The WPA Guide to 1930s Montana

The WPA Guide to 1930s Montana
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Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 0816515034
ISBN-13 : 9780816515035
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Download or read book The WPA Guide to 1930s Montana written by and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1939, this nostalgic guide includes chapters on Montana's natural setting, history, economy, and cultural life as of half a century ago, plus separate entries for Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, and Missoula--which at the time boasted four hotels and five-cent bus fares. There then follow, in the WPA Guide tradition, 18 tours that crisscross the state and point out not only natural splendors along the way but also such noteworthy historic sites as Custer Battlefield, the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Boothill Cemetery in Virginia City, and the site of the "holing-up" shanty of Calamity Jane. Fourteen additional tours--four for roads, ten for trails--guide readers through Glacier National Park.


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