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Thrills and Romance in Moulding Empire of Montana
The essay recounts Montana as land of shining mountains and vast rivers feeding four oceans. It traces exploration from Sieur Verendreye to Lewis and Clark, mission work, frontier lawlessness, vigilantes, and statehood in 1889, plus gold rushes and settlement patterns shaping the Treasure State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Treasurer State
California
Dean A. L. Stone
School of Journalism
University of Montana
Shining Mountains
Les
Missouri
Gulf of Mexico
St. Lawrence
North Atlantic
Columbia
Pacific
St. Mary’s
Hudson’s Bay
Rocky Mountain Divide
Columbia Basin
Pacific Coast
Sieur Verendreye
Quebec
Captain Carver
Lewis and Clark
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Territory
United States
Oregon Country
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis
Plains
Peter DeSmet
Souad
Whitman
Oregon
Spaulding
Tuttle
Montana -Vigilantes
Aldergulch
Missoula
Fur
James and
Granville Stuart Brothers
Gold Creek
Chance
Guiches
Henderson Gulch
Bear Creek
Cedar Creek
Confederate Gulch
Treasure Land
Yellowstone
Gallatin
Bitter Root
Flathead
Washington
Congress
Jeannette Rankin
Thomas J. Walsh