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The History of Washington, Idaho and Montana (1845–1889) Vol XXXI. San Francisco, CA: The History Company. Fogarty, Kate Hammond (1916). The Story of Montana. New York: A. S. Barnes Company. Hamilton, James McClellan. From Wilderness to Statehood: A History of Montana, 1805–1900 Archived 2012-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (Bindfords & Mort ...
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.
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.
Montana (/ m ɒ n ˈ t æ n ə / ⓘ mon-TAN-ə) [6] is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.It borders Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north.
The 2020 United States Census enumerates the population of the State of Montana, later determined to be 1,084,225, an increase of 9.58% since the 2010 United States census. Montana remains the 44th most populous of the 50 U.S. states, but will gain a second Congressional seat. [3]
The Enabling Act of 1889 (25 Stat. 676, chs. 180, 276–284, enacted February 22, 1889) is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states: North Dakota and South Dakota.
The Vermont Republic, which included land claimed by New York and New Hampshire and, while unrecognized by the United States, was a de facto independent country, was admitted to the US as the 14th state, Vermont. [10] December 26, 1791. The Province of Quebec was divided into two parts, Lower Canada and Upper Canada.
There was not even an organized territory using "Montana" until the Montana Territory was created on May 26, 1864, three years after the Battle of Fort Sumter. In 1861, the area was divided between the Dakota Territory and the Washington Territory, and in 1863, it was part of the Idaho Territory.