This is a broad outline of the history of Montana in the United States.
Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879
The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis
Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862.
Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois.
The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana.
Image: Montana territory coat of arms (illustrated, 1876)