| Description |
iii, 170 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
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| Form |
Also available online via the Bureau of Land Management Library Collection on Internet Archive, and via the BLM website. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170). |
| Summary |
"This book explores Garnet during its heyday and describes the people who stand out in its history. Garnet was hardly the most successful gold mining town in Montana, nor was it one of the first. In fact, it was one of the last gold towns to become a ghost town. Garnet's story can hardly be told alone and hinges on the path of gold discovery in the State of Montana. As a result, this book is a brief account of Montana's gold rush, followed by a more detailed exploration of the Garnet story"--Page 1. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- Introductions -- The lure of gold -- The Stuarts and the creek called "gold" -- The Mullen Military Road and the search for gold -- Life at Gold Creek and the rush to Bannack -- The Bannack and Virginia City booms and the vigilantes -- Beartown and the roughs -- The Upper Bear, First Chance Gulch, and the camp of "Mitchell" -- It shall be known as Garnet -- The road to Garnet's gold : timeline -- Garnet gets its own newspaper and participates in politics -- Further development in a family town from the start -- The decline of the boom -- The Davey years begin -- A fire, a war, and the deep sleep of the Twenties -- The Thirties : Garnet comes back to life -- Effects of World War II and Garnet becomes a ghost town -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography. |
| Subject |
Garnet (Mont.) -- History.
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana -- Garnet.
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Garnet (Mont.) -- Gold discoveries -- History.
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Gold mines and mining -- Montana -- Garnet -- History.
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Ghost towns -- Montana.
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Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
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Ghost towns. (OCoLC)fst00942431
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Gold mines and mining. (OCoLC)fst00944469
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Montana. (OCoLC)fst01207555
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Montana -- Garnet.
(OCoLC)fst01253297
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Adams, Tammie, editor.
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National Operations Center (U.S.), issuing body.
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United States. Bureau of Land Management.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Road to Garnet's gold (OCoLC)1260699821 |
| ISBN |
9780578912578 (electronic bk.) |
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0578912570 (electronic bk.) |
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9780578912561 (paperback) |
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0578912562 (paperback) |
| Gpo Item No. |
0631 |
| Sudoc No. |
I 53.2:G 18/3 |
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