Table of Contents

(1) On the Missouri River (2) On the Emilie (3) Fort Benton and the Headwaters of the Missouri (4) River, Ocean and Wilderness (5) The Vigilantes and the Road Agents (6) The Beginning of a New State

About the Author

A specialist in western history, Ken Owens is also the editor of Perilous Passage: A Narrative of the Montana Gold Rush by Edwin Ruthven Purple (Montana Historical Society Press, 1995). Having retired from California State University, Sacramento, he now spends his time with his wife Sally in Washington state, northern California, and traveling throughout the West in search of historical documents and willing trout.