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1839 MONTANA 1939

Updated January 30, 2010 - 185 TOPICS

 

 
1839

50 YEARS BEFORE MONTANA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1841
  1. Jesuit missionary Father Pierre Desmet, established St. Mary's Mission in Stevensville, Montana.
1846
  1. The northwestern part of Montana was gained by treaty with Britain.
1847
  1. The American Fur Company built Fort Benton on the Missouri River in Montana.
  2. Fort Lewis (later Fort Benton) founded on the Missouri River in Chouteau County, Montana. Coordinates 47°49'N-110°40'W.
1850
  1. Fort Lewis, renamed Fort Benton, in Chouteau County, Montana.
1851
  1. Blackfeet native American nation/land (reservation) established in northwestern Montana, near the Canadian border and Glacier National Park
  2. Crow native American nation/land (reservation) established in southcentral Montana, near the Wyoming border.
1854
  1. St. Ignatius Mission established and built in Montana, by native Americans under the direction of Catholic missionaries.
  2. May 30, Montana became part of Nebraska Territory.
1855
  1. Flathead native American nation/land (reservation) established in northwestern Montana, home of the Kootenai, Pend d'Oreille and Salish tribes.
1861
  1. March 2, Montana became part of Dakota Territory.

APRIL - BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR

1862
Civil War period

  1. July 28, Prospectors found gold in Grasshopper Creek, Montana.

 
1863

Civil War period

  1. March 4, Montana became part of Idaho Territory.
  2. May 26, gold discovery by prospectors in Alder Gulch, Madison County, resulted in the 'birth' of Virginia City, and the scene of Montana's greatest placer gold rush.
  3. December 21, due to lack of a formel government, Alder Guch area residents took the law in their own hands and decided to hang suspected murderer George Ives, in nearby Nevada City, Montana.
1864

Civil War period

  1. Alder Gulch in Montana, named Alder Mining District.
  2. Beaverhead County established in Montana, seat Dillon.
  3. Bozeman settled by John M. Bozeman in the southern end of the Gallatin Valley in Gallatin County, Montana. Coordinates : 45°41'N-111°02'W, incorporated as a village. Bozeman Today : Attractions & Recreation : Bridger Canyon, Gallatin National Forest.
  4. Deer Lodge County established in Montana, seat Anaconda.
  5. Gallatin County established in Montana, seat Bozeman.
  6. Jefferson County established in Montana, seat Boulder.
  7. Gold deposits discovered in Last Chance Gulch in Montana, by the 'Four Georgians' the group decided the valley was their last chance, before to return home, and they hit it big.
  8. Lewis and Clark County established in Montana, seat Helena.
  9. Madison County established in Montana, seat Virginia City.
  10. Missoula County established in Montana, seat Missoula.
  11. Montana's seal originated, when the state was still a territory. Depicting mountain scenery, Great Falls of the Missouri River, plow, miner's pic, shovel and motto in Spanish 'Oro el Plata'.
  12. Stevensville in Montana authorized by President Lincoln and named after General Isaac Ingle Stevens.
  13. Bannack, in Beaverhead County, appointed Montana's first Territorial capital.
  14. Gold-mining town Virginia City, first incorporated town in Montana.
  15. January, 21 men were hanged including outlaw sheriff Henry Plummer, by Bannack and Virginia City vigilantes in Montana.
  16. May 26, Montana part of Idaho Territory, became an independent Territory, thanks to territorial chief justice, Sidney Edgerton who convinced Congress.
  17. May 26, Montana became Montana Territory.
  18. May 26, Sidney Edgerton, a Idaho official and initiator of Montana Territory, served as first governor of Montana Territory (1864-1865).
  19. October 30, Helena, founded near the Missouri River in Prickley Pear Valley, in Clark and Lewis Counties, Montana. Coordinates 46°36'N-112°01W'. Attractions & Recreation : Brewery Theatre, Mount Ascension, Mount Helena.
1865
  1. Chouteau County established in Montana, seat Fort Benton.
  2. Custer County established in Montana, seat Miles City.
  3. Dawson County established in Montana, seat Glendive.
  4. Fort Benton, appointed seat of Chouteau County in Montana.
  5. Montana Historical Society founded.
  6. Montana's seal approved. 
  7. Thomas Francis Meagher, appointed acting governor of Montana (1865-1866).

