A Note From Cottonwood Corners
News Staff
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The state of Montana holds the record for the bloodiest vigilante movement from 1863 to 1865, when hundreds of suspected horse thieves were rounded up and hung from the nearest tree. By the beginning of the 20th century, the Old West had instituted official legal entities throughout the states. At that time, most of the vigilante groups had disappeared.
