The Butte daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-01
M1ssou1A COUNTY.
Settlement and Organisation Of this Pros.
Co.. porous County
The Indians and Their History in the
Valley,

The Products Of the soil--1s.ilro.d Fscili-
ties--In the Future.
Mfssoula County is portion of that Territory
long disputed by Great Britain, but by treaty of
June Ii, 1876 this Northwest Territory south of
the forty-ntnth parallel formerly was recog-
nized as part of the United States From that
date until March ID. 1858, 1t became portion of
Washington Territory. The present limits suc-
cessively were a portion of Clarke, Skamania,
Walla Walla and Spokane counties, and in De-
cember, 1860, Mtss0ula County was organized
with Hell's Gate Ronde as the county seat Its
boundaries were the same a. they are at present
rave the eastern boundary line, which then was
the main range and summit of the Rocky Noun
tains On March 3. 1865 Idaho Territory was OF.
ganixed, and It became part Of that Territory.
The first Legislature Of Idaho created the County
Of Missoula, using the old boundary lines and
established Wardensvil1e az the county seat The
Montana Legislature Of 1se4-s enacted that Mis-
soula should be county and the act was ap-
proved February 2, 1865, with Hell Gate a. coun-
ty seat, The same year the county seat was re-
moved to NisB0ula Mills and by custom the word
''Aills" was removed. The present boundary
hines are: Commencing At point where the
18th parallel of latitude intersects the 10th
meridian west; themes south along said meridian
70 wnefe " intersee's the summit OF the BIT
ter Root Mountains; thence in . southeasterly
direction to were said summit is intersected by
the Hath meridian; thence in n0rtheasterly d.
rection along the summit Of the Big Hole range
OF div'de 10 stormy creek; tnence IN mortimer
" direction along tne centef OF the cnennel OF
eaad stream 70 polnt Wnere II emptles anso de1l
NEN.A
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