Taming Big Sky Country

Author : Jon Axline
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625853653

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Taming Big Sky Country by Jon Axline Pdf

Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last section of interstate highway opened to traffic in 1988. Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline charts a road trip through the colorful and inspiring history of trails, roads and superhighways in Big Sky Country.

Author : Jon Axline
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1540212947

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Taming Big Sky Country by Jon Axline Pdf

Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a great adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, groundbreaking and sometimes poor engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860, when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last section of interstate highway opened to traffic in 1988. Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline charts a road trip through the colorful and inspiring history of trails, roads and superhighways in Big Sky Country.

Author : Ellen Baumler and Jon Axline
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467144018

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Hidden History of Helena, Montana by Ellen Baumler and Jon Axline Pdf

Distinguished by statesmen and magnates, Helena's history is colored with many other compelling characters and episodes nearly lost to time. Before achieving eminence in Deadwood, Sheriff Seth Bullock oversaw Montana Territory's first two legal hangings. The Seven Mile House was an oasis of vice for the parched, weary travelers entering the valley on the Benton Road, despite a tumultuous succession of ownership. The heritage of the Sieban Ranch and the saga of "King Kong" Clayton, "the Joe Louis of the Mat," faded from public memory. From unraveling the myths of Chinatown to detailing the lives of red-light businesswomen and the Canyon Ferry flying saucer hoax, revered local historians Ellen Baumler and Jon Axline team up to preserve a compendium of Helena's yesteryear.

Author : Jon Axline
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439672723

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Montana Highway Tales by Jon Axline Pdf

Much of Montana's exciting history is visible from its storied highways. Visit a segment of the historic Bozeman Trail overlooking Virginia City, where vigilantes hanged public nuisance Joseph Alfred Slade just as his wife attempted a horseback rescue. Discover the saga of adultery, attempted murder and eventual triumph that occurred at a single stone building in the Browns Gulch area of Butte. On Highway 308 east of Red Lodge, learn more about the tragic 1943 Smith Mine disaster, where a methane explosion trapped and killed seventy-three miners. The catastrophe triggered investigations at the state and national level that resulted in improvements in mine safety. With more than two dozen stories, historian Jon Axline provides a front-seat view of the Treasure State's thrilling past, forgotten characters and overlooked oddities found by the wayside.

Author : Jackie Merritt
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459213456

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Tough To Tame by Jackie Merritt Pdf

"I knew a woman on the ranch would disrupt my peace—and I sure was right." Jake Banyon had his hands full catching a wild stallion without wrangling with a fiery Carly Paxton. His boss's daughter's unexpected invasion of his hard-earned privacy posed a threat to Jake's loner status. The explosive temptress was all dangerous curves, yet her eyes said commitment—just the kind of woman Jake had vowed to avoid. But he hadn't anticipated the gut-wrenching longing she stirred in him—or the unexpected desire to be tamed by love...

Author : Jon Axline
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439657133

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The Beartooth Highway: A History of America’s Most Beautiful Drive by Jon Axline Pdf

Traversing the spectacular Beartooth Highway in Montana and Wyoming is an unforgettable experience. The unspoiled mountain scenery along the highway inspired famed news correspondent Charles Kuralt to label it "America's most beautiful drive," yet the story behind this engineering marvel is largely unknown. It is an epic account of man versus nature to construct a road through unforgiving wilderness. Built during the height of the Great Depression and rising 10,947 feet above sea level, the Beartooth Highway sparked an economic boom in Red Lodge, Cooke City and Yellowstone National Park. Understandably, it continues to leave a profound impression on people privileged to drive it. Historian Jon Axline tells the exciting and colorful narrative behind the origins and construction of the Beartooth Highway.

Author : Jon Axline
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781626198524

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Taming Big Sky Country by Jon Axline Pdf

Drives this breathtaking did not come easy. Cruising down Montana's scenic highways, it's easy to forget that traveling from here to there once was a genuine adventure. The state's major routes evolved from ancient Native American trails into four-lane expressways in a little over a century. That story is one of difficult, ground-breaking and sometimes wrong engineering decisions, as well as a desire to make a journey faster, safer and more comfortable. It all started in 1860 when John Mullan hacked a wagon road over the formidable Rocky Mountains to Fort Benton. It continued until the last section of interstate highway opened to traffic in 1988. Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline charts a road trip through the colorful and inspiring history of trails, roads and superhighways in Big Sky Country.

Author : Coralie Rees,Leslie Rees
Publisher : North Sydney : Ure Smith
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Travel
ISBN : PSU:000024438995

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People of the Big Sky Country by Coralie Rees,Leslie Rees Pdf

Collection of sketches of places & people visited (some reproduced from earlier publications); includes brief references to Aborigines throughout; Derby Leprosarium, meeting with Albert Namatjira, Ernabella mission, Central Australia corroboree, legends of Ayers Rock, Goulburn Island Mission, Torres Strait pearling industry.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000031207287

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Big Sky Country by Anonim Pdf

The rugged mountains and pristine valleys of the Northern Rockies are captured in Michael Melford's photographs - landscapes of power and beauty that evoke a sense of wonder at the infinite variety of nature that can never be fully explored or understood. Included are famous natural landmarks - Craters of the Moon in Idaho, St. Mary's Lake in Glacier National Park, Devil's Tower in Wyoming, and, of course, Old Faithful - as well as the simple structures of the plains - churches, barns, and school houses - that speak to life in the Far West. In the introduction William Kittredge describes the realities of life in Montana, a place he chose in his search for "a genuine world to inhabit".

Author : Robert Kelley Schneiders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015059980345

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Big Sky Rivers by Robert Kelley Schneiders Pdf

To frame his story, Schneiders goes back to the nineteenth-century journals of fur traders and settlers and in the record of flora, fauna, floods, and human activity he finds evidence of rapid and disruptive change. Bison once had the greatest influence on the land, and Schneiders depicts an original bison and Indian trail networks on which were overlaid the first torts and towns and then the railroads, highways, and reservoirs that reconfigured the region forever.

Author : Alfred Bertram Guthrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1413829006

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The Big Sky by Alfred Bertram Guthrie Pdf

Author : Alfred Bertram Guthrie
Publisher : Pocket Books of Canada
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : OCLC:299512409

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The Big Sky by Alfred Bertram Guthrie Pdf

Boone Caudill, 17, leaves his Kentucky home and family and settles in Big Sky, Montana--Novelist.

Author : Jon Axline
Publisher : Montana Historical Society
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0972152261

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Conveniences Sorely Needed by Jon Axline Pdf

Although fast-disappearing, Montana's historic bridges are an integral and often overlooked part of Montana's landscape. This book tells the stories of those bridges and how they shaped the development of the Treasure State from the early horse-and-buggy days to the car culture of the post-World War II era.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Advertising
ISBN : UOM:35128000596047

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Business Marketing by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015010990532

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Architectural Digest by Anonim Pdf