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Montana, USA

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Montana (IPA: mɑnˈtænə) is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest and Great Plains regions of the United States. The central and western thirds of the state have numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named) of the northern Rocky Mountains; thus the state's name, derived from the Spanish word montaña ("mountain"). The state nickname is the "Treasure State." Other nicknames include "Land of Shining Mountains," "Big Sky Country," and the slogan "the last best place." The state ranks fourth in area, but 44th in population, and therefore has the third lowest population density in the United States. The economy is primarily based on agriculture and significant lumber and mineral extraction. Tourism is also important to the economy, with millions of visitors a year to Glacier National Park, the Battle of Little Bighorn site, and three of the five entrances to Yellowstone National Park.



History



Native Americans were among the first of many inhabitants of the state of Montana. Groups included the Crow in the south-central area, the Cheyenne in the southeast, the Blackfeet, Assiniboine and Gros Ventres in the central and north-central area and the Kootenai and Salish in the west. The smaller Pend d'Oreille and Kalispel tribes were found around Flathead Lake and the western mountains, respectively.



Montana east of the continental divide was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Subsequent to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and after the finding of gold and copper (see the Copper Kings) in the state in the late 1850s, Montana became a United States territory (Montana Territory) on May 26, 1864, and the 41st state on November 8, 1889.



Fort Shaw (Montana Territory) was established in the spring of 1867. It is located west of Great Falls in the Sun River Valley and was one of three posts authorized to be built by Congress in 1865. The other two posts in the Montana Territory were Camp Cooke on the Judith River and Fort C.F. Smith on the Bozeman Trail in south central Montana Territory. Fort Shaw, named after Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the 54th Massachusetts, one of the first all African-American regiments, during the American Civil War, was built of adobe and lumber by the 13th Infantry. The fort had a parade ground that was 400 ft² (120 m²), and consisted of barracks for officers, a hospital, and a trading post, and could house up to 450 soldiers. Completed in 1868, it was used by military personnel until 1891.



After the close of the military post, the government established Fort Shaw as a school to provide industrial training to young Native Americans. The Fort Shaw Indian Industrial School was opened on April 30, 1892. The school had at one time 17 faculty members, 11 Indian assistants and 300 students. The school made use of over 20 of the buildings built by the Army.



The revised Homestead Act of the early 1900s greatly affected the settlement of Montana. This act expanded the land that was provided by the Homestead Act of 1862 from 160 acres to 320 acres (65-130 ha). When the latter act was signed by President Taft, it also reduced the time necessary to prove up from five years to three years and permitted five months' absence from the claim each year.



In 1908, the Sun River Irrigation Project, west of Great Falls was opened up for homesteading. Under this Reclamation Act, a person could obtain 40 acres (16 ha). Most of the people who came to file on these homesteads were young couples who were eager to live near mountains where hunting and fishing were good. Many of these homesteaders came from the Midwest and Minnesota.



Montana was the scene of the Native Americans' last effort to keep their land, and the last stand of U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer was fought near the present day town of Hardin. Montana was also the location of the final battles of the Nez Perce Wars.



Cattle ranching has long been central to Montana's history and economy. The Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in Deer Lodge Valley is maintained as a link to the ranching style of the late 19th century. It is operated by the National Park Service but is also a 1,900-acre (7.7 km²) working ranch.



Demographics



As of 2005, Montana has an estimated population of 935,670, which is an increase of 8,750, or 0.9%, from the prior year and an increase of 33,475, or 3.7%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase since the last census of 13,674 people (that is 58,001 births minus 44,327 deaths) and an increase due to net migration of 21,074 people into the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 2,141 people, and migration within the country produced a net increase of 18,933 people. 16,500 of state residents are foreign-born, accounting for 1.8% of the total population.



According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 1.52% of the population aged 5 and over speak Spanish at home, while 1.11% speak German .



The center of population of Montana is located in Meagher County, in the city of White Sulphur Springs .



