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98 unusual facts about Montana


Aaron Y. Ross

That same year, between Fort Benton and Sun River, Montana his stage was accosted by 25 Native Americans, whom he repulsed in a running battle, killing five.

Adam Carrington

In Billings, Montana, an elderly woman named Kate Torrance watches former spouses Blake Carrington and Alexis Carrington make a televised plea for the return of their kidnapped infant grandson L.B. Colby.

Alberton School

Alberton School is a three-story brick school located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Anne Appleby

Anne Appleby currently splits her time between San Francisco and her home on the edge of a national forest in Jefferson City, Montana.

Arsenal ship

Some concept artwork of the Arsenal Ship was produced, some images bearing the number "72," possibly hinting at an intent to classify the arsenal ships as a battleship, since the last battleship ordered (but never built) was USS Louisiana (BB-71).

Arthur DeBoer

He was born to John and Lucy DeBoer in Gallatin County, Montana on July 2, 1917 and died on July 31, 2007 at the age of 90.

Bad Land: An American Romance

The utter disappointment and futility of such efforts are summed up in the failed Ismay/Joe, Montana Day, in which the town adopts the figure of the American football player, Joe Montana, in an attempt to boost its revenues.

Bearcreek, Montana

(A rail spur ran to the mines in and around Bearcreek from Belfry for extracting the coal. From Belfry, it could be taken north to Billings, Montana or south to Cody, Wyoming.)

At its peak, Bearcreek and the surrounding communities of Washoe, New Caledonia, Chickentown, Scotch Coulee, International, and Stringtown, had a population of about 3,000 people, most of whom worked in the coal mines.

Bellevue, Alberta

Ausby Auloff was captured in 1924 near Butte, Montana after trying to sell a distinctive railway watch.

Bestwick's Market

Bestwick's Market is a wood-framed false-fronted commercial building located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Big Hole River

The river is a Class I water from the Fishtrap fishing access site downstream from Wisdom to its confluence with the Jefferson River.

In the early 1960s, the US Bureau of Reclamation proposed building the Reichle Dam near the town of Glen along the Big Hole River.

Bitterroot River

It runs for about 75 miles (121 km) south-to-north through the Bitterroot Valley, from the confluence of its West and East forks near Conner to the Clark Fork near Missoula.

Blackfoot language

Radio station KBWG in Browning, Montana, broadcasts a one hour show for Blackfoot language learners four times a week.

Bob Marshall Wilderness

From the east, the Bob Marshall Wilderness is accessible from Augusta, Choteau and Dupuyer.

Boulder, Montana

Named for the many large boulders in the vicinity, the town of Boulder Valley was established in the early 1860s as a stagecoach station on the route between Fort Benton and Virginia City.

Bridger, Montana

It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Casey FitzSimmons

FitzSimmons attended Chester High School in Chester, Montana and was an All-Conference, and an All-State honoree.

Cass Bauer-Bilodeau

A native of Hysham, Montana, she graduated in 1994 from Montana State University, where she played for their basketball team, nicknamed The Bobcats, and earned a degree in nursing.

Castle Thorn Software

Castle Thorn Software was a small, independent computer game developer located in Hamilton, Montana, USA.

City Of

Missoula: Tina tells Angel a lot about herself by mentioning she hails from the second-largest city in Montana.

Copper Kings

He became a hero in Helena, Montana, by campaigning for its election as the state capital instead of Anaconda.

Crying in the Rain

The video was filmed entirely with a specific technique of mobile cameras and was filmed in Big Timber, Montana.

Dar Heatherington

On May 3, 2003, Heatherington first made Canadian and international headlines when she disappeared from a conference in Great Falls, Montana.

Dave's Picks Volume 9

It contains the complete concert from May 14, 1974, at the Harry Adams Field House in Missoula, Montana.

David Kaczynski

On April 3, 1996, police arrested Ted Kaczynski in his rural shack in Lincoln, Montana.

Djamel Mesbah

In May 2010, Mesbah was called up for the first time to the Algeria national football team by Rabah Saâdane for a two-week training camp in Crans-Montana, Switzerland in preparation for the 2010 World Cup.

Dupuyer Creek

It rises in the Lewis and Clark National Forest at the continental divide in northwestern Teton County and flows northwest down from the mountains, past Dupuyer, and joins Birch Creek in Pondera County 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Valier.

East Helena, Montana

East Helena is a town in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, about five miles east of downtown Helena.

