Montana People
Blackfeet Legend of the Peace pipe.
American Horse – A Shrewd Sioux Chief
The Blackfeet Indians – “Real” People of Montana
John Bozeman – Blazing the Bozeman Trail
Seth Bullock – Finest Type of Frontiersman
Francois Auguste Chardon – Soldier and Fur Trader
Pierre Chouteau, Jr. – Merchant and Fur Trader
John Colter – Fearless Mountain Man
The Crow – Skilled Horseman of Montana
Alexander Culbertson – Fur Trader and Diplomat
Mary Fields – Female Stage Driver
Jack Gallager – Deputy Sheriff Hanged
Alexander Harvey – Desperado of the Fur Trade
Neil Howie – Lawman and Vigilante
John “Liver Eating” Johnson – Mountain Man and Lawman
Chief Joseph – Leader of the Nez Perce and a True American
Lakota, Dakota, Nakota – The Great Sioux Nation
“Clubfoot” George Lane – Outlaw Shoemaker?
Frank Latta – How Skill Caught a Criminal and Luck Saved the Lawman’s Life
Pedro Mountain Mummy
Little People & the Pedro Mountain Mummy
Nez Perce – A Hard Fight For Their Homeland
Off the Grid – Our Friend Albert
Levi Boone Helm – Murderer, Cannibal & Thief
Neil Howie – Lawman and Vigilante
James Kipp – Long Time Fur Trader
Frank Latta – How Skill Caught a Criminal & Luck Saved the Lawman’s Life
Joseph “Joe” S. LeFors – Fighting Battles with the Wild Bunch
Manuel Lisa – Expert on the Missouri River
Frank Parish – Hanged By Vigilantes
Henry Plummer – Sheriff Meets a Noose
Red Cloud’s War in Wyoming & Montana
Cyrus Skinner – Gold Field Outlaw
Joseph Slade – Hanged By Vigilantes
Con Stapleton – Deadwood Marshal
Buck Stinson – Hanged by Montana Vigilantes
Granville Stuart
Granville Stuart – Montana Pioneer Hero
Stuart’s Stranglers of Montana
William Henry Vanderburgh – Fur Trader
Stephen Venard – Goldrush Lawman
The Vigilantes of California, Idaho, & Montana
William Wheeler – U.S. Deputy Marshal
© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.
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