a Montana family. 2001. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 080613321X.
- Book: Bonney, Orrin H. . Bonney, Lorraine . Battle Drums and Geysers-The Life and Journals Of Lt. Gustavus Cheyney Doane, Soldier and Explorer of the Yellowstone and Snake River Regions . Swallow Press . Chicago . 1970.
- Book: Crawford, Lewis F. . Rekindling Camp Fires-The Exploits of Ben Arnold (Connor)-An authentic narrative of sixty years in the old West as an Indian Fighter, Gold Miner, Cowboy, Hunter, and Army Scout . Capital Book Co. . Bismarck, ND . 1926.
- Book: Gray. Donna. Nothing to tell : extraordinary stories of Montana ranch women. 2012. TwoDot. Guilford, Conn.. 978-0762779093.
- Book: Kittredge. William. Hole in the sky : a memoir. 1992. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 978-0679411666. registration.
- Book: McLaughlin. Ruth. Bound like grass : a memoir from the western high plains. 2010. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman, Okla.. 978-0806141374.
- Book: Mogen. David. Honyocker dreams: Montana memories. 2011. University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln. 978-0803225183.
- Book: Quaife, M.M. . Yellowstone Kelly-The Memoirs of Luther S. Kelly . Yale University Press . New Haven, CT . 1926.
- Book: Randall. Isabelle. Saunders. Richard L.. A lady's ranch life in Montana. 2004. University of Oklahoma Press. Norman, OK., originally published in 1887.
- Book: Ronan. Mary. Baumler. Ellen. Girl from the gulches : the story of Mary Ronan as told to Margaret Ronan. 2003. Montana Historical Society Press. Helena. 978-0917298974., originally published in 1932.
- Book: Stuart, Granville . Granville Stuart . Forty Years On The Frontier as seen in the Journals and Reminiscences of Granville Stuart Gold-Miner, Trader, Merchant, Rancher and Politician . The Arthur H. Clark Company . Cleveland, OH . 1925.
- Wheeler, Burton K. Yankee from the West: The candid, turbulent life story of the Yankee-born U.S. Senator from Montana (1962), autobiography
Business, economics, and industry
- Book: Davis, Shirley L. . Gold Dust to Dollars-A History of Federal Tax Administration in Montana 1863-1993 . Internal Revenue Service . Helena, Montana . 1993 .
- Book: Glasscock, C.B. . 1935 . The War of the Copper Kings . Grosset and Dunlap . New York.
- Groth, Clarence W. "Sowing and Reaping: Montana Banking, 1910-1925," Montana, Dec 1970, Vol. 20 Issue 4, pp 28–35
- Klassen, Henry C. "The Early Growth of the Conrad Banking Enterprise in Montana, 1880-1914," Great Plains Quarterly, Jan 1997, Vol. 17 Issue 1, pp 49–62
- Kutzman, John Andrew. "Death of a Small Business: The Missoula Brewing Company," Montana, March 1988, Vol. 38 Issue 1, pp 54–61
- Book: Lonnquist, Lois . 2006 . Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam . MtSky Press . Helena, Montana . 0-9786963-0-1.
- Book: Morris, Patrick F. . 1997 . Anaconda Montana: Copper Smelting Boomtown on the Western Frontier . Swann Publishing . Bethesda, MD . 0-9657209-2-6.
- Walter, Dave. "Simon Pepin, A Quiet Capitalist," Montana March 1989, Vol. 39 Issue 1, pp 34–38
- West, Carroll Van. "Marcus Daly and Montana: One Man's Imprint on the Land," Montana Mar 1987, Vol. 37 Issue 1, pp 60–62
Historic expeditions
- Book: Engelmann, George . Forwood, William Henry . Gray, Asa . Gregory, James F. . Sheridan, Philip Henry . Report of an exploration of parts of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana in August and September, 1882 /made by Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheridan, commanding the Military division of the Missouri, with the itinerary of Col. Jas. F. Gregory, and a geological and botanical report by W. H. Forwood . U.S. Government Printing Office . Washington D.C. . 1882 .