Edith Guerrier

The trip started in D.C. and sent Guerrier to cities such as Columbus, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California and Missoula, Montana.

Édouard Cortès

On November 30, 2000, four paintings by Cortès were recovered in Kalispell, Montana, following an eight-month investigation conducted by the FBI's San Francisco Division.

Emigrant Peak

is a prominent mountain peak on the western edge of the Absaroka Range near Emigrant, Montana.

Flathead River

After the dam the river turns south and meanders through the Flathead Valley west of the Mission Mountains, and at Dixon it is joined by the small Jocko River.

Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment

The Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE), based in Bozeman, Montana, is an American think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism.

Frank E. Midkiff

He then worked at the Kimberly Gold Mines, Jardine, Montana before taking a position as instructor of English and coach for baseball and football at Peddie Institute, Hightstown, New Jersey.

Frank H. Woody

After teaching for several years he began moving westward in 1852 before eventually settling in what was then called Flathead county (today's Ravalli and Missoula Counties in Washington Territory where he was paid to drive supplies for trade with the native populations.

In 1866 Woody was appointed to serve as Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County and also acted as Probate Judge as well as post master and finally Deputy Clerk of the Second Judicial District Court of Missoula.

Gallatin River

It flows northwest through Gallatin National Forest, past Big Sky, Montana, and joins the Jefferson and Madison approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Bozeman.

Geoffrey Gamble

The university applied for a trademark on the name, and Gamble worked to establish and enlarge the Big Sky Institute in Big Sky, Montana (an interdisciplinary research and public outreach institute).

Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad

Constructed in 1909 and 1910 between the towns of Armstead, Montana and Salmon, Idaho, the G&P served mining and agricultural areas in Lemhi County, Idaho and Beaverhead County, Montana.

Glacier National Park Fund

The Glacier National Park Fund (established in 1999), is an organization whose main goal is to raise money to support the demands of the Glacier National Park, located in West Glacier, Montana.

Glacier Park Company

Operating as a concessionaire of the National Park Service, the company operated from a summer base in East Glacier Park, Montana, near the company's flagship Glacier Park Hotel; winter headquarters were in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Great Falls Central High School

Great Falls Central Catholic High School, a Catholic parochial high school in Great Falls, Montana, which opened in fall 2001 and moved into its own building in fall 2007.

Howard Freeman

Freeman was born in Helena, Montana, and began working as a stage actor in his 20's.

Jack Walrath

Walrath began playing the trumpet at the age of nine in 1955 while living in the small town of Edgar, Montana.

Johan Nygaardsvold

He took jobs in British Columbia in Canada, and Kalispell, Montana, and Spokane, Washington in USA before returning to Norway in 1907, having followed a career as an Industrial Workers of the World agitator.

Joliet, Montana

Fire Hall (Joliet, Montana) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Montana

Julian Whiting

His father, who had the same name as his, was an agent for the Great Northern Railway in Wolf Creek, Montana.

Karl Ohs

In 1969, Ohs left his studies in agricultural economics at Montana State University to help the family move to a new ranch in Pony, Montana in a Tobacco Root Mountain valley outside Harrison in Madison County.

Kelly Dixon

Dixon is currently developing student-oriented multidisciplinary archaeological research at the mining ghost town of Coloma, Montana.

KIBG

Licensed to Bigfork, Montana, USA, the station serves the Kalispell-Flathead Valley area.

KJCQ

KJCQ-LP, a low-power television station (channel 41) licensed to serve Helena, Montana, United States

KOFK

KOFK-LP, a low-power radio station (98.3 FM) licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States

KTVH-DT

The station expanded its reach when the four translator television stations serving Phillips County in northern Montana became repeaters for KBAO.

Lane Chandler

He was born as Robert Chandler Oakes on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse rancher.

Lemhi County, Idaho

The county's eastern border with Beaverhead County, Montana, is the continental divide.

Lolo National Forest

Savenac Historic Tree Nursery - Located near Haugan, former USDA Forest Service nursery designated a National Historic Site

Louis Jolliet

Louis' main legacy is most tangible in the Midwestern United States and Quebec, mostly through geographical names, including the cities of Joliet, Illinois; Joliet, Montana; and Joliette, Quebec (founded by one of Jolliet's descendants, Barthélemy Joliette).

Madame Moustache

Moving from place to place, she was reported to work in Bodie, California; Deadwood, South Dakota; Fort Benton, Montana; Pioche, Nevada; Tombstone, Arizona; and San Francisco, California, among other places.

