- 192 pages
- English
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Historic Tales of Fort Benton
About this book
"…more romance, tragedy and vigorous life than many a city a hundred times its size and ten times its age." - Historian Hiram M. Chittenden
Deep in the heart of Blackfoot country on the Upper Missouri River, trade relations opened cautiously in 1831. A series of trading posts and clashes followed. By 1846, Fort Benton had become the center of commerce with Indigenous tribes, including the Blackfoot who dubbed it "many houses to the South." Drawing settlers from eastern states, the head of steamboat navigation became known as "the world's innermost port." As a result, the fort became a multicultural melting pot and home to the "Bloodiest Block in the West." Award-winning historian Ken Robison brings to life dramatic sagas of a rapidly developing frontier, from vigilante X. Beidler to the Marias and Ophir Massacres.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Birthplace of Montana: Fort Benton Commemorates 175 Years
- 2. Montana’s First Great Historian: Gallant Lieutenant James H. Bradley
- 3. The Death of a Bold Scheme: The Ophir Massacre
- 4. Thrilling Scenes: The 1865 Fort Benton Treaty Council
- 5. A Code of Honor All Her Own: Madame Dumont
- 6. More Than a War Chief of the Piegan Blackfeet: A Tribute to Little Dog
- 7. The Mystery and Bold Legend: General Thomas Francis Meagher
- 8. What a Way to Treat a Lady!: Libby Meagher’s Rocky Ride Downriver
- 9. Hidden Stories: The Vigilantes of Fort Benton
- 10. Vigilante Hangman X. Beidler: Fort Benton’s Marshal
- 11. The Greatest Social Event: Opening the Grandest Hotel
- 12. Let There Be Light: The Rose Bud Lights Up the Night
- 13. The Montana Years of the Gandhi of the Métis: Louis Riel in Exile
- 14. A Multicultural Melting Pot: Fort Benton
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author
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