The road to Garnet's gold : a brief history of Montana's gold rush, featuring one of the last ghost towns /

"This book explores Garnet during its heyday and describes the people who stand out in its history. Garnet was hardly the most successful gold mining town in Montana, nor was it one of the first. In fact, it was one of the last gold towns to become a ghost town. Garnet's story can hardly b...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: United States. Bureau of Land Management
Other Authors: Adams, Tammie (Editor)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Denver, Colorado : Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, 2021.
Subjects:
Online Access:BLM
Search collection

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00004585196
008 210727s2021 couabc b f000 0 eng c
007 ta
005 20220718172045.2
010 |a  2020415060 
035 |a (OCoLC)on1261778983 
040 |a UDD  |b eng  |e rda  |c UDD  |d OCLCO  |d GPO  |d DLC  |d GPO  |d NMS  |d OCLCO 
020 |a 9780578912578  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0578912570  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9780578912561  |q (paperback) 
020 |a 0578912562  |q (paperback) 
035 |a (OCoLC)1261778983 
042 |a pcc 
043 |a n-us-mt 
050 4 |a F739.G37  |b R63 2021 
074 |a 0631 
082 0 0 |a 978.6/88  |2 23/eng/20220425 
086 0 |a I 53.2:G 18/3  |z I 53.2:G 18/2 
245 0 4 |a The road to Garnet's gold :  |b a brief history of Montana's gold rush, featuring one of the last ghost towns /  |c Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center ; Tammie Adams, editor. 
264 1 |a Denver, Colorado :  |b Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center,  |c 2021. 
300 |a iii, 170 pages :  |b illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ;  |c 25 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Shipping list no.: 2021-0216-P. 
530 |a Also available online via the Bureau of Land Management Library Collection on Internet Archive, and via the BLM website. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170). 
520 |a "This book explores Garnet during its heyday and describes the people who stand out in its history. Garnet was hardly the most successful gold mining town in Montana, nor was it one of the first. In fact, it was one of the last gold towns to become a ghost town. Garnet's story can hardly be told alone and hinges on the path of gold discovery in the State of Montana. As a result, this book is a brief account of Montana's gold rush, followed by a more detailed exploration of the Garnet story"--Page 1. 
505 0 |a Acknowledgements -- Introductions -- The lure of gold -- The Stuarts and the creek called "gold" -- The Mullen Military Road and the search for gold -- Life at Gold Creek and the rush to Bannack -- The Bannack and Virginia City booms and the vigilantes -- Beartown and the roughs -- The Upper Bear, First Chance Gulch, and the camp of "Mitchell" -- It shall be known as Garnet -- The road to Garnet's gold : timeline -- Garnet gets its own newspaper and participates in politics -- Further development in a family town from the start -- The decline of the boom -- The Davey years begin -- A fire, a war, and the deep sleep of the Twenties -- The Thirties : Garnet comes back to life -- Effects of World War II and Garnet becomes a ghost town -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography. 
651 0 |a Garnet (Mont.)  |x History. 
650 0 |a Frontier and pioneer life  |z Montana  |z Garnet. 
651 0 |a Garnet (Mont.)  |x Gold discoveries  |x History. 
650 0 |a Gold mines and mining  |z Montana  |z Garnet  |x History. 
650 0 |a Ghost towns  |z Montana. 
650 6 |a Villes fantômes  |z Montana. 
650 7 |a Frontier and pioneer life.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00935370 
650 7 |a Ghost towns.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00942431 
650 7 |a Gold mines and mining.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00944469 
651 7 |a Montana.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01207555 
651 7 |a Montana  |z Garnet.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01253297 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
700 1 |a Adams, Tammie,  |e editor. 
710 2 |a National Operations Center (U.S.),  |e issuing body. 
710 1 |a United States.  |b Bureau of Land Management. 
776 0 8 |i Online version:  |t Road to Garnet's gold  |w (OCoLC)1260699821 
856 4 1 |3 BLM  |u https://www.blm.gov/noc/blm-library/blm-library/road-garnets-gold-brief-history-montanas-gold-rush-featuring-one-last  |t 0 
856 4 1 |3 Internet Archive, BLM Library  |u https://archive.org/details/blmlibrary  |z Search collection  |t 0 
994 |a Z0  |b TXA 
948 |h HELD BY TXA - 119 OTHER HOLDINGS 
999 f f |s 523c2b27-7470-4070-829a-2504d1370297  |i 523c2b27-7470-4070-829a-2504d1370297  |t 0 
952 f f |p normal  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |d Evans: US Documents (Annex 5th floor)  |t 0  |e I 53.2:G 18/3  |h Superintendent of Documents classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |m A14850640260 
998 f f |a I 53.2:G 18/3  |t 0  |l Evans: US Documents (Annex 5th floor)