Montana's Righteous Hangmen: The Vigilantes in Action

By Llewellyn Link Callaway

Book Overview

This is the story of Montana Territory in the last half of the nineteenth century, when a massive influx of gold seekers brought murderers and robbers into the region and forced the creation of an... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806117281
• ISBN13: 9780806117287
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This is a well-written account of the Montana Vigilantes.

This account of the Vigilantes of Bannack and Virginia City is well documented and verifies, or, is verified by, Dimsdale's account of the vigilantes. My great-grandfather, Bob Dempsey, was a citizen of Bannack and had a ranch between Bannack and Virginia City. He was not involved with the members of Plummer's gang but somewhat on the fringe of things. My grandfather James Dempsey married Ellen LeCompte in Virginia City. Williams was the leader of the vigilantes but did not want his name used in the Dimsdale account. This account is accurate and can be verified by historical records available. Vi