Montana's Righteous Hangmen: The Vigilantes in Action Paperback - 1997
by Lew L. Callaway; Lew L. Callaway (Editor); Foreword by Merrill G. Burlingame
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AT THE TIME of his arrival in Alder Gulch, Captain James Williams was twenty-nine years old, a strongly built, slow moving man, 5-feet 101/2 inches tall, weighing about 190 pounds.
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This is the story of Montana Territory in the last half of the nineteenth century, when a massive influx of gold seekers brought murderers and robbers into the region and forced the creation of an organization of law-abiding citizens known as the Vigilantes. Led by Captain James Williams, the Vigilantes sought to stop the blatant activities of more than fifty road agents in the Bannack-Virginia City mining area, who were secretly directed and protected by a local sheriff, Henry Plummer. The first instance of taking the law into their own hands occurred when an impromptu group of men captured, tried, and hanged one notorious killer, George Ives. Thereafter, with public approval, the Vigilantes continued to ride across the land, bringing swift retribution to all wrongdoers. Lew. L. Callaway, who grew up knowing Captain Williams as a friend to his father, herein recounts the stories of such famous episodes as the trial of Ives and the controversial capture and hanging of Joseph A. Slade, who was carrying the severed ears of one of his victims in his pocket on the day he was hanged. More than a history of the bloody era that spawned the Vigilantes, this is the story of life in Montana Territory, of gold fever, Indian warfare, and of the cattle empire that ended, along with Captain Williams's life, in the disastrous winter of 1887.
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- Title Montana's Righteous Hangmen: The Vigilantes in Action
- Author Lew L. Callaway; Lew L. Callaway (Editor); Foreword by Merrill G. Burlingame
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 258
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-02-15
- ISBN 9780806129129 / 0806129123
- Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.17 x 5.45 x 0.76 in (20.75 x 13.84 x 1.93 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Geographic Orientation: Montana
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 81040282
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.978
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