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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 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]
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 State of Montana creates Garfield County and Treasure County. [11] 1918: November 11: An armistice halts the Great War. 1917: April 6: The United States declares war on the German Empire and enters the Great War. February 22: The State of Montana creates Carter County and Wheatland County. [11] 1916: August 25
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.
Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. [65] no change to map: December 12, 1787 Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the Constitution. [66] December 18, 1787 New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution. [67] January 2, 1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the Constitution. [68]
Montana (/ m ɒ n ˈ t æ n ə / ⓘ mon-TAN-ə) [7] 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.