THE ARRIVAL OF CAPTAIN LEWIS AT THE GREAT FALLS OF THE MISSOURI – JUNE 13, 1805, oil paint- ing by Billings artist Charles Fritz. From the collection and book, An Artist with the Corps of Discovery ~ One Hundred Paintings Il- lustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark. Charlesfritz.com.
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RIVER STEAMER "BENTON." Immigrants who could afford it rode into Montana by steamboat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton. The first steamboat to arrive on the Missouri River was in 1860.
IN 1862, MONTANA'S GOLD RUSH BEGAN This gold is a nugget from Alder Gulch. By the late 1870s mining camps dotted nearly 500 gulches.
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JOHN BOZEMAN'S KNIFE Bone handle in handmade leather sheath. This knife was with Bozeman's body when he was killed. The town of Bozeman and the Bozeman Trail, opened in 1863, are named after the man.
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HOMESTEAD NEAR STEVENSVILLE In 1862, the federal government gave away 52 million acres for free in the Homestead Act to encourage small farmers to populate the land. By 1886 two million homesteaders arrived.
NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN LOGO In the 1890s the railroad launched an aggressive campaign to get people to settle in Montana, planning to receive income from shipping crops and livestock to market. Northern Europeans were targeted because of the similar climate; as a result, a tidal wave of homesteaders arrived, including many of Montana's immigrants.
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PIONEER MUSEUM-BOZEMAN, MT
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PIONEER MUSEUM-BOZEMAN, MT, FRANK JAY HAYNES
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