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The Blackfeet reservation today is located in northern Montana adjacent to Glacier National Park. Prior to the reservation era, the Blackfoot were fiercely independent and highly successful warriors whose territory stretched from the North Saskatchewan River along what is now Edmonton , Alberta in Canada, to the Yellowstone River of Montana ...
The name Montana comes from the Spanish word montaña, which in turn comes from the Latin word montanea, meaning "mountain" or more broadly "mountainous country". [10] [11] Montaña del Norte ('Northern Mountain') was the name given by early Spanish explorers to the entire mountainous region of the west. [11]
Historical territorial claims of Spain in the present State of Montana: Luisiana, 1764–1803 Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800; Historical territorial claims of France in the present State of Montana: Louisiane, 1803 Vente de la Louisiane of 1803; Historical international territory in the present State of Montana: Oregon Country, 1818–1846
Year Date Event 2009: March 30: U.S. President Barack Obama signs An Act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes, creating the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail.
The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, [1] until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.
Sula, Montana Founded: 1897 This tiny rural Montana town along the Bitterroot River had a population of 37 in 2010, so it's not a huge surprise that its one-room schoolhouse closed in 1936.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
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