Honky-tonk Town Havre, Montana's Lawless Era

From its beginnings as Bull Hook railroad siding in 1887, Havre, Montana was a tough town. Saloons, gambling halls, opium dens, and brothels lined its streets, and with Prohibition came a flurry of bootleggers eager to exploit Havre's proximity to the Canadian border.. It was during this era of depression, drought, and violence, that successful businessman and philanthropist C.W. "Shorty" Young, rose to power as the leader of the organized crime element. His Montana Hotel - known as the "Honky Tonk" - catered to all man's carnal desires, gaining notoriety throughout Montana and as far as Seattle and St. Paul. Among the West's roughest and most lawless towns, Havre proved to be one of the hardest to tame. In Honky-Tonk Town, biographer and historian Gary A. Wilson recounts a half-century of wild times.Wilson, Gary is the author of 'Honky-tonk Town Havre, Montana's Lawless Era', published 2006 under ISBN 9780762740697 and ISBN 0762740698.