Jeff McNeish, Clark’s Fork Valley Museum, and Carbon County Historical Society

Paperback
Arcadia Publishing: March 7, 2011
English
Page length: 128 pages

ISBN-13: 978-0738581675

Taken from the back cover:

Many of the great icons of western American history left their mark on Carbon County while living in or traveling through the natural byway that is Montana’s Clark’s Fork Valley. The Apsáalooke, or Crow, people called the valley home for centuries. Lewis and Clark expedition recorded and named the valleys river in 1806. In 1807–1808, John Colter, the discoverer of Yellowstone Park, explored the southern end of the valley. The Rocky Mountain Fur Company and adventures like Jedediah Smith, Joe Meek, and Thomas Fitzpatrick soon followed. In 1864, Jim Bridger blazed the Bridger Trail through the valley. Chief Joseph and his band of Nez Perce followed the valley north from Yellowstone Park during their 1877 flight toward Canada. Calamity Jane and Caroline Lockhart, a noted author and literary rival of Zane Grey, once called the valley home, and Buffalo Bill Cody and John “Liver-Eating“ Johnson visited it frequently.

About the author:

Local historian Jeff McNeish presents his second Images of America book focused on preserving the amazing history of Carbon County, Montana. The extraordinary vintage images in this book are available thanks to the preservation efforts by the Carbon County Historical Society and Museum, the Clark’s Fork Valley Museum, and individual memory keepers who kindly shared their private collections for this book.

About the publisher:

The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each titled presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.