MAY - ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR

1866
  1. Green Clay Smith, appointed governor of Montana (1866-1868).
1867
  1. Bozeman, appointed seat of Gallatin County in Montana.
  2. Cheyenne and some Arapaho Native Americans fought against Colonel George Armstrong Custer at Little Bighorn in Montana.
  3. Fort Shaw (first Camp Reynolds), built by the 13th U.S. Infantry on the Sun River in Cascade County, Montana.
  4. Helena, appointed seat of Clark and Lewis County in Montana.
  5. Meagher County established in Montana, seat White Sulphur Springs.
1868
  1. The Crow native Americans, accepted a reservation from former tribal lands in Montana.
  2. James Tufts, appointed acting governor of Montana (186-1869).
1869
  1. Introduction of sheep, made Dillon in Beaverhead County, Montana's wool shipping point.
  2. James Mitchell Ashley, appointed governor of Montana.
  3. Wiley Schribner, appointed acting governor of Montana (1869-1870).
1870
  1. Montana population, 20,595 residents.
  2. Benjamin Franklin Potts, appointed governor of Montana 1870-1883).
1872
  1. Salish-speaking Flathead Native Americans reside mainly on land at Flathead Lake in Montana.
1874
  1. Bozeman, incorporated as a town in Gallatin County, Montana.
1875
  1. Helena in Clark and Lewis counties, became capital of Montana Territory
1876
  1. Visible coal deposits in southern Montana, noted by a military expedition.

  2. June 25, as a result of disregarding the Treaty of Fort Laramie by thousands of gold seeking miners in Montana's Sioux nation/land (reservation), about 6.000 Arapaho, Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux Native Americans, wiped out an entire detachment of U.S. cavalrymen, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer (who disobeyed orders), winning their last major victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn, known as the Custer Massacre.
  3. June 25, General George Armstrong Custer, died during the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana.
1877
  1. August 7, 'Nez Perce Trail' after the Battle of Clearwater, the Nez Perce under leadership of Chief Looking Glass, entered Montana, crossing the Bitterroot Range at Lolo Pass, stopping at Big Hole to set up their tipis.
  2. August 8, 'Nez Perce Trail' after a surprise attack by Colonel John Gibbon's 7th US Infantry, at Big Hole in Montana, and big losses the Nez Perce headed to Soshone County.
1879
  1. Havre, founded in Hill County, Montana. Named for Le Havre in France Coordinates 48°33'N-109°41'W. Attractions & Recreation : Fresno Dam and Reservoir.
1880
  1. Montana population, 39,159 residents.
  2. The Utah and Northern Railroad reached Dillon, seat of Beaverhead County in Montana.
  3. June 11, Jeannette Rankin, born in Missoula, Montana. First woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
1881
  1. Glendive on the Yellowstone River, founded. Seat of Dawson County in Montana. Coordinates 47°06'n6104°43'W. Attractions & Recreation : Frontier Gateway Museum, Makoshika State Park.
  2. Helena, incorporated in Clark and Lewis County, Montana.
  3. Silver Bow County established in Montana, seat Butte.
1882
  1. Billings, established by the Northern Pacific Railway, on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone County, Montana. Coordinates : 45°47'N-108°29'W. Billings Today : Attractions & Recreation : Custer National Forest, Ghost Cave, Grasshopper Glacier, Pictograph Cave.
1883
  1. Anaconda, originally Copperopolis, laid out by Marcus Daly founder of the copper industry in Montana. Seat of Deer Lodge County in Montana. Coordinates 46°08'N-112°57'W. Anaconda Today : Attractions & Recreation : Deer Lodge National Forest, Georgetown Lake.

  2. Billings, appointed seat of Yellowstone County, Montana.
  3. Bozeman, incorporated as a city in Gallatin County, Montana.
  4. John Schuyler Crosby, appointed governor of Montana (1883-1884).
  5. Fort Benton, incorporated in Chouteau County, Montana.
1884
  1. Northern Cheyenne native American nation/land (reservation) established in southeastern Montana.

