Montana Moments: History on the GoMontana Moments offers ninety-second reads about the state’s fascinating history. Sometimes bizarre, sometimes hilarious, and always illuminating, these vignettes satisfy curiosity about axolotls and epitaphs, tourism and time zones. You’ll find delightful and fast-paced stories in Montana history distilled into more than one hundred shots of pure entertainment. |
Contents
Creatures Great and Small | 1 |
First Heritage | 12 |
Lewis and Clarks Montana Travels | 20 |
A Travelers Respite | 35 |
Mining Roots | 43 |
Desperadoes Dandies and Darned Good | 53 |
Wild Wicked and Wonderful Women | 66 |
Epitaphs | 78 |
Medicine in the Making | 117 |
Missions Churches and Clergy | 124 |
In War and Peace | 134 |
Spirited History | 146 |
Art Entertainment Travel and Leisure | 157 |
Science and Technology | 169 |
Getting There Was Half the Battle | 175 |
Law and Disorder | 183 |
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