Tales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, unidentified flying objects, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Montana Myths and Legends recounts several myths and mysteries from the Big Sky States past, verifying some tales from multiple accounts and exposing some stories for what may have really occurred. From a haunted prison in Red Lodge to persistent rumors of bigfoot appearances, from whispered descriptions of the tommyknockers who help miners in trouble to a famous union organizer found lynched from a bridge in Butte, this selection of fourteen stories from Montanas past explores some of the Treasure States most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
