Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley : A History

by Smith, Phyllis

• ISBN13: 9781560445401
• ISBN10: 1560445408
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: TwoDot

Summary

Lively historic narrative, profusely illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, etchings, and maps.

Table of Contents

Chapter One Introduction; images from the past; migrations past and present; why they came, why they left, why they stayed.	1	(6)
Chapter Two A geologic beginning; mountains and rivers; freezing winters and blistering summers; elk and eagles; Lady Randall's posies.	7	(6)
Chapter Three Across the Bering Strait; along the Old North Trail; early hunters; a lush valley becomes a desert; late hunters trail the bison; a buffalo jump; Flathead, Crow, and Shoshone visit the valley; stealing the "elk dog"; the Blackfeet and their enemies; "We knew you were coming."	13	(7)
Chapter Four Spanish and French landlords; Jefferson makes a deal; the Corps of Discovery; introspective Lewis and gregarious Clark; winter with the Mandan; Sacagawea remembers; Clark is sick; Lewis climbs a bluff; the naming of rivers; a sister meets a brother; Clark camps in the valley; on to Saint Louis.	20	(8)
Chapter Five Courtin's fort; John Colter's long walk; a battle in the valley; Colter and Potts meet the Blackfeet; Colter's run; a matter of beaver traps; Pierre Menard builds a fort; death at Three Forks; Colter has enough; Menard and Henry pull out.	28	(5)
Chapter Six The dangers of trapping; Ashley vs. Pilcher; fate of the Enterprize; death comes to Jones and Immel; a few trappers venture in; Peter Ogden makes a try; Vanderburgh meets the Blackfeet; Jim Bridger and two arrows; the last rendezvous.	33	(4)
Chapter Seven Prince Paul arrives; Geyer and Burke study the valley; Father DeSmet; what the St. Peters brings to the Blackfeet.	37	(4)
Chapter Eight Americans move west; Isaac Stevens and the survey; John Mullan builds a road; the Raynolds Expedition; Maynadier fights mosquitoes; Benetsee Finlay finds color; the Stuart brothers arrive; James Stuart is on the Yellowstone; Brigham Young considers; gold at Alder Gulch; advice to the prospector; Gallatin City is founded; a ferry business; the matter of a waterfall; Gallatin City moves.	41	(10)
Chapter Nine John Bozeman meets John and Emma Jacobs; trouble in Indian country; James Stuart tries to help; the first wagon train; Bozeman is a preacher; ten make it through; Elliott Rouse considers options; William Beall raises potatoes; plans for a new town; Reverend Alderson looks over the valley; the troubles of Frank Kirkaldie; four wagon trains arrive; a real estate group forms; "Bozeman" vs. "Montana City."	51	(8)
Chapter Ten The road agents strike; the vigilantes take charge; Bill Hunter is hanged.	59	(5)
Chapter Eleven Congress names a territory; the fighting begins; Gallatin Country has officers; new farmers must adjust; first water rights; Reverend Stateler comes to Willow Creek; a town for Odelia Logan; the White brothers settle near the Lower Madison; Shedd's Bridges and Old Town; Hamilton is settled; the Anceneys think big; from Courts to Reese Creek; Melvin Ross climbs a mountain; Springhill and Mountain Dew; the many names for Central Park; the Sales family; the first crops are in; cattle, sheep, and dairies; Nelson Story brings cattle from Texas; Chesnut's Folly; the colonel's black diamonds; two women homesteaders; Initial Point; Joseph Kenney and the boys from Iowa.	64	(20)
Chapter Twelve Bozeman's first hotel; a Christmas dance and romance; from tents to cabins; building a grist mill; open for business; an Indian scare; City Hotel; Guy House welcomes brides; a Haitian settles in town; American blacks come, too; what Melinda Rich remembered; a log jail; a newspaper for the valley; Alderson preaches; churches are founded; Bishop Tuttle arrives; early schools; a female academy; J. L. Vernon and the book fund.	84	(14)
Chapter Thirteen John Bozeman writes home; Indian scares; Bozeman writes the governor; Meagher pleads with Washington; Camp Meagher is established; Bozeman businessmen are eager; raiding the U.S. Treasury; the trailblazer's last trip; Tom Cover and the Peg Leg; Elizebeth watches in vain.	98	(8)
Chapter Fourteen A fort near Bozeman; Farmington remains a dream; Folsom and Cook explore; Baker hits the wrong camp; the Big Horn Gun comes to town; "Old Pancake" Comstock dies; Washburn, Doane, and Langford visit Wonderland; the ordeal of Truman Everts; Bird Calfee and Josey try it alone; Hayden is impressed; the Earl of Dunraven comes to hunt; the first national park.	106	(16)
