Nathaniel P. Langford, Montana Territory and Statehood

Nathaniel P. Langford, Montana Territory and Statehood

Nathaniel P. Langford, Montana Territory and Statehood
« on: January 15, 2020, 06:30:00 pm »
N.P. Langford  was an explorer, acute businessman, Montana vigilante, and writer/historian.    In 1862, Langford established a wagon road to the Salmon River via Fort Benton in Montana Territory.    He ended up later in Bannack, Montana Territory  where he built a freight business and a saw mill.    Between 1863-1864, he was deeply involved with the Montana Territory Vigilantes in and around Bannack and Virginia City.    In 1890 he wrote a book titled VIGILANTE DAYS AND WAYS which became a must read about this era in Montana history.   In 1864, he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue and a bank examiner.   He held held those jobs for five years.    In 1870, he joined a group who explored an area that became Yellowstone National Park.    He became the first Superintendent of the Park.   He was removed in 1877 under a cloud.    After this he returned to his state of Minnesota and became a Western historian at the Minnesota Historical Society.   He died in 1911.   This photograph was taken by O.C. Bundy, Montana.   It is the earliest photograph of him known to my knowledge.
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