- Book: Work, John . Lewis, William S. . Paul C. Phillips . The Journal Of John Work, A Chief Trader Of The Hudson's Bay Co., During His Expedition From Vancouver To The Flatheads And Blackfeet Of The Pacific Northwest . The Arthur H. Clark Company . Cleveland . 1923.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
See main article: Lewis and Clark Expedition and Bibliography of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- Book: Ambrose, Stephen E. . . Simon & Schuster . New York . 1996 . 0-684-81107-3 .
Cook, Folsom, Peterson Expedition (1869)
See main article: Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition.
- Book: Cook, Charles W. . Folsom, Dave E. . Peterson, William . Haines, Aubrey L. . The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone-An Exploration of the Headwaters of the Yellowstone River in the Year 1869 . University of Oklahoma Press . Norman, OK . 1965 .
Washburn, Langford, Doane Expedition (1870)
See main article: Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition.
- Langford . Nathaniel P. . Nathaniel P. Langford . May–June 1871 . The Wonders of the Yellowstone . Scribner's Monthly . II . 1–2 .
- Everts . Truman C. . Thirty-seven Days of Peril . Scribner's Monthly . III . 1 . November 1871 .
- The report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870, presented to the Secretary of War, February 1871
- The Washburn Yellowstone Expedition, accounts of Trumbull published in the Overland Monthly, Vol 6, No 5-6, May–June 1871
- Hedges . Cornelius . Journal of Judge Cornelius Hedges, Member of the "Washburn Expedition of 1870" . Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . V . 1904 . 370–394.
- Book: Langford, Nathaniel Pitt . The Discovery of Yellowstone Park; Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870 . Frank Jay Haynes. St. Paul, MN . 1905 .
Hayden Geological Survey (1871)
See main article: Hayden Geological Survey of 1871.
- Book: Hayden, F. V. . Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden . The Great West: Its Attractions and Resources, Containing a Popular Description of the Marvelous Scenery, Physical Geography, Fossils and Glaciers of the Wonderful Region, And the Recent Explorations of the Yellowstone Park, "The Wonderland of America" . Charles R. Brodix . Bloomington, IL . 1880.
- Book: Merrill, Marlene Deahl . Yellowstone and the Great West-Journals, Letters and Images from the 1871 Hayden Expedition . University of Nebraska Press . Lincoln, NE . 1999 . 0-8032-3148-2 .
Labor and working class
- Book: Calvert, Jerry W.. 1988 . The Gibraltar: Socialism and Labor in Butte, Montana . Helena, Montana . Montana Historical Society Press . 0-917298-14-4.
- Book: Jensen, Vernon H. . Heritage of Conflict: Labor Relations in the Nonferrous Metals Industry up to 1930 . Cornell University Press . Ithaca, New York . 1950.
Indians
- Bigart, Robert. Getting Good Crops: Economic and Diplomatic Survival Strategies of the Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians, 1870-1891 (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol. 266) (2010)
- Bryan, William L. Montana's Indians: Yesterday and Today (Montana Geographic Series) (1995) excerpt and text search
- Hoebel, E. Adamson. The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plains (1978)
- Lopach, James J. et al. Tribal Government Today: Politics on Montana Indian Reservations (2nd ed. 1998)
- Lowie, Robert H. The Crow Indians (U. of Nebraska Press, 1983)
Military histories
- Fifer, Barbara. Montana Battlefields 1806-1877: Native Americans And the U.S. Army at War (2005) excerpt and text search
- Book: Goodrich, Thomas. . Scalp Dance: Indian Warfare on the High Plains, 1865-1879 . Mechanicsburg, PA . Stackpole Books . 1997 . 0-8117-1523-X .
- Book: Gray, John S. . Custer's Last Campaign: Mitch Boyer and the Little Bighorn Remembered . University of Nebraska Press . 1993 . 0-8032-7040-2.
