Montana Territory
Montana occupies nearly the geographical center of the
North American Continent, being situated between 45° and
49° of north latitude and, 104° and 49° longitude,
comprising within its limits an area of about 144,000
square miles and was organized as a Territory in 1864.
It is bounded on the north by the British Possessions,
east by Dakota, south by Wyoming and Idaho, and west by
Idaho. The Territory is divided into the following named
counties, viz: Beaver Head, Big Horn, Choteau, Dawson,
Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis and Clarke,
Madison, Meagher and Missoula. Capital, Helena.
Principal towns: Bannack, Blackfoot, Bozeman, Deer
Lodge, Diamond, Fort Benton, Missoula, Trapper and
Virginia City.
As its name implies, the general aspect of the country
is mountainous, the Territory extending over both slopes
of the Rocky Mountains, and embracing within its limits
the sources of the Missouri, flowing eastward, and of
the Columbia, flowing to the Pacific, thus occupying, as
it were, the backbone of the continent.
Such are the features of Montana. A country of lofty
mountains, great rivers and broad plains; with resources
of gold and silver, copper, lead and coal beneath the
surface, towering forests, grass-covered hills and
plains and fertile valleys to invite the agriculturist
and manufacturer, game without limit for the sportsman,
and grand scenery for the curious and scientific, and
thus promises to become one of the noblest of the
sisterhood of States.
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Pacific Coast Business Directory
Source: Pacific Coast Business
Directory for 1876-78, Compiled by Henry G. Langley, San
Francisco, 1875.
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