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Virginia City and the Montana Vigilantes Era
The article details Madison County's creation in 1864 and Virginia City's rise as Montana's first incorporated town and territorial capital. It covers gold discoveries on Alder Creek, the vigilante justice movement starting January 14, 1864, and the decline of mining, with the capital later moved to Helena in 1875 and farming and stockraising developing in the valleys.
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Dison
Montana
Territorial Assembly
Bannack
Madison
Beaverhead
Virginia City
James Madison
United States
Yellowstone River
William Fairweather
Madison River
Alder
Lewis and Clark
Fairweather
Bannack Fairweather
Varina
Jefferson Davis
Virginia
G. G. Bissell
John Bozeman
Platte River
Capitol
Green Clay Smith
Johnson
Salt Lake City
Harry Plummer
Nevada City
Nevada
Junction
Summit
Highland
Fare Grove
Main Street
Frank Parish
Club Foot
George Lane
Boone Helm
Haze Lyons
Jack Gallagher
Wallace and
van Buren
Helena
Ennis
Montana Power Company