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2024 Montana Meme Contest - Winners Announced

Item Type: CollectionContributing Institution: Montana History Portal

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"A" Wapiti 1961

Item Type: YearbookContributing Institution: Augusta Area Historical Society MuseumContributing Institution: Lewis & Clark Library Augusta BranchGeographic Coverage: Augusta, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lincoln, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lewis and Clark County, Montana

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"Chief Two Guns" sightseeing launch on Swiftcurrent Lake, Grinnell Point in background

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Glacier National Park Historical Photographs

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"Colonel" J. I. Allan

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Jim Annin Photo Collection

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"Curley Bear" and "Red Eagle" sight-seeing launches on St. Mary Lake

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Glacier National Park Historical Photographs

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"HANG-OVER"

Item Type: Graphic IllustrationContributing Institution: World Museum of MiningDigital Collection: John J. Powers Safety Poster Collection

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"Hot Sheep" Powder River Badlands

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Billings Public Library Fine Art Collection

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"Montana Vera" Lay Buening interview, 1982 Sept. 22 (tape 1 side A)

Item Type: AudioContributing Institution: Montana Historical Society Library and ArchivesDigital Collection: Voices of Labor

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"Montana Vera" Lay Buening interview, 1982 Sept. 22 (tape 1 side B)

Item Type: AudioContributing Institution: Montana Historical Society Library and ArchivesDigital Collection: Voices of Labor

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"Montana Vera" Lay Buening interview, 1982 Sept. 22 (tape 2 side A)

Item Type: AudioContributing Institution: Montana Historical Society Library and ArchivesDigital Collection: Voices of Labor

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"Montana Vera" Lay Buening interview, 1982 Sept. 22 (tape 2 side B)

Item Type: AudioContributing Institution: Montana Historical Society Library and ArchivesDigital Collection: Voices of Labor

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"That's him, sure enough," says Dusty as he watched the horse.

Item Type: ArtworkContributing Institution: Yellowstone Art Museum LibraryDigital Collection: Will James Collection

"The Old Bus" Coming From Train, Spofford Hotel, 1896

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Carbon County Photographs

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"Van" and Martha Sagendorf, with sons Sherill and Ollie on Trout Creek, 1901

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Jim Annin Photo Collection

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"Welcome President Clinton" sign hanging above a packed crowed of attendees

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: EMC and MSUB Photographs

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"You can get your rope if you want," says Uncle Bill

Item Type: ArtworkContributing Institution: Yellowstone Art Museum LibraryDigital Collection: Will James Collection

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#1 - N.P.R.R. yard men and locomotives.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Haynes Foundation Photograph Collection

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#1 1781-262099 10c rear end WELCH 10/11/34 (120) from stub.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Photographs from the Montana Historical Society

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#115 1028 2c 2mi. W. GLENGARRY (15s connection) 3/17/46.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Photographs from the Montana Historical Society

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#1; Cromwell Dixon Jr.

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#205 1530 RED LODGE 9/2/39 3c NPT bus T-60 loading up Hermanson-VC Johnston--Knudsen-Dickover.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Photographs from the Montana Historical Society

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#2; Cromwell Dixon, Jr. His Last Flight.

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#3 18001-2241 9C NAGOS 9/23/37.

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#3; [Scene of Cromwell Dixon's airplane crash, Spokane, Washington].

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#4; [Scene of Cromwell Dixon's airplane crash, Spokane, Washington].

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Photographs from the Montana Historical Society

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#5; [Scene of Cromwell Dixon's airplane crash, Spokane, Washington].

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#8 IHC Combine

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: From the Beginning - Ulm, Flood, Gore Hill and Riverdale

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$12000 School House, Augusta, Mont.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Photographs from the Montana Historical Society

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$25.00 reward for arrest wanted at Dillon, Montana for forgery.

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$300 reward! ... for the capture of Thomas Murphy.

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$500,000 Fire

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Great Falls Downtown Postcard Collection

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'03-'04 VHS

Item Type: YearbookContributing Institution: Valier Public LibraryGeographic Coverage: Valier, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Pondera County, Montana

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'69 Wapiti

Item Type: YearbookContributing Institution: Augusta Area Historical Society MuseumContributing Institution: Lewis & Clark Library Augusta BranchGeographic Coverage: Augusta, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lincoln, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lewis and Clark County, Montana

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'82 Wapiti

Item Type: YearbookContributing Institution: Augusta Area Historical Society MuseumContributing Institution: Lewis & Clark Library Augusta BranchGeographic Coverage: Augusta, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lincoln, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lewis and Clark County, Montana

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'9. Columns of Volcanic Rock.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: Photographs from the Montana Historical Society

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'911 MSU Billings, September 2011

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'920.6 Personnel, G. D. Carlyle Thompson, M.D.

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'920.6 Personnel, State Board of Health Members.

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'94 Augusta High School

Item Type: YearbookContributing Institution: Augusta Area Historical Society MuseumContributing Institution: Lewis & Clark Library Augusta BranchGeographic Coverage: Augusta, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lincoln, MontanaGeographic Coverage: Lewis and Clark County, Montana

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'Advance of Civilization' - Northern Pacific Express.

