Montana Place Names: From Alzada to Zortman

Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortmanexplores the origins of more than 1,200 place names. Written by Montana Historical Society staff and drawing on the expertise of historians from around the state, this book includes entries describing towns and cities, geographic features, parks and battlefields, properties on the National Register of Historic Places, and more. The full-color maps and extensive index help readers to pinpoint every place described, and historic images reveal the Montana of yesteryear.

Five maps and more than fifty historic photographs illuminate this new traveler's guide and will reinforce the reasons behind the state's most familiar names and serve as a quick reference for those we often take for granted.

Author: Montana Historical Society Press
Publisher: Montana Historical Society Press
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 347
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780975919613
ISBN10: 097591961X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT

About the Author
For more than two years, five staff members from the Montana Historical Society Research Center in Helena researched Montana's varied place names. Using a Montana state highway map as their guide, they set out to find the history behind the naming of more than 1,000 Montana places. Collectively, the authors represent decades of archival and historical research experience.