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  2. History of Montana - Wikipedia

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    (The part of the Oregon Territory that became part of Montana had been split off as part of the Washington Territory.) The boundary between the Washington Territory and Dakota Territory was the Continental Divide (as shown on the 1861 map); however, the boundary between the Idaho Territory and the Montana Territory followed the Bitterroot Range ...

  3. List of North American settlements by year of foundation

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    Arrival of first settlers in Michigan's first inland settlement; recognized by the state legislature in 1837, and incorporated as a city in 1861. 1818: Medina: Ohio: United States: 1818: Columbia: Missouri: United States 1818 Jim Thorpe: Pennsylvania United States Formerly known as Mauch Chunk and burial place of Native American athlete Jim ...

  4. Timeline of pre-statehood Montana history - Wikipedia

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    September 24, 1841 – Jesuit priest Pierre Jean DeSmet, arrives in the Bitterroot Valley and establishes St. Mary's Mission, the first Euro-American settlement in what became Montana. [ 9 ] June 15, 1846 – The United Kingdom and the U.S. sign the Oregon Treaty establishing the 49th Parallel as the border between Canada and the U.S., as well ...

  5. Territorial evolution of Montana - Wikipedia

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    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 following chronology traces the territorial evolution of the U.S. State of Montana.

  6. Timeline of Montana history - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Montana - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. List of geographic portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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    North Kenova, Ohio (Kentucky, Ohio, (West) Virginia) [9]: 254 § Nosodak, North Dakota (North and South Dakota) platted, but never actually settled; town site now within Lake Oahe [7] § Nypenn, New York (New York and Pennsylvania) former station on the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad south of State Line in Chautauqua County [9]: 52

  9. Montana Territory - Wikipedia

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    The boundary between the Washington Territory and Dakota Territory was the Continental Divide (as shown on the 1861 map); however, the boundary between the Idaho Territory and the Montana Territory followed the Bitterroot Range north of 46°30′ north (as shown on the 1864 map). This change was due in part to Congress unifying the area with ...