Montana's history is rich, colorful, and full of excitement in this fully-illustrated third volume of the state's history. Montana Territory had 20,595 people in 1870 and the vast majority were Indians. Those Indians would fight for their lands, and much of the territory's focus was on the Indian Wars raging across the state. By 1900 there were 243,329 people in the State of Montana and the numbers would only continue to rise as more and more businessmen got interested in the state's natural resources. Mining dominated the 1880s and 1890s, even as politics were changing both locally and...
Montana's history is rich, colorful, and full of excitement in this fully-illustrated third volume of the state's history. Montana Territory had 20,59...
By 1900 Montana was home to 243,329 people. The state had produced 61% of the country's copper just the year before, which amounted to 23% of that dug up in the whole world. By 1930 there were 537,606 people in the state and the nation was just beginning to get a taste of the banking crashes and economic depression that Montana had been feeling for a decade. The reason for the problems in Montana can be traced to the propaganda the state and the railroads put out beginning in 1905 and which told bald-faced lies to people the world over. Dry farming was advocated, and in an environment that...
By 1900 Montana was home to 243,329 people. The state had produced 61% of the country's copper just the year before, which amounted to 23% of that dug...
Montana from 1930 to 1960 was a very interesting time. The state had already been suffering economic depression for ten years when the Great Depression hit the nation. Montana suffered just as much as the rest of the country, but it was also rescued by the federal New Deal programs. You'll hear about that in this fifth volume of the state's history, but you'll read about a whole lot more as well. There's farming in the dust, cattle grazing on the creeks, and the ups and downs of organized labor. Learn about flight, the start of radio, and the rise of Big Oil and the CIA. World War II is...
Montana from 1930 to 1960 was a very interesting time. The state had already been suffering economic depression for ten years when the Great Depressio...
Nearly all of the politicians profiled in this book served in the military and fought in the nation's wars. Most who served in our nation's wars did not become politicians, however. They were common people for the most part, and we profile several of them. The war this time was Vietnam. A total of 32,689 Montanans served in the conflict and 267 died in it. That's just a small part of this book of Montana history
Nearly all of the politicians profiled in this book served in the military and fought in the nation's wars. Most who served in our nation's wars did n...
