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  2. Virginia City, Montana - Wikipedia

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    Although Bannack was the first territorial capital, the territorial legislature moved the capital to Virginia City on February 7, 1865. [11] It remained the capital until April 19, 1875, when it moved to Helena. [12] Thomas Dimsdale began publication of Montana's first newspaper, the Montana Post, in Virginia City on August 27, 1864. [13]

  3. Llama - Wikipedia

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    Llama Conservation status Domesticated Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Camelidae Genus: Lama Species: L. glama Binomial name Lama glama (Linnaeus, 1758) Domestic llama and alpaca range Synonyms Camelus glama Linnaeus, 1758 The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a ...

  4. Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Montana)

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    The landmark district encompasses an area of about 20,000 acres (81 km2), including the entire city limits of Virginia City and a significant portion of Alder Gulch where mining operations took place. Many of the city's buildings were built before the turn of the 20th century, and a significant number date to its heyday in the 1860s.

  5. History of Montana - Wikipedia

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    Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood (1921) online free vol 1; vol 1 962pp; detailed history to 1920; biographies in vol 2 and 3; WPA Federal Writers Project.

  6. Timeline of pre-statehood Montana history - Wikipedia

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    February 7 – Virginia City, Montana becomes the second capital of Montana Territory [38] March 24 – Congress authorizes the Blackfoot Treaty of 1865 (signed in October at Fort Benton, Montana ) by which the Blackfoot tribes ceded all lands south of the Missouri and Teton rivers and west of the Milk river to the Rocky Mountains to the U.S ...

  7. Every state's nickname and where it comes from - AOL

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    Arkansas: Natural State. After the Arkansas state park system successfully coined the Natural State in its 1980s effort to increase tourism, legislation made Arkansas' nickname official in 1995.

  8. Lama (genus) - Wikipedia

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    They were included in the genus Camelus in the Systema Naturae of Linnaeus. In 1800, Cuvier moved the llama, alpaca, and guanaco to the genus Lama , and the vicuña to the genus Vicugna . After genetic testing revealed that the alpaca descends from the vicuña it was also moved to genus Vicugna. [ 2 ]

  9. List of people from Montana - Wikipedia

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    Major gold strikes were made at Alder Gulch, Montana in 1864 spawning present day Virginia City, Montana and Bannack, Montana, the first territorial capital. In 1883 the Northern Pacific Railway completed its transcontinental route across Montana followed by the Great Northern Railway in 1893.