Timeline of pre-statehood Montana history

This is a timeline of pre-statehood Montana history comprising substantial events in the history of the area that would become the State of Montana prior to November 8, 1889.

This area existed as Montana Territory from May 28, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Montana.

Manuel Lisa
John Bozeman
Confederate Gulch ca 1870
Bozeman Mainstreet, 1875
Henry Washburn, 1869
Miles City, 1881
Plat of Livingston, MT (1883)