The following books are a suggested reading and research list for Missoula County. Some of these books may be obtained through interlibrary loan, while others are located at the Missoula Public Library.

A word about Interlibrary Loans.....

For those of you haven't tried "Interlibrary Loan" - it is the greatest thing since ice cream! If you want to read a book that you can't get locally talk to your librarian. Most US libraries participate in the program. Write down the book title, author, and any other details you may have such as publisher. Give it to your librarian and she will order the book in for you. My library charges me between $2-$5 to get any book that circulates in the country. The process usually takes several weeks. The library calls you when it comes in. Usually you can take the book home for several weeks. Some libraries require you read the book on the premises. It depends on the policy of the lending library and the value of the book. Some books are so scarce that they don't circulate.

If you can't obtain your book through interlibrary loan - there is still hope. Make a trip to the Library of Congress in Washington DC some day. They have a copy of almost every book ever published in the U.S. Everyone needs to visit this wonderful repository at least once in their life! And don't forget Ebay - always a good source for obscure books, as is Amazon.com. One final place to look - check out the local historical societies - they usually have books and transcriptions available for sale because sale of their transcriptions is one of their major sources of funding.

  Montana - General

• The Last Best Place: A Montana Anthology, edited by William Kittredge and Annick Smith, introduction by Mike Mansfield. Falcon Press Pub. Co., c1992. COLLATION 120 p. : col. ill. ; 36 cm. A collection of history, contemporary fiction, poems, biographical sketches, native myths and much more. ISBN 1560441518

Bonner

• A Grass Roots Tribute: The Story of Bonner, Montana, by The Bicentennial Committe, Bonner School, (Missoula: Gateway Printing & Litho, 1976) 108 pp. This local history contains information on the Bonner area, including the villages of Milltown and Piltzville. Surname index.

• Frenchtown Valley Footprints, by The Frenchtown Historical Society, (Missoula: Mountain Press Printing Co., 1979) 159 pp. This local history contains information on Frenchtown Valley, including the villages of Frenchtown and Huson.

• Frenchtown Valley Footprints, by The Frenchtown Historical Society, (Missoula: Mountain Press Printing Co., 1979) 159 pp. This local history contains information on Frenchtown Valley, including the villages of Frenchtown and Huson.

• Lolo Creek Reflections, by Lolo History Committee, 115 pp. 28 cm.1976. wln79006473. Montana Legacy series book, published by Stoneydale Press Publishing Co 523 Main Street, Stevensville MT 59870, Phone 406 777 2729
  

• A Grass Roots Tribute: The Story of Bonner, Montana, by The Bicentennial Committe, Bonner School, (Missoula: Gateway Printing & Litho, 1976) 108 pp. This local history contains information on the Bonner area, including the villages of Milltown and Piltzville. Surname index.

