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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]
The State of Montana creates Carter County and Wheatland County. [11] 1916: August 25: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs An Act To establish a National Park Service, and for other purposes. [13] 1915: February 5: The State of Montana creates Phillips County and Prairie County. [11] 1914: August 17: The State of Montana creates Wibaux County ...
The nearby city of Anaconda was the dream child of industrialist Marcus Daly (1841–1900), whose Anaconda Copper Mining Company (ACM) by 1900 employed three-quarters of Montana's wage earners; it dominated the state's politics and press into the 1950s. The smelters in Anaconda process the copper mined in Butte.
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.
The Homestead Act of 1862 provided free land to settlers who could claim and "prove-up" 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of federal land in the Midwest and western United States. Montana did not see a large influx of immigrants from this act because 160 acres were usually insufficient to support a family in the arid territory. [44]
This is a timeline of pre-statehood Montana history comprising substantial events in the history of the area that would become the State of Montana prior to November 8, 1889. This area existed as Montana Territory from May 28, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Montana.
New York did not conduct a census in 1885 because its Governor David B. Hill refused to support the proposed census due to its extravagance and cost. [16] [17] Governor Hill objected to the idea of spending so much state money on a state census that was as extravagant as the 1880 U.S. Census. [16] [17]
An enlargeable map of the United States after the creation of the Territory of Montana on May 26, 1864. An enlargeable map of the United States after the admission of Montana to the Union on November 8, 1889. An enlargeable map of the United States as it has been since Hawaiʻi was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.