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This timeline is a chronology of significant events in the history of the U.S. State of Montana and the historical area now occupied by the state. 2000s 1900s 1800s Statehood Territory 1700s 1600s 1500s Before 1492. 2020s. 2010s. 2000s. 1990s. 1980s. 1970s. 1960s. 1950s. 1940s. 1930s. 1920s. 1910s. 1900s. 1890s. 1880s. 1870s. 1860s. 1850s. 1840s.
- 19th Century Montana History Timeline
- 20th Century Montana History Timeline
- 21st Century Montana History Timeline
1803- United States acquires most of Montana in the Louisiana Purchase 1805-1806- Lewis and Clark Expedition crosses and recrosses Montana 1807- Manuel Lisa builds first fur fort in Montana on the Yellowstone River 1828- Fort Union, an American Fur Company post, is built at the mouth of the Yellowstone River 1841- Father Pierre Jean de Smer establi...
1902- Montana Capitol Building is completed. 1903- Amalgamated Copper Company paralyzes the state's economy with the shut-down to force legislative relief. 1909-Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") is completed through Montana. 1910- 1. Congress establishes Glacier National Park; 2. forest fires devastate western Mon...
2000- 1. Summer wildfires scorch nearly 1,000,000 acres and raze 320 homes, mostly in the Bitterroot Valley; 2. 19,600,000 acres of state and federal land are closed due to fire hazard. 2001- 1. The Montana Legislature deregulates the electric industry in the state; 2. wildfires again dominate Montana's drought-beset summer. 2007- 1. July hottest m...
This is a broad outline of the history of Montana in the United States. For thousands of years indigenous peoples inhabited what would be Montana. The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 included this land and it was explored during the Lewis and Clark Expedition .
Timeline 13,000 years ago. (or more): People are living in Montana. 1492 Columbus reaches North America. 1720 (approximately): Horses arrive in Montana. 1775 Smallpox epidemic kills many Montana Indians. 1776 The United States declares independence from Great Britain.
- Carved by glaciers more than 10,000 years ago, Flathead Lake is the largest freshwater lake between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. It is 28 miles long, between 5 and 15 miles wide and encompasses nearly 200 square miles.
- The National Bison Range was established in 1908 in western Montana to preserve wild bison from extinction. In addition to elk, deer, antelope, bears and other animals, roughly 500 bison live in the wildlife refuge.
- The world’s first International Peace Park was established in 1932 when Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, were combined.
- The coldest temperature in the 48 contiguous states ever recorded was -70 degrees Fahrenheit in Rogers Pass on January 20, 1954. In January of 1972, Loma, Montana, broke the national record for the greatest temperature change within a 24-hour period by recording a 103-degree climb from -54 degrees Fahrenheit to 49 degrees Fahrenheit.
People have lived in Montana for over twelve thousand years. Thus, the history of Montana's people begins long before the earliest events recorded on this timeline. Many important events occurred in Montana before 1800.
Brief History of Montana. Native Americans were the first inhabitants of the area to become known as the state of Montana. Tribes include the Crows in the south central region, the Cheyenne in the southeastern part of the state, the Blackfeet, Assiniboine, and Gros Ventres in the central and north-central areas, and the Kootenai and Salish in ...
