Introduction. Roads to romance: Getting around in Big Sky Country
Part I. Enterprises of incalculable importance: Montana's early roads
A monument above the water: Parson's Bridge
The Northern Overland Route
The iron horse transforms Montana's roads
Part II. Getting Montana out of the mud
The Montana State Highway Commission
Modernizing Montana's bridges
Part III. The Montana Highway Department takes the reins
The Federal Aid Road Act of 1921
When Montana's highways had names: The trail associations
Part IV. Transforming Montana's highways during the dirty thirties
Howdy everyone! Glad to see you!
Part V. A time of unprecedented construction: The postwar years
Preparing for peace in a time of war, 1942-1945
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1944
From war to peace, 1946-1956
The national system of interstate highways
Montana's white crosses: The roadside fatality markers
Part VI. Your highway dollars at work: The interstate highways
The golden age of Montana's interstate system, 1956-1966
A tough piece of work: Interstate 15 and the Wolf Creek Canyon
The interstates, 1968-1988
