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The Montana History Portal aims to provide open access to digital materials regarding historical and contemporary Montana. “These materials provide opportunities for education, genealogy research, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning.”. [1] MMP includes many historical materials such as books, maps, diaries, oral histories, art.
The Mountain West Digital Library (MWDL) is a centralized discovery portal for digital resources from libraries, archives, museums, government agencies, and historical societies in the Mountain West region of the United States. [1] MWDL aggregates metadata from these memory institutions and provides online access to their cultural heritage and ...
Home of Peace Cemetery (Helena, Montana) / 46.61472°N 112.05028°W / 46.61472; -112.05028. Home of Peace is a Jewish cemetery in Helena, Montana, founded in 1867 by the local Hebrew Benevolent Society (also referred to as the Hebrew Benevolent Association), which formed on December 9, 1866. [3] The Society formally purchased the land ...
Website. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the June 25 and 26, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn, near Crow Agency, Montana, in the United States. It also serves as a memorial to those who fought in the battle: George Armstrong Custer 's 7th Cavalry and a combined ...
Fort Missoula was established near Missoula, Montana as a permanent military post in 1877 in response to citizen concerns of conflict with local Native American tribes. In 1941 Fort Missoula was turned over to the "Department of Immigration and Naturalization" for use as an Alien Detention Center for non-military Italian men.
Montana Territory. Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. [19] After the discovery of gold in the region, Montana was designated as a United States territory ( Montana Territory) on May 26, 1864, and, with rapid population growth, as the 41st state on November 8, 1889.
Big Sandy is a town in Chouteau County, Montana, United States. The population was 605 at the 2020 census. The Lewis and Clark Trail, following U.S. Route 87, goes through Big Sandy. Big Sandy native Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam bassist, built the town a skatepark with his Montana Pool Service non-profit organization in 2010.
Glendive is home to Dawson Community College, a 2-year college formed in 1940 to meet the educational needs of eastern Montana. The college offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees as well as certificate programs. Dawson Community College is an open-access college.