This is a fine look at an important part of Montana history: how Montana transformed from territory to statehood while profoundly influenced by settlers still bitter from both sides of the Civil War. In Montana Territory and the Civil War: A Frontier Forged on the Battlefield (History Press, $19.99), Ken Robison uses vignettes of Montana’s heroes and heroines to detail the compelling stories of just how the Civil War influences forged and shaped Montana’s early years. Heavily biased towar

March 2014
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- Forrest Fenn, 2014 True Westerner Award Winner!
- Old Tucson’s 75th
- Autry’s Pathway to the Past
- Winchester Warrior
- American Gardens of Eden
- The Best Historical Roadside Markers You Have to See
- Following the Old Spanish Trail
- 10 Face-to-Face, Stand-Up Gunfights
- Jack London’s Alaska
- So who really killed Billy the Kid?
- What were authentic ranch houses like?
- Who were the most dangerous gunmen in the Old West?
- I enjoyed reading the November article on Soiled Doves, but nothing was mentioned about contraception. What did they do to prevent pregnancy?
- Dave Stamey
- March 2014 Events
- Tombstone, Arizona
- You Butter Believe It!
- March Madness
- The Last Bonanza Farm
- Beginning of the End
- Rough Drafts 3/14
- Ann Kirschner’s Favorite Reads
- Shadow on the Mesa
- Montana Divided and United
- A Ranch Woman’s Life
- The Real and Imagined West
- The Bronzed West
- An American Tale: Wild Mustangs and the Spirit of a Nation
- Universal’s 40th Discs