In the fall of 1920, two couples pulled into a campsite just off the famous Yellowstone Trail. A few weeks later, one couple drove away, while the other simply vanished. The identities and fate of the couple left behind didn't hit newsstands until three years later. In one of the most sensational murder cases ever played out in a Montana court, Seth Orrin Danner put up a fight for his life and lost. The state executed Seth on July 18, 1924, at the Gallatin County Jail, but did he commit the crimes? Historian Kelly Hartman follows the trail of the Danner family from Kansas to Montana and detail... Read More
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In the fall of 1920, two couples pulled into a campsite just off the famous Yellowstone Trail. A few weeks later, one couple drove away, while the other simply vanished. The identities and fate of the couple left behind didn't hit newsstands until three years later. In one of the most sensational murder cases ever played out in a Montana court, Seth Orrin Danner put up a fight for his life and lost. The state executed Seth on July 18, 1924, at the Gallatin County Jail, but did he commit the crimes? Historian Kelly Hartman follows the trail of the Danner family from Kansas to Montana and detail... Read More
In the fall of 1920, two couples pulled into a campsite just off the famous Yellowstone Trail. A few weeks later, one couple drove away, while the other simply vanished. The identities and fate of the couple left behind didn't hit newsstands until three years later. In one of the most sensational murder cases ever played out in a Montana court, Seth Orrin Danner put up a fight for his life and lost. The state executed Seth on July 18, 1924, at the Gallatin County Jail, but did he commit the crimes? Historian Kelly Hartman follows the trail of the Danner family from Kansas to Montana and details the trial of the century, trying to decipher what truly happened in Central Park on that grisly day.
Details
Pages: 144
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: True Crime
Publication Date: 15th June 2020
State: Montana
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467144544
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) HISTORY / United States / General TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
Author Bio
Kelly Hartman was raised in Silver Gate, Montana, having attended K-8 grade at the one-room schoolhouse in Cooke City. She was the first director of the Cooke City Montana Museum, from 2014 to 2016. In the summer of 2016, she began work as the curator of the Gallatin History Museum in Bozeman, Montana. She is the author of A Brief History of Cooke City (2019), Murder along the Yellowstone Trail (2020) and the forthcoming Wicked Bozeman (2022), all published by The History Press
In the fall of 1920, two couples pulled into a campsite just off the famous Yellowstone Trail. A few weeks later, one couple drove away, while the other simply vanished. The identities and fate of the couple left behind didn't hit newsstands until three years later. In one of the most sensational murder cases ever played out in a Montana court, Seth Orrin Danner put up a fight for his life and lost. The state executed Seth on July 18, 1924, at the Gallatin County Jail, but did he commit the crimes? Historian Kelly Hartman follows the trail of the Danner family from Kansas to Montana and details the trial of the century, trying to decipher what truly happened in Central Park on that grisly day.
Pages: 144
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: True Crime
Publication Date: 15th June 2020
State: Montana
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781467144544
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) HISTORY / United States / General TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
Kelly Hartman was raised in Silver Gate, Montana, having attended K-8 grade at the one-room schoolhouse in Cooke City. She was the first director of the Cooke City Montana Museum, from 2014 to 2016. In the summer of 2016, she began work as the curator of the Gallatin History Museum in Bozeman, Montana. She is the author of A Brief History of Cooke City (2019), Murder along the Yellowstone Trail (2020) and the forthcoming Wicked Bozeman (2022), all published by The History Press
