History of Montana, Bancroft Works

• Montana, Early Settlement, Geology, Exploration, 1728-1862.
  • The Name
  • Configuration and Climate
  • General View of Mountain Passes
  • Game
  • Stock raising Advantages
  • Minerals and Metals
  • Carvers Map, 1778
  • Catacombs
  • Mauvaise Terres
  • Early Explorations
  • Fur Hunters and Forts
  • Lewis and Clarks Map, 1806
  • Missionaries and Missions
  • Rector's Map, 1818
  • Overland Explorations
  • Railroad Survey
  • Finley's Map, 1826
  • Wagon roads
  • Early Steamboats
  • Trading Forts, 1807-1850
• Gold Discoveries and First Settlers
  • The Cattle Business
  • First Settlers
  • New Counties of Washington
  • 1859 Petition for Bitterroot County
• Montana Towns and Pioneer Sketches, 1862-1864.
  • Exploring Expeditions
    • Gulches and Lodes Map  1865
  • Pioneers of Montana
    • 1862 James L. Fisk, Minnesota Wagon Train
    • Bannack City Residents (winter) 1862
      • Surname AC 
      • Surname DG 
      • Surname HK 
      • Surname LP 
      • Surname RY 
      • 1862 Settlers and Forts and Valleys
  • Prospecting Parties
  • Organization of Districts
    • Bighorn City Map
  • Stuart and Bozeman
  • De Lacy
    • De Lacy's Expedition Map
  • Biographical Sketches of Settlers
    • Settlers in Lewis and Clarke County 
    • Settlers of Gallatin County 
    • Settlers to Beaverhead County 
    • Settlers to Madison County 
  • Freights and Freight Trains
  • Early Society in the Mines
  • Road agents and Vigilance Committees
  • Legally Organized Banditti
  • The Sheriff Highwayman and his Deputies
  • A Typical Trial
  • Wholesale Assassination and Retribution
• Montana Organization, Boundaries and Elections, 1864-1866
  • Organization of the Territory
  • Boundaries Established 
  • Governor Edgerton
  • Judges Appointed
  • First Legislature 
  • Seat of Government 
  • Seal 
  • Map 
  • Meagher,
  • Acting Governor 
  • Party Issues 
  • Convention 
  • Election 
  • Early Newspapers 
  • Vigilance Committee Influence 
  • Eastern Solons 
  • Difficulties
  • Encountered by the Early Judges 
  • Beidler 
  • More Legislation 
  • Governor Smith 
  • Education 
  • Assay Office 
  • Surveyor general 
  • Removal of Capital
• Montana Politics, Legislation, and Reform, 1866-1886
  • Special Legislation 
  • All Made Null by Congress 
  • Useful Laws 
  • The Capital Question 
  • State Seal
  • Party Issues 
  • The Several Legislatures 
  • Governor Ashley 
  • Governor Potts 
  • Newspapers 
  • Railway Legislation 
  • The Right of way Question 
  • Territorial Extravagance 
  • Northern Pacific Railway 
  • Local Issues 
  • Retrenchment and Reform
  • 4th - 14th Legislature 
• Montana Indians and Indian Wars, 1855-1882
  • The Blackfoot Nation 
  • Crows and Sioux
  • Their Lands and their Characters 
  • The Old, Old Issue 
  • Treaty Making,
  • Treaty Breaking
  • Fighting and Finishing
  • Movements of Troops
  • Bozeman Route Map
  • Montana Militia Companies
  • Establishing Forts 
  • Fort Philip Kearny and Vicinity
  • Expeditions for Prospecting and Discovery 
  • Reservations 
  • Long Continued Hostilities 
  • Decisive Measures.
  • Battle of the Little Bighorn
  • Indian Battlefield of East Montana
• Montana Prospectors and Farmers, 1864-1885
  • Influx of Prospectors
  • Continued Mineral Discoveries 
  • Alder and Last Chance Gulches 
  • Mining Adventures 
  • Some Notable Discoveries 
  • Hydraulic Machinery 
  • Quartz mining 
    • Whitlatch Lode and other Quartz Mines
  • Transportation Routes and Freights 
  • Montana Cattle Ranching 
  • Ranges 
  • Brands Roundup 
  • Product and Profit 
  • Further Mining Developments 
  • Condition of Agriculture.
    • Early Montana Farmers
• Montana Expansion, Labor Transportation, Citizens, 1870-1888
  • Condition of Montana from 1870 to 1880
  • Counties Compared 
    • Beaverhead County, 1870-1888 
    • Choteau County, 1870-1888 
    • Custer County, 1870-1888 
    • Dawson County, 1870-1888 
    • Deer Lodge County, 1870-1888 
    • Gallatin County, 1870-1888 
    • Jefferson County, 1870-1888 
    • Lewis and Clarke County, 1870-1888 
    • Madison County, 1870-1888 
    • Meagher County, 1870-1888 
    • Missoula County, 1870-1888 
    • Silver Bow County, 1870-1888 
    • Yellowstone County, 1870-1888
  • Total Production in 1888
  • Price of Labor 
  • Railroad Era
  • Agriculture 
  • Lumbering 
  • Wages 
  • Transportation Companies 
  • Coal 
  • Losses in Cattle 
  • Mining Development 
  • Butte 
    • Early Residents of Butte, Montana 
  • Phillipsburg 
  • Deer Lodge 
  • Helena
    • Early Residents of Helena, Montana 
  • Great Falls 
    • Early Residents of Great Falls, Montana 
  • Benton
    • Early Residents of Benton, Montana 
  • Eastern Montana 
  • Early Newspapers of Montana 
  • Moral and Social Condition.
• Formation of Montana State Government, 1884-1889
  • Convention of 1884
  • Election of Delegate and Legislature
  • Republican and Democratic Conventions
  • Territorial Officers 
    • Montana Justices 1886-1889 
    • Montana Territorial Appointments 1864-1888 
  • Gov. Leslie Appointed 
  • Legislative Sessions and Enactments 
  • Memorials concerning Mineral Lands
  • The Northern Pacific Railroad
  • Laws to Guard Elections 
  • Thomas H. Carter, Delegate 
  • B. F. White, Governor 
  • Enabling Act Passed by Congress
  • Constitutional Convention 
    • Montana Constitutional Convention Members 1889 
  • Features of the Constitution 
  • Political Troubles

Source: Bancroft Works, Volume 31, History Of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1845-1889, Hubert H. Bancroft,  1890. The History Company, Publishers, San Francisco

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