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The Montana History Portal is excited to announce that we now have more than 100,000 items in our repository. We thank all of our contributors for adding their content to our digital platform for research and discovery. |
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Below are some of the items added in the last month that helped achieve this milestone. We have added a new collection from the Montana Stockgrowers Association. We have also added new content to existing collections from the Montana State Genealogical Society and the Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center. Finally, we added the new Montana Place Names map. We hope you will take some time to browse these collections and learn a little more about our great state. |
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 Cattle grazing
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Meeting minutes, bylaws, resolutions, directories, and other records from the Montana Association of State Grazing Districts, a cooperative network that allows for the greatest use of range forage while conserving limited natural resources.
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 MSGS logo
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This collection consists of the application forms and lineage charts for each person or couple who is certified under the First Families and Early Settlers of Montana program. These documents will be an invaluable resource for anyone researching Montana genealogy.
First Families of Montana - Arrived before statehood on 8 November 1889
Early Settlers of Montana - Arrived between 9 November 1889 and 31 December 1929
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 Geyser and buffalo grazing
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This collection visually documents Yellowstone National Park; people, places, events, wildlife.
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 Book cover
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Montana is a vast landscape whose history and significance are of interest to both its residents and tourists passing through. As long as humans have inhabited Montana they have been naming places, and as long as waves of settlement have occurred, other people have been re-naming some of those same places. The Native peoples of Montana that inhabit the seven reservations and surrounding communities have their own names for these places. Clues to the meaning of the past can be found in the names that grace the contemporary Montana highway map, and the guidebook and this accompanying web application strive to illuminate some of the mysteries. The entries document the names as we currently know them, and whenever possible, include both the history of the present name, as well as any and all previous names.
View the Montana Place Names Map.
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The Montana History Portal provides weekly updates on new content as well as tips on how to successfully navigate the site through this Highlights newsletter. You can find back issues on the "Highlights" newsletter section of our website.
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