Preface -- Introduction -- The trail to Beaverhead -- Gold seekers throng the road -- Bullwhackers and mule skinners -- Freighting supplies to the gold fields -- When Jehus ruled the road -- The high cost of tolls -- Rivalry from the Missouri River trade -- Corinne the fair: Gateway to Montana -- Staging North from the railroad -- The diamond r rolls out -- Threat of the narrow gauge -- Hanging up the reins -- Appendix A: Rules for the road -- Appendix B: Road etiquette for teamsters -- Appendix C: Song of the overland stage driver -- Appendix D: "A freighting trip to Montana" -- Appendix E: Freight shipped from Corinne -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of names
Summary
The story of the north-south trail from the Great Salt Lake in Utah to Helena and Fort Benton in Montana in its busiest years, from the 1860's to 1884
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index
Notes
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