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Glacier Park’s Blackfeet and the Great Northern Railway

Author(s): David R. Butler
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This book examines the fashion by which the Great Northern Railway used the image of the plains-dwelling Blackfeet Native Americans to sell the romantic as well as western image of the relationship the Blackfeet had with the mountainous environment of Glacier National Park, Montana.

Examples of artwork and photography sponsored by the Great Northern are presented that evoke a harmonious relationship between Glacier Park and the Blackfeet, all to entice visitors to use the Great Northern Railway to get to the park and use the tourist facilities there built by the Great Northern.

Methods by which the Great Northern exploited the Blackfeet presence—both in the park and across the country—to attract visitors to Glacier National Park are also examined.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
David R. Butler retired in 2019 as the Texas State University System Regents’ professor of geography, and a university distinguished professor, at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He was a geography professor for thirty-seven years, the last twenty-two of those at Texas State University. He was a red bus “Gearjammer” in Glacier Park during his college days in the summers of 1973 and 1974 and has conducted research there since 1975. He has written two books on Glacier National Park, including Fire Lookouts of Glacier National Park in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Pages: 128
Publisher: America Through Time
Imprint: America Through Time
Series: American Railroads
Publication Date: 11/25/2025
State: Montana
ISBN: 9781634995634
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HISTORY / Native American
TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds
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