Early Flathead and Tobacco Plains: a narrative history of Northwestern Montana. by [MONTANA]. SHEA, Marie Cuffe - 1977].

[Tobacco Plains, MT & Salt Lake City, UT: Marie Cuffe Shea, Hiller Industries, 1977]. Tall 8vo. viii, 276 pp. With photo illustrations, text illustrations, 5 loose large folding maps laid-in. Green textured publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine, NF copy. First edition of this scarce local history of Northwestern Montana, including sections on David Thompson’s Fur Trading Post on the Clark’s Fork, fur trading posts on the Kootenai River, St. Ignatius’ Mission, St. Mary’s Mission, cattle kings, Eureka Timber Co., and eventually the founding of Eureka, MT. Also included are chapters devoted to the Chinese-Americans in Montana, outlaws, the Flathead Valley, Native Americans, and specific family histories of assorted families including those such as the Bean, Holder, Triplett, Brock, Cuffe, Norgaard, Helenga, Pluid, Quirk, Shea, and Zeller families.