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Downtown Red Lodge

For such a small town, a lot has been written about Red Lodge, Montana. It's a beautiful town of 2,300 people with a ski area at one end and a golf course at the other, completely surrounded by wilderness areas and ranches.

Red Lodge (Paperback)

By John Clayton, Carbon County Historical Society
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9780738556260
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 05/01/2008

The Images of America book about Red Lodge is a photographic history of the town with captions.


Red Lodge: Saga of a Western Area
$24.99
Model: RLB003

This is the definitive reference on the history of Red Lodge, Montana. It contains over 400 pages of information about the history of Red Lodge, with a chapter about surrounding communities in Carbon County: Bearcreek, Belfry, Boyd, Bridger, Fox, Luther, Roberts, Roscoe, Washoe, and Maryott Unit.


By Bonnie Christensen
$34.95
ISBN-13: 9780700611980
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University Press of Kansas, 10/01/2002

This book tells the history of the town, with special attention given to the economic transformations that Red Lodge has gone through.


An Early History of Red Lodge, Montana
$2.98
Model: RLB001
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A short history of Red Lodge, Montana, and vicinity is provided in An Early History of Red Lodge, Montana. The chronicle provided here emphasizes the early years of Red Lodge from the first discovery of the valley through the building of the highway to Cooke City. Abbreviated information is provided for the period after 1940.

History of Red Lodge
$2.99
Model: RLB002
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History of Red Lodge is a 24-page booklet that details the history of the town of Red Lodge, Montana. It is illustrated, and covers from the 1880s to the 1960s. It contains excerpts from Red Lodge: Saga of a Western Area, by Shirley Zupan and Harry Owens.

Red Lodge Landmarks
$7.99
Model: RLB004

Red Lodge Landmarks is a 100-page book that covers over 50 landmark buildings in Red Lodge, Montana. Each building is sketched inside by a local artist, and the text describes the history of each of the buildings.


The Darkest Hour: A Comprehensive Account of the Smith Mine Disaster of 1943, 2nd ed
$4.95
Model: 0965960919

On February 27, 1943, an explosion at Smith Mine #3 in Washoe, Montana killed 74 men--the worst coal mining disaster in Montana's history. This is the story of the miners, the heroes in the rescue operation, and the communities that were brought close to extinction by the disaster, written by a former Bearcreek mayor and one of the owners of Red Lodge Books.


At the Foot of the Beartooth Mountains: A History of the Finnish Community of Red Lodge, Montana
$17.50
Model: 1891403060

Many of the original settlers of Red Lodge, Montana, back in its early mining days, were Finns. At the Foot of the Beartooth Mountains: A History of the Finnish Community of Red Lodge, Montana chronicles their part in the history of the town.


Characters of the Past
$2.99
Model: RLB006
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In this short (24-page) book, Owens tells of Sheriff John Dunn and his posse capturing the notorious Kid Curry and the Sundance Kid after their planned robbery of the Carbon County Bank in Red Lodge; the last days of Red Lodge's first constable, "Liver-Eating" Johnston; the hanging of Tom Salmon; visits to Red Lodge by Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill, and more.


Festival of Nations Cookbook
$9.95
Model: RLB010
50th anniversary (1950-2000) edition of the Red Lodge Festival of Nations Cookbook, revised in 2003. It is 280 pages long and GBC (plastic "spiral") bound. The cookbook was created with contributions from people all over the Red Lodge area as a fundraiser for the Red Lodge Festival of Nations, the nonprofit organization that puts on the Festival each year.

$9.95
Model: RLB007
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Over 100 pages of heavily illustrated plan for rebuilding and revitalizing the downtown areas of Red Lodge, Montana. Published in 1986 and still surprisingly relevant.


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