Montana: A Paper Trail - Hardcover

Montana: A Paper Trail is a story of two journeys. Thomas Minckler has spent a half century on a journey to collect 19th- and early 20th-century letters and documents, vintage photographs, rare books, paintings and sketches, and territorial imprints on Montana and the northern Plains. Every artifact in the collection has a unique paper trail, revealing the colorful and fascinating story of Montana. Noted historian Dr. Brian W. Dippie wrote, "Tom lays his treasures out before our eyes, and provides the context necessary to understand the claim each holds on his attention. When I look at what he has packed in his treasure chest, I find my vision tinged with green. Montana is known as The Treasure State for good reason. Gold coursed through its early history and gold dust still clings to the treasures in Tom's collection. Appropriately, his record of his adventures on Montana's paper trail is ambitious in scope and full of rewards for those who would accompany him on his journey."