- Book: Greene, Jerome A. . Nez Perce Summer-The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis . Montana Historical Society Press . Helena, MT . 2000 . 0-917298-68-3.
- Book: Glynn, Gary . Montana's Home Front During World War II] . Big Elk Books . Missoula, MT . 2012 . 9780983839002.
- Book: Glynn, Gary . That Beautiful Little Post: the Story of Fort Missoula] . Big Elk Books . Missoula, MT . 2013 . 978-0-9838390-2-6.
- Book: Hampton, Bruce . Children of Grace-The Nez Perce War of 1877 . Henry Holt and Company . New York . 1994 . 0-8050-1991-X .
- Book: Koury, Michael J. . Military Posts of Montana . The Old Army Press . Bellevue, NE . 1970.
- Book: Marshall, Joseph M. III. . 2007 . The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History . New York . Viking Press . 978-0-670-03853-4 .
- Book: Michno, Gregory F. . 1997 . Lakota Noon: The Indian Narrative of Custer's Defeat . Mountain Press Publishing Company . Missoula, Montana . 0-87842-349-4 .
- Book: Perrett, Bryan . Last Stand: Famous Battles Against the Odds . London . Arms & Armour . 1993 . 1-85409-188-3 .
- Book: Scott, Douglas D. . Richard A. Fox . Melissa A. Connor . Dick Harmon. . Archaeological Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn . University of Oklahoma Press . 1989 . 0-8061-3292-2.
- Book: Upton, Richard . Fort Custer on The Big Horn 1877-1898 . Arthur H. Clark Co . Glendale, CA . 1973 .
- Book: Welch, James . Stekler, Paul . 2007 . Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians . W.W. Norton & Company . New York . 978-0-393-32939-1.
- Book: West, Elliott . The last Indian war : the Nez Perce story . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 2009 . 978-0-19-513675-3.
Primary sources
Local and regional histories
- Book: An Illustrated History of The Yellowstone Valley-Embracing The Counties of Park, Sweet Grass, Carbon, Yellowstone, Rosebud, Custer And Dawson, State Of Montana . Western Historical Publishing Company . Spokane, Washington . 1907 .
- Book: Brown, Mark H. . Plainsmen of the Yellowstone-A History of the Yellowstone Basin . University of Nebraska Press . Omaha, NE . 1961.
- Book: Carlile, Marie . The Smith River Journal, A History From Lews & Clark to 1979, Cascade & Meagher Counties, Montana . Smith River Historical Society . Great Falls, MT . 1979.
- Book: Freeman, Harry C. . A brief History of Butte, Montana-The World's Greatest Mining Camp . The Henry O. Shepard Co. . Chicago . 1900 .
- Gloege, Marvin E. Survival or gradual extinction: the small town in the Great Plains of eastern Montana (Meadowlark Publishing Services, 2007)
- Book: Johnson, Dorothy M. . The Bloody Bozeman-The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold . registration . McGraw-Hill Book Company . New York . 1971 . 0-87842-152-1 .
- Book: LaDow, Beth . The Medicine Line-Life and Death on a North American Borderline . Routledge . New York . 2001 . 0-415-92764-1 . registration .
- Book: Mercier, Mercier . Anaconda: Labor, Community, and Culture in Montana's Smelter City . University of Illinois Press . Champaign, IL . 2001 . 0-252-06988-9 .
- Mercier, Laurie K. "'The Stack Dominated Our Lives': Metals Manufacturing In Four Montana Communities," Montana June 1988, Vol. 38 Issue 2, pp 40–57
- Book: Rees, Tony . Arc of the Medicine Line . University of Nebraska Press . Lincoln, Nebraska . 2008 . 978-0-8032-1791-1 .
- Book: Smith, Phyllis . Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley. A History . Falcon Press Publishers . Helena, MT . 1996 . 1-56044-540-8 .
- Book: Speck, Virginia Lee . The History of the Deer Lodge Valley to 1870. Montana State University. Bozeman, MT . 1946 .
