The hype surrounding this summer’s eclipse is “remarkably similar” to the kind that swept the U.S. in the walk-up to the eclipse of July 29, 1878, which was seen from the Montana territory ...

In the late nineteenth century, a total solar eclipse passed over the western United States, stretching from Montana Territory to Texas. The spectacle, in the summer of 1878, drew people ...

More than one in every six Blackfeet in Montana Territory succumbed. ... Dec. 30, 1878 – Camp Baker was renamed Fort Logan. Dec. 26, 1881 – The first Utah and Northern train entered Butte.

Favored mortals -- First contact -- Totality -- American genius -- Part five. 1878-1931. Ghosts -- Shadow and light -- Epilogue : tendrils of history Summary On a scorching July afternoon in 1878, at ...

Satistics of the Territory of Montana. Share full article. Jan. 13, 1868. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 13, 1868, Page 3 Buy Reprints.

Daughter Susie was born at Ringgold (or Ringo) Barracks, Texas in 1878. ... In the Shadow of Price’s Army and Montana Territory and the Civil War: A Frontier Forged on the Battlefield.

On this day in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act that carved the Territory of Montana from the existing Idaho Territory. Some 25 years later, without any change in its borders, Montana ...