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| Preface | |
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| A First Glimpse of the Shining Mountains, Bighorn Range-1743 | |
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| Lewis's Confrontation with the Blackfeet, Marias River-1806 | |
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| John Colter's Sprint for Life, Three Forks-1808 | |
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| The Birth and Death of a Fur Company, Billings-1823 | |
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| Mike Fink: A Rowdy at Henry's Fort, Fort Henry-1823 | |
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| Prince Maximilian: Tourist Royale, Fort McKenzie-1833 | |
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| Father DeSmet's Chapel in the Pines, St. Mary's-1841 | |
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| Liver-Eating Johnston's Gruesome Revenge, Northwestern Montana-1843 | |
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| Crazy Woman Morgan and the Massacre, Musselshell River-1846 | |
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| Fort Benton: Mecca on the Upper Missouri, Fort Benton-1860 | |
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| The Golden Cornerstone, Alder Gulch-1862 | |
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| Blood on the Bozeman Trail, Fort C. F. Smith-1863 | |
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| The Innocents at the End of Their Rope, Virginia City-1864 | |
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| Jim Beckwourth: Adopted Son of the Crows, Statewide-1866 | |
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| Shoot-Out in the Hay Fields, Fort C. F. Smith-1867 | |
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| Pointing Them North on the Texas Trail, Central Montana-1870 | |
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| King Copper, Butte-1876 | |
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| A Sioux Chief's Account of Custer's Last Stand, Little Bighorn-1876 | |
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| "I Will Fight No More Forever," Bear Paw Battlefield-1877 | |
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| The Slaughter of the Buffalo, Miles City-1883 | |
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| The Hard Winter, Statewide-1886-1887 | |
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| "Lady" Cameron: Montana Photographer, Terry-1889 | |
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| The Birth of Glacier National Park, Glacier-1910 | |
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| Shelby's Day of Glory, Shelby-1923 | |
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| Charlie Russell: Cowboy Artist Extraordinaire, Judith Basin-1926 | |
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| Plenty Coups: Chief of the Crows, Pryor-1932 | |
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| Smokejumpers to the Rescue, Missoula-1939 | |
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| From Montana to Hollywood, Helena-1941 | |
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| Jeannette Rankin: A Dove in Congress, Missoula-1941 | |
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| Will James: Montana's Mystery Man, Billings-1942 | |
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| The Killer Quake, Hebgen Lake-1959 | |
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| The Wild Horses of the Pryor Mountains, Pryor Mountains-1969 | |
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| The Centennial Cattle Drive, Statewide-1989 | |
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| A. B. Guthrie: Literary Giant, Great Falls-1991 | |
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| The Capture of the Unabomber, Lincoln-1996 | |
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| Montana Facts & Trivia | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |