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North to Montana : jehus, bullwackers, and mule skinners on the Montana Trail / by Betty M. Madsen, Brigham D. Madsen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: University of Utah publications in the American West ; v. 13.Publication details: Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, �1980.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 298 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780874213188
  • 0874213185
  • 0585031215
  • 9780585031217
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: North to Montana.DDC classification:
  • 388.1/0978
LOC classification:
  • HE356.A17 M3eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- The trail to Beaverhead -- Gold seekers throng the road -- Bullwhackers and mule skinners -- Freighting supplies to the gold fields -- When Jehus ruled the road -- The high cost of tolls -- Rivalry from the Missouri River trade -- Corinne the fair: Gateway to Montana -- Staging North from the railroad -- The diamond r rolls out -- Threat of the narrow gauge -- Hanging up the reins -- Appendix A: Rules for the road -- Appendix B: Road etiquette for teamsters -- Appendix C: Song of the overland stage driver -- Appendix D: "A freighting trip to Montana" -- Appendix E: Freight shipped from Corinne -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of names.
Action note:
  • digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Summary: The story of the north-south trail from the Great Salt Lake in Utah to Helena and Fort Benton in Montana in its busiest years, from the 1860's to 1884.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- The trail to Beaverhead -- Gold seekers throng the road -- Bullwhackers and mule skinners -- Freighting supplies to the gold fields -- When Jehus ruled the road -- The high cost of tolls -- Rivalry from the Missouri River trade -- Corinne the fair: Gateway to Montana -- Staging North from the railroad -- The diamond r rolls out -- Threat of the narrow gauge -- Hanging up the reins -- Appendix A: Rules for the road -- Appendix B: Road etiquette for teamsters -- Appendix C: Song of the overland stage driver -- Appendix D: "A freighting trip to Montana" -- Appendix E: Freight shipped from Corinne -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of names.

The story of the north-south trail from the Great Salt Lake in Utah to Helena and Fort Benton in Montana in its busiest years, from the 1860's to 1884.

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