Resources of Montana . ts of Washington, Dakota and Nebraska, and what is now Mon-tana was incorporated in this territory. Originally western Montana was in Oregonij Territory, created in 1848, then in Washington Territory, and later in Idaho. MontanaI Territory was created May 26, 1864, out of the northeastern part of Idaho. In 1873Montana Territory was enlarged on the southeast by the incorporation of severalj thousand square miles of Dakota Territory. In 1889 Montana was admitted to state-hood. While De LaVerendrye in 1742 is credited with being the first white man to ex-j plore the Upper M
Resources of Montana . ts of Washington, Dakota and Nebraska, and what is now Mon-tana was incorporated in this territory. Originally western Montana was in Oregonij Territory, created in 1848, then in Washington Territory, and later in Idaho. MontanaI Territory was created May 26, 1864, out of the northeastern part of Idaho. In 1873Montana Territory was enlarged on the southeast by the incorporation of severalj thousand square miles of Dakota Territory. In 1889 Montana was admitted to state-hood. While De LaVerendrye in 1742 is credited with being the first white man to ex-j plore the Upper Missouri, historians now assert this Frenchman did not enter into theconfines of what is now Montana. The leaden plate bearing the coat of arms ofI France which LaVerendrye was supposed to have buried at the Gate of the Mountainsj on the Missouri river near Helena, was found some years ago east of Pierre, SouthDakota. Lewis and Clark in 1804 are credited with being the first white men to ex-plore Montana. MONTANA—1920. Irrigated Corn on the Lower Yellowstone Project First White Habitation. The first white habitation in Montana was built in 1807 on the Big Horn river byManuel Lisa. It was a trading post. In 1829 Kenneth McKenzie built Fort Union onthe north bank of the Missouri river, a short distance above the mouth of the Yel-lowstone. In 1832 the steamer Yellowstone arrived at Fort Union from St. Louis,giving the region other communication with the outside world than the long andtedious overland route. Quickly other trading posts were established at points west-ward and in 1846 Alex Culbertson built Fort Benton. Steamers first arrived at FortBenton from St. Louis in 1860, and from that time onward until the building of theNorthern Pacific in 1883, Fort Benton was the chief trading point in Montana. Somesupplies for the mines were hauled overland from Corinne, Utah, but most of themerchandise came up the Missouri. What the lure of the fur trade did in making knowledge of east
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