Traveler's Companion to Montana History

About this book

Montana writer and historian Joseph Kinsey Howard described Montana as "high wide and handsome." It is difficult to find better words for Montanas geography. Between these covers Carroll Van West discusses Montanas physical and historical landscapes the settings for important events involving exploration the military Native Americans miners cowboys homesteaders and railroad builders as well as the physical remnants of Montanas prehistoric past. With this guide in hand readers can discover a Montana past unavailable in more standard histories.