Item Type: ImageDigital Collection: L. A. Huffman Photograph Collection

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'At the Round-up, Cutting out a Steer.'

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'Boy Chief' Heap Hungry, Fort Belknap Reservation.

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'Brave Wolf' and Squaw interviewed by O. D. Wheeler about Custer fight. 'Squint Eye' Interpreter.

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'Butte's Second Splendid Quota' of 317 - Sent to the National Army.

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'Chief Koostata' on the Banks of the Flathead.

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'Convertors,' M. O. P. Smelter.

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'Cosmopolitan Theatre.' 6th and Main.

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FAQs

Who were the first white settlers in Montana? ›

The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806 was the first group of white explorers to cross Montana. Hard on the heels of the expedition arrived the fur trappers and traders. Trappers brought alcohol, disease, and a new economic system to native populations.

What is the oldest settlement in Montana? ›

Roman Catholic missionaries followed the fur traders and in 1841 established Saint Mary's Mission near present-day Stevensville, believed to be the first permanent settlement in Montana.

What nationality settled in Montana? ›

The most notable settlement was that of Finnish lumbermen east of Missoula in 1892. Italians and Germans settled in Fergus and Park counties, and many Germans came from North Dakota and Canada. The cattlemen of Montana were primarily English and Scottish, although they drove cattle owned by the Germans.

What is Montana famous for historically? ›

Montana is home to the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, which memorializes the historic 1876 battle between the Sioux tribe and U.S. Army, often referred to as “Custer's Last Stand.” Yellowstone National Park, located in southern Montana and northern Wyoming, was the first national park established in the ...

Who originally owned Montana? ›

The United States acquired from France the area of Montana east of the mountains. Britain relinquished its claims to the western section in 1846. Until the 1850s, Montana was the domain of Indians, explorers, fur traders, trappers, and missionaries. Jesuit priests founded St.

Were there slaves in Montana? ›

The history of slavery in Montana is generally seen as short and limited. The issue was contentious for the legislature between the creation of the Nebraska Territory (which Montana was a part of) in 1854 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861.

What famous person is from Montana? ›

Actors
NameLifetimeMontana connection
Dana Carvey1955–presentBorn in Missoula
Gary Cooper1901–1961Born and raised on a ranch near Helena
Walter Coy1909–1974Born in Great Falls
Patrick Duffy1949–presentBorn in Townsend
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Who was the first person to live in Montana? ›

The first people came to the area that's now Montana at least 12,600 years ago. Thousands of years later Native American tribes, including Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfeet, and Kalispel lived on the land.

What is the oldest house in Montana? ›

Fort Connah was a Hudson's Bay Trading Post established in 1846. One of the three original buildings still remains and is believed to be the oldest standing building in Montana. The fort was active from 1846 to 1871.

What is Montana's main nickname? ›

Montana has no official nickname but several unofficial ones, most notably "Big Sky Country", "The Treasure State", "Land of the Shining Mountains", and "The Last Best Place". Its economy is primarily based on agriculture, including ranching and cereal grain farming.

What Indian tribe is from Montana? ›

The majority of this population comes from Montana's twelve tribal nations: Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d'Oreille, Salish and Sioux.

What is Montana's state motto? ›

The state motto, “Oro y Plata” (“Gold and Silver”), refers to Montana's mining industry as well as the period of Spanish rule. The motto originally read “Oro el Plata,” but the Spanish was corrected before the seal was approved in 1865.

What was the first town in Montana? ›

The first permanent settlement by Euro-Americans was St. Mary's, established in 1841 near present-day Stevensville. The Montana Territory was established in 1864 and Montana officially became a state on November 8, 1889.

Why is Montana so special? ›

Montana has high mountains (with 97 different mountain ranges!), over 3,000 pristine lakes, and beautiful rivers including the longest undammed river in the continental US (the Yellowstone)

What is unique to Montana? ›

Montana is known for its natural beauty and wildlife. If you drive across Montana, you will see mountains, foothills (hills at the edge of a mountain range), badlands (an area created by erosion of rocks and hills with little vegetation), and prairies (flat grasslands).

Who were the first white settlers? ›

(Painting by David Rickman (Department of National Defence PMRC-92-605)). As far as we know, the Norse (Vikings) were the first Europeans to reach North America, sailing from their settlements in Iceland and Greenland.

Who were the first ranchers in Montana? ›

In the 1850s a fur trader named Richard Grant and his two sons, Johnny and James, started buying lame or exhausted cattle from wagon trains on the Oregon Trail. They drove them north into the Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, and Bitterroot Valleys to fatten.

Who were the indigenous people of Montana? ›

The majority of this population comes from Montana's twelve tribal nations: Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d'Oreille, Salish and Sioux.

Who were the first white man to settle in America? ›

Several timelines assume that Scandinavian Vikings discovered the continent during their maritime explorations of the late 10th century, which later resulted in the Norse colonisation of Greenland and of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. This puts the Vikings in America around 500 years before Columbus.

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