  2. Marcus Daly built a copper smelter nearby Warm Springs Creek in Anaconda, Deer Lodge County, Montana.
  3. Benjamin Platt Carpenter, appointed governor of Montana (1884-1885).
1885
  1. Billings, incorporated in Yellowstone County, Montana.
  2. Fergus County established in Montana, seat Lewistown.
  3. Samuel Thomas Hauser, appointed governor of Montana (1885-February 1887).
1887
  1. Cascade County established in Montana, seat Great Falls.
  2. Great Falls, appointed seat of Cascade County in Montana. Coordinates 47°30'N-111°17'W. Attractions & Recreation : Lewis and Clark National Forest.
  3. The Great Northern Railway, arrived in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.
  4. Upon arrival of the Great Northern Railway, Havre townsite relocated along Bull Hook Creek in Hill County, Montana.
  5. Park County established in Montana, seat Livingston.
  6. Saint Paul's Mission established by the Bureau of Catholic Missions in Montana.
  7. February, Preston Hopkins Leslie, appointed governor of Montana (1887-March 1889).
1888
  1. Fort Belknap native American nation/land (reservation) established in northcentral Montana, home of the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes.
  2. Fort Peck native American nation/land (reservation) established in northeastern Montana, home of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes.
  3. Entrepreneur William Chessman built a three-story Queen Anne-style mansion in Helena, Montana.
  4. Great Falls, incorporated in Cascade County, Montana.
1889
  1. March, Benjamin Franklin White, appointed governor of Montana (1889-November 1889).
  2. November 8, Montana MT, 41st state admitted to the Union
    Montana Today : Capital Helena. Area 147,046 sq.mi. (56.775km²), 26th largest state, known as 'Big Sky Country' nickname 'Treasure State' motto ' Oro y Plata'. Counties 56 : Beaverhead, Big Horn, Blaine, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Gallatin, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Granite, Hill, Jefferson, Judith Basin, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Mineral, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, Yellowstone. Attractions & Recreation; Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, Agassiz Wilderness, Agua Tibia Wilderness, Aldo Leoplod Wilderness, Aleutian Islands Wilderness, Alexander Springs Wilderness, Allegheny Islands Wilderness, Almena Diversion Dam, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Alta Toquima Wilderness, Anaconda Pintler Wilderness, Andreafsky Wilderness, Anita Reservoir, Ansel Adams Wilderness, Apache Creek Wilderness, Apache Kid Wilderness, Arc Dome Wilderness, Argus Range Wilderness, Arrastra Mountain Wilderness, Arrow Canyon Wilderness, Ashdown Gorge Wilderness, Aubrey Peak Wilderness, Baboquivari Peak Wilderness, Badger Creek Wilderness, Badlands Wilderness, Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park,
  3. November 8, Joseph Kemps Toole, elected governor of Montana (1889-January 1, 1893).
1890
  1. Montana population, 142,924 residents.
  2. First post office established in Dell, Montana.
1892
  1. Havre incorporated as town in Hill County, Montana.
1893
  1. Flathead County established in Montana, seat Kalispell.
  2. Granite County established in Montana, seat Philipsburg.
  3. Montana's state seal adopted by the Legislature.
  4. Montana State Univerisity, founded in Bozeman, Montana.
  5. Revalli County established in Montana, seat Hamilton.
  6. Teton County established in Montana, seat Choteau.
  7. Valley County established in Montana, seat Glasgow.
  8. Yellowstone County established in Montana, seat Billings.
  9. January 2, John Ezra Rickards, elected governor of Montana (1893-January 3, 1897).
1894
  1. Helena in Clark and Lewis counties, became capital of the state of Montana.
1895
  1. Blaine County established in Montana, seat Chinook.
  2. Carbon County established in Montana, seat Red Lodge.
  3. Sweet Grass County established in Montana, seat Big Timber.
  4. Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology founded in Butte, Montana.
1897
  1. Broadwater County established in Montana, seat Townsend.
  2. January 4, Robert Burns Smith, elected governor of Montana (1897-January 7, 1901).
1899
  1. Montana State Capitol costructed in Helena, Clark and Lewis counties.
1900
  1. Montana population, 243,329 residents.
1901
  1. Powell County established in Montana, seat Deer Lodge.
  2. Rosebud County established in Montana, seat Forsyth.
  3. January 7, Joseph Kemps Toole, elected second-term governor of Montana (1901-April 1, 1908).
  4. May 7, Gary (Frank James) Cooper, born in Helena, Montana. Popular motion-picture actor, e.g. 'High Noon' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'
1902
  1. Glendive, incorporated as city in Dawson County, Montana.
1903
  1. Havre, incorporated as city in Hill County, Montana.
1906
  1. First post office established in Conner, Montana.
  2. Sanders County established in Montana, seat Thompson Falls.
1908
  1. April 1, Edwin Lee Norris, elected governor of Montana (1908-January 5, 1913).
1909
