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(1743) Pierre De la Verendyre discovered Rocky Mountains
(1795) Yellowstone River named by James Mackay
(1803) U. S. acquired most of Montana in Louisiana Purchase
(1807) Manuel Lisa built first fur fort on Yellowstone River
(1832) First steam boat arrived at Fort Union
(1841) Father Pierre Jean de Smer established St. Mary's Mission in Bitterroot Valley
(1846) U. S. acquired the balance of Montana in Oregon Treaty
(1862) Gold discovered at Grasshopper Creek
(1864) Montana declared official territory; Butte founded
(1872) Yellowstone National Park created by Congress
(1876) Lt. Col George Custer and 197 men annihilated at Battle of Little Bighorn
(1877) Indian wars ended in Montana; copper mining began in Butte
(1880) Utah and Northern Railroad entered Montana
(1889) Montana became 41st state
(1910) Congress created Glacier National Park; forest fires devastated western Montana
(1914) Montana women won right to vote
(1916) Jeanette Rankin elected first woman in U. S. Congress
(1919) Oil discovered in Cat Creek field
(1921) Wave of bank failures began
(1935) Works Progress Administration (WPA) began projects; series of earthquakes hit central Montana
(1943) 70 coal miners killed in Smith Mine disaster
(1959) Earthquakes hit upper Madison Valley
(1961) Nation's first ICBM missile command established at Malmstrom Air Force Base
(1972) New state constitution adopted
(1980) Volcanic fallout from Mt. St. Helen eruption blanketed Montana; Anaconda Copper Company closed Montana operations
(1988) Montana economy affected by U. S. and Canada Free-Trade Agreement; forest fires swept through Yellowstone National Park
(1994) 4,500 wildfires burned 286,000 acres
(2000) 1,000,000 acres and 320 homes destroyed by wildfires in Bitterroot Valley; 19,600,000 acres state and federal land closed due to fire hazard
(2001) Electricity industry deregulated; wildfires burned throughout Montana
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