This is a suggested reading list for further research
into Madison County, Montana. If you know of other good
local histories, please email the
County Coordinator.
A word about Interlibrary Loans.....
For those of you haven't tried "Interlibrary Loan" - it
is the greatest thing since ice cream! If you want to
read a book that you can't get locally, talk to your
librarian. Most US libraries participate in the program.
Write down the book title, author, and any other details
you may have such as publisher. Give it to your
librarian and she will order the book in for you. My
library charges me between $2-$5 to get any book that
circulates in the country. The process usually takes
several weeks. The library calls you when it comes in.
Usually you can take the book home for several weeks.
Some libraries require you read the book on the
premises. It depends on the policy of the lending
library and the value of the book. Some books are so
scarce that they don't circulate. If you can't obtain
your book through interlibrary loan - there is still
hope. Make a trip to the Library of Congress in
Washington DC some day. They have a copy of almost every
book ever published in the U.S. Everyone needs to visit
this wonderful repository at least once in their life!
And don't forget
Ebay -
always a good source for obscure books, as is
Amazon.com.
One final place to look - check out the local historical
societies - they usually have books and transcriptions
available for sale because sale of their transcriptions
is one of their major sources of funding. And last, but
not least, do not hesitate to search Madison County,
Montan at Archive.org.
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History of Montanta |
Madison County, Montana
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Golden Gulch, The Story of Montana's Fabulous Alder
Gulch
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The Vigilantes of Montana
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by Prof. Thos. J. Dimsdale
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Cowboy Memories of Montana
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by Mark Perrault, a story of growing up in the Madison
River Valley
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Perilous Passage: A narrative of the Montana Gold Rush,
1862-1863
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Written by Edwin Ruthven Purple and edited by Kenneth N.
Owens. 211-page volume featuring black and white photos
and drawings, most antique reproductions.
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A history of Bannack City, Montana, its environs, and
events/trails associated with the city during the 1860s
written by Mable Ovitt. Copyright: 1954. Fully
clothbound, 254-page volume. Illustrated with over two
dozen antique photos/documents as well as map endpages
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Prospecting for Gold, From Dogtown to Virginia City,
1852-1864
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by William H. Bertsche, Jr. and Helen Fitzgerald Sanders
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Montana's Righteous Handmen
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by John France and Malcolm McConnell
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Bannack: Cradle of Montana
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Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865
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Montana High, Wide and Handsome
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Pioneer Trails and Trials
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by Madison County History Association, 1976
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Montana, A History of Two Centuries
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by Michael P. Malone and Richard B. Roeder
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Frontier Woman: The Story of Mary Ronan as Told to
Margaret Ronan
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Montana: Its Story and Biography, Vol. 1
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Pioneering in Montana: The Making of a State, 1864-87
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Reminiscences of Alexander Toponce
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It Takes All
Kinds: Stories from Virginia City, Montana |
by Dick Pace
and Gary R. Forney |
My
Grandfather's War: The Memoirs of Dick Pace |
by Jason Pace
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Virginia City
(Images of America) |
by Evalyn
Batten Johnson |
Wicked Virginia
City |
by Peter B.
Mires |
A Short History
of Virginia City |
by Ronald M.
James and Susan A. James |
Haunted
Virginia City |
by Janice
Oberding |
Virginia City:
Secrets of a Western Past |
by Ronald M.
James |
Virginia City
and the Big Bonanza |
by Ronald M.
James and Susan A. James |
Race and the
Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the
Torism of Decline 1870-1930 |
by Laura J.
Arata |
Spirit
Tailings: Ghost Tails from Virginia City, Butte and Helena
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by Ellen
Baumler |
A Birth of
Justice: The Vigilantes of Virginia City |
by Donna M.
McNamara |
A Guide to
Historic Virginia City |
by Marilyn
Grant |
The Progressive
Years - Madison County, Montana - Vol. II |
by Madison
County History Association |
1870 Madison
County, Montana Census Index |
by United
States Records |
The Gold
Mines of the Virginia City Mining District, Madison County,
Montana |
by Edward T.
Ruppel and Yuguang Lieu |