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Adventure trails in Montana / by John Willard ; Published by John Willard ; Sponsored by Montana Historical Society.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7595
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willard, John, 1915- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Montana--History.
- Montana.
- Genre:
- History.
- Local histories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7595)
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages illustrations, folded map, portraits 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Helena] : John Willard, [1964]
- Contents:
- Foreword / Michael Kennedy
- Introduction / Harold McCracken
- Montana
- the living past
- Southwest: Bloody Junction
- The nervous tree
- The first hooves
- Jim's wagon trail
- Wealth under the alders
- Day of decision
- Sterling in the rough
- Death house on the Ruby
- Grasshopper diggins'
- The gold gulches
- Colors in the sage
- Peaceful fort
- Valley of flowers
- Northwest: The name-lore of Glacier Park
- Sign of the Cross
- Stone writing
- Trail to the Buffalo
- Disaster Falls
- Council of Peace
- Ice-locked waters
- Slim's Lake
- When men feared gold
- Finan's winter tents
- Medicine Tree
- Flat-tailed monarch
- Tommy's nuggets
- To map an empire [David Thompson]
- Deer House plains
- Buffalo
- at home on the range
- Chapel of the Snows
- Evergreen pulpit
- Justice by rope
- Cruel Christmas
- 1813
- Traveler's rest
- Ranger Station No. 1
- Silver dollar summit
- Northeast: The agony at Bird Tail Rock
- The "Kid's" wolf pack
- Castle of the silver kings
- Rising Wolf's Meadow
- The mill on the mountain
- Last of the buffalo
- The captain's wagons
- Carroll's Cutoff
- Clagett's Landing
- The snow-shrinker
- Death at the bluff
- Blood on the grass
- Nepee's secret fold
- Sleeping buffalo
- To know the faith
- Fort on the Medicine Road
- Mail in the saddle bag
- Love's high price
- The lasting wound
- Paddle-wheel port
- Sublimely grand waters
- Fort of the daring
- Father of the people
- Ghost of the Judith
- Stockade at the Forks
- Fight no more
- Southeast: The new land
- The battle Custer won [Washita]
- Little Big Horn
- bloody mystery
- Little Pomp's tower [Pompeys Pillar]
- Red farmers
- The waters of Little Moon
- John Colter
- salesman
- Wilderness White House
- Trail above the eagles
- Hayfield victory
- Ice Age trophy
- Bear Coat's fort
- Torch to the wagon.
- Illustrations courtesy of Montana Historical Society, by these famous western artists: Karl Bodmer
- Fanny Y. Cory
- Bob Hall
- Alfred Jacob Miller
- Thomas Moran
- Edgar S. Paxson
- J.K. Ralston
- Frederic Remington
- Charles M. Russell
- O.C. Seltzer
- Irvin Shope
- Gustav Sohon
- William Standing
- Harold Von Schmidt.
- Notes:
- "The material in this book is reproduced by courtesy of the Montana Automobile Assocation. The chapters appeard in original form in the 'Montana Motorist."--page [ii].
- "Cover--'Nature's Soldiers,' a water color [sic] by C. M. Russell."--page [ii].
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel 7595: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Author's autograph on title page. Ink inscription on title page: Dear Bronc, Happy Birthday from Sis.
- OCLC:
- 3498053
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