Mary Dohey

When the aircraft was diverted and landed in Great Falls, Montana, she was able to persuade the hijacker to allow all the passengers and part of the crew, including herself, to disembark.

Maximilian Harden

Harden abandoned the publishing of Die Zukunft and in 1923 retired to Montana, Switzerland where he died four years later.

Michael Witney

Witney married Donna (JoJo) Collette Bailey in 1956 in Helena, Montana.

Molt, Montana

The Great Northern Railroad had a stop in molt en route to Rapelje and Hesper.

Montana Central Railway

Hill's close friend and business associate, Paris Gibson, had founded the town of Great Falls on the Great Falls of the Missouri River in 1883, and was promoting it as a site for the development of cheap hydroelectricity and heavy industry.

National Bison Range Complex

The National Bison Range is located approximately one hour north of Missoula, Montana and directional signs from U.S. Highway 93 guide visitors to Moiese, Montana, and the complex headquarters.

Nevada City, Montana

Nevada City was one of the two major centers of Commerce in what was known as one of the "Richest Gold Strikes in the Rocky Mountain West", it shared that role with its sister city Virginia City.

Norman Holter

Born in Helena, Montana, Holter graduated from Carroll College in 1931 and then continued his studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, graduating from there with a master's degree in chemistry in 1937.

Peter Joseph Hurth

Bishop Hurth even felt healthy enough in 1927 to travel to Helena, Montana, and San Antonio, Texas.

Philip Winchester

Winchester's acting career started with a small role in the 1998 film The Patriot, which was filmed in and around the towns of Bozeman and Ennis, Montana.

Pierre Chouteau, Jr.

In 1847 Pierre and his brother Auguste established Fort Benton in present-day Chouteau County, Montana as the last fur trading post on the Upper Missouri River.

Porsche 910

The Porsche 910 was entered in mid 1966, starting with the 1966 European Hill Climb Championship from Sierre to Crans-Montana in Switzerland.

Quietus, Montana

Quietus was established as a post office in 1907 to service homesteaders and ranchers living in the valleys of the Otter and Quietus Creeks.

Raymond Strother

The Strothers now reside in Bozeman, Montana, and have a home on the Big Hole River near the unincorporated community of Wise River in Beaverhead County near Dillon, Montana.

Robert J. Bulkley

Bulkley was married February 17, 1909 to Katherine Pope of Helena, Montana.

Robin Selvig

Robin Selvig (born August 21, 1952 in Outlook, Montana) is an American women's college basketball coach.

Rudolf Luneburg

Rudolf Karl Lüneburg (30 March 1903, Volkersheim (Bockenem) - 19 August 1949, Great Falls, Montana), after his emigration at first Lueneburg, later Luneburg, falsified Luneberg) was a professor of mathematics and optics at the Dartmouth College Eye Institute.

Russell Country Federal Credit Union

Individuals living, working, or attending school in the following Montana counties are eligible for Russell county FCU membership: Cascade County, Montana, Teton County, Montana, Chouteau County, Montana.

Salix geyeriana

Hybrids with S. bebbiana are known from Montana (collected from Beaverhead County); those with S. pedicellaris are known from Washington; and those with S. irrorata and S. ligulifolia are known from Arizona.

Scobey, Montana

The city was named by local rancher Mansfield Daniels, after whom Daniels County is named, for his friend Major Charles Richardson Anderson Scobey, a cattleman from the Glendive area who served as a Montana Territory legislator and an Indian agent at Fort Peck and Poplar.

Seppala Siberian Sleddog

The International Seppala Siberian Sleddog Club, Seeley Lake, Montana: Privately published.

Shinney

Jeremy Red Eagle of Helena introduces some of the level 1 participants to shinney and double ball, which he describes as “another way of fighting without fighting.”

South Fork Flathead River

After it leaves the dam, the river enters a narrow gorge and, exiting the canyon for the final time, runs northwest past the town of Hungry Horse, then joins the Flathead River, just a few miles below its headwaters at the North Fork and Middle Forks' convergence.

St Marie

St. Marie, Montana, a census-designated place in Valley County, United States.

Sun River

It flows E, SE, and E away from the mountains, past Simms, Sun River, and Vaughn and joins the Missouri at Great Falls.

Sweet Grass Creek

It flows northeast, into Sweet Grass County, then southeast, past Melville, and south, joining the Yellowstone 2 mi (3 km) northwest of Greycliff.