While German ancestry is the largest reported European-American ancestry in most of Montana, residents of Scandinavian ancestry are prevalent in some of the farming-dominated northern and eastern prairie regions. There are also several predominantly Native American counties, mostly around each of the seven Indian reservations. The historically mining-oriented communities of western Montana such as Butte have a wider range of ethnic groups, particularly people of Eastern European and Irish-American ancestry, as well as people who originally emigrated from British mining regions such as Cornwall. Montana is second only to South Dakota in U.S. Hutterite population with several colonies spread across the state. Many of Montana's historic logging communities originally attracted people of Scandinavian and Scotch-Irish descent. Montana's Hispanic population is particularly concentrated around the Billings area in south-central Montana, and the highest density of African-Americans is located in Great Falls.



Religion



The religious affiliations of the people of Montana



* Christian – 82%



o Protestant – 55%



+ Lutheran – 15%



+ Methodist – 8%



+ Baptist – 5%



+ Presbyterian – 4%



+ United Church of Christ – 2%



+ Other Protestant or general Protestant – 21%



o Roman Catholic – 24%



o The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) – 3%



* Other Religions – <1%



* Non-Religious – 18%

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID	Tree
1	Mary	Abt 1884	Montana, USA	I449837	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Ahkahtah, Mary	Yes, date unknown	Montana, USA	I449298	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Bassette, Dora	Abt 1895	Montana, USA	I449602	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Bowman, Margaret	Abt 1908	Montana, USA	I452797	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Brooks, List Carroll	1910	Montana, USA	I448823	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Brown, Harold F.	Tue 03 Feb 1920	Montana, USA	I449015	Nederlandse voorouders
7	Brown, Hazel Margarit	Wed 26 Jul 1905	Montana, USA	I449012	Nederlandse voorouders
8	Brown, Herman Hector	1901	Montana, USA	I448939	Nederlandse voorouders
9	Brown, Jesse J.	Sun 24 Sep 1882	Montana, USA	I447522	Nederlandse voorouders
10	Croff, Arthur Joseph	Sun 11 Oct 1896	Montana, USA	I449339	Nederlandse voorouders
11	Davis, Richard Albert	Abt 1926	Montana, USA	I452416	Nederlandse voorouders
12	Devereaux, Abbie	Sep 1891	Montana, USA	I449326	Nederlandse voorouders
13	Devereaux, Alma	1910	Montana, USA	I449318	Nederlandse voorouders
14	Devereaux, Annie	Nov 1883	Montana, USA	I449325	Nederlandse voorouders
15	Devereaux, Charles	Jan 1880	Montana, USA	I449323	Nederlandse voorouders
16	Devereaux, Henry	Jul 1877	Montana, USA	I449315	Nederlandse voorouders
17	Devereaux, Jason	Feb 1896	Montana, USA	I449327	Nederlandse voorouders
18	Devereaux, Lottie	1906	Montana, USA	I449317	Nederlandse voorouders
19	Devereaux, Violet	1911	Montana, USA	I449319	Nederlandse voorouders
20	Devereaux, Wilson	1912	Montana, USA	I449320	Nederlandse voorouders
21	Devereaux, Winslow	Abt 1903	Montana, USA	I449316	Nederlandse voorouders
22	Doney, Edward	Abt 1908	Montana, USA	I451198	Nederlandse voorouders
23	Doney, Marion	Abt 1911	Montana, USA	I451199	Nederlandse voorouders
24	Doney, Thomas Paul	Abt 1909	Montana, USA	I447831	Nederlandse voorouders
25	Gobert, Angeline	1865	Montana, USA	I449299	Nederlandse voorouders
26	Gobert, Celina	1863	Montana, USA	I449303	Nederlandse voorouders
27	Gobert, Charles	1860	Montana, USA	I449301	Nederlandse voorouders
28	Gobert, John	1836	Montana, USA	I449016	Nederlandse voorouders
29	Good Kill, Successful Killing-	1847	Montana, USA	I449343	Nederlandse voorouders
30	Hamilton, Robert J.	Abt 1870	Montana, USA	I450812	Nederlandse voorouders
31	Kenck, Florence	1893	Montana, USA	I452715	Nederlandse voorouders
32	Kennerly, Agnes	Mon 02 Mar 1885	Montana, USA	I449347	Nederlandse voorouders
33	Kennerly, Bert	1879	Montana, USA	I449345	Nederlandse voorouders
34	Kennerly, James O.	1898	Montana, USA	I449311	Nederlandse voorouders
35	Kennerly, Jerome	1891	Montana, USA	I449348	Nederlandse voorouders
36	Kennerly, Leo	Thu 01 Jun 1899	Montana, USA	I449312	Nederlandse voorouders
37	Kennerly, Otis J.	Mar 1896	Montana, USA	I449310	Nederlandse voorouders
38	Kennerly, Perry	1876	Montana, USA	I449344	Nederlandse voorouders
39	Kokoruda, Helen Rose Elizabeth	Tue 13 Sep 1898	Montana, USA	I450954	Nederlandse voorouders
40	Kramer, Earle M.	Wed 08 Nov 1911	Montana, USA	I453175	Nederlandse voorouders
41	Kramer, Irma	1909	Montana, USA	I453164	Nederlandse voorouders
42	Marion, Bella	Abt 1873	Montana, USA	I452448	Nederlandse voorouders
43	McKay, Iliff	Fri 29 Aug 1924	Montana, USA	I447603	Nederlandse voorouders
44	Mountain Chief, Marguerite	1855	Montana, USA	I449018	Nederlandse voorouders
45	Norman, Rosena	Sat 16 Feb 1895	Montana, USA	I449810	Nederlandse voorouders
46	Norman, William	1901	Montana, USA	I449812	Nederlandse voorouders
47	Old Chief, Mary	Apr 1847	Montana, USA	I449322	Nederlandse voorouders
48	Paisley, Edward Allen	Jun 1889	Montana, USA	I448923	Nederlandse voorouders
49	Paisley, Iva Marie	Fri 11 Jul 1913	Montana, USA	I447613	Nederlandse voorouders
50	Paisley, Mattie R.	Feb 1892	Montana, USA	I448924	Nederlandse voorouders

