Rare Prospectus For The Vigilantes Of Montana, Or Popular Justice In The Rocky Mountains; Being A Correct And Impartial Narrative Of The Trial, Chase, Capture And Execution Of Plummer's Bold Road Agent Band: Together With Accounts Of The Lives And Crimes Of Many Of The Robbers And Desperadoes; Being The Only Reliable History Of Pioneer Life In The Mining Camps Of Montana

PROF THOS J. DIMSDALE

Publication: Published by Daniel W Tilton, n d 1882, Virginia City, Montana

Rare prospectus 23 x 15.5 cm [9" x 6"] for the second edition of the first printed book in Montana. 'Vigilantes' is one of the most celebrated and important works dealing with the early settlement and occupation of the West. Author Dimsdale was the editor of the Virginia City Post, and a participant and eyewitness to the events described. This is the first complete account of the outlaws known as 'Henry Plummer's Road Agent Band.' It recounts this gang's reign of terror in the Montana goldfields. A few tiny nicks, chips and tears to the extremities, else a very good copy of a rare item.