The Evidence of the Film

The only known copy of this film was rediscovered in 1999 on the floor of the projection booth in a Superior, Montana movie theater.

Theodore M. Brantley

After practicing law for several years, Brantly became a professor of Ancient Languages, first at Illinois College and then at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge.

Thomas J. Walsh

Moving to Helena, Montana in 1890 Walsh worked on injury cases involving railroad accidents and on copper litigation.

Timken 1111

With a dynamometer car in tow, the Northern Pacific was able to drive the locomotive as fast as a sustained 88 mph (142 km/h) while pulling the North Coast Limited passenger train past Willow Creek, Montana.

Trout Creek

Trout Creek, Montana, a census-designated place in the U.S. state of Montana

Two Medicine Formation

Egg Mountain was discovered in 1977 by Marion Brandvold, owner of the Trex Agate Rock Shop in Bynum, Montana, who discovered the bones of juvenile dinosaurs at this site.

Walter A. Coslet

After taking the State Merit Test he moved to Helena, Montana for his first real job as a clerk in the Department of Labor in 1944.

Walter Allen Coslet (born in Lewistown, Montana on October 31, 1922, died in Helena, Montana on November 29, 1996) was a well known science fiction fan, collector, and fanzine publisher as well as a charter member of the International Society of Bible Collectors, writing many articles for the society's publications.

West Glacier

West Glacier, Montana, a small unincorporated community in eastern Flathead County, Montana, United States.

White Haven

White Haven, Montana, a census-designated place in Montana, United States

Wise River

It flows NNW through the mountains and joins the Big Hole near the town of Wise River.

X-files unit

It contained information about a series of murders that occurred in Northwest America during World War II, seven of which took place in Browning, Montana.


1888 in the United States

January 12 – "Schoolhouse Blizzard": Blizzards hit Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of whom are children on their way home from school.

2011 Missouri River Flood

All six major dams along the Missouri River released record amounts of water to prevent overflow which led to flooding threatening several towns and cities along the river from Montana to Missouri; in particular Bismarck, North Dakota; Pierre, South Dakota; Dakota Dunes, South Dakota; South Sioux City, Nebraska, Sioux City, Iowa; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; Jefferson City, Missouri, as well as putting countless smaller towns at risk.

Adam Smith University

John Bear states that Adam Smith University has been located in Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, and South Dakota in the past.

Apgar

Apgar Village, a small village in Glacier National Park near West Glacier, Montana

Bearcreek, Montana

In addition, Bearcreek plays host every autumn to Montana Falconer Symposium, the state's largest gathering of falcon trainers and birds of prey enthusiasts.

Blackwater fire of 1937

Consequently, by 1939 the first stages of the parachuting smokejumper program were initiated at Winthrop, Washington, and at two locations in Montana.

Broadwater County, Montana

The county was named for Charles Arthur Broadwater, a noted Montana railroad, real estate, and banking magnate.

CASA 2.111

The aircraft was attempting a landing at the Cheyenne Municipal Airport, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, while en route from Midland, Texas to an air show in Missoula, Montana.

Claude Montana

He started his own company The House of Montana in 1979, and quickly became a darling of 1980s high fashion along with Thierry Mugler, who also favored aggressive shapes and strong colours.

Conrad, Montana

LeRoy H. Anderson, United States Congressman from Montana, resided here.

Daniell Revenaugh

In 1973 Revenaugh became the first General Director of the Institute For Advanced Music Study in Crans-Montana, Switzerland; a full scholarship international programme with faculty that included Zino Francescatti, Gregor Piatigorsky, Ib Lanzky-Otto and Rudolf Kempe.

Dawson Airport

Dawson Community Airport (IATA: GDV) near Glendive, Dawson County, Montana, United States

Donald W. Molloy

He was a law clerk to Judge James Franklin Battin, U.S. District Court, District of Montana from 1976 to 1978.

El Trece

In the 1990s, achieved great ratings, thanks to political comedy programs Tato Bores, programs of cultural and La Aventura del Hombre, fictions La Banda del Golden Rocket, Montaña Rusa Gasoleros and the series Campeones de la vida and Poliladron.

Girls' Night Out

Girls' Night Out, a song by Miley Cyrus from the album Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus

Halsbrücker Esse

With a height of 140m it was the highest smokestack in the world at its completion and it remains the tallest brick building in Europe (the Anaconda Smelter Stack in Montana is higher) and is a technical and industrial historical monument.

