Place details
Place nameMontana
Other namesMT
CountryUnited States
Latitude47
Longitude-110
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by Blackfoot, Sioux, Shoshone, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Flathead & others when French arrived 18th cen.; part came to USA in Louisiana Purchase 1803, conflict with Britain over N border settled in 1846; great influx of settlers came after Civil War.