Recently added articles from Montana; The Magazine of Western History:

The World in the West, The West in the World

Apr 01, 2008; Wrobel, David ... Friedrich Gerstäcker, Richard Francis Burton, and Isabella Bird on the Nineteenth-Century Frontier IN THE EARLY twenty-first century, when tens of millions of affluent Americans can travel to virtually anywhere in the world in the space of a day, and can travel anywhere virtually via the ...

The Fight for Crow Water Part II

Apr 01, 2008; Benson, Megan ... THE BATTLE for the Bighorn had been ongoing for nearly fifty years when, in February of 1954, the decision that became its turning point was made by Clarence Davis, the solicitor for the Department of the Interior, whose role it was to listen to arguments concerning proposed legislation and ...

THE SEMINAL YEARS OF THE MONTANA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1957-1965

Apr 01, 2008; Tidball, Eugene C ... AS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DAWNED, most of the nation's state legislatures remained imprisoned by restraints imposed by mid-nineteenth-century constitutions. By the 1930s, however, a reform movement had begun, and within twenty years a transformation of legislative practices was sweeping the ...

Living Artifacts: The Ancient PONDEROSA PINES of the West

Apr 01, 2008; Arno, Stephen F; Östlund, Lars; Keane, Robert E ... Until late in the nineteenth century, magnificent ponderosa pine forests blanketed much of the inland West. They covered perhaps 30 million acres, an area the size of New York state, spreading across the mountains of New Mexico, Arizona, and California and flourishing throughout the eastern ...

The Stamp Mill

Apr 01, 2008; Smith, Duane A ... Readers of western history are a remarkable lot. They've pored over uncounted articles and books about the West's people and places, ploughed through nineteenth-century reports, reveled in first-person accounts, and otherwise learned all they could about the forces that shaped the lives and ...

Charlie Russell and the Mysterious Photographs

Apr 01, 2008; Robison, Ken ... Have you ever picked up an old photograph and wished you knew the story behind it? Well, I did recendy when I received a phone call from historian Joe Crosby of Oklahoma City. Joe had come across two real photo postcards, both marked "Photo by Dean-Forsyth, Mont." and "At Fort Benton in 1904." ...

Restoring History at the Original Governor's Mansion

Apr 01, 2008; Near, Susan R ... Today, over a thousand Montana properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Only some of these buildings are open to the public; one that is-and that is of significant interest-is the Original Governor's Mansion in Helena. The three-story, Queen Anne-style building ...

Gall

Apr 01, 2008; Buecker, Thomas R ... Gall LAKOTA WAR CHIEF Robert W. Larson University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2007. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index, xvi + 301 pp. $24.95 cloth. For many years, Gall has been a familiar name in nineteenth-century northern plains history. As a Lakota war chief, his role in ...

Montana Book Roundup

Apr 01, 2008; Hart, Sue ... As almost everyone who has lived in the state for any amount of time knows, Montana is in many ways a small place. It is rare if upon making a new acquaintance one cannot find some friend, relative, or friend of a relative in common. For me, reading a selection of recent Montana-themed books was ...

Drawing Lines in the Forest: CREATING WILDERNESS AREAS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Apr 01, 2008; Righter, Robert W ... Drawing Lines in the Forest CREATING WILDERNESS AREAS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Kevin R. Marsh University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2007. Illustrations, notes, maps, bibliography, index, xv + 229 pp. $35.00 cloth. Kevin Marsh's book is a valuable addition to the Weyerhauser ...

Montana 1911: A PROFESSOR AND HIS WIFE AMONG THE BLACKFEET/Missionaries among Miners, Migrants and Blackfoot: THE VAN TIGHEM BROTHERS DIARIES, ALBERTA, 1875-1917

Apr 01, 2008; Ens, Gerhard J ... Montana 1911 A PROFESSOR AND HIS WIFE AMONG THE BLACKFEET Mary Eggermont-Molenaar, Editor University of Calgary Press, Calgary, and University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2005. Illustrations, map, appendixes, notes, bibliography, xxii + 417 pp. $35.00 paper. Missionaries among Miners, ...