• Missoula City Directory, . Wright & Woodward, 1890- COLLATION v. ; 22 x 28 cm. Available at the Missoula Public Library, ref# LCCN/WLN wln88045705
• Missoula the Way It Was, A Portrait of an Early Western Town, by Lenora Koelbel. (Missoula: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1972) 129 pp. Surname index.
• Sheriffs of Missoula County, Montana, and Their Times, 1860-1978 , compiled & prepared by Robert Oakley Raffety and John C. Moe. IMPRINT The Authors?, 1988?] 266 leaves : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
• Montana's Historic & Scenic Missoula & Ravalli Counties, printed by The Advertiser, 1975. 97 p. : ill., ports. ; 35 cm. LCCN/WLN wln88365597
• Earliest Marriages of Missoula County, Montana, 1883-1902 : Volumes Pre-A, A, B, C from the Missoula County Courthouse, edited by Caroline Israel. IMPRINT Bitter Root Chapter, N.S.D.A.R., 1984. COLLATION 66, xxxvi p. ; 29 cm. LCCN/WLN wln85087409
• Missoulian Obituaries, compiled by Donald E. Spritzer. IMPRINT City-County Library of Missoula, [19--] COLLATION v. ; 29 cm.
• Index to the Death and Burial Records of Missoula County, Montana, by Paulette K. Parpart. IMPRINT Western Montana Genealogical Society, 1989. COLLATION 2 v. ; 28 cm. SERIES Publication / Western Montana Genealogical Society ; no. 1 ISBN 0962456608 (set) LCCN/WLN 89051676 CONTENTS 1 v. 1. Burials, Missoula City Cemetery -- v. 2. Burials, Carlton, Fort Missoula, Frenchtown, St. Mary's, St. Mary's Annex, Sunset Memorial Park, Sunset Crematorium records, and other small private cemeteries or burials.
• Missoula County Images, by Stan Cohen. IMPRINT Pictorial Histories Pub. Co., COLLATION v. <2 > : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm. ISBN 0929521781
• History of Western Montana Fair, 1879-1979, by Katy and Les Jourdonnais. IMPRINT The authors, 1979. COLLATION 18 p. ; 28 cm.
• The Rattlesnake Valley Schools, by Rattlesnake Valley PTA, c1983. COLLATION 98 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.
• Blue Distance, by David J. Maclay. IMPRINT David J. Maclay], c1995. COLLATION xi, 183 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
• Up the Creek, by Darlene Olson. IMPRINT Valley Pub., c1990. EDITION 1st ed. COLLATION vii, 224 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ISBN 0962630004 LCCN/WLN 90080679
• Missoula Valley History, compiled by Jo Rainbolt ; with special thanks to Dorothy Brumback. IMPRINT Curtis Media Corp., c1991. COLLATION v. <1> : ill. ; 32 cm. Surname Index. ISBN 0881071781 LCCN/WLN 91176388
• Woodman Community Montana, by study group of Lolo, Montana IMPRINT The Montana Study [1947] COLLATION various pagings
• Western Montana Genealogical Society Bulletin. IMPRINT The Society, [c1981- COLLATION v. : ill. ; 28 cm. Periodicals. ISSN 0748-2515 LCCN/WLN 84645393 NOTES Title from cover.
• Western Montana Genealogical Society Newsletter. IMPRINT Western Montana Genealogical Society, 1985- COLLATION v. ; 28 cm. LCCN/WLN wln88054220
• An Alien Place : The Fort Missoula, Montana, Detention Camp 1941-44 by Carol Van Valkenburg, Paperback (July 1995) Pictorial Histories Pub Co; ISBN: 0929521994
• The Golden Valley : Missoula to 1883 by Harold Guy Merriam
• Men, money, and power : the story of the First Interstate Bank of Missoula by John H. Toole
• Missoula : The Town and the People by Betty Wetzel
• Red Ribbons : A Story of Missoula and Its Newspaper by John H. Toole
• The University of Montana, Missoula : a pictorial history by Donald C. Miller
• The Western Montana Fair : a pictorial heritage by Stan Cohen
• Montana Mainstreets - Volume 6: A Guide To Historic Missoula by Allan James Mathews - Montana Historical
  Society Press, c2002 with a preface by Mark F. Baumler, includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-917298-89-6. Available through Montana Historical Society Press - 1-800-243-9900; www.montanahistoricalsociety.org.
  

• A Grass Roots Tribute: The Story of Bonner, Montana, by The Bicentennial Committe, Bonner School, (Missoula: Gateway Printing & Litho, 1976) 108 pp. This local history contains information on the Bonner area, including the villages of Milltown and Piltzville. Surname index.

• Cabin Fever: A Centennial collection of Stories About the Seeley Lake Area, compiled by The Seeley Lake Writers Club, edited by Suzanne Vernon, Vernon Printing & Publishing, 1989.) EDITION 1st ed. COLLATION 280, [16] p. : ill. ; 25 cm. History of the Clearwater, Blackfoot and Swan Valleys. Surname index.