Chapter Eight: Kicked by a Copper Boot

In Chapter Eight of Land Grab, we take a deep dive into the takeover of the Anaconda Company by Standard Oil, and the vicious decades of hegemonic corporate rule that followed in the 20th century. We look at how this reviled villain in “The Company”, and the devastating bust that brought an end to the homestead boom we covered in the last two chapters, conspired to bring Joseph M. Dixon out of the political wilderness to run for Governor in 1920, finding himself right at the heart of a conflict with Anaconda that would define a decade of Montana history.

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