Coming to Stay: A COLUMBIA RIVER JOURNEY

Apr 01, 2008; Barber, Katrine ... Coming to Stay A COLUMBIA RIVER JOURNEY Mary Dodds Schlick Oregon Historical Society, Portland, in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2006. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index, xiv + 192 pp. $22.50 paper. Several years ago, Mary Dodds Schlick wrote ...

Bound in Twine: THE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF THE HENEQUEN-WHEAT COMPLEX FOR MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN PLAINS, 1880-1950

Apr 01, 2008; Hoheisel, Tim ... Bound in Twine THE HISTORY AND ECOLOGY OF THE HENEQUEN-WHEAT COMPLEX FOR MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN PLAINS, 1880-1950 Sterling Evans Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2007. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index, xxiii + 314 pp. $42.00 ...

An Accidental Novelist: A LITERARY MEMOIR

Apr 01, 2008; Weltzien, O Alan ... An Accidental Novelist A LITERARY MEMOIR Richard S. Wheeler Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2007. Appendix. 239 pp. $28.95 cloth, $22.95 paper. With no apologies to novelist Anne Tyler, author of The Accidental Tourist, Richard Wheeler has paused near the end of his prolific career ...

Thomas F. Walsh: PROGRESSIVE BUSINESSMAN AND COLORADO MINING TYCOON

Apr 01, 2008; Delaney, Terrence ... Thomas F. Walsh PROGRESSIVE BUSINESSMAN AND COLORADO MINING TYCOON John Stewart University Press of Colorado, Boulder, 2007. Illustrations, maps, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index, xv + 230 pp. $34-95 cloth. Along with Horace Tabor and Winfield Scott Stratton, Tom Walsh was part of ...

Downhill in Montana: EARLY DAY SKIING IN THE TREASURE STATE AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Apr 01, 2008; Richey, Duke ... Downhill in Montana EARLY DAY SKIING IN THE TREASURE STATE AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Stan Cohen Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Inc., Missoula, Montana, 2007. Illustrations, maps, charts, appendix, bibliography, xiv + 278 pp. $24.95 paper. As with many "pictorial" histories, Stan ...

The Many Faces of Edward Sherriff Curtis: PORTRAITS AND STORIES FROM NATIVE NORTH AMERICA

Apr 01, 2008; Cebula, Larry ... The Many Faces of Edward Sherriff Curtis PORTRAITS AND STORIES FROM NATIVE NORTH AMERICA Steadman Upham and Nat Zappia University of Washington Press, Seatde, and Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2006. Illustrations, index. 159 pp. $60.00 clodi, $40.00 paper. When it comes to Indian ...

Anthropology Goes to the Fair: THE 1904 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION

Apr 01, 2008; Shupe, Kevin ... Anthropology Goes to the Fair THE 1904 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION Nancy J. Parezo and Don D. Fowler University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2007. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, appendixes, xii + 538 pp. $55.00 cloth. World's fairs have been elaborate stages upon which businessmen, ...

Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A CONFLUENCE OF ENGINEERING AND POLITICS

Apr 01, 2008; Fiege, Mark ... Big Dams of the New Deal Era A CONFLUENCE OF ENGINEERING AND POLITICS David P. Billington and Donald C. Jackson University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2006. Illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index, xiv + 369 pp. $36.95 cloth. Without question, large dams are among the most ...

The Enigma Woman: THE DEATH SENTENCE OF NELLIE MAY MADISON

Apr 01, 2008; Johnston, Jeremy ... The Enigma Woman THE DEATH SENTENCE OF NELLIE MAY MADISON Kathleen A. Cairns University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2007. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, xi + 295 pp. $25.95 cloth. Throughout the 1930s, the exploits of John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby ...