MT/WY/SD/ND
including Glacier National Park
See also Yellowstone/Tetons

 

RC = RARE, COLLECTIBLE ITEMS THIS TOPIC
(See Rare/Collectible for other topics.)

 

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ADVENTURING IN THE ROCKIES. by Jeremy Schmidt.
The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Rocky Mountain regions of the US and Canada from New Mexico north, including the national parks of Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, Banff, and Jasper. Best seasons and places for backpacking, skiing, canoing bicycling, camping, car touring, picnicking, ballooning, wildlife viewing, and more. Includes cultural events from rodeos to music and film festivals; Gives natural and human  history, climate, geology, and wildlife. Suggests maps and backcountry gear. Information is presented in regions: "The Rocky Mountains", "Colorado", "Yellowstone", "Salmon River", "International Border", and "Canadian Rockies".40 photos, 9 maps, 336 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-87156-830-6. 1986. Cover slightly scuffed. Order#: RAHO2782 paper$10.95.

 

ANIMAL TRACKS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. by David S. Shea.
Full-size tracks of the animal species (grizzly bear requires a fold-out page) with notes on their makers. Includes a key to tracks that describes toes and claws, with dimensions and differences of front and back feet, and what usually shows in a print. Tells where the tracks and the animals that made them are more likely to be seen. Drawings, suggested readings, 52 pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1975. Order#: GLAC0558 paper$4.95.

 

#ALL ABOARD FOR GLACIER: the Great Northern Railway and Glacier National Park. Guthrie.
ISBN: 978-1-56037-276-9.Order #: FARC630paper$15.95.

AN ELUSIVE VICTORY: the Battle of the Big Hole. by Aubrey L. Haines.
Compilation and synthesization of many written accounts of this landmark 1877 battle between Nez Perce Indians and the Seventh U.S Infantry under Colonel John G. Gibbon, with heavy casualties on both sides but victory for neither. 190 pages, maps, rosters of participants, index. Battle site is in Montana, west of Yellowstone National Park.
Inventory = 1. ISBN: 0-916792-08-0. Order #: GLAC0557 paper$9.95.

 

 

BADLANDS. by Ruth Kirk.
Fossils and prairie wildlife of this national monument in South Dakota. Early-day trappers christened this landscape as "bad lands to travel across", for their myriad ridges and troughs But inside the rocks of this region are remains, fossils, of many animal species that once lived here--horses, tigers, camels, and more. Tells of the seasons, explorers, cattlemen, Native Americans and the current wildlife of bison, pronghorn, prairie dogs, coyotes, eagles and other bird species. Written as a celebration of the marvelous story of this unusual piece of America, Color photographs, 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1976.Order #: BADL6172 paper$4.95.

THE BARON, THE LOGGER, THE MINER, AND ME--paper. by John H. Toole.
People-crammed Montana history, wonderful tales of adventure; biography of author and his family during earlier periods--their industries and lives. Illustrated with photographs, 280 large-format pages, with index. Still in shrink-wrap from publisher.
ISBN:0-87842-185-8. 1984.Order #: MOPR2046 paper$14.95.

 

 

THE BARON, THE LOGGER, THE MINER, AND ME--cloth. by John H. Toole.
People-crammed Montana history, wonderful tales of adventure; biography of author and his family during earlier periods--their industries and lives. Illustrated with photographs, 280 large-format pages, with index. 2 tears on dust jacket.
ISBN: 0-87842-174-2. 1984. Order #: MOPR4638 cloth$35.00.

THE BIG BURN: the Northwest's fire of 1910. by Stan Cohen and Don Miller.
Story of the dry summer that led to numerous fires in the west and especially Idaho and Montana. About 3 million acres burned. If the timber lost could have been placed on freight cars, the train would have been 2,400 miles long. At least 85 humans perished in the fires of whom 75 were fire-fighters, most in one national forest. Stories are told of persons taking refuge in a tunnel, of submerging in a creek, towns being burned, wildlife killed. The army was called in to assist and civilians were recruited. This history of big fires is not unique but happens in an occasional recurring pattern, yet it is realized that fire produces habitat effects that offset the destruction. The book's message is amplified by dozens of historical photographs taken during and after the fires that show the extent of the fire's effects. 88 pages.
ISBN: 0-933126-04-2. 1983. Order #: PIHI2791 paper$12.95.

BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. by Tom J. Ulrich.
170 common bird species found from the Canadian Rockies south along the Rocky Mountain chain to the Tetons of Wyoming. Includes Waterton-Glacier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks. 159 pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-8784-169-5. Order #: MOPR1253 paper$12.00.

 

 

THE BITTER ROOT: the pursuit of freedom by a man of our time. by Oliver M. Salisbury.
Autobiography of Montanan raised on a ranch and off for adventures that took him to many places in the world and off to sea in war--adventures and misadventures, successes and not-so-successes. An entertaining story about a rich and diverse life. Photographs, 258pages.
ISBN: 0-87564-825-8.Order #: DARW1990 paper$4.95

 

CLOUD PEAK PRIMITIVE AREA: trail guide, history & photo odyssey. by Michael Melius.
The glacier-carved core of Wyoming's Bighorn Range. Introduction gives history of 19 glaciers in this region and of Native Americans and settlers as well as wilderness preservation and current ethics of camping and conservation as well as safety tips for this region such as lightning, drinking water, wild animals. Accesses to trails are discussed an then details are given for 14 main trails plus more side trails, giving route-finding directions, terrain features, and glacial and other aspects in the descriptions. Lists are given for wildlife, fishing including lakes, and birds, plus a bibliography. Photographs (19 in color), maps, 104 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-9610130-1-X. 1984. Front cover torn along spine; contents intact. Order #: TESL1158 paper$7.95.

THE COMPLETE T.REX. by John R. Horner and Dohn Lessem.
How discoveries change our understanding of the world's most famous dinosaur. Tells of fossil digs in Montana badlands and presents the step-by-step excavation and restoration of a T. Rex skeleton. Gives theories about what this dinosaur ate. View reconstruction of what T. Rex looked like as pictured by dinosaur artists. Based on fossils from plants and other sources, inferences are made of the dinosaur;s habitat and lifeways including eating and being eaten as well as reproduction. Photographs and color and black-and-white drawings, 237 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-89164-2. 1993. Tops of back pages and cover bent. Order #: SISC1074 paper$15.00.

THE COMPLETE T. REX. by John R. Horner and Dohn Lessem.
How discoveries change our understanding of the world's most famous dinosaur. Tells of fossil digs in Montana badlands and presents the step-by-step excavation and restoration of a T. Rex skeleton. Gives theories about what this dinosaur ate. View reconstruction of what T. Rex looked like as pictured by dinosaur artists. Based on fossils from plants and other sources, inferences are made of the dinosaur;s habitat and lifeways including eating and being eaten as well as reproduction. Photographs and color and black-and-white drawings, 237 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-74185-3. 1993. Order #: SISC3674 cloth$25.00.

CUSTER BATTLEFIELD (now Battle of Little Bighorn) NATIONAL MONUMENT. by Robert M. Utley.
National Park Service Handbook #132 to 1876 Sioux War and Battle of Little Big Horn, Wyoming, where Custer was defeated by Teton Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Native Americans. Events leading to the battle, including roles of competing tribes and their alliances, some with the soldiers, and influence of settlers on the conflicts in the region. Pre-battle movements are given, as well as the relocations that occurred during the fight. The story today is known from accounts of those who survived on both sides. (While all those with Custer were killed, there were some in other positions that survived. Story of rescue of these survivors via overland transport to steamboat for a 710-mile ride to Bismark, North Dakota is also told.) Effects of weapons during the battle are considered. Black-and-white and color photographs, drawings, paintings, and maps; 93 pages, index.
Inventory = 19. ISBN: 0-912627-34-4. 1987. Order #: USGB0110 paper$6.95.

 

 

CUSTER: a photographic biography. Moeller & Moeller.
ISBN: 0-87842-483-0. Order #: MOPR1148 paper$24.00. CHECK STOCK.

 

 

DEVILS TOWER: the story behind the scenery (WY). Norton.
interpretive view of this monolith and the natural world surrounding its rise out of the Wyoming landscape.  This beautiful mystery tower is a source of excitement and activity to climbers, geologists, storytellers and visitors from around the world. 48 pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-051-3. 1991. First printing. Order #: KCPU4749 paper$8.95.

 

 

DEVILS TOWER NATIONAL MONUMENT topographic map. US Geological Survey.
Wyoming. Folded.
ISBN: . Order #: USGS9606 map$9.00.

DEVILS TOWER (WY). by Greg Beaumont.
National Park Service Handbook #111 to history and natural history of towering volcanic rock formation in Wyoming, with travel info. How the tower was formed according to Native American legend and to geologists. Role in Native American culture, history of climbing, wildlife and plants. Includes nearby attractions. Color photos, 81 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-008101-1. 1981. Covers a bit scuffed. Order #: USGB2343 paper$5.95.

 

DISCOVERING LEWIS AND CLARK FROM THE AIR. Author: Joseph A. Mussulman, Photographer: Jim Wark.
"Anyone who insists on a window seat when booking an airline flight will enjoy this book." We Proceeded On. Discovering Lewis and Clark from the Air offers a fascinating new perspective on the Corp's historic journey. From Monticello in the east to Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast, the wild continent the expedition crossed is revealed anew in breathtaking full-color photographs. 272 pages. OUT OF PRINT; we have 1 copy left.
ISBN: 0-87842-490-4. Order #: MOPR1139 paper$24.00.

 

#EASY FIELD GUIDE TO MAMMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK.
ISBN: . Order #: GLAC3716 paper$2.95.

FAMILY FUN IN WATERTON LAKES & GLACIER INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK. by Dean Publications.
An informative guidebook for the entire family and an entertaining camp and travel companion. Besides giving park history (the park spans the Canada/U.S. border and so each nation administers the land on its side) and information on camping and hiking there are chapters on the park's unusual overthrust faulting geology plus plants and animals. Boating and fishing activities are covered, plus road guides. Pages are included to color, along with a maze and puzzles. Drawings, map, 50 large-format pages, index.
ISBN: None. 1974. Order #: MISC1036 paper$4.95.

THE FETTERMAN MASSACRE. by Dee Brown.
Tale of massacre at Fort Phil Kearny on December 21, 1866 at the foothills of the Big Horns (now in Wyoming), where all soldiers died. The account is based on Army records and firsthand reports and includes investigations and the aftermath. 251 pages, fold-out map, bibliography, notes, and index.. 1971.
ISBN: 0-8032-5730-9. Order #: UNNE7052 paper$9.95

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: from northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest. Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-18324-3. 1963. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2670 paper$10.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies 590 of the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest. Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-18324-3. 1991. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2679 paper$15.95.

A FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS: northern Arizona and New Mexico to British Columbia. by John J. Craighead, Frank C. Craighead, Jr., and Ray J. Davis.
Identifies 590 of  the most common flower species in this region, which includes Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks: when and where they are found, interesting facts about them and what they can tell the observer--animals that may be nearby, altitude, and even what birds of certain species might be leaving the nest. Describes 500 species with common and scientific names, detailed recognition features, flowering seasons related species, and range and habitat information. Includes key to plants for positive identification of families and species. Illustrated glossary explains technical terms for leaf shapes, flower parts, and other descriptive data. Over 200 color photographs and more than 100 plant drawings, 312pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-93613-6. 1991. Used; good condition. Order #: HOMI2677 paper$19.00.

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized buy families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 500 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. 335 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13692-X. 1961. Order #: HOMI2660 vinyl$12.95.

 

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: North America west of the 100th meridian, with a section on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized by families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 500 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. 335 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13692-X. 1961. Soiled covers; water-wrinkled pages but intact and usable. Order #: HOMI2668 paper$10.95. Note cover.

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS: a completely new guide to field marks of all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. by Roger Tory Peterson.
Covers over 700 species in this region. Organized by families and visual characteristics for quick, easy comparison and identification. Additional detail and extra drawings help with similar species, family characteristics, songs and calls, and difficult identifications. More than 1000 paintings with over 165 in color showing males, females, adults, juveniles, and unusual plumages. Includes 442 range maps. 432 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-13218-X. 1990.Used copy in good shape, minor wear on cover. Order #: HOMI2662 vinyl$20.00.

 

A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. by Robert C. Stebbins.
Presents field marks of all species in western North America, including Baja California--244 species plus 260 subspecies focusing on the key features needed to identify them. Gives information on how to find reptiles and amphibians, how to study them in the wild or raise them from eggs and care for them at home. Includes 600 illustrations, 256 in color, plus line drawings showing details of anatomy, reproduction, scale arrangement, and life stages--plus 200 range maps of where they occur. 416 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-395-38253-X. 1985. Order #: HOMI2666 vinyl$16.95.

 

 

FORT LARAMIE AND THE CHANGING FRONTIER (WY). by David Lavender.
National Park Service Handbook #118 to history at Southwest Wyoming, 1834-1890: Indian trading post to US military fort. Built near the bank of the North Platte River alongside major east-west Oregon Trail travel route the fort served as a trading and meeting center for fur trappers, buffalo hunters, Indians, emigrants, and settlers, and, later, stagecoach passengers. Daily life at the fort is explained and many artifacts of objects useful at various periods are discussed. Roles of individuals active in the fort's actions are revealed. Black-and-white and color photos and drawings, maps, (some historical), 160 pages.
ISBN: 0-912627-20-4. 1983. Order #: USGB2411 paper$9.95.

FORT LARAMIE and the pageant of the West, 1834-1890. by Leroy R. Hafen and Francis Marion Young.
The colorful history of this fort on the Oregon Trail from establishment to abandonment. Located in what is now Wyoming, early on it was controlled by fur companies and patronized by trappers like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson, then became a supply center and rest stop for the tide of emigrants that followed--missionaries, Mormons, forty-niners and homesteaders. Describes the great peace council of 1851with the Plains Indians.
ISBN: 0-8032-7223-5. Order #: UNNE6844 paper$16.95.

 

 

FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL MONUMENT, WYOMING. by David L. Heib.
National Park Service Handbook No. 20. Covers the long history of this outpost--from early fur trade on the Platte of 1812-1830, the first emigrants, Mormon migrations, as a military post, California Gold Rush, the Fort Laramie Treaty Council of 1851, Indian wars, Pony Express, Civil War, fight for the Black Hills, homesteaders, and preservation of the fort. Drawings and historical photographs, 43 pages.
ISBN: None. 1961. Order #: USGB2481 paper$4.95.

FRONTIER TYPES and IN COWBOY LAND. by Theodore Roosevelt. Illustrated by Frederic Remington.
Roosevelt's own account of his time as a ranch hand in 1890s Dakota Territory, first published in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Introduces characters known before he became president: starving fur trappers, hard-working cowboys, rustlers, black-mailing claim jumpers, gunfighters, irregular constable and preacher. 44 pages, illustrated.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-86541-041-0.Order #: FILT5543 paper$5.95.

 

 

GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA AND ITS HUMONGOUS FLOODS. by David Alt.
Tells the tale of a huge Ice Age lake that flooded Missoula and drained suddenly and repeatedly to scour across the Idaho Panhandle then through eastern Washington to produce the Scablands and down the Columbia Gorge to he Pacific Ocean. 207 pages, photos, maps, and drawings.
ISBN: 978-0-87842-415-3.Order #: MOPR1130 paper$15.00.

