Guide to Montana Books & Media
Thousands of titles exist covering the history of Montana itself, it's rich Native American history, the pioneer, ranch and farm histories, and specific area and county histories. The titles on this page are compiled from card catalogs at Parmley Billings Library, Montana State University-Billings library, Rocky Mountain College library, and the two local LDS Family History Libraries.
To facilitate browsing through the titles, they have been separated into two lists: 1) Some Montana County and Area Titles, which are listed by the name of the county and, 2) Other Montana History Titles, which are alphabetical.
The lists are by no means complete, but should reflect a good portion of the books and films available here in Eastern Montana. Some of these titles may also be available to you at your local public, college, or FHC library, or through interlibrary loan.
Beaverhead County SOME MONTANA COUNTY AND AREA TITLES
Big Hole Journal: Notes & Excerpts
Big Horn County
Dillon Church records
Story of Ajax, The; Life in the Big Hole Basin
Turn Here for the Big Hole
Big Horn County Montana in the World War 1917-18-19
Blaine County
Big Horn County, Montana - Surname Index
Grass, Tipis & Black Gold: A Narrative
Historical Overview of Decker Area Mines, Big Horn Co., MT, Sheridan Co., WY
Hoofbeats on the Wind: Tales of a Sagebrush Cowboy
Hot Iron "Coat of Arms" in Big Horn County: Brands 1860-1982
Lookin Back: Big Horn County
Pioneers of the Big Horn: True Stories of Yellowtail Country
Trails & Tales South of the Yellowstone
Blaine Co. Miscellaneous Cemetery Records - film
Carbon County
Brief History of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
In the Land of the Chinook: The Story of Blaine County
Carbon County Cemetery Records
Carter County
East Rosebud: A Diary of the first 100 Years 1894-1994
History of Carbonado and Boyd
Memoirs
Big North, The
Cascade County
O'Fallon Flashbacks
Shifting Scenes: A History of Carter County, Montana
Cascade County - Abstract of Wills - film
Choteau County
Cascade County Marriage Records (2 films)
Great Falls Directories, 1940, 42, 44, 46, 1949, 55, 57
Great Falls Roundup Yearbook, 1926
Pictorial History of the Sun River Valley
Choteau County Cemeteries - film
Custer County
Golden Triangle: An Account of Homesteading in Montana
Montana Passage: A Homesteader's Heritage
Montana Years: Choteau County, 1910-1926
Custer County - Crow Reservation - Film
Dawson County
UY Ranch, The: Reminiscences of a Montana Stockman's Wife 1912-1921
Home Range: A History of the Elmdale Community & area
Deer Lodge County
Post-age, History of the Mail Service of Dawson County, Montana
Our Times, Our Lives: Dawson County Family Stories
Deer Lodge County - Cemetery records film
Fallon County
Deer Lodge County - Marriages & Records 1907-20
O'Fallon Flashbacks
Fergus County
Central Montana Wagon Trails, 1979-81, Lewistown
Flathead County
Fergus County Argus, The
Fergus County Misc. Cemetery Records - film
Hanging of Billy Calder, The
Homestead Shacks Over Buffalo Tracks
Lewistown Church Records
Down Memory Lane in Flathead
Gallatin County
Historical Information Concerning Upper Flathead Country
Jesuits in Montana, 1840-1960 - St. Ignatius
On Flatwillow Creek
Anceneys of the Flying D Ranch
Garfield County
Bozeman, MT 1864-1877 The evolution of a Montana Town
Canyon Cookery: Recipes & Recollections
Dutch Calvinist Pioneers in Amsterdam, Montana
Early History of Gallatin County, Montana
First Presbyterian Church Records, Bozeman
Gallatin Canyon and the Tides of History, The
Gallatin Century of Progress
Gallatin County's Heritage: A Report of Progress 1805-1976
Gallatin County, Misc. Cemetery Records - film
Gallatin County Obits, 1962-63
Gallatin County Tombstone Records
Gallatin County: Places & Things, Past & Present
Goodly Heritage, A
Growing Pains - Three Forks, Montana 1908-76
Historically Speaking: Men & Women Who Settled.....Missouri River Hdwtrs
Lady's Ranch Life in Montana
Memories of Days Gone By: A Collection of Poetry & Stories
Old Tombstone Records of Gallatin County
Photo History of Livingston, Montana
Photo History of Livingston-Bozeman Coal Country: Cokedale
Big Dry Country
Glacier County
Dusty Trails
Echoes of an Era
Garfield County 1919-1969
Garfield County, The Golden Years
Jackaroo Saga, 1900-1961
Glacier County Misc. Death Records
Granite County Granite County, Misc. Cemetery Records
Golden Valley County
Bicentennial, Golden Valley County '76
Hill CountyFirst Episcopalian Church Records, Havre
Judith Basin County
Grit, Guts and Gusto: A History of Hill County
Hill County Miscellaneous Death Records
Tall in the Saddle: the Long George Francis story 1874 - 1920 (Havre)
Tumbleweeds and Tar Paper Shacks
Centennial View as seen by the Judith Basin County
Lake County
Furrows & Trails in Judith Basin
Homestead Fever: History of Denton, Danvers, Coffee Creek
Judith Basin Miscellaneous Cemetery Records
Judith Basin Pioneers
Ranching in the Shadow of Wolf Butte - Cheney Family
Rimrock Land: Homesteading in Judith River Basin
Fabulous Flathead, The
Lewis & Clark County
Lake County Misc. Cemetery Records
Dearborn Country: A History of the Dearborn, Wolf Creek & Craig Areas
Liberty County
Forrestvale Cemetery Records, Helena, MT - 1990
Lewis & Clark County Land Ownership Maps 1890 (fiche)
Lewis & Clark County Marriage Appl. & Certificates
Lewis & Clark County Marriages 1865-1967
Lewis & Clark County Marriages 1918
Lewis & Clark County Marriages 1942
Lewis & Clark County Misc. Death Records
Liberty County Misc. Death Records
Madison County
Golden Gulch Periodicals, Alder Gulch
McCone County
History of the Buildings of Virginia City
Madison County - Pioneer Trails & Trials
Madison County, Progressive Years
Tombstone Records of Virginia City, Madison County - 1 fiche
Mouth full of toes - McCone County biography/history
Meagher County
Pioneers and Progress on the Prarie
Meagher County, A Sketch Book
Mineral County
Meagher County: An Early-Day Pictorial History, 1867-1967
Old Party in the Feather Shawl, The
Pictoral History of Mineral County
Missoula County
Missoula County First Presbyterian Church Records - also Bozeman
Musselshell County
Missoula County Marriage Records 1883-92
Missoula County Misc. Cemetery Records - film
Missoula County Misc. Church & Marriage Records
Missoula Valley History
Western Montana Genealogy Bulletin - 1 copy
Mussellshell County Obituaries 1987-92, Roundup Record Tribune
Park County
Roundup Cemetery Book
Roundup on the Musselshell: Pieces of the past
60 Miles of Photo History: Upper Yellowstone Valley
Petroleum County
Birth Records of Livingston, MT, 3 Vol. 1907-67; 1890-1907
History of Park County, Montana, 1984/
Park County Births - Film
Park County Miscellaneous Cemetery Records
Photo History of Chico Lodge
Photo History of Gardiner, Jardine, Crevasse: Entrance to Yellowstone
Photo History of Shields Valley: Eden of Rich Grass..
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Records - Livingston
Sketches of Old Butte
Twice Told on the Upper Yellowstone
Pages of Time - History of Petroleum County
Phillips County
Phillips County Misc. Death Records
Pondera County
Napi's Lookout: The Story of Willow Rounds
Powder River County
Pondera
Harvest of Memories: historical Events of Valier, Montana
Pondera County Misc. Death Records
Echoing Footsteps: History of Powder River County
Powell County
Faded Hoof-Prints-Bygone Dreams: Stories..Montana's Greatest Livestock Frontier
Powder River Portraits: Photo History of Powder River County
We Went Westward ...ho, ho, ho
Powell County - Where It All Began (Deer Lodge)
Ravalli County
Ravalli County - Cemetery Records
Richland County
Vital Statistics from the NW Tribune 1889-1900 1889-1900
Courage Enough: Mon-Dak Family Histories
Roosevelt County
Focus on Our Roots: Story of Sidney & Surrounding Area
Golden Jubilee, 1911-1961
Roosevelt County's Treasured Years
Rosebud County
They Say "It Happened That Way": Sumatra, Vananda, Ingomar
Sanders County
They Came & Stayed: Rosebud County History, Forsyth, Montana
Sanders County Misc. Cemetery Records
Sheridan County
Sheridan's Daybreak
Silverbow County
Historical Overview of Decker Area Mines, Big Horn Co., MT, Sheridan Co., WY
Looking Back from the Hill - Recollections of Butte People
Stillwater County
Silverbow County Misc. Cemetery Records
Collections of Reflections
Sweet Grass County
They Gazed on the Beartooths, Vol I & II
Partial Inventory of the Columbus, MT Cemetery
Golden Days of Reedpoint; 1915-1922
Day Late and a Dollar Short, A
Teton County
History of Sweet Grass County Schools, The
Pioneer Memories
Teton County Misc. Cemetery Records
Toole County
Toole County Misc. Death Records
Treasure County
Tales of Treasure County: Historical Essays by Residents
Valley County
Footprints in the Valley
Wheatland County
Prarie Tales: Adventures of Growing up on a Frontier (also incl. Renville Co., ND)
Yesteryears and Pioneers
Wibaux County
Homesteading in Montana 1911-1923
Yellowstone County
Wibaux Golden Jubilee - 1961
80 Years Along the Buffalo Trail: Broadview in Review
Miscellaneous area histories
Ashlar Lodge/ Members
Billings Centennial Book, 1889-1982
Billings City Directories - Early years to present
Billings: Early Vital Statistics 1882-1938, 1882-89,1927-38
Billings/Laurel Phone Directories, 1931, 46, 47, 48
Billings Obituaries 1981-86, 1987-88, 1989
Cemetery Records of Shepherd & Roy, Montana
Century of Politics on the Yellowstone, A
Genealogy & Tombstone Records of Yellowstone County
Golden Grains of Research 1959-61 - Billings
Homesteading on the Huntley Project
Landmarks, V. 1-4
Memoirs of Montana - 1882
Mountainview Cemetery Computer Printout
North of the Yellowstone, South of the Bulls
Pompey's Pillar: Crossroads of the Frontier
Tent Town to City: A Chronological History of Billings
Through the Doors,: 50 Years of Excellence (History, Billings High)
Tracking Billings' Past
Trails & Tales South of the Yellowstone
Vital Statistics - Billings Gazette, Post & Weekly Times from in 1882
Yellowsone County Misc. Death Records
Yellowstone County, Montana - Marriages: 1881-1899
Yellowstone County, Montana Cemeteries, Vols I and II
Yellowstone Co. Marraiges & Obits 1850-70; Film
Historic Homes of North Central Montana
Montana's Missouri River
The books listed below are only a representation of the thousands of books written on Montana history. It is known, for instance, that more than a hundred books have been written on the Battle of the Little Big Horn and General Custer alone. I will attempt to add to this list as time permits. OTHER MONTANA HISTORY TITLES