Glacier National Park and the Great Northern Railway became synonymous in the early 20th century. Original photographs, posters, menus, postcards, and other rare materials support this fascinating pictorial history of the creation and promotion of the park by Great Northern as railroad barons raced west and competed for precious territory to expand their empires.

All Aboard! for Glacier: The Great Northern Railway and Glacier National Park

Arts & Photography

C. W. Guthrie

Photography & Video

Farcountry Press

Traveling Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road is an experience like no other. Laborers toiled for nearly 20 years to complete the 50-mile road that winds an impossible route through the heart of Glacier. One of the most scenic highways in the world, this marvel of engineering set the standard for all national parks. C. W. Guthrie tells the intriguing tale of the history and the construction of the epic Going-to-the-Sun Road. Includes more than 60 black-and-white historic and color photographs, maps. AWARDS: First Place, Association of Partners for Public Lands, 2006

Going-to-the-Sun Road: Glacier National Park's Highway to the Sky

Glacier National Park: The First 100 Years is an exquisite new book celebrating the park's 100th anniversary. Published in partnership with the Glacier Natural History Association and an official licensed product of the park's centennial, Glacier National Park: The First 100 Years features more than 200 exquisite landscape and historical photographs, as well as some of the finest artwork of the region and its people, including Charles M. Russell's sun-splashed paintings of Montana scenes, Winold Reiss's extraordinary portraits of the Blackfeet, Monte Dolack's vivid Glacier views, and Mel Ruder's Pulitzer Prize winning photographs. C. W. Guthrie, author of four other books on Glacier National Park, details the astonishing changes the park has undergone since its designation in 1910. From the Great Northern Railway's Swiss-style chalets and lodges to the glorious Going-to-the-Sun Road, from the park's tragic first fatal grizzly attacks to its designation as an International Peace Park, Biosphere Reserve, and World Heritage Site, Glacier National Park has a story unlike any other. AWARDS: First Place, 2009 Benjamin Franklin Awards, history category. First Place, 2009 APPL Media and Partnership Award, non-association book category. Finalist, 2009 ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards, regional category. Visit FarcountryPress.com for more information.

Glacier National Park: The First 100 Years

Sheer cliffs, avalanches, turbulent rivers, cold lakes, severe weather, grizzly bears - these are just a few of the ways you can die while visiting Glacier National Park. Since 1910 when the park was established, 296 people have perished within Glacier's boundaries, and many more somehow survived close calls with death. Death &amp; Survival in Glacier National Park recounts their true tales, as well as stories of the brave and often heroic search-and-rescue professionals who put their lives on the line so that others might live.
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<li>Written by local Glacier National Park experts.</li>
<li>Jam-packed with gripping stories of courage and survival against all odds.</li>
<li>Featuring the most complete chronology of all 296 deaths in Glacier National Park, including names, ages, locations, and causes.</li>
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Includes maps, charts &amp; graphs.

Death & Survival in Glacier National Park: True Tales of Tragedy, Courage, and Misadventure

History

Ann Fagre

Dan Fagre

Americas

A special breed of adventurer, the first forest rangers were among the explorers, mountain men, lawmen, and pioneers who made America. First Rangers details the exploits of two of these men, told mostly in their own words. Written in the saddle while riding along the trail, or on a log at camp, or at a table in a dimly lit cabin, these stories bring to life a bygone era. Frank Liebig and Fred Herrig were the first forest rangers assigned to protect the wild country that became Glacier National Park. Their job was to stop wildfires, timber thieves, squatters, and poachers. Supremely suited to their work, Frank and Fred were skilled woodsmen, natural leaders, and men of rare courage and integrity. Their legacy lives on in the park's protected wild lands and in the ethos of today's forest and park rangers. Frank Liebig and Fred Herrig were the first forest rangers assigned to protect the wild country that became Glacier National Park. Their job was to stop wildfires, timber thieves, squatters, and poachers. Supremely suited to their work, Frank and Fred were skilled woodsmen, natural leaders, and men of rare courage and integrity. Their legacy lives on in the park's protected wild lands and in the ethos of today's forest and park rangers.

First Rangers: The Life and Times of Frank Liebig and Fred Herrig, Glacier Country 1902-1910

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical