Pictorial Histories - Montana & the West Books 


 

Purple & Gold: A 60-Year History of Missoula County High School, 1905-1965

8-1/2 x 11, 188 pages, hundreds of photos, full color throughout, sb, $19.95 - ISBN 1-57510-119-X
 

Montana's Grandest
Historic Hotels and Resorts of the Treasure State
by Stan Cohen

Historic hotels and resorts can be found in every part of the state fom the large cities to the most remote areas.
81/2 x 11, 208 pgs., hundreds of colored and b/w photos, sb.
 $15.95 - ISBN 1-57510-111-4
 
 

On The Road to Yellowstone

The Yellowstone Trail - 1900-1930

by Harold A. Meeks

This book traces the history of America's early roads (1900-1916) with an emphasis on the famous Yellowstone Trail that stretched from Boston to Seattle through the northern tier of states.

208 - pages  256 photos and drawings full color cover, sb - $15.95 ISBN 1-57510-079-7
 
 
 
 


 

Northern Pacific's Mullan Pass
on the
Montana Short Line

by Bill & Jan Taylor

In 1881 the Northern Pacific Railroad contracted with Muir Bros. to bore a 3,850 ft. tunnel through the Rocky Mountains of Montana. This book examines route selection, construction and early operations over- and through - the continental divide.

8-1/2x11, 92 pgs., over 100 photos, maps, and  diagrams, sb. $19.95
 
 
 
 


 

Soaring With Eagles

by Charles Duus

Montana flyers who flew the mountains like eagles and these are their stories.

8-1/2x11, 142 pgs., over 200 photos & drawings, sb. $17.95 ISBN 1-57510-086-X
 
 
 


 
 

Packets to Paradise
Steamboating to Fort Benton

by John G. Lepley

The boats that plied the Upper Missouri and the men who piloted them.

8-1/2x11, 276 pgs., over 200 photos, maps , sb. $19.95 ISBN 1-57510-091-6
 
 
 
 

Western Montana Fair A Pictorial Heritage

by Stan Cohen with Katy and Les Jourdonnais

8-1/2x11, 68 pgs., 70 photos, sb. $7.95 ISBN 1-57510-002-9
 
 
 

A Pictorial History of Smokejumping

by Stan Cohen

8-1/2x11, 180 pgs., 300 photos, 4 pgs. of color, sb. $12.95 ISBN 0-933126-40-9
 
 
 
 

Glacier's Grandest

by Bridget E. Moylan

A Pictorial History of the Hotels and Chalets of Glacier National Park -

7x10, 92 pgs., 73 photos, 8 pgs. of color, sb. $9.95 ISBN 0-929521-89-7
 
 
 

Little Coyote

by Charles J. Keim

An epic novel about Montana's Flathead Indians, 1805-1891

6x9, 864 pgs., hb. $25.00 ISBN 1-57510-022-3
 
 
 

Ghosts of the Black Hills

by Don Miller

9x6, 72 pgs., 42 photos, maps, sb. $3.95 ISBN 0-933126-07-7
 
 
 
 

The Big Burn

by Don Miller and Stan Cohen

The Northwest's Great Forest Fire of 1910

With three million acres ravaged by a series of 1,736 fires, 1910 came to be known as the "big burn," or the "time when the mountains roared." The disastrous story is shown here in pictures.

7x10, 104 pgs., 100 photos, drawings, maps, sb. $12.95 ISBN 0-933126-04-2
 
 
 

The Years and The Wind and The Rain

A Biography of Dorothy M. Johnson

by Steve Smith

A penetrating look at how a distinguished and prolific author conceived her stories and committed them to paper.

5-1/2x8-1/2, 256 pgs., 58 photos, hb. $12.95 ISBN 0-933126-50-6
 
 

Montana's Home Front

by Gary Glynn

During World War II

For the first time, the impact of World War II on Montana politics, industry, agriculture, education, sports and crime is examined in detail.

8-1/2x11, 224 pgs., 185 photos, sb., $14.95 ISBN 0-929521-93-5
 
 
 

Butte Shortline

by Bill and Jan Taylor

In the 1880's the Northern Pacific Railroads' management decided to bypass Butte, Montana, in favor of a main line through Helena 40 miles to the north. The Butte Shortline is a history of that effort.

8-1/2x11", 112 pages, 120 photos, sb., $22.95  ISBN
 
 
 

Rails to Gold and Silver

by Bill and Jan Taylor

In 1883 Henry Villard celebrated the completion of the Northern Pacific near Gold Creek, Montana Territory. Rails to Gold and Silver: Volume I covers Northern Pacific's construction in Montana between 1883 and 1887.

8-1/2x11", 120 pages, 150 photos, sb., $22.95 ISBN
 
 
 
 

Iron Riders - Story of the Buffalo Soldier Bicycle Corps

by George Niels Sorensen
 

The 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps was formed at the height of the bicycle craze, when everyone was traveling "awheel". During the 1890s, the bicycle was seen as a new symbol of personal freedom.

8-1/2x11", 112 pages, 62 photos & drawings,sb., $12.95, ISBN 1-57510-074-6
 
 
 
 
 
 

Italian Boys at Fort Missoula
1941-1943

by Umberto Benedetti

Meet the men of the Fort Missoula Internment camp during WWII.

8-1/2x11, 136 pages, over 158 photos, sb., $12.95,   ISBN 1057510-035-5
 
 
 
 
 

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