Stories from Montana's Enduring Frontier: Exploring an Untamed Legacy (American Chronicles) - Softcover

At the turn of the twentieth century, Montanastarted emerging from its rugged past. Permanent towns and cities, powered bymining, tourism, and trade, replaced ramshackle outposts. Yet Montana’sfrontier endured, both in remote pockets and in the wider cultural imagination.The frontier thus played a continuing role in Montanans’ lives, often infascinating ways. Author John Clayton has written extensively on these shiftsin Montana history, chronicling the breadth of the frontier’s legacy with thisdiverse collection of stories. Explore the remnants of Montana’s frontierthrough stories of the Little Bighorn Battlefield, the Beartooth Highway, andthe lost mining camp of Swift Current—and through legendary characters such asCharlie Russell, Haydie Yates, and “Liver-eating” Johnston.

John Clayton is the author of The Cowboy Girl and other books. Since 1993 he has written regularly about history and culture for Montana Magazine, the Montana Quarterly, Montana: The Magazine of Western History, and even some publications that don't include "Montana" in their names. You can learn more at his website, www.johnclaytonbooks.com.