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MONTANA
GENEALOGY EXPRESS

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Welcome to
State of Montana
History & Genealogy

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Source: 
A HISTORY
of
MONTANA
By
Helen Fitzgerald Sanders
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Volume I - History
Volume II - Biographies

Volume III - Biographies
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ILLUSTRATED
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The Lewis Publishing Company
(not incorporated)
Chicago and New York
1913

CONTENTS
 
CHAPTER I - 19
   - Nane
 - Boundaries
 - Topography
 - Climate
 - Scenery
 
CHAPTER II - 32
   - Geology of Montana  
CHAPTER III - 36
   - The Discovery of the Rocky Mountains
 - The Verendryes
 
CHAPTER IV - 68
   - Primitive Montana and Its Aboriginal Inhabitants  
CHAPTER V - 68
   - The Influence of France and Spain
 - The Policy of Jefferson
 - The Louisiana Purchase
 
CHAPTER VI - 86
   - Lewis & Clark  
CHAPTER VII - 111
   - Early and Later Explorers  
CHAPTER VIII - 119
   - The Fur Trade  
CHAPTER IX - 143
   - Indian Missions
 - Missionaries and Their Influence
 
CHAPTER X - 166
   - The Discovery of Gold
 - Some Famous Prospecting Parties
 - The Early Mining Camps
 
CHAPTER XI - 183
   - Conditions of Society
 - The Road Agents and Their Depredations
 
CHAPTER XII - 198
   - The Story of George Ives  
CHAPTER XIII - 217
   - Henry Plummer and His Band
 - Organization of the Vigilantes
 - The Famous Thanksgiving Dinner
 - Execution of Plummer
 - Capture of Dutch John Wagner
 - Execution of Bill Hunter
 - Hanging of Slade
 - The Establishment of Law and Order
 
CHAPTER XIV - 230
   - The Struggle Between Indian and White
 - Conflict for Dominion
230
CHAPTER XV - 245
   - The Sioux War
 - Battle of the Little Big Horn
 - The Nez Perce War
 - Battle of the Big Hole
 - The Capture of Chief Joseph
 - The Ghost Dance and the Battle of Wounded Knee
 
CHAPTER XVI - 278
   - Trails and Roads
 - Early Transportation
 - Stage Coach Days
 - The Coming of the Railroads 
 
CHAPTER XVII - 313
  The Days of the Great Range  
CHAPTER XVIII -  
   - The Organization of Montana and a History of Its Territorial Legislation 324
CHAPTER XIX - 351
   - Montana Becomes a State
 - A Review of Its Legislation
 
CHAPTER XX - 396
   - The Political History of Montana  
CHAPTER XXI - 432
   - History of Mining in Montana  
CHAPTER XXII - 484
   - Industries and Manufactories  
CHAPTER XXIII - 508
   - Lands and Irrigation and The Reclamation of Arid Lands  
CHAPTER XXIV - 535
   - Forest Reserves
 - Conservation of Natural Resources
 - Hydro-Electric Power
 
CHAPTER XXV - 548
   - Education
 - Institutions of Learning
 - Other State Institutions
 
CHAPTER XXVI - 567
   - Religion
 - The Churches
 
CHAPTER XXVII - 579
   - The Courts and Lawyers of Montana  
CHAPTER XXVIII - 613
   - Montana in the Spanish-American War and in the Insurrection in the Phillippine Islands  
CHAPTER XXIX - 650
   - The Yellowstone Park  
CHAPTER XXX - 685
   - The Glacier National Park  
CHAPTER XXXI - 690
   - The National Bison Park  
CHAPTER XXXII - 695
   - The Indians of Montana at the Present  Time
 - Opening of the Reservations
 
CHAPTER XXXIII - 703
   - The Counties, Cities and Towns
 - Missoula County
 
CHAPTER XXXIV - 783
   - The Development of Montana in the Last Decade
 - Population
 - Immigration
 - Auguries for the Future
 
APPENDIX 795
   - Officers and Members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Territory of Montana
 - Constitutional Conventions of Montana - 802
 - Montana Soldiers - 823
 
BIOGRAPHIES - In Volume 2
BIOGRAPHIES - In Volume 3
 
 

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