Table of Contents
Introduction: More from the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch 9
1 Getting Here from There: Helena and the Benton Road 13
2 Stopping Along the Way at the Sieben Ranch 20
3 What's in a Photograph?: Bridge Street, 1865 26
4 Life and Death on the Frenchwoman's Road 31
5 Before There Was Deadwood 35
6 An Oasis of Questionable Virtue: Seven Mile House 39
7 Helena's Public Heart 44
8 Red-Light Businesswomen 49
9 Trouble with Neighbors: The House of the Good Shepherd 55
10 Was Helena Invaded by Hairy Aliens in 1976? 61
11 The Hanging of the Golden Lanterns: Nighttime Airway Beacons Surround the Capital City 65
12 They Shall Not Pass: The Ground Observer Corps and the Helena Filter Center 71
13 Planting the Seeds of Saint Peter's Hospital 76
14 Unraveling the Myths of Helena's Chinatown 81
15 The Joe Louis of the Mat: The Saga of "King Kong" Clayton 87
16 To Ornament the City: Jewish Landmarks 92
17 Building a Better Helena: The Southside Lime Kilns 98
18 Haunting on Hotter Street 104
19 The Great Canyon Ferry Flying Saucer Hoax 110
20 Bryant School's Unusual Friends 113
Bibliography 119
Index 123
About the Authors 127