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Capital Transfer Maps Early Montana Move to Virginia City
James A. Sanders recounts how Montana's capital shifted from Bannack to Virginia City after 1864. He details the 1864 organic act, Edgerton’s governorship, Meagher’s secretaryship, and the moving of archives as Montana established its new seat in Virginia City.
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Montana
Will Aiken
Bannack
Virginia City
Helena
Montana Territory
Lincoln
Secretary of the Interior
Edgerton
Idaho
Aldergulch
Washington
Territory of
Supreme Court of
United.States
Legislative Assembly
Society of Montana Pioneers
Sidney Edgerton
H. P. Torsey
Johnson
Thomas Francis Meagher
Akron
Meagher
Territory
Executive Department
Stone’s Ranch
Salt Lake City
Planters House
Neeley