Chapter Fifteen Dust and mud on Main Street; up-and-down sidewalks; from wood to brick; food and drink; Bozeman in winter; summer bands and swimming; Davis Willson tries the bicycle; Chinese residents; soiled doves; more saloons; a beginning for a library; a second Masonic lodge; organizations for all; a fire in Middle Creek Canyon; a sturdy school; more churches.	122	(10)
Chapter Sixteen Gloomy financial days; businessmen take stock; a visit from Chief Looking Glass; the professor promises gold; the Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition; the cannon continues its travels; unusual business practices; news from the Little Bighorn.	132	(7)
Chapter Seventeen The Northern Pacific; banks and credit; a new paper is born; telephones for a few; the first high school; Mayor Bogert; the new aldermen pass laws; volunteer firefighters order uniforms; Thomas Quaw founds a town; a grand ball; Corbett the Belgrade Bull; the British breed horses; Isabelle Randall and "the natives"; a suspicious horse race; the winter of 1886-1887.	139	(16)
Chapter Eighteen Victory for the Treasure State; the WCTU and women's rights; the opera house; Henry Altenbrand looks over the valley; Hollanders come to grow barley, Amsterdam and Churchill; the Flying D Ranch is born; Charles Loughrey and the Sunbeam Photograph Gallery; Jack Bean and the Britishers hunt.	155	(16)
Chapter Nineteen A land-grant college opens; electric power from the old flour mill; trolley cars; a fish hatchery for Bridger Canyon; early doctors mix medicine with business; Dr. Foster and the Bozeman Sanitarium; a town waterworks; Mary Hagen starts a steam laundry; the Bozeman-Livingston Coal Field.	171	(21)
Chapter Twenty The Germans love music; the Sweet Pea Carnival; Main Street is paved; power form the Madison; an interurban line; Harlow and the Jawbone; Lombard, Maudlow, and Sedan; settling Bridger Canyon; moving the church to Dry Creek; the many trips of Granny Yates; Menard and Magpie; Clarkston and Recap; from limestone to cement; the short life of Copper City; old Three Forks, new Three Forks; Sappington; Willow Creek's hard times.	192	(25)
Chapter Twenty-One The Farmers' Alliance; Belgrade comes into its own; changes in Manhattan; a quiet canyon; Walter Cooper visits a forest fire; Buckskin Charley and Teddy Roosevelt; the man who ate cucumbers; Andrew Levinski and the claim jumpers; the duke of Hellroaring Creek; log jams on the Gallatin; a haven for the dude; Salesville changes its name; the former Riverside.	217	(19)
Chapter Twenty-Two The electric theater comes to town; the Ellen opens; death of the Opera House; Germans are not welcome; influenza; seven years of the Roundup; make way for autos; seed peas and canning; flour is king; changes at the college.	236	(19)
Chapter Twenty-Three Bozeman women vote early; the Bozeman State Housekeeper's Society is established; the county changes shape; jails and hangings; Jack Allen and Pomeroy Vreeland; debt and a new government; hard times for all; the earthquake of 1925; floods hit the area; a bank robbery goes awry; the CCC; Mabel Cruickshank is the first.	255	(14)
Chapter Twenty-Four Early skiing at Karst, Bear Canyon, and Bridger Bowl; Gallatin men and women go to war; signs of growth in Bozeman; professional fire and police forces; dipping into city funds; a new city hall; Art Deco schools and a courthouse; from a runway to Gallatin Field; a crash in Bridger Canyon; Bozeman businesses that lasted; a cooperative creamery; the Montana Winter Fair; the Big Horn Gun sounds off again; the earthquake of 1959.	269	(18)
Chapter Twenty-Five Growth and subdivisionas; water rights revisited; two reservoirs for the city; opposition to a new courthouse; Montana State University; Chet Huntley's Big Sky; Kari Swenson in kidnapped; the Meirhofer affair; the end of passenger trains; the Main Mall and downtown.	287	(8)
Chapter Twenty-Six More people, more houses; cars vs. pedestrians; from ranch to ranchette; newcomers; Bridger Canyon and Sedan; Bridger Bowl is no longer a secret; the north country; Belgrade booms; Springhill protects itself; Manhattan holds its own; Ponderosa Pines; hard times in Logan; the plant at Trident; Three Forks and Willow Creek; Ted Turner buys the Flying D; Gallatin Gateway stays almost the same; bears come to West Yellowstone; a look at Bozeman.	295	(11)
Endnotes	306	(12)
Bibliography	318	(10)
Appendix: Gazetteer of Geographical Names in the Gallatin Valley	328	(9)
Index	337