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Montana Highway Tales : Curious Characters, Historic Sites and Peculiar Attractions.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Axline, Jon.
- Series:
- History & Guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curiosities and wonders--Montana.
- Curiosities and wonders.
- Historic sites--Montana.
- Historic sites.
- Travel.
- Montana--Description and travel.
- Montana.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Montana Highway Tales
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.
- Summary:
- Much of Montana's exciting history is visible from its storied highways.Visit a segment of the historic Bozeman Trail overlooking Virginia City, where vigilantes hanged public nuisance Joseph Alfred Slade just as his wife attempted a horseback rescue.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. John Mullan and the Point of Rocks
- 2. A Road into the Past: A Surviving Segment of the Bozeman Trail
- 3. Scenes along the Trail: A Picture Tells a Thousand Words
- 4. Gateway to Northwest Montana: The Old Steel Bridge
- 5. The Ghost of Chance
- 6. Hard Work Builds Character: The Eastside Highway and Convict Grade
- 7. Standing Tall: The Rainbow Transmission Line
- 8. Milwaukee Road Railroad Substations
- 9. Local Boy Makes Good: Joe Stubkjaer and His Amazing Invention
- 10. The Moncrete Plant in the Gallatin Valley
- 11. A Montana Soap Opera: The Trials and Tribulations of Pete Galetti
- 12. Monument to a Fallen Angel
- 13. Puffs of Gray on the Horizon: The Snowden and Wolf Point Bridges
- 14. Motoring through Paradise: The Vigilante Trail
- 15. The Jefferson Canyon Highway and Mountain View Hotel
- 16. A Monument above the Water: The Cyr Bridge
- 17. When Giant Grasshoppers Ruled Eastern Montana
- 18. Montana's Highway Muse: Bob Fletcher and the Roadside Historical Markers
- 19. Welcome to Montana! The Ports of Entry Stations
- 20. The Laurel Roadside Museum
- 21. The Smith Mine and Bearcreek
- 22. The Dell Flight Strip
- 23. Norden Bombsight Vaults
- 24. Montana Waysides: The Highway Rest Areas
- 25. Like Two New Dimes in the Sky: Nick Mariana and the Great Flying Saucer Film
- 26. One of a Kind: The Pugsley Bridge
- 27. Cold War Outposts: The Montana Radar Stations
- 28. The Dude: Billings's Dude Rancher Lodge
- 29. Diamonds in the Rough: Miss Montana Highways
- References
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781439672723
- 1439672725
- OCLC:
- 1256237801
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