Gateway to Yellowstone : the raucous town of Cinnabar on the Montana frontier /

"The town of Cinnabar, Montana, no longer exists, but when it did, it served as the immediate railroad gateway for a generation of visitors to Yellowstone National Park. This book tells the story of its place in the West"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whittlesey, Lee H., 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Guilford, Connecticut : TWODOT, [2015]
Temas:
Hoppe, Hugo J. > (Hugo John), > 1836-1895.
Frontier and pioneer life > Montana > Cinnabar.
Hotelkeepers > Montana > Cinnabar > Biography.
Businessmen > Montana > Cinnabar > Biography.
Railroads > Yellowstone National Park Region > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Businessmen
Frontier and pioneer life
Hotelkeepers
Manners and customs
Railroads
Cinnabar (Mont.) > History.
Cinnabar (Mont.) > Social life and customs.
Cinnabar (Mont.) > Biography.
Yellowstone National Park Region > History, Local.
United States > Yellowstone National Park Region
Montana
United States > Yellowstone National Park
Biographies
History
Local history
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The setting for understanding this book
  • Before Cinnabar : puzzling out the parcels
  • Cinnabar : the name and the founding
  • Dreams of striking it rich : Hugo J. Hoppe's life before Cinnabar (1848-1881)
  • "What a bonanza for a freighter!" : Hugo Hoppe moves to the upper Yellowstone River (1881-1882)
  • Freighting, farming, and politics : Hugo Hoppe fancies owning Cinnabar (1883-1892)
  • A dream realized : Hugo Hoppe finally owns the Cinnabar Hotel (1892-1895)
  • The town itself : life at Cinnabar (1883-1903)
  • "The only little girl in Cinnabar" : Hoppe's niece and her daughter arrive (1894)
  • Hoppe plats the townsite, reorganizes his company, and dies, but Cinnabar lives on (1895-1903)
  • "Wail of a Cinnabarite" : the death of Cinnabar (1902-1903)
  • Old Cinnabar : the struggle to preserve it forever (1919-1932)
  • Tussles over the triangle : President Hoover adds the Cinnabar Triangle to Yellowstone National Park (1932 to present time)
  • Conclusions.

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