Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- Montana.; Montana -- History.
Other titles: May 26; Montana
Description: Presents information on the creation of Montana as a territory on May 26, 1864, and its statehood on Nov. 8, 1889. Contains information on Native American tribes living in Montana and the first explorers to the territory, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. Accounts of pioneer life in Montana, nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs of the state, and, panoramic maps from this period are included.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.