Harley Frank

On September 26, 1996 Frank shipped half a truckload of Barley, that had been grown on his Reserve, in a native owned truck, to a buyer in the nearby Blackfoot Reservation in Montana.

Hibernian Hall

Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall, Anaconda, Montana, also known as Hibernian Hall

History of wolves in Yellowstone

Environmental groups objected to the delisting and the hunting seasons, but despite legal attempts to stop them (Defenders of Wildlife et al v Ken Salazar et al), the wolf hunts, which commenced in Montana in September 2009 were allowed to proceed.

Kantner

Seth Kantner, writer who has attended the University of Alaska and studied journalism at the University of Montana

KBEV

KBEV-FM, a radio station (92.5 FM) licensed to Dillon, Montana, United States

KBLL

KBLL-FM, a radio station (99.5 FM) licensed to Helena, Montana, United States

KMMS

KMMS-FM, a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to Bozeman, Montana, United States

KQDI

KQDI-FM, a radio station (106.1 FM) licensed to Highwood, Montana, United States

KWYB

On September 30, 2013, the Cowles Publishing Company acquired Max Media's Montana television station cluster (KWYB, fellow ABC affiliates KFBB-TV/Great Falls, KHBB-LD/Helena and KTMF/Missoula and NBC affiliate KULR-TV/Helena) for $18 million.

Little Bighorn

Little Bighorn River, (previously called Little Big Horn River) a tributary of the Bighorn River in Wyoming and Montana

Little Big Horn College, two-year tribal college of the Crow Nation in Crow Agency, Montana

Media in Missoula, Montana

In 1900, Hammond began selling stock in the Missoulian to political rival Joseph M. Dixon who would later become a US Congressman, US Congressman, and the state of Montana's seventh governor.

Megophrys montana

Records of Megophrys montana outside this range (from Thailand southeast to Sumatra, Natuna Islands, Borneo, and the Philippines) apply to related named and unnamed species.

Missoulian

In 1900, Hammond began selling stock in the Missoulian to political rival Joseph M. Dixon who would later become a US Congressman, US Senator, and the state of Montana's seventh governor.

Montana Air National Guard

As state militia units, the units in the Montana Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command.

NFL '95

It is the last Sega football game to feature Joe Montana, as its sequel, Prime Time NFL Football starred Deion Sanders.

Nicholas Sheran

After his service in the American Civil War, Sheran followed a fellow soldier (Joseph Healy, a member of the Kainai Nation who was adopted by the Healy family) to Montana where he worked as a prospecter and trader.

Patrick Williams

John Patrick Williams (born 1937), Member of the US House of Representatives from Montana, 1979-1997, generally known as Pat Williams

Ravna

Ravna, Montana Province - a village in Chiprovtsi municipality, Montana Province

Ruby, Arizona

It was founded as a mining town in Bear Valley, originally named Montana Camp, so named because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak.

Sam C. Ford

Ford died in Helena on November 25, 1961, and he is interred at Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana USA.

Santa Monica neighborhoods

San Vicente Boulevard is the northernmost major street in Santa Monica.The streets North of San Vicente are generally considered a subsection of the North of Montana neighborhood, but distinguished because of La Mesa Drive.

Scarface: The World Is Yours

The game begins in the film's final scene, with the mansion of Tony Montana (voiced by André Sogliuzzo) being raided by assassins sent by Alejandro Sosa (Robert Davi).

Syenite

Syenite is not a common rock, some of the more important occurrences being in New England, Arkansas, Montana, New York (syenite gneisses), Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Malawi (Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve) and Romania (Ditrău).

Thomas Walsh

Thomas J. Walsh (1859–1933), American lawyer and US Senator from Montana

Timothy Fox

Timothy C. Fox (born 1957), American lawyer, Attorney General of Montana

Travelers Rest, South Carolina

There was a bizarre development in 2007 when a woman named Esther Elizabeth Reed (originally from Montana) apparently stole Henson's identity to register at Columbia University in New York City.

UGF

University of Great Falls, a private Catholic university located in Great Falls, Montana, U.S.A.

United States presidential election in Montana, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States Senate election in Montana, 2008

Montana generally gives its presidential electors to Republican candidates, but historically has elected several prominent Democrats to the United States Senate, including Thomas Walsh, Burton K. Wheeler, Mike Mansfield, and Lee Metcalf.

Xu Guangchun

He has been chosen to host high-level foreign delegations, including an August, 2009 visit to Zhengzhou by seven lieutenant governors from Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota and Puerto Rico.