Beartooth Mountains / Patty Hooker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hooker, Patty., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beartooth Mountains (Mont. and Wyo.)--History--Pictorial works.

Beartooth Mountains (Mont. and Wyo.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

The name Beartooth suggests strength, rawness, and force. Indeed, the Beartooth Mountains are a power and are unsurpassed in splendor and beauty. The voluminous masses are said to compromise one of the largest contiguous areas in North America. Early natives came in search of game in both the high country and rich valleys, especially the Crows, who used the area frequently. Later, miners appeared in search of precious metals and developed gold, chrome, and platinum mines. Geographers came and scaled mountain peaks, defining, naming, and mapping. Cattle and sheepmen were also lured to the lush mountain pastures. Eventually, trails became roads, and the Beartooth Plateau was easily accessible upon the completion of the Beartooth Highway. With the creation of the US Forest Service, forestlands were surveyed and protected by wilderness status. Soon, dudes were upon the landscape, and an industry was created amongst the peaks and prairies of the Beartooths.

Contents:

Native America, place names, and events

Mountain routes

Men and mountains

"Gold in them hills"

Resource development

Sheep and cattle

Here come the dudes

Forest

Slough creek.

OCLC:

885207821