John P Lepley

GET HIRED! is a career-coaching book specifically designed for college students written by a 19 year corporate recruiting veteran who has seen first hand the difficulty students face when seeking their first job after college. In years past, a college diploma nearly guaranteed a job after college. B...

Packets to Paradise Steamboating to Fort Benton by John G. Lepley The boats that plied the Upper Missouri and the men who piloted them were a breed unto themselves. Missouri River packets were especially built to survive the river's innumerable hazards and to deliver their freight and passengers saf...

After years of strife and conflict, in 1830 the Blackfoot signed a treaty to trade with the Americans. During those years of trade their culture changed when the white man's goods added to and modified their lifestyles. The two cultures lived side by side in an uneasy acceptance of one another until...

Birthplace of Montana A HISTORY OF FORT BENTON - - - - - From its establishment in 1846 until the turn-of-the-century, Fort Benton's primacy in the history of the northern plains is unequaled. Called the "Birthplace of Montana," Fort Benton is the oldest continuously occupied white settlement in Mon...

The story of an infamous lady gambler and four men named John who all lived during the 1860-1870 period in Fort Benton, Montana.