Bibliography of Montana history

The following works deal with the cultural, political, economic, military, biographical and geologic history of pre-territorial Montana, Montana Territory and the State of Montana.

General works in Montana history

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* Smith, Duane A. ''Rocky Mountain Heartland: Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming in the 20th Century'' (2008) 305pp
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* , classic populist history from longtime University of Montana professor of History.
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* WPA Federal Writers Project. ''Montana: A State Guide Book'' (Viking Press, 1939) classic guide to history, culture and every tow
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Chronologies

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Agriculture, ranching, and rural life

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Biography

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* Bates, J. Leonard. "Walsh, Thomas James"

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* Karlin, Jules A. "Dixon, Joseph Moore" ''American National Biography Online'' (2000

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* , first published in 1997; chapters on Joseph K. Toole, Ella Knowles, Joseph M. Dixon, Thomas J. Walsh, Jeannette Rankin, Burton K. Wheeler, James E. Murray, Mike Mansfield, and Lee Metcalf
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* Ruetten, Richard T. Burton K. Wheeler, 1905-1925, an independent liberal under fire (1957) 418pp; vol 1 of standard biography; ''Burton K. Wheeler of Montana: a progressive between the wars'' (1961) - 662 pages; vol. 2
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Memoirs and autobiography

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* Wheeler, Burton K. ''Yankee from the West: The candid, turbulent life story of the Yankee-born U.S. Senator from Montana'' (1962), autobiography

Business, economics, and industry

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* Groth, Clarence W. "Sowing and Reaping: Montana Banking, 1910-1925," ''Montana,'' Dec 1970, Vol. 20 Issue 4, pp 28–35
* Klassen, Henry C. "The Early Growth of the Conrad Banking Enterprise in Montana, 1880-1914," ''Great Plains Quarterly,'' Jan 1997, Vol. 17 Issue 1, pp 49–62
* Kutzman, John Andrew. "Death of a Small Business: The Missoula Brewing Company," ''Montana,'' March 1988, Vol. 38 Issue 1, pp 54–61
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* Walter, Dave. "Simon Pepin, A Quiet Capitalist," ''Montana'' March 1989, Vol. 39 Issue 1, pp 34–38
* West, Carroll Van. "Marcus Daly and Montana: One Man's Imprint on the Land," ''Montana'' Mar 1987, Vol. 37 Issue 1, pp 60–62

Historic expeditions

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Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)

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Cook, Folsom, Peterson Expedition (1869)

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Washburn, Langford, Doane Expedition (1870)

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* ''The report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870'', presented to the Secretary of War, February 1871
* ''The Washburn Yellowstone Expedition'', accounts of Trumbull published in the Overland Monthly, Vol 6, No 5-6, May–June 1871
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Labor and working class

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Indians

* Bigart, Robert. ''Getting Good Crops: Economic and Diplomatic Survival Strategies of the Montana Bitterroot Salish Indians, 1870-1891'' (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol. 266) (2010)
* Bryan, William L. ''Montana's Indians: Yesterday and Today'' (Montana Geographic Series) (1995
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* Hoebel, E. Adamson. ''The Cheyennes: Indians of the Great Plains'' (1978)
* Lopach, James J. et al. ''Tribal Government Today: Politics on Montana Indian Reservations'' (2nd ed. 1998)
* Lowie, Robert H. ''The Crow Indians'' (U. of Nebraska Press, 1983)

Military histories

* Fifer, Barbara. ''Montana Battlefields 1806-1877: Native Americans And the U.S. Army at War'' (2005
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Local and regional histories

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* Gloege, Marvin E. ''Survival or gradual extinction: the small town in the Great Plains of eastern Montana'' (Meadowlark Publishing Services, 2007)
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* Mercier, Laurie K. "'The Stack Dominated Our Lives': Metals Manufacturing In Four Montana Communities," ''Montana'' June 1988, Vol. 38 Issue 2, pp 40–57
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* WPA Federal Writers Project. ''Montana: A State Guide Book'' (Viking Press, 1939) classic guide to every tow
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Ghost towns

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* Johnson, Virginia Weisel. "Tough Taft: Boom Town." ''Montana'' Dec 1982, Vol. 32 Issue 4, pp 50–57
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Political histories

* Colde, Judith K. "A Wide Field for Usefulness: Women's Civil Status and the Evolution of Women's Suffrage on the Montana Frontier, 1864-1914," ''American Journal of Legal History,'' July 1990, Vol. 34 Issue 3, pp 262–294
* Lemon, Greg. ''Blue Man in a Red State: Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer and the New Western Populism'' (2008), popular
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* Malone, Michael P. "The Montana New Dealers," in John Braeman et al. eds. ''The New Deal: Volume Two - the State and Local Levels'' (1975) pp 240–68
* Morrison, John, and Catherine Wright Morrison. ''Mavericks: The Lives and Battles of Montana's Political Legends'' (2003), chapters on Joseph K. Toole, Ella Knowles, Joseph M. Dixon, Thomas Walsh, Jeannette Rankin, Burton K. Wheeler, James E. Murray, Mike Mansfield, and Lee Metcalf
* O'Keane, Josephine. ''Thomas J. Walsh: A Senator from Montana''(1955
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* Spritzer, Donald E. ''Senator James E. Murray and the Limits of Post-War Liberalism'' (1985).
* Swibold, Dennis L. ''Copper chorus: mining, politics, and the Montana press, 1889-1959'' (2006)
* Waldron, Ellis L. ''Montana politics since 1864: an atlas of elections'' (1958) 428 pages

Culture

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* Egan, Ken. ''Hope And Dread In Montana Literature'' (Western Literature Series) (2003)
* Harrison, Brady. ''All Our Stories Are Here: Critical Perspectives on Montana Literature'' (2009
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12 essays by scholars
* Newby, Rick, and Suzanne Hunger, eds. ''Writing Montana: literature under the big sky'' (1996) 27 essays
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* Patterson, Caroline, ed. ''Montana Women Writers: A Geography of the Heart'' (2006)
* WPA. ''An Ornery Bunch: Tales and Anecdotes Collected by the WPA Montana Writer's Project 1935-1942'' ed. by Megan Hiller, Rick Newby, and Elaine Peterson (1999)

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* Colde, Judith K. "A Wide Field for Usefulness: Women's Civil Status and the Evolution of Women's Suffrage on the Montana Frontier, 1864-1914," ''American Journal of Legal History,'' July 1990, Vol. 34 Issue 3, pp 262–294
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* Hickcox, David H. "The Impact of the Great Northern Railway on Settlement in Northern Montana, 1880-1920," Railroad History, Summer 1983, Issue 148, pp 58–67
* Melcher, Mary. "'Women's Matters': Birth Control, Prenatal Care, and Childbirth in Rural Montana, 1910-1940," ''Montana'' June 1991, Vol. 41 Issue 2, pp 47–56
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* Tubbs, Stephenie Ambrose. "Montana Women's Clubs at the Turn of the Century," ''Montana'' March 1986, Vol. 36 Issue 1, pp 26–35

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See also

*History of Montana
**Bibliography of Glacier National Park (U.S.)
** Bibliography of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
** Bibliography of Yellowstone National Park
** Bibliography of Wyoming history

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{{U.S. political divisions history bibliographies

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