BIG HOLE Commemoration and Preservation: An Administrative History of Big Hole National Battlefield

COVER

Cover Photograph: Chief Joseph and Colonel John Gibbon, erstwhile adversaries in the Battle of the Big Hole, sat for this portrait many years later. Photograph courtesy of Big Hole National Battlefield.

PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE: The Battle and Its Aftermath (1877-1883)

CHAPTER TWO: Administration under the U.S. Department of War (1883-1910)

CHAPTER THREE: Administration under the U.S. Forest Service (1910-1936)

CHAPTER FOUR: Administration under Yellowstone National Park, early years (1936-1956)

CHAPTER FIVE: Administration under Yellowstone National Park, later years (1956-1977)

CHAPTER SIX: Administration under the Rocky Mountain Regional Office (1977-1987)

CHAPTER SEVEN: Administration under other Small Units (1987-1997)

CONCLUSION

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ENDNOTES

APPENDIX A: Laws and Executive Orders