1870 Marias Massacre (Chapter 7)

1872 Yellowstone National Park established (Chapter 9)

1874 Samuel Walking Coyote brings bison to the Flathead Reservation (Chapter 5)

1874 Silver boom begins in Montana (Chapter 6)

1874–1887 Indian reservations made smaller (Chapter 8)

1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn (Chapter 7)

1876–1877 Great Sioux War (Chapter 7)

1877 Nez Perce War (Chapter 7)

1878 Northern Cheyenne flight from Oklahoma to Montana (Chapter 7)

1878 Butte Workingmen's Union formed (Chapter10)