| What: | This is a hypertext book, that is, a collection of web pages, to be browsed online, downloaded in part or whole, searched, and used to compare to other Vigilante literature. |
| Aim: | We want to provide in one location, on the web, as much of the Montana Vigilante literature as we possibly can. This will make it easier to compare the various publications, and we hope will shed light on just what happened in the hanging spree of January and Feburary of 1864. It may also clarify the guilt or innocence of some of the participants and/or their victims. |
| Why: | This is one of the two basic books on the Montana Vigilantes, the other being Dimsdale's book, The Montana Vigilantes published in 1866. Langford was a participant in much of the activity, although he was absent when the original Committee was formed. |
| Who: | This hypertext book is part of a joint project of the Lucy Carson
Library of University of Montana -- Western and Dr. Louis Schmittroth, retired, louis@cs.athabascau.ca .
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| How: | You must have modest skills in using your browser, certainly the use of the BACK and GO buttons on the Netscape menu. Following hypertext links can sometimes create a path that resembles a dish of spaghetti, so I have almost always let you go back to the table of contents (TOC) and start over. At the end of each major section there is a button to go on to the next section, if you are reading sequentially. |
Proceed to the Table of Contents.