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One Path To Populism: Will Kennedy And The People's Party Of Montana, William L. Lang
One Path To Populism: Will Kennedy And The People's Party Of Montana, William L. Lang
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Will Kennedy, the bright flash on Montana's Populist scene in the early 1890s, never dodged a political conflict, never avoided a public controversy, and never withheld his views. He was the persistent, often strident, and sometimes radical voice among those Montanans who accepted the label Populist. Some of his opponents called him a crank and many dismissed him as an eccentric, but it was difficult for them to ignore his accomplishments. Kennedy, almost singlehandedly, had crafted legislation that introduced the Australian ballot to Montana, coerced the territorial legislature to accept it, and followed that law with an effective electoral registration …
'At The Greatest Personal Peril To The Photographer': The Schwatka-Haynes Winter Expedition In Yellowstone, 1887, William L. Lang
'At The Greatest Personal Peril To The Photographer': The Schwatka-Haynes Winter Expedition In Yellowstone, 1887, William L. Lang
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Explorer Frederick Schwatka and photographer F. Jay Haynes led an expedition into Yellowstone National Park during January 1887, amid one of the worst winters in the northern Rocky Mountains. The party traveled by ski and snowshoe, but Schwatka suffered physical collapse and dropped out. Haynes and others continued through brutal weather at great personal peril and photographed the major geysers and scenic attractions. Includes biographical information on Schwatka and Haynes and photographs from the expedition.