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Eastern Montana’s blanketed history under four nations
The article recounts Montana and surrounding regions moving through French Spanish and American control from 1682 to the creation of Montana as a territory in 1864. It details territorial transfers, currents of exploration, and the Mississippi basin’s early European claims shaping the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Montana
United States
Rockies
Territory
Indiana
Missouri
Mississippi Basin
France
Spain
Louisiana
Territory of
Nebraska
Dakota
Idaho
Mississippi River
de Soto
Red River
Father Marquette
Joliet
Mississippi
Arkansas River
Canada
la Salle
Great Britain
Congress
Paris
Orleans
Louisiana Purchase
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Utah
49Th Parallel
Minnesota
State of
Iowa
Running Water
Turtle Hill
Washington
Yankton
J. L
Great Northwest Territory
Wisconsin
Union
Big Sioux
Dakoota
Niobrara
Colorado
Nevada
Rch
Minnesoota
Niobrara River
Yellowstone
Fort Benton
Salmon River
Bitterroot
Oregon
Saskatchewan
Cariboo
Her
Milk
Hudson Bay
North
Hudson Bay Company
Lake Winnipeg
California
Black Hills
Snake River
Kooskooskia
Clear Water River
Colorado Territory
Wyoming
Columbia
Ferrero
Aguilar
Robert Gray
Lewis and Clark
John Jacob Astor
Pacific Fur Company
Fort Astoria
The
Willamette Valley
Champorg
Columbia River
Ter
Ritory
Washington Territory