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Names on the face of Montana:

the story of Montana's place names
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Printed by the Printing Dept., University of Montana, 1971 - History - 275 pages

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Contents

Montana Place Names
1
Mountains
249
Bibliography
265
Copyright

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Names on the face of Montana: the story of Montana's place names
Names on the face of Montana: the story of Montana's place names
Roberta Carkeek Cheney
Snippet view - 1971
Names on the face of Montana: the story of Montana's place names
Names on the face of Montana: the story of Montana's place names
Roberta Carkeek Cheney
No preview available - 1983

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Beaverhead County Benton Blaine County built Butte Carbon County Cascade County cattle Chouteau County Clark County Company county seat Creek Crow Custer County Dawson County Deer Lodge County Fergus County Flathead County Fork Gallatin County Garfield County gold Gulch Helena Hill County homesteaders horses Jefferson County Judith Basin County Lake land later Lewis and Clark located Madison County mail was ordered mail was sent Meagher County Miles City Milk River miners Missoula County Missouri River Montana Mountains name was changed Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Railroad office closed office from 1914 office opened office was active office was discontinued office was established office was open originally called Park Phillips County post office established post office operated Prairie ranch rancher rock Rosebud County Sanders County settlement settlers Sheridan County Springs station Teton County town was named townsite trading post trail Valley County Virginia City Yellowstone County Yellowstone River

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Crime News In The Old West
WERNER J EINSTADTER - 1979 - Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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Montana: The Magazine of Western History: Essay on the west: The ...
Roberta Carkeek Cheney, Names on the Face of Montana: The Story of Montana's Place Names. Missoula, Mont.: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1983. ...
findarticles.com/ p/ articles/ mi_qa3951/ is_200210/ ai_n9085557/ print

Montana Cemeteries
MONTANA CEMETERIES. BROADWATER COUNTY. JEFFERSON COUNTY. LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY. John H. Wareham. Killed by Indians July 3, 1878 ...
people.montana.com/ ~spalding/ montanacemeteries.htm

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NPS Form 10-900. OMB No. 1024-0018. (Rev. Oct. 1990). United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service ...
montanahistory.org/ shpo/ register/ NRmap/ SitesbyCo/ Yellowstone/ ErbNom.pdf

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TitleNames on the face of Montana: the story of Montana's place names
University of Montana publications in history
AuthorRoberta Carkeek Cheney
PublisherPrinted by the Printing Dept., University of Montana, 1971
Length275 pages
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History / United States / State & Local / West
Names, Geographical
  
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