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The Montana Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1864 and 1889. 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The territory was organized out of the existing Idaho Territory by Act of Congress and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 28, 1864. The areas east of the continental divide had been previously part of the Nebraska and Dakota territories and had been acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. Categories: US geography stubs | U.S. historical regions and territories | Idaho history | Montana history | Wyoming history ...
The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ...
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th (1861–1865) President of the United States, and the first president from the Republican Party. ...
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...
1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The Continental Divide as it passes through Yellowstone National Park (7988/2436m) The Continental Divide or Great Divide is a ridge of mountains in North America, which separates the watershed area of streams and rivers that flow west into the Pacific Ocean from those that flow east into the Arctic...
Nebraska Territory was a historic, organized territory of the United States from May 30, 1854 until March 1, 1867 when Nebraska became the 37th U.S. state. ...
Dakota Territory was the name of the northernmost part of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. ...
From Frank Bond, Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase. ...
The territory also included a portion of the Idaho Territory west of the continental divide and east of the Bitteroot Range, which had been acquired by the United States in the Oregon Treaty, and originally included in the Oregon Territory. The Bitterroot Range is a range of mountains along the Montana and United States. ...
The 1846 Oregon Treaty, formally titled Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains, established the border between the British and American sections of the Oregon Country. ...
The Oregon Territory is the name applied both to the unorganized Oregon Country claimed by both the United States and Britain, as well as to the organized U.S. territory formed from it that existed between 1848 and 1859. ...
The boundaries of the territory did not change during its existence. It was was admitted to the Union as the State of Montana on November 8, 1889. State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th) - Land 377,295 km² - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000) - Population 926,865 (44th) - Density 2. ...
November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ...
1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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