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The Montana Territory was established in 1864 and Montana officially became a state on November 8, 1889. Indigenous peoples. Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879.
The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, [1] until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.
Montana (/ m ɒ n ˈ t æ n ə / ⓘ mon-TAN-ə) [7] is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.It borders Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
This is a timeline of pre-statehood Montana history comprising substantial events in the history of the area that would become the State of Montana prior to November 8, 1889. This area existed as Montana Territory from May 28, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Montana.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the State of Montana to be used for the purposes of a public park and recreational site, transferring Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument to the State of Montana to become Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park. [9] July 22
It entered into force on November 8, 1889, when Montana became the 41st state admitted to the Union by the Presidential Proclamation of Benjamin Harrison. The 1889 Constitution remained in force until 1972, when a new constitutional convention was held.
Territory of Montana (1864–1889); became the State of Montana. Territory of Wyoming (1868–1890) (preceded by parts of the territories of Dakota, Utah and Idaho); became the State of Wyoming. Territory of Oklahoma (1890–1907) (preceded by the unorganized Indian Territory (1834–1907) and the Neutral Strip); became the State of Oklahoma.