Project Gutenberg 2020-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 267 Langford, Nathaniel Pitt 1832 1911 12004477 Vigilante Days and Ways The pioneers of the Rockies; the makers and making of Montana and Idaho Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Vigilante Days and Ways" by Nathaniel Pitt Langford is a historical account written in the late 19th century that explores lawlessness and the rise of vigilante justice during the early settlement of Montana and Idaho. The narrative delves into the tumultuous lives in mining camps fraught with crime, as individuals band together to establish order in a society plagued by violence and corruption. The opening chapters introduce key characters such as the notorious gambler Henry Plummer, leading the criminal underworld, and Patrick Ford, a figure who advocates for law and order amidst the chaos. At the start of the narrative, Langford provides a vivid picture of the mining town of Lewiston, highlighting its rapid growth and the moral degradation that followed the gold rush. The community is depicted as being in constant threat from bandits, with Plummer forming a gang that ravages the area. As crime escalates, the citizens, desperate for safety, consider taking justice into their own hands, culminating in the formation of a Vigilance Committee after a series of violent robberies. This establishes the groundwork for a dramatic conflict between the lawless elements and those striving for justice, setting the stage for the tensions and moral ambiguities that will unfold throughout the rest of the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en West (U.S.) -- History Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwestern States Northwestern States -- History Vigilance committees F721 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 1156537 2025-09-25T10:10:40.863497 text/html 1121676 2024-10-18T09:18:16 text/html 3298869 2025-09-25T10:10:56.219379 application/epub+zip 3294341 2025-09-25T10:10:43.628456 application/epub+zip 567408 2025-09-25T10:10:42.243511 application/epub+zip 3534619 2025-09-25T10:11:05.409351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3462085 2025-09-25T10:10:54.661457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 738757 2022-09-28T21:28:17.623975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1008808 2025-09-25T10:10:38.838484 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 988911 2024-10-18T09:18:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17506 2025-09-25T10:11:05.566317 application/rdf+xml 11975 2025-09-25T10:10:42.429476 image/jpeg 2268 2025-09-25T10:10:42.335435 image/jpeg 3174872 2025-09-25T10:10:40.999496 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia