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Big Sky Country

Statehood:
November 8, 1889
(41st)

Motto:
Gold and Silver

Under the word "Montana", on a blue field, is the state seal. The seal shows some of Montana's beautiful scenery and tells what people were doing in pioneer times. The pick, shovel and plow represent mining and farming. In the background a sun rises over mountains, forests and the Great Falls of the Missouri river. A ribbon contains the state motto "Gold and Silver". Flag adopted 1905 amended 1981.

 

Military History of Montana

Military Enlistments (Montana)

1898, Spanish-American War

1904-1918, 2nd Montana Infantry Regiment (AARRASTAD-CHRISTENSON)

1904-1918, 2nd Montana Infantry Regiment (CHRISTENSON-JENKINSON)

1904-1918, 2nd Montana Infantry Regiment (JENKINSON-MILLEN)

1904-1918, 2nd Montana Infantry Regiment (MILLER-ROBERTSON)

1904-1918, 2nd Montana Infantry Regiment (ROBERTSON-ZUILL)

 

Historical Military Instalations (Montana)

• Camp Baker Military Reservation, Meagher County, Montana, 46°40′43″N111°10′19″W, el. 4,636 feet (1,413 m)
• Camp Cooke, Fergus County, Montana,47°43′58″N 109°40′34″W, el. 2,431 feet (741 m)
  • The first U.S. Army post built in Montana on the Judith River. Established August 1866. Disbanded June 1870. Named for General Philip St. George Cooke, the commander of the Department of the Platte at the time.
• Camp Crook, Rosebud County, Montana, 45°38′00″N 106°40′00″W, el. 3,402 feet (1,037 m)
• Camp Cummings, Madison County, Montana, 45°17′38″N 111°56′43″W, el. 5,771 feet (1,759 m)
• Camp Devin, Carter County, Montana, location unknown
• Camp Lewis, Fergus County, Montana, 47°04′06″N 109°25′15″W, el. 3,927 feet (1,197 m)
• Camp Loder, Garfield County, Montana, location unknown
• Camp Merritt, Rosebud County, Montana, 45°38′00″N 106°40′00″W, el. 3,402 feet (1,037 m)
• Camp Morris, Liberty County, Montana, 48°54′30″N 111°15′08″W, el. 3,944 feet (1,202 m)
• Camp Poplar River, Roosevelt County, Montana, 48°06′47″N 105°11′52″W, el. 1,991 feet (607 m)
• Camp Porter, Dawson County, Montana, 47°09′03″N 104°41′33″W, el. 2,037 feet (621 m)
• Camp Rimini, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. About 20 miles west of Helena.
• Camp Reeve, Petroleum County, Montana, 47°27′21″N 107°54′50″W, el. 2,247 feet (685 m)
• Camp Robert B Smith, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 46°35′25″N 112°04′00″W, el. 5,279 feet (1,609 m)
• Cantonment Rocky Point (historical), Fergus County, Montana, 47°36′00″N108°26′15″W, el. 2,274 feet (693 m)
• Cut Bank Air Force Station (historical), Glacier County, Montana, 48°56′31″N112°48′19″W, el. 4,167 feet (1,270 m)
• Cut Bank Army Air Field (historical), Glacier County, Montana, 48°36′30″N112°22′37″W, el. 3,852 feet (1,174 m)
• Fort Assinniboine (historical), Hill County, Montana, 48°30′05″N 109°47′30″W, el. 2,671 feet (814 m)
• Fort Assinniboine Military Reservation (historical), Hill County, Montana, 48°30′05″N109°47′30″W, el. 2,671 feet (814 m)
• Fort C F Smith (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, 45°18′52″N 107°54′30″W, el. 3,268 feet (996 m)
• Fort Carroll (historical), Fergus County, Montana, 47°34′25″N 108°22′22″W, el. 2,274 feet (693 m)
• Fort Custer Military Reservation (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, 45°43′35″N107°34′30″W, el. 3,038 feet (926 m)
• Fort Elizabeth Meagher (historical), Gallatin County, Montana, 45°38′30″N110°55′05″W, el. 5,249 feet (1,600 m)
• Fort Ellis (historical), Gallatin County, Montana, 45°39′16″N 110°56′35″W, el. 4,987 feet (1,520 m)
• Fort Fizzle (historical), Missoula County, Montana, 46°44′42″N 114°11′26″W, el. 3,383 feet (1,031 m)