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Death

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID	Tree
1	Blanksma, Renk	Sun 08 Jan 1978	Montana, USA	I149875	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Gobert, Agnes Delia	Fri 10 May 1912	Montana, USA	I449307	Nederlandse voorouders
3	Jacobse, Gerritje	Wed 1 Apr 1931	Montana, USA	I632396	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Jacobse, Gerritje	Wed 1 Apr 1931	Montana, USA	I809855	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Johnson, Toletta Johnsondotter	Bef 1900	Montana, USA	I447362	Nederlandse voorouders
6	Kaiser, Margaret I.	Abt 1932	Montana, USA	I447627	Nederlandse voorouders
7	McCumber, Tille	Thu 02 Mar 1916	Montana, USA	I453214	Nederlandse voorouders
8	Paul, William	Mon 12 Jul 1937	Montana, USA	I450815	Nederlandse voorouders
9	de Ruig, Jacob	7 mei 1933	Montana, USA	I630914	Nederlandse voorouders
10	Steele, Louise	1937	Montana, USA	I447624	Nederlandse voorouders
11	Tempel, Delina	Fri 27 Aug 1982	Montana, USA	I539812	Nederlandse voorouders
12	Tornga, Ite Etan	Tue 05 Aug 1913	Montana, USA	I194498	Nederlandse voorouders
13	Tornga, Jacob H.	Sat 05 Aug 1933	Montana, USA	I194499	Nederlandse voorouders

Marriage

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	Family	Marriage		Family ID	Tree
1	Brown / Bull	1869	Montana, USA	F175202	Nederlandse voorouders
2	Gren / Danielson	1914	Montana, USA	F175702	Nederlandse voorouders
3	McEachern / Tobol	1898	Montana, USA	F175848	Nederlandse voorouders
4	Mitts / Tobol	1923	Montana, USA	F175839	Nederlandse voorouders
5	Thompson / Tobol	1895	Montana, USA	F175850	Nederlandse voorouders