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Want to learn more about Red Lodge and the Beartooth Highway? Check out these great books:
Beartooth Highway Experiences: Montana-Wyoming 1931-2000, by Bruce Blevins
In this fun short book, Blevins has compiled stories of the Highway, from newspaper clippings to campfire tales. It includes pieces of trivia, traffic accidents, tourist observations and lots more.
Red Lodge: Saga of a Western Area Revisited by Shirley Zupan & Harry J. Owens
The Saga is without doubt the most comprehensive history of Red Lodge there is. Encyclopedia-style, Zupan and Owens cover everything from early prospectors to prohibition-era “mischief” to the histories of surrounding communities. No Red Lodge history buff can be without the Saga.
Red Lodge by John Clayton & the Carbon County Historical Society
This photo book, using nearly 200 historical photos from the museum’s archives–some never before published–is a fun, fascinating snapshot of Red Lodge from its coal mining days to modern times.
Skiing Red Lodge: Dead Man’s Curve to Grizzly Peak by Mark Edwards & Ray Masters
Part oral history, part photo book and pure fun, Edwards and Masters bring the stories of skiing in this area to life in their new book.
Scenic Driving the Beartooth Highway, by H.L. James
Did somebody say scenic drive? This book will accompany you mile-by-mile with facts, anecdotes, geology and history of the stunning drive.
Day Hikes in the Beartooth Mountains: From Billings to Red Lodge to Yellowstone National Park, 4th ed., by Robert Stone
When it’s time to stretch your legs, let Stone show you the way. Filled with all the practical information you need for dozens of quick day hikes, many of them starting out along the Highway itself.
Fishing the Beartooths, 2nd ed, by Pat Marcuson
The Beartooth Fisherman’s bible! Everything you could possibly need to know about how, where and when to fill your creel with brookies, cutthroats, goldens and more.