 

 

GLACIER'S GRANDEST: a pictorial history of the hotels and chalets of Glacier National Park. by Bridget Moylan.
The Great Northern’s grand hotels and chalets still touch the hearts of millions of visitors who marvel each year at “Glaciers Grandest,” the log and stone structures that have graced Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park for more than three quarters of a century. 7"x10", 96 pages, 73 photos, 8 pages of color.
ISBN: 0-929521-89-7.Order #: PIHI5479 paper$9.95.

 

#THE GREAT DIAMOND HOAX AND OTHER TRUE TALES. Conrow.
Wyoming history in 5 stories. Illustrated, 64 pages.
ISBN: 0-933472-75-7.Order #: JOHN0651 paper$3.95.

GREAT PLACES--Montana: a recreational guide to Montana's public lands and historical places for birding, hiking, photography, fishing, hunting and camping.
Covers national and state parks, wildlife management refuges and areas, Lewis and Clark sites, and Nature Conservancy preserves  and centers. 406 pages, color illustrations, index. ISBN: 978-1-932098-59-4.Order #: WIAP6583 paper$29.95.

 

 

A GUIDE TO LOCATING ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILDFLOWERS. (Rocky Mountain Traveler Guidebook).by Panayoti Kelaidis.
The words "Purple mountains majesty" were written into the song "Oh, Beautiful," but it could have also been red, yellow, or orange, perhaps. The Rocky Mountains are filled with spectacular colors year round. Pick your favorite and find it with this book. 48 pages.
ISBN: 1-55838-148-1. Order #: AMTR7601 paper$6.95.

 

 

GUIDE TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL: Volume I, Northern Montana. Wolf.
Detailed trail description north-to-south and south-to-north: routes, mileages, forests, shelters, camps from Canada through Glacier National Park, Bob Marshall and Scapegoat Wildernesses. Photos, maps including large fold-out map insert of region, 284 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-054-1. 1976. Order #: MOPR2540 paper$9.95.

 

GUIDE TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL: Volume I, Northern Montana (Maps 2 and 3). Mountain Press.
Map 2 includes Waterton Lakes National Park and Glacier National Park Segment sections 1-4.  Map 3 includes Bob Marshall Wilderness Segment sections 1-3. Shows roads, trails, ranger stations, recreation sites, and many other features and lists hiking distances of selected hikes that take from a few hours up to a day. Map scales about 1" =2.5 miles (Map 3) and about 1" = 4 miles (Map 2). 17" x 23".
ISBN: None. 1976 . Order #: MOPR1220 paper$6.95.

 

 

GUIDE TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL: Volume I, Northern Montana (Maps 4 and 5). Mountain Press..
Map 4 includes Bob Marshall Wilderness Segment sections 3-4 and Scapegoat Wilderness Segment sections 1-3. Map 5 includes Scapegoat Wilderness Segment section 3 and Volume 2 Southern Montana and Idaho Map 2 Helena Segment sections 1-3.  Shows roads, trails, ranger stations, recreation sites, and many other features. Map scales about 1" =2 miles (Map 4) and about 1" = 2 miles (Map 5). 18" x 23".
ISBN: None. 1976. Order #: MOPR1242 paper$6.95.

 

 

HISTORY OF DEVILS TOWER: the first national monument. by Ray H. Mattison.
Origin of the tower was explained by Indian legends in which the rock grew to save people from bears. And so the rock grew so high the bears' jumps only caused them to scratch the rock with their claws and not reach the people, thus leaving the vertical lines still seen on the tower. There are volcanic origin explanations as well, developed by early U.S. Geological Survey parties. The Tower was proposed as a national park in 1892 and became a national monument, the first, in 1906. But before that a ladder was built up the Tower so that visitors could get to the top. After the period of the ladder a parachutist landed on the top but had to be rescued by a climbing party. Thousands of other climbs of the Tower have since occurred, but are now coordinated with sensitivities of regional Native Americans who find religious connections with it. Short biographies of park superintendents are presented as is a chronology of events. Photographs, 20 pages.
ISBN: None. 1984.Order #: DETO2233 paper$3.95.

HONORABLE POLITICIAN: Mike Mansfield of Montana. by Louis Baldwin.
Biographical anthology. Highlights from Senator Mansfield's eloquently direct and reasonable speeches, all put into historical perspective. 274 pages, bibliography and index.
ISBN: 0-87842-106-8. 1979. Dust jacket scuffed and small tear. Order#: MOPR3765 cloth$14.95.

 

 

HORSES, HITCHES & ROCKY TRAILS: "the packer's bible". by Joe Back.
At times backpackers will ride into the wilderness, then hike out with a pack that continues to get lighter. Or one can be horse-packed into a base camp and picked up when it is time to leave. For such trips this book will give an understanding of both the opportunities and limits of using horses in the wilderness and assist your packer in giving you the best experience. For persons doing their own horse-packing this presentation gives insights for beginners and tips perhaps unknown to even those with experience. For rangers, outfitters, and so-called dudes to use for the trail. 52 drawings of gear and hitches and scenes, appendix of food and equipment list, 118 pages. A classic in its 18th printing since 1959. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN: 0-933472-6-4. 1987, 22nd printing, by Johnson Publishing of  Boulder, Colorado. An uncirculated copy. Order #: JOHN1669 paper$See VistaBooks Encore Rare/Collectible.

 

LEWIS AND CLARK: Voyage of Discovery. Murphy.
1804 exploration into America's new Louisiana Purchase; wildlife, Indian encounters. 68 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-50-6. 1984. Third printing. Order #: KCPU0740 paper$8.95.

 

 

LEWIS AND CLARK: a photographic journey. by Bill and Jan Moeller.
Bill and Jan Moeller's Lewis and Clark provides a photo documentary to accompany text and quotes from the journals of Lewis and Clark, creating a more appealing visual exploration of their journeys accessible to general-interest audiences." —Bookwatch.Retrace Lewis and Clark's footsteps with photographs of each location as the explorers would have seen it. Includes quotes from their journals and carefully researched text. Color photographs, 108 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-405-9. 1999. Order #: MOPR1138 paper$18.00.

 

 

LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL (THE): the photo journal. by George Thomas.
If Lewis and Clark had had the good fortune to document their amazing journey with photographs, these are the scenes that would have been recorded because they are the scenes described in their journals. Each photograph was taken within three weeks of the date Lewis and Clark camped at or passed each location—thus, landscapes, water flows and vegetative stages are very much as seen by expedition members. 11"x 8-1/2", 136 pages, 195 color photos, maps.
ISBN: 0-970599-20-X. Order #: PIHI5799 paper$19.95.

 

JEWELL CAVE: the story behind the scenery. Rosga.
Cave formations and processes plus the above-ground wildlife and plants. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-139-0. 1998. Order #: KCPU4788paper$11.95

 

 

 

MANY-STORIED MOUNTAINS: the life of Glacier National Park. by Greg Beaumont.
Description of this national park in Montana: the cycles of the seasons and the annual changes in the park's character, its life, and its visitors. Contents tell of the unusual thrust-faulting that has produced the steep and tall mountains, their sculpture by glaciers and the ice bodies that remain. Includes plant/animal communities and presentation of individual species in the park's varied habitats. Includes a section on traveling Going-to-th-Sun Road plus the role of predators and fire in the local ecology. Appendix lists animals of the park--mammals, reptiles and amphibians, birds with their localities of occurrence and abundance. Color photos, maps, 144 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00709-1. 1978. Order #: GLAC0554 paper$6.50.

MEET THE MAMMALS OF WATERTON-GLACIER INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK. by Robert C. Gildart III.
All the park species and how they live in this area of Montana and Alberta, Canada. Tells of the predator/prey conflict as being with a purpose, presents mammals and their ecological role. Organizes species as small  primary consumers (hares pika marmots, etc.) and large primary consumers (elk deer, moose, sheep, goat, bison), as small secondary consumers (shrews, raccoon bats, skunk, and more) an large secondary consumers (lion, lynx, fox, wolf). Finally the "opportunists are presented--grizzly bear and black bear. Diagram shows plant community variations with altitude wind, temperature and moisture. Discusses the future for wildlife. Map, color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: None. 1979. Order #: GLAC0550 paper$5.95.

MONTANA AND THE WEST--essays in honor of K. Ross Toole. Rex C. Myers and Harry W. Fritz.
Foreword by Wallace Stegner tells of the dedication of this enthusiastic Western historian and his open presentation of what he saw as corporate excesses in the development--or compromise and in some cases destruction--of the region/s natural resources of minerals and grasslands. Toole was influential as a professor of history and director of the state historical society. Here his students and other historians present essays of their own on episodes of Montana history. Photos, 250 pages.
ISBN: 0-87108-586-0. 1984. Order #: PRUE1155 paper$12.95.

 

MONTANA--our land & people. Lang.
Frontier heritage. Photos, 250 pages.
ISBN: 0-87108-586-0. Order #: PRUE1142 paper$12.95.

MOTORIST'S GUIDE TO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. by Roberta V. Seibel; revised by Barbara Blair..
Features seen along all the park roads but featuring the trans-mountain Going-to-the-Sun Road, with mileages shown between points to facilitate locating interesting points, including viewpoints, wildflowers, waterfalls, animals that may be seen, lakes, passes, and of course glaciers. Maps, color photos, 48 pages.
Inventory = 18. ISBN: None. 1979. Order #: GLAC0547 paper$4.95.

 

MOUNT RUSHMORE: heritage of America. (SD). Borglum.
Idea behind memorial and carving history, by sculptor's son. 58 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-20-4. 1980. Third printing. Order #: KCPU 0720 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

NATIONAL PARKS: a kid's-eye view--the Rocky Mountains. by Christy Fischer, Kay Roush, Linda Russo, Sandy Shuster, Gail Slemmer, Greg Sorensen.
23 parks in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, & Colorado--importance of each, with color photo stickers to match with area to find out what makes that park special. Illustrated, 24 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-945710-00-3. 1988. Some nicks on back cover. Order #: STWO9828 paper$3.95.

 

RC OF GARRYOWEN IN GLORY: The History of the Seventh United States Cavalry Regiment. by Chandler.
This is the Army unit of the Battle of Little Big Horn fame. The song "Garryowen" was Custer's theme song. Period covered is from 1866 to inactivation in 1957--troop movements, engagements, forts where stationed. Small tear on dust jacket.
ISBN: . Order #: EXPO0442 cloth$200.00 RC;

 

 

NORTHWEST TRAILS. by Ira Spring & Harvey Manning.
Overview-guidebook to 73 park, wilderness areas in WY, MT, ID, No-CA, OR, WA, BC, Canadian Rockies. Answers myriad questions of visitors: best mountain scenery, open-country trail hiking, desert rambles, high-lakes fishing, rock-peak scrambles, best seasons, crowds, weather, sources. Maps, photographs, 192 pages,index.
ISBN: 0-89886-037-7. 1982. Order #: MOUN0893 paper$9.95.

 

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT and other stories. by Norman Maclean.
Author shares memories of fishing with his father and brother centered on the Big Blackfoot River in western Montana with uncanny blending of fly fishing with the affections of the heart. The writing is earthy, whimsical, authoritative, wise, describing experiences and observations in the outdoors--some with animals, some with rocks, some with storms, and many with people. This book was associated in time with a surge in interest in fly fishing and may have inspired that interest. Drawings, 231 pages.
ISBN: 0-226-50057-8. 1976. Order #: MISC1051 paper$9.95.

 

ROADS AND TRAILS OF WATERTON-GLACIER INTERNATIONAL PEACE PARK. by George C. Ruhle; edited by Becky Williams.
The "Ruhle Handbook". Scenery, geology, wildlife as seen along the byways of these American and Canadian parks. Mileage logs along park roads locate features on the waysides and the text explains what is to be seen at these points--types and habitats of trees, scenic points, geologic thrust faults, settlers' graves, waterfalls, and more. Trails are likewise described with mileages, routes, wildflowers, streams, etc. Maps, photos, 143 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-916792-03-X. 1986. Order #: GLAC0548 paper$7.95.

 

 

THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO MONTANA. by Robert Ferldman.
Covers 57 popular and commercial rockhound sites as well as little-known areas, many on public land. Gives directions with maps to sites and museums, rock shops, and rock clubs. Discover where even beginning rockhounders can find gold, sapphires, agates,crystals, fossils, garnets, geodes, fossilized woods. And there are mountain streams for gold panning---dozens of fossil sites throughout the state. Localities covered include fossils near Miles City,"diamonds"north of Lewiston, Billings Area, Big Horn Canyon, Cooke City, Gallatin Petrified Forest, Helen Area Sapphire mines, Virginia City, quartz crystals near LoLo Hot Springs. Maps, photographs, glossary, 156 pages.
ISBN: 0-934318-46-8. 1985. Order#: FALC1079 paper$12.95.

 

#A PLACE TO RAISE HELL: Cheyenne Saloons. Dial.
Account of wild Wyoming frontier bars. Historical photos, 64 pages.
ISBN: 0-933472-5-8. Order #: JOHN0671 paper$3.95.

ROADSIDE GEOLOGY OF MONTANA. David Alt & Donald Hyndman.
"Designed for reading at 55 mph on roads which have undergone some geological changes of their own, and liberally sprinkled with diagrams, maps and black-and-white photographs." —Missoulian. Montana's geologic history includes a long succession of disturbances that changed the rocks, then changed many of them again. Unraveling these events reveals a geologically quiet continent that got scrambled in a long and grinding collision with the Pacific crustal plate. Through detailed geologic maps and lively text, Roadside Geology of Montana deciphers the complicated rock record and uncovers each layer of Big Sky Country. Illustrated, 435 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-202-1. Out of print; we have 1. Order #: MOPR9041 paper$20.00.

ROADSIDE HISTORY OF WYOMING.
Guide to state's 5 historic regions from Indians and trappers through emigrants to ranchers, merchants, more. Photos, maps, 432p. It's a good book, and worth adding to the library of anyone with an interest in Wyoming's past. —Mark Huffman, Jackson Hole News. In Roadside History of Wyoming readers will learn about Native Americans who struggled to adapt to many sudden changes, mountain men who braved the wilderness, emigrants who suffered untold hardships, cattle and sheep drovers who took advantage of the open range, miners who sought wealth below the ground, and many others whose deeds help define the state's rich history. 440 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-87842-316-3. Order #: MOPR8251 paper$20.00.

 

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CACHE: a Western wild game cookbook. by Sharon Duffala.
Wild fish and game cookbook especially for the western sports person that also has an historical aspect to understand how explorers and pioneers lived off the land: how to prepare game in the field, big game, small game, upland birds and waterfowl, and game fish. Covers butchering, lots of ways to use venison, filleting a fish, and many recipes--for crawdad tails, elk heart, pan-fried turtle, camp-roasted rattlesnake, jackrabbit deluxe, muskrat, and many more. Photographs, 80 pages, index.\
ISBN: 0-87108-630-1. 1982. Order #: PRUE1151 paper$5.95.

 

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLD 'N GEM ATLAS. by Bob and Cy Johnson.
28 maps of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and British Columbia show localities where gems, fossils, petrified wood, various minerals, and gold have been found. Locates mining districts and includes rock shops. Shown are places for fossil squid, barite roses, agates, turquoise, geodes, and more.
ISBN: None. 1984. Order#: CYJO1087 paper$2.50.

 

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATURAL HISTORY: Grand Teton to Jasper--a Trailside Reference. by Daniel Mathews.
A field guide with a different approach: livelier to read, scientifically far-reaching. Covers a thousand plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms, rocks, and historic naturalist-explorers as well as the weather and geologic history of a magnificent region shared by five states, two provinces, and ten national parks. Color photographs, drawings 656 pages, index, glossary, references.
ISBN: 0-9620782-2-0. 2003. Order #: MOPR1117 vinyl$26.00.

THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO MONTANA. by Robert Ferldman.
Covers 57 popular and commercial rockhound sites as well as little-known areas, many on public land. Gives directions with maps to sites and museums, rock shops, and rock clubs. Discover where even beginning rockhounders can find gold, sapphires, agates,crystals, fossils, garnets, geodes, fossilized woods. And there are mountain streams for gold panning---dozens of fossil sites throughout the state. Localities covered include fossils near Miles City,"diamonds"north of Lewiston, Billings Area, Big Horn Canyon, Cooke City, Gallatin Petrified Forest, Helen Area Sapphire mines, Virginia City, quartz crystals near LoLo Hot Springs. Maps, photographs, glossary, 156 pages.
ISBN: 0-934318-46-8. 1985. Order#: FALC1079 paper$12.95.

 

 

SIOUX RIVER. by Audrie Reynolds.
Indian poetry from the Standing Rock Reservation. Author taught at Indian school in North Dakota and acquired working knowledge of the Sioux language, also learning of the unique character of this people as well as the landscape that seems to some barren and empty. Considered a "must" for those who would know the Sioux. Drawings, 64 pages.
ISBN: 0-87961-048-4. Order #: NAGR0950 paper$6.95.

 

 

SMITHSONIAN GUIIDES TO NATURAL AMERICA (THE): the Northern Rockies. by Jeremy Schmidt and Thomas Schmidt.
For Idaho, Montana, Wyoming: more than 160 parks, wilderness preserves, and scenic wonders--national, state, and local parks and preserves. Over 125 color photographs, full-color relief maps, glossary of geological and scientific terms, 304 pages.
ISBN: 0-679-76312-0. 1995. Order #: SMIN2667 paper$19.95.

 

 

TEEPEE NEIGHBORS. by Grace Coolidge.
Shares the experience of living as neighbors with Shoshone and Arapaho native Americans in early 1900s. Centered on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. Episodes of life told in the form of short essays that reveal the contact between cultures. 196 pages.
ISBN: 0-8061-1889-X. Order #: UNOK5656 paper$7.95.

 

 

THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE DAKOTA BADLANDS. by Chester L. Brooks and Ray H. Mattison.
Traces early history of the badlands through fur traders, Indian wars, coming of railroad, and the open range cattle industry plus the nature of towns, the main rivers, and the general lawlessness of the Little Missouri region. Then covers Roosevelt as buffalo hunter, cattle rancher and organizer or stockmen's association, disastrous drought and fierce winter conditions that devastated the industry, and later return by Roosevelt to the region as well as the president's conservation initiatives and the establishment of this park in his memory. Photographs and maps, 56 pages, selected readings.
ISBN: None. 1983. Order #: MISC2748 paper$6.95.

 

 

THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK (South) topographic map (ND). by US Geological Survey.
Folded.
ISBN: . Order #: USGS8851 map$9.00.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: the story behind the scenery (ND)--paper. Schoch.
Eroded bluffs, wildlife, human story of North Dakota park once ranched by Roosevelt. 42 color photos, 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-13-1. 1979. Second printing. Order #: KCPU0737 paper$8.95.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT: the story behind the scenery (ND)--cloth. Schoch.
Eroded bluffs, wildlife, human story of ND park once ranched by Roosevelt. 42 color photos, 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-38-7. 1979. Second printing. Order #: KCPU5869 cloth$14.95.

 

 

THREE FORKS OF THE FLATHEAD RIVER (Map). by Glacier Natural History Association.
Floater's guide to North, Middle, and South Forks. Text gives regional information, characteristics of wild rivers, safety considerations, transportation, river flow rates, seasonal recreation variety, river grading system and ratings of river sections on this map, hazards such as log jams and grizzly habitat. Regional map included. Map is 24" x 35"; Folds to 4" x 9".
ISBN: None. Order #: GLAC0560 map$6.95.

 

 

TOM HORN: blood on the moon. by Chip Carlson.
Dark history of the murderous cattle detective. Horn was the most notorious of Wyoming's range detectives, was finally arrested for murdering the son of a sheep-raising settler and hung for the crime, although controversy remains if he was framed. Lots of flavor of life in the early West. Photographs, 379 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-931271-59-2. 2001. Used. Order #: MISC1053 paper$19.95.

 

 

WATERTON AND NORTHERN GLACIER TRAILS FOR HIKERS AND RIDERS. by Andy Russell.
Covers 62 hikes primarily in the Canada part of this international park that straddles the U.S./Canada border at Montana/British Columbia-Alberta. Introduction gives history of region, brief geology, bears and other safety concerns, fishing, camping, hiking, and riding. Trail descriptions include trailhead access, location, length, difficult level, interesting features, horse use, notes. Photos, maps, 110 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-920457-002. 1984. Order #: GLAC0553 paper$6.95.

 

 

WESTERN TREES. by George A. Petrides & Olivia Petrides.
Covers 387 species--all the native trees of western North America plus introduced species that have escaped from cultivation. Provides descriptions and rage maps with keys that give step-by-step clues to identifying even leafless trees. Trees are arranged in six groups according to leaf patterns and other conspicuous characteristics. 47 painted color plates show leaves, flowers, and other distinctive features of each tree, emphasizing details that may not show clearly in a photograph, 308 pages, index. A Peterson Field Guide.
ISBN: 0-395-46729-2. 1992. Order #: HOMI2695 paper$15.95.

 

 

THE WILD ONES. McLaughlin.
Wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park in North Dakota--history, behavior, status. Photos and drawings. 44 pages.
ISBN: 0-960165-9-0. Order #: THRO8881 paper$4.95.

WIND CAVE: the story behind the scenery. Terry.
Describes this national park's landscape above and below ground--discovery and exploration of the cave, experiencing it, geological formation. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-138-2. 1998. Order #: KCPU4973 paper$8.95

 

 

WINGSHOOTER'S GUIDE TO SOUTH DAKOTA.
ISBN: 1-932098-43-3. Order #: WIAP6214 paper$26.95.

 

 

 

 

#WYOMING IN PROFILE. Mead.
Interviews with 48 of Wyoming's prominent. Photos, 250 pages.
Inventory = 1 . ISBN: 0-87108-601-8. Order #: PRUE1127 paper$10.95.

 

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THE BUFFALO. by Colonel Henry Inman with "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
America nearly lost its buffalo (or bison, to be more accurate), but in an early conservation effort a small herd was retained. This has now grown into a sizable population, which recall to us the vast herds that once roamed and even blackened the plains. This story, however, is told by one who at one point in his career was actively engaged in slaughtering the animals. They were a nuisance that got in the way of the new trains, and, besides, eliminating buffaloes might help in subduing Indians. Life habits of the animal are given as well, and what better way to learn of the place in our history of the buffalo than by reading an account by one of the principals in their history. Reprinted from 1898. Illustrations are by Frederic Remington and others. 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-028-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-028-7. Order #: VIST0028 paper$4.95.

BUFFALO BILL POSTER.
Portrait of Colonel W.F. Cody from a pre-1900 poster printed in purple, yellow, and sepia on heavy stock, 11 "  15".
ISBN-10: 0-89646-093-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-093-5. Order #: VIST0093 poster$9.50.






BUFFALO BILL'S TRUE TALES. by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody.
Buffalo Bill remains known and of interest because he typifies the romantic figure of the American West. His Wild West shows, a mixture of rodeo and circus along with real-life history, spread his fame, dramatizing this frontiersman as a super rider and top marksman. To us moderns, reading how Cody could be both an Indian killer and a friend of the Indian people might be hard to grasp, but it is important to grasp to better understand the nature of the frontier. Indian Chief Sitting Bull, for instance, and Buffalo Bill had stood against each other in matters of war, but toured in the Wild West show together! Also here are his tales as a Pony Express rider, buffalo hunter, and riding his horse for their lives. This is Bill's story, in his words; and yet, as an American, it is your story, too. Period illustrations, with a color cover, 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-022-3. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-098-0. Order #: VIST0098 paper$3.95. 

THE LIFE AND WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF WILD BILL (J. B. Hickok). by James W. Buel.
Author Buel was a newspaper man of Hickok's day and later one of Hickok's principal biographers, thus a source probably as close to the truth as we can get on the now legendary figure Wild Bill. Bill's reputation as a fighter emerged early in his career, and the fear that struck in the hearts of opponents helped him command many a situation before a showdown. But when one came, his courage was legend, as he was always willing to fight no matter the odds. He paid a price, though. He spent much of his life convalescing from bullet and knife wounds! While sheriff, he accidentally shot his deputy, and Wild Bill himself was finally assassinated while playing cards. Bill lived his life during the periods of the Civil War and the Indian Wars that followed, in the era of the Wild West as celebrated by Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows, and in which Wild Bill appeared for a time. Reprinted from Heroes of the West, 1881.Period drawings. 56 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-013-4. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-013-3. Order #: VIST0013 paper$4.95.

RANCH LIFE IN THE FAR WEST. by Theodore Roosevelt.
After being president, Roosevelt stated "I would not have been president had it not been for my experience in North Dakota" And so here are his experiences, as he wrote about them, of cattle, ranching, sheriff's work, hunting game, and frontier types. Tales of round-ups, breaking broncos, and arresting thieves are included, as well as the harshness of the winters on his Elkhorn Ranch, much of which is now in the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park. Foreword is by park naturalist Gerard T. Altoff. Reprinted from 1888 and 1893. Illustrated primarily with engravings done by Frederic Remington for the original publication. 96 large-format pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-034-7. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-034-8. Order #: VIST0034 paper$9.95.

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