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unusual facts about Plains, Montana


KWHP

KWHP-LP, a low-power radio station (104.5 FM) licensed to Plains, Montana, United States


1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic

The 1837 Great Plains smallpox epidemic was believed to have begun in the spring of 1837 when a deckhand became ill aboard an American Fur Company steamboat, the S.S. St. Peter.

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.

Alexander Lesser

Besides his contribution to Plains ethnography, Lesser is well known for his documentation of the Kitsai language.

Apgar

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

Bantu peoples in South Africa

As the southern groups of Bantu speakers migrated southwards two main groups emerged, the Nguni (Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, Swazi), who occupied the eastern coastal plains, and the Sotho–Tswana who lived on the interior plateau.

Battle of Pease River

The site was long a favorite of the Comanche, providing both cover from the fierce blue northers that hit the plains, and ample forage for their ponies, with easy buffalo hunting from the nearby herds.

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.

Bon Bon Reserve

Threatened animal species either known or thought likely to be present on Bon Bon include Plains-wanderer, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, Chestnut-breasted Whiteface, Thick-billed Grasswren and Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.

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.

Cat Creek, Montana

The vegetation of the Cat Creek area is diverse with the plains areas featuring a sparse growth of buffalo grass, black sage and greasewood while on the northern bluffs, bull pine grow.

Cephus cinctus

It is known as a chronic pest in Northern Great Plains of the USA and also an important pest of wheat in the Canadian Prairies.

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.

Dawson Airport

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

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.

Dobarsko

Many of the locals were merchants who bought cotton from Northern Greece and sold it in Central Europe and grazed large herds of cattle in the mountains and the plains around Drama and Serres.

Donald W. Molloy

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

Donna M. Jones

She spent her early childhood at Rago, Colorado, which is located on the northeastern plains of the state about 20 miles outside of Akron, Colorado.

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.

Elliot Mazer

From 1989 to 2005 Mazer served as Senior Vice President of New Business Development for Radio Computing Services, Inc (RCS) in White Plains, New York.

ENC

Eastern North Carolina, the eastern third, the coastal plains, of the state of North Carolina

Fourth of July on the Plains

Fourth of July on the Plains is the debut album by Lawrence, Kansas-based band, Fourth of July.

Girls' Night Out

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

Grampians National Park

The Brambuk National Park and Cultural Centre in Halls Gap is owned and managed by Jardwadjali and Djab Wurrung people from five Aboriginal communities with historic links to the Gariwerd-Grampians ranges and the surrounding plains.

Greikoc

In the northeast and east, it is surrounded by the Šar Mountains (shqip: malet e sharrit), while in the west part, it extends all the way down to the plains.

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

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

As President Carter lives in Plains, the area surrounding the residence is under the protection of the United States Secret Service and is not open to the public.

Kalicharan Brahma

He joined a new religion called Brahmo Dharma / Brahmoism Adi Brahmo Samaj faction in Calcutta around 1906, and he is reverentially called Gurudev or Guru Brahma by Bodo people of lower plains of Assam along holy Brahmaputra river.

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

Maureen Muggeridge

In 1979, Maureen married Towie's son John, she became pregnant and she discovered diamond samples in the flood plains surrounding Smoke Creek, a small stream in East Kimberley that drained into Lake Argyle.

Miss Texas USA 2005

At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Tyler Willis representing Central Plains was crowned by outgoing titleholder Stephanie Guerrero

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.

New York State Route 343

The highway helped General George Washington's troops during the American Revolutionary War and was also the main supply route to the hamlets of Payne's Corners (now Amenia), Washiac (now Wassaic) and Dover Plains.

New Zealand State Highway 77

The road emerges onto the plains but passes right underneath the towering Mount Hutt.

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

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.

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).

Studholme

Studholme is situated on the coastal plains of the Waihao River and Waimate Creek, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and Wainono Lagoon.

Temples of the Beqaa Valley

Thirdly a group in the area west of a line drawn along the ridge of Mount Lebanon that includes Makam Er-Rab, Sfire, Kasr Naous, Amyioun, Bziza, Batroun, Edde, Mashnaka, Yanuh, Afka, Kalaat Fakra, Kalaa, Sarba, Antoura, Deir el-Kalaa, Shheem and the coastal plains of Beirut, Byblos, Sidon, Tripoli, Lebanon and Tyre.

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.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf was an effective general and administrator, as evidenced by his ability to organize and maintain the loyalty of the hardened desert warriors and the territory of Abu Bakr, as well as his ability to expand the empire, crossing the Atlas Mountains onto the plains of Morocco, reaching the Mediterranean and capturing Fez in 1075, Tangier in 1079, Tlemcen in 1080, and Ceuta in 1083, as well as Algiers, Ténès and Oran in 1082-83.


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