In the fourth chapter of Land Grab,  20 years of pressure comes to a head, as Charlo’s bands of Salish people in the Bitterroot valley are finally forced out by troops from Fort Missoula, and make the long walk through downtown Missoula and up to the Jocko Reservation. We go deep into the circumstances that ultimately brought Charlo and his people to that  decision, and find Andrew Hammond’s influence everywhere. 

We also see Montana officially enter the Union as the 41st state,  and witness Hammond go to war with his former partner, Marcus Daly, over the shape that  new state will take. 

Link to Greg Gordon’s book When Money Grew on Trees: Andrew B. Hammond and the Age of the Timber Baron:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-money-grew-on-trees-greg-gordon/1117684711

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