- Book: Turner, C. Frank . Across the Medicine Line . McClellan and Stewart . Toronto, Ontario . 1973 . 0-7710-8616-4 .
- Book: Van West, Carroll . Capitalism on the Frontier: Billings and the Yellowstone Valley in the Nineteenth Century . University of Nebraska Press . Omaha, NE . 1993 .
- Book: Vichorek, Daniel N. . The Hi-Line, Profiles of a Montana Land . American World and Geographic Publishing . Helena, Montana . 1993 . 1-56037-021-1.
- WPA Federal Writers Project. Montana: A State Guide Book (Viking Press, 1939) classic guide to every town online edition
Law and order
- Book: Allen, Frederick . Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes . University of Oklahoma Press . Norman, OK . 2005 . 0-8061-3651-0 .
- Book: Dimsdale, Thomas J. . The Vigilantes of Montana-or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains . State Publishing . Helena, MT . 1915 .
- Book: Dillon, Mark C. . Montana Vigilantes 1863-1870 Gold, Guns and Gallows . Utah State University Press . Logan, UT . 2013 . 9780874219197.
- Book: Crosley, Donald E. . Hang 'Em: Montana Vigilantes Vs. Henry Plummer . Self published . 2013.
Ghost towns
- Book: Baker, Don . Ghost Towns of the Montana Prairie . Fred Pruett Books . Boulder, CO . 1997 . 0-87108-050-8 .
- Book: Fifer, Barbara . Montana Mining Ghost Towns . Farcountry Press . Helena, Montana . 2002 . 1-56037-195-1 .
- Johnson, Virginia Weisel. "Tough Taft: Boom Town." Montana Dec 1982, Vol. 32 Issue 4, pp 50–57
- Book: Miller, Don C. . Ghost Towns of Montana . Pruett Publishing . Boulder, Colorado . 1982 . 0-87108-606-9 .
- Book: Whitfield, William W. . Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps - A Pictorial Guide . Stoneydale Press Publishing Co . Stevensville, Montana . 2007 . 978-1-931291-38-5.
Primary sources
- Book: Langford, Nathaniel Pitt . Nathaniel P. Langford . Vigilante Days and Ways-The Pioneers of the Rockies . D. D. Merrill . New York . 1893 .
- Book: Murphy, Jerre C. . The comical history of Montana : a serious story for free people : being an account of the conquest of America's treasure state by alien corporate combine, the confiscation of its resources, the subjugation of its people, and the corruption of free government to the uses of lawless enterprise and organized greed employed in "big business" . E. L. Scofield Publishers . San Diego, CA . 1912 .
- Book: Strahorn, Robert E. . Montana and Yellowstone National Park-Facts and Experiences on the Farming, Stock Raising, Mining, Lumbering, and Other Industries of Montana, and Notes on the Climate, Scenery, Game, Fish and Mineral Springs, With Full and Reliable Data on Routes, Distances, Rates of Fare, Expenses of Living, Wages, School and Church Privileges, Society, Means of Acquiring Homes, and Other Valuable and Reliable Information, Applicable to the Wants of the Capitalist, Homeseeker, or Tourist. . Ramsey, Millet & Hudson . Kansas City . 1881.
Political histories
- Colde, Judith K. "A Wide Field for Usefulness: Women's Civil Status and the Evolution of Women's Suffrage on the Montana Frontier, 1864-1914," American Journal of Legal History, July 1990, Vol. 34 Issue 3, pp 262–294
- Lemon, Greg. Blue Man in a Red State: Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer and the New Western Populism (2008), popular
- Book: Lopach, James . We the People of Montana: The Workings of a Popular Government. Mountain Press. 1983. 978-0-87842-154-1.