  • Fort Fizzle is a wooden barricade on the Lolo Trail erected by Missoula volunteers to stop the advance of Chief Joseph during the Nez Perce War in 1877. The barricade failed when the Nez Perce climbed a steep ravine behind the ridge and bypassed the soldiers. The failure to stop the Nez Perce caused the barricade to be named Fort Fizzle.
• Fort Green Clay Smith (historical), Park County, Montana, 45°43′20″N 110°27′40″W, el. 4,383 feet (1,336 m)
• Fort Howes (historical), Powder River County, Montana, 45°17′00″N 106°08′53″W, el. 3,297 feet (1,005 m)
• Fort Howie (historical), Meagher County, Montana, 46°31′40″N 110°23′30″W, el. 4,931 feet (1,503 m)
  • Established in 1867 near Martinsdale, Montana on the Musselshell River. Disbanded in 1867. Named for Colonel Neil Howie of the Montana Militia.
• Fort Ida Thoroughman (historical), Park County, Montana, 45°43′20″N 110°27′40″W, el. 4,383 feet (1,336 m)
• Fort Keogh (historical), Custer County, Montana, 46°22′32″N 105°53′00″W, el. 2,372 feet (723 m)
• Fort Logan (historical), Meagher County, Montana, 46°40′43″N 111°10′19″W, el. 4,636 feet (1,413 m)
• Fort Maginnis (historical), Fergus County, Montana, 47°08′30″N 109°08′02″W, el. 4,160 feet (1,270 m)
• Fort Maginnis Military Reservation (historical), Fergus County, Montana, 47°10′00″N109°07′32″W, el. 4,236 feet (1,291 m)
• Fort Missoula (historical), Missoula County, Montana, 46°50′34″N 114°03′29″W, el. 3,153 feet (961 m)
• Fort Owen (historical), Ravalli County, Montana, 46°31′11″N 114°05′45″W, el. 3,294 feet (1,004 m)
• Fort Shaw (historical), Cascade County, Montana, 47°30′32″N 111°49′12″W, el. 3,507 feet (1,069 m)
• Fort Skalkaho (historical), Ravalli County, Montana, 46°14′20″N 114°08′32″W, el. 3,599 feet (1,097 m)
• Fort Thomas F Meagher (historical), Park County, Montana, 45°42′00″N 110°31′00″W, el. 4,442 feet (1,354 m)
• Fort William Henry Harrison (historical), Lewis and Clark County, Montana,46°37′25″N 112°05′50″W, el. 3,963 feet (1,208 m)
• Glasgow Air Force Base (historical), Valley County, Montana, 48°24′13″N106°31′07″W, el. 2,749 feet (838 m)
• Glasgow Army Air Field (historical), Valley County, Montana, 48°12′59″N106°36′55″W, el. 2,297 feet (700 m)
• Havre Air Force Station (historical), Hill County, Montana, 48°52′51″N 109°56′36″W, el. 3,202 feet (976 m)
• Helena Barracks (historical), Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 46°37′28″N112°04′00″W, el. 3,868 feet (1,179 m)
• Lewistown Air Force Station (historical), Fergus County, Montana, 47°13′03″N109°13′20″W, el. 6,424 feet (1,958 m)
• Lewistown Army Air Field (historical), Fergus County, Montana, 47°02′37″N109°28′35″W, el. 4,167 feet (1,270 m)
• Limestone Military Reservation (historical), Big Horn County, Montana, 45°18′15″N107°55′40″W, el. 3,379 feet (1,030 m)
• Miles City Air Force Station (historical), Custer County, Montana, 46°17′48″N105°58′43″W, el. 2,831 feet (863 m)
• National Cemetery Military Reservation (historical), Big Horn County, Montana,45°33′55″N 107°25′54″W, el. 3,156 feet (962 m)
• Opheim Air Force Station (historical), Valley County, Montana, 48°51′44″N106°28′35″W, el. 3,294 feet (1,004 m)
• Stanleys Stockade (historical), Dawson County, Montana, 46°55′36″N 104°52′10″W, el. 2,133 feet (650 m)
  • An U.S. Army advance supply depot near Glendive, Montana on the Yellowstone River established in July 1873. Used by General Alfred Terry as his headquarters during the 1876 Sioux campaign.
• Terrys Supply Camp (historical), Prairie County, Montana, 46°44′26″N 105°26′03″W, el. 2,192 feet (668 m)
  • A U.S. Army steamboat landing at the mouth of Powder River built in 1877. Abandoned in 1882 when the Northern Pacific Railway reached Powder River.
• Yaak Air Force Station (historical), Lincoln County, Montana, 48°51′43″N115°43′20″W, el. 4,970 feet (1,510 m)