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This site is dedicated to finding and disseminating the truth about the Montana Gold Camp Vigilantes, who hanged 22 victims in January and February of 1864. You will find complete books and articles, scanned in legally and converted to hypertext. If you are new to the Montana Vigilante Story, you may read a short overview.
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The site is paid for and maintained by volunteers, with no advertising. Except for some images, all material on this site is available for downloading. |
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Strength of Stone: The Pioneer Journal of Electa Bryan Plumer, 1862-1864 a novel by Diane Elliott is now on sale in bookstores or from here. Read the reviews from the back cover. This is a beautifully written book of broad scope, tracing the journey of a young white woman up the Missouri with one of the first steamboats to reach Fort Benton in what is now Montana. Maps inside both front cover and back will help you follow her journey and meeting with Henry Plumer, Elected Sheriff of Bannack |
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Recently discovered photo of Electa |
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A new book A Stout Cord and a Good Drop by Jim Gaitis is now on sale in bookstores or from here. For a review and excerpts, click on the image of the cover. This is a historical novel set in the mining camps of Bannack and Virginia City, and is not only entertaining, but debunks some Vigilante myths. |
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This is the book that launched this site. A new edition has just been released by Historic Montana Publishing of Missoula, Montana. For more information on this new edition, click on the image. |
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This is a brand new historical novel about Electa Bryan Plummer. You can buy it either printed or download it. Click on the image to get the details. |
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revised: Mar 16 2002