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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1922

Page

31

First Territorial Governors over Montana’s Early Territory

A Montana Historical Society list traces 223 years from French Louisiana to Montana statehood. It covers Sauvelle at Biloxi, Bienville, and later Spanish and Idaho era governors shaping what became Montana, with Vigilante era law, and Governor Daniels aiding order in Lewiston.

Montana Louisiana France J. A. Sanders Montana Historical Society Society of Montana Pioneers Sauvelle Liloxi Upper Missouri Rocky Mountains Champoeg Ore Washington Olympia Idaho Territory Lewiston Idaho Bannack Virginia City Deer Lodge Last Chance Fort Benton Fort Union Dakota Line Fort Laramie Wyoming Virginia Territorial William G. Daniels Hoemer Sanders Louis XIV Charles United States Nebraska Dakota Oregon Lauvelle Biloxi Bienville New Orleans Spain Louis XV Souvelle Bilenvile de Muys la Motte Cadillac de L’epiney Boisbriant Pierier Blenville Marquis de Voeudruetl Kerlerec Y Abbadie Cadillac Perier Antonio de Ullea Havana de Ulloa Alexander O'Reilly Cruel O'Reilly Chipewa Key West Organization of Montana Territory Congress Pembina Chicago Secretary of the Treasury John X. Beidler Paris William ¢. (. Claiborne Trict Indian Country Missouri Territory Nebraska Territory Dakota Territory Oregon Country Oregon Territory Washington Territory Hockies Amos Stoddard Joseph Brown Frederick Bates Meriwether Lewis Benjamin Howard William ©. Butler Francis Burt Bellevue Ned Thomas B. Cuming Wee Willard P. Hall Mark W. Izard Territory Izard William A. Pichardson Dee J. Sterling Morton Pfcce Samuel W. Black Rocky Mountain Range Burt Nebraska Territorial Cuming Thichardson Cleveland Rocky Mountai Lisk William Jayne Yankton John T. Shober Helena Iolaho North South Dakota William H. Wallace William B. Daniels

Movements and governance shaping early Montana history

A sprawling account traces capital moves from Bannack to Virginia City, notes key colonial agents and dates from 1769 to 1803, and outlines territorial governance from Missouri to Idaho and Dakota. It highlights figures like Laussat Chaussat Claiborne Lewis Clark Pilcher Bird, and links events to the Louisiana retrocession and Oregon regimes.

Louisiana Spain France San Ildefonso Laussat United States Chaussat Mississippi Nile America New World Alexandria

Oregon and Montana Territorial Governors and Early Officials

A historical account lists governors and secretaries governing parts of Oregon Montana and Washington territories from 1843 to 1889 including provisional leaders at Champoeg and Bannack. It notes key figures such as George Abernethy Sidney Edgerton Meagher Green Clay Smith and William Wallace plus secretaries McMullem Mason Pickering Crosby and Hauser among others.

Itaho Territory Montana Rocky Mountains Oregon Champoeg Oregon Territory Provisional Government Washington Territory United Rockies W. J. Batley Osborne Ruewel Pr G. Stewart Ieat Champoee Congress Joseph Lane Peat Kaltring Pritchett John Gaines Washington Olmpia Coperess Idaho Wester Montana Laaac Stevens C. H. Mason Tereritory Fayette McMullem C. H H. Mason Veain Tshr Mynd Taso Richard BD. Gheleon Henry M. McGill Territorial Secreary William HH. Wallace Willian Wallace Montanawa Monta Sidney Edgerton Thomas Francis Meagher Green Clay Smith James Tufts James M. Ashley Benjamin F. Potts James I. Callaway James H. Mills John Schuyler Crosby Isaac B. M'Cutcheon John S. Tooker B. Platt Carpenter Samuel T. Hauser William B. Webb Preston H. Leslie Benjamin F. White William H. Wallace Idaho Territory Wallace Street Virginia City

Green Clay Smith's Rise to Virginia City Fame as Governor

Green Clay Smith succeeded Sidney Edgerton as governor and brought Virginia City to prominence as a social center. After retirement he served as a Baptist minister.

Sidney Mdeerton Montana Berma Ohie Cincinnati Law School Akron Ohio Western Reserve Congress Duke Mannack Wrebtington Bannack Ascuset Meagher Extgerton Montana Territory Kaversor Bane Virgina City Stone Virginia City Bakerton Covernor Green Clay Frmith Grey Green Cine Smith Kentucky The Baptist Green Clay Smith Sidney Edgerton Baptist Church

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