  1. First post office established in Cardwell, Montana.
  2. Lincoln County established in Montana, seat Libby.
  3. Roman Catholic Carroll College, established in Helena, Clark and Lewis counties, Montana.
1910
  1. Montana population, 376,053 residents.
  2. Glacier National Park, established in the Rocky Mountains in Montana.
1911
  1. Havre, appointed seat of Hill County in Montana.
  2. Musselshell County established in Montana, seat Roundup.
  3. Penn's Cabin constructed on the top of East Pryor Mountain in Montana. A temporary shelter for cowboys and railroad workers during severe weather.
  4. December 10, Chet Huntley born in Cardwell, Montana. Correspondent and television newscaster 'The Huntley-Brinkley Report' nightly news.
1912
  1. Hill County established in Montana, seat Havre.
1913
  1. Big Horn County established in Montana, seat Hardin.
  2. Fallon County established in Montana, seat Baker.
  3. Sheridan County establsihed in Montana, seat Plentywood.
  4. Stillwater County established in Montana, seat Columbus.
  5. The State of Montana acquired the William Chessman mansion in Helena, to serve as its first official governor's residence.
  6. The first 'recognized' flight in Billings, Montana, by Dr. Frank Bell, a local dentist, with a Curtiss 0-X-5 self-assembled aircraft.
  7. January 6, Samuel Vernon Stewart, elected governor of Montana (1913-January 2, 1921).
1914
  1. Mineral County established in Montana, seat Superior.
  2. Richland County established in Montana, seat Sidney.
  3. Toole County established in Montana, seat Shelby.
  4. Wibaux County established in Montana, seat Wibaux.
1915
  1. Phillips County established in Montana, seat Malta.
  2. Prairie County established in Montana, seat Terry.
1916
  1. Rocky Boy's native American nation/land (reservation) established in northcentral Montana near the Canadian border, home of the Chippewa-Cree tribe.
1917
  1. Carter County established in Montana, seat Ekalaka.
  2. Wheatland County established in Montana, seat Harlowton.
  3. 168 Miners died in a hardrock mine disaster in Butte, Montana.
1919
  1. Garfield County established in Montana, seat Jordan.
  2. Glacier County established in Montana, seat Cut Bank.
  3. McCone County established in Montana, seat Circle.
  4. Pondera County established in Montana, seat Conrad.
  5. Powder River County established in Montana, seat Broadus.
  6. Roosevelt County established in Montana, seat Wilf Point.
  7. Treasure County established in Montana, seat Hysham.
  8. May 5, the Anaconda Copper Company smelter stack completed in Anaconda, Montana. One of the tallest free standing brick structures in the world, 585 feet and 1.5 inches high.
1920
  1. Montana population, 548,889 residents.
  2. Daniels County established in Montana, seat Scobey.
  3. Golden Valley County established in Montana, seat Ryegate.
  4. Judith Basin County established in Montana, seat Stanford.
  5. Liberty County established in Montana, seat Chester.
1921
  1. Rancher Penn, filed a homestead claim on the lands surrounding 'Penn's Cabin' later the Montana government acquired the property.
  2. January 3, Joseph Moore Dixon, elected governor of Montana (1921-January 4, 1925).
1923
  1. Lake County established in Montana, seat Polson.
1925
  1. January 4, John Edward Erickson, elected governor of Montana (1925-March 13, 1933).
1926
  1. Petroleum County established in Montana, seat Winnett.
1927
  1. Eastern Montana College, established in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana.
1928
  1. May 29, Billings Municipal Airport in Montana, officially opened.
1929
  1. Northern Montana College, established in Havre, Hill County, Montana.
1930
  1. Montana population, 537,606 residents.
1932
  1. The Roman Catholic College of Great Falls, founded in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana.
1933
  1. Northwest Airlines started an air service to Billings, Montana.
  2. March 13, Frank Henry Cooney, elected governor of Montana (1933-December 15, 1935).
1934
  1. Inland Airlines began a passenger air service in Billings, Montana.
1935
  1. An earthquake damaged Helena in Clark and Lewis County, Montana.
  2. December 16, William Elmer Holt, elected governor of Montana (1935-January 4, 1937).
1936
  1. An earthquake damaged Helena in Clark and Lewis County, Montana.
1937
  1. An earthquake damaged Helena in Clark and Lewis County, Montana.
  2. January 4, Roy Elmer Ayres, elected governor of Montana (1937-January 6, 1941).
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1839-1939 HILL COUNTY Timeline 3 Topics
1879
  1. Havre, founded in Hill County, Montana. Named for Le Havre in France Coordinates 48°33'N-109°41'W. Attractions & Recreation : Fresno Dam and Reservoir.
1887
  1. Upon arrival of the Great Northern Railway, Havre townsite relocated along Bull Hook Creek in Hill County, Montana.
1892
  1. Havre incorporated as town in Hill County, Montana.
1939

50 YEARS AFTER MONTANA'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
SQ.MI.
MONTANA STATISTICS - COUNTY (LAND) AREA
5,542
14.354km² - MT Beaverhead
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