- Malone, Michael P. "The Montana New Dealers," in John Braeman et al. eds. The New Deal: Volume Two - the State and Local Levels (1975) pp 240–68
- Morrison, John, and Catherine Wright Morrison. Mavericks: The Lives and Battles of Montana's Political Legends (2003), chapters on Joseph K. Toole, Ella Knowles, Joseph M. Dixon, Thomas Walsh, Jeannette Rankin, Burton K. Wheeler, James E. Murray, Mike Mansfield, and Lee Metcalf O'Keane, Josephine. Thomas J. Walsh: A Senator from Montana(1955) online edition
- Book: McDonald, Verlaine Stoner . The red corner : the rise and fall of communism in northeastern Montana . Montana Historical Society Press . Helena, Montana . 2010 . 978-0-9759196-7-5 .
- Book: Spence, Clark C. . Territorial Politics and Government in Montana, 1864-89 . University of Illinois Press . 1975 . 978-0-252-00460-5 .
- Spritzer, Donald E. Senator James E. Murray and the Limits of Post-War Liberalism (1985).
- Swibold, Dennis L. Copper chorus: mining, politics, and the Montana press, 1889-1959 (2006)
- Waldron, Ellis L. Montana politics since 1864: an atlas of elections (1958) 428 pages
Culture
- Book: Adams, Ramon F. . Home E. Britzman . Charles M. Russell: The Cowboy Artist - A Biography . registration . Trail's End Publishing . Pasadena, California . 1948 .
- Egan, Ken. Hope And Dread In Montana Literature (Western Literature Series) (2003)
- Harrison, Brady. All Our Stories Are Here: Critical Perspectives on Montana Literature (2009) excerpt and text search; 12 essays by scholars
- Newby, Rick, and Suzanne Hunger, eds. Writing Montana: literature under the big sky (1996) 27 essays; excerpt and text search
- Patterson, Caroline, ed. Montana Women Writers: A Geography of the Heart (2006)
- WPA. An Ornery Bunch: Tales and Anecdotes Collected by the WPA Montana Writer's Project 1935-1942 ed. by Megan Hiller, Rick Newby, and Elaine Peterson (1999)
Social history
- Book: Carter, Sarah . Montana women homesteaders: a field of one's own . Far County Press . Helena, Montana . 2009 . 978-1-56037-500-5.
- Colde, Judith K. "A Wide Field for Usefulness: Women's Civil Status and the Evolution of Women's Suffrage on the Montana Frontier, 1864-1914," American Journal of Legal History, July 1990, Vol. 34 Issue 3, pp 262–294
- Book: Emmons, David M. . 1989 . The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925 . registration . University of Illinois Press . Champlain, IL . 0-252-06155-1 .
- Hickcox, David H. "The Impact of the Great Northern Railway on Settlement in Northern Montana, 1880-1920," Railroad History, Summer 1983, Issue 148, pp 58–67
- Melcher, Mary. "'Women's Matters': Birth Control, Prenatal Care, and Childbirth in Rural Montana, 1910-1940," Montana June 1991, Vol. 41 Issue 2, pp 47–56
- Book: Palladino, Lawrence B. . Indian and White in the Northwest; or, A History of Catholicity in Montana . John Murphy & Co . Baltimore, MD . 1894 .
- Tubbs, Stephenie Ambrose. "Montana Women's Clubs at the Turn of the Century," Montana March 1986, Vol. 36 Issue 1, pp 26–35
Geology
- Book: Alt, David. . Profiles of Montana Geology: A layman's guide to the Treasure State . Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology . Butte, Montana . 1984.
- Book: Fritz, William J. . Roadside Geology of the Yellowstone County . Mountain Press . Missoula, Montana . 1985 . 0-87842-170-X .
Bibliographies
Original sources
See also
External links
- Web site: Great Montana Resources. Montana History Wiki. 13 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230327/http://montanahistorywiki.pbworks.com/w/page/21639649/Great%20Montana%20Resources. 14 July 2014. dead.
Notes and References
- Book: Phillip M. White. Bibliography of Native American bibliographies. https://archive.today/20130118080139/http://books.com/books?id=oan5GrAzIjAC&pg=PP1. dead. 2013-01-18. October 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-31941-9. 48–49.
