Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana



Welcome to the Montana WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the U.S. State of Montana.


 * Goals: The goal of this WikiProject is to provide complete coverage on subjects related to Montana, by expanding articles on people, places, and things resident or native to Montana.
 * Scope: This project proposes to work with all pages related to the state of Montana, its history, geography, and people. All these articles should be included in the Category:Montana or one of its subcategories.

Open tasks

 * All articles should be added to the WikiProject Montana/Articles list by category.
 * All members should always feel free to patrol the recent changes list to note improvements, other changes, or vandalism of articles within the scope of this project.
 * Links and resources for Wikipedians in Montana includes lists of Montana articles to write

Active members
To join WikiProject Montana, edit this section and add the Wikitext   with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
 * 1) Ltvine 01:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - northeast Montana native - Foci: Transportation, Architecture, others still developing.
 * 2) MONGO Mainly working on land management articles, but will contribute to anything that is needed.
 * 3) Wolfdog1 05:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Billings Metro Area, South Central Montana and mountains
 * 4) Mike Cline (talk) Bozeman, MT resident. Interested in Montana Flora, Fauna, Geography, History and Fly Fishing. I am a Campus Ambassador and Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at Montana State University-Bozeman
 * 5)  Montanabw (talk) 16:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC)  Fourth Generation Montanan. Wiki Veteran Editor, feel free to call on me to resolve disputes and trounce popular myths. EVERYONE is entitled to my opinion!  (grin)
 * 6) Seattlehawk94 ((User talk:Seattlehawk94|talk)) 03:04, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Family is all from Butte, spent a lot of my life there and it's home. Mostly Western/SW Montana, Livingston/South Central Montana, Billings are topics I know about.
 * 7) Tim1965 (talk) 16:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC) - adding what I can, where I can; can help with research issues
 * 8) Missoulian (talk) 18:16, 29 December 2010 (UTC)... I live in Missoula, Montana and love everything about Missoula, and Montana. Long-time user for Wikipedia, and would love to help in any way I could.
 * 9) Dsetay ((talk) Third generation Montanan and frequent Wikipedia contributor.  Currently live in Seattle but focused on Montana articles related to Missoula, higher education, and history.
 * 10) Tbennert02 February 2011 - willing to help with most anything - family has been in eastern Montana since the homesteading days
 * 11) Intothatdarkness (talk) 21:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC) Sixth generation Montanan - interested mostly in military/Frontier Montana history but can help in other areas.
 * 12) Bobert902101 - I have a new found love for the state and people of Montana. I can check links, perform any tasks that are on a todo list, anything else let me know.Bobert902101 (talk) 22:06, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * 13) JohnDavidStutts - Long-time western Montana resident, have good information/photos on western Montana mountains and wildlands. JohnDavidStutts (talk) 20:57, 24 November 2011 (UTC)JohnDavidStutts
 * 14) Glacierman - Resident of Hungry Horse, history is my bag; can copy & content edit, willing to write new articles from time to time. Glacierman (talk) 19:18, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * 15) STO12 - Loves Montana; can't think of where else to be :)
 * 16) Ngs61 (talk) - Help with Montana Highways
 * 17) TurfToe11 (talk) 06:44, 1 July 2013 (UTC) I live in part-time and know a lot about the town of West Yellowstone, MT
 * 18) Djembayz - Editathon in Missoula; Adding "On this day ..." in the Montana portal. Djembayz (talk) 13:35, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
 * 19) Rjensen (talk)  Live in Billings; interest in political, economic & social history; also training workshops; Wikipedia Education Foundation "Regional Ambassador" for Great Plains
 * 20) KingJeff1970 (talk) 23:10, 8 July 2014 (UTC) I live in Helena and work in the Montana Historical Society Research Center, so I can check sources in Montana history fairly easily. My interests are mostly in Montana history, political, social, and environmental, so I hope to improve existing articles in these areas and maybe create some new ones
 * 21) Gary D Robson Resident of Red Lodge (Carbon County). Happy to help where I can.
 * 22) Shadybradyj (talk)12:28, 01 January 2015 (UTC) My family homesteaded in Northeast Montana in the early 1900s. I am interested in the history of Montana, especially Northeast Montana.
 * 23) otr500 (talk): All things historical. See talk page.
 * 24) jwilsonjwilson (talk) 05:48, 7 March 2016 (UTC) An old time Deer Lodge boy. My interest is documenting history of Deer Lodge City and Valley, from Butte to Garrison.
 * 25) Activist (User talk:Activist) Activist (talk) 22:07, 14 April 2018 (UTC) Occasional visitor, edits for many years, mostly regarding Politics
 * 26) Dlthewave (talk)
 * 27) Aflockw12 (talk)My interest is history of homesteading in Gallatin Canyon, particularly Crail Ranch in Big Sky
 * 28) SWP13 (talk) 17:54, 12 August 2020 (UTC) Mostly Montana House of Representatives
 * 29) A Rose  Wolf  - Lived near Bozeman. Spent a lot time on the Crow Reservation when I wasn't in Glacier. Some of my favorite locations in Glacier are Gunsight Lake, Mt. Jackson, Reynolds Creek and Heavens Peak.
 * 30) AlSmith28 (talk)
 * 31) VanillaBean28 (talk) I'm interested in Montana history.
 * 32) Montana1890 (talk) I'm a 4th generation Montanan whose family came to Butte in 1890.
 * 33) Notyouryellowstone (talk) My interest is in helping set the record straight on Montana and all her glory. From the Gibson factory, to the music industry, and all the amazing breweries and other industries here. Lets make Montana, Montana again.
 * 23:10:27, 4 January 2024 (UTC) I am most interested in expanding articles about Montana's rich history.
 * 18:16:12, 19 March 2024 (UTC) I am interested in Montana's history and geography.

Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
 * 1) Geologyguy 02:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Geology, Butte History, National Historic Landmarks, Mining, Natural areas, mountains - No edits since May 2008
 * 2) ElCharismo 16:24, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Focus: General Montana History, Small Town Culture, Local Geography, and Incorporation of Photography and Other Media - No edits since May 2010
 * 3) Love Montana.. I've been working on articles within the scope of the Bitterroot Range recently.. but I'm a pretty experienced editor and am willing to help wherever. - 1 edit since September 2009
 * 4) Greyduk 21:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Eastern Montana - No edits since February 2008
 * 5) MontanaHatchet 01:17, 10 October 2007 (UTC)-Former Montana resident, wanted to be a part of my state's Wikiproject. - No edits since June 2008
 * 6) John Carter 16:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC) - work on the portal. - No edits since January 2008
 * 7) Jade Robbins (talk) 23:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC) - Montana resident, will help whenever possible. - No edits since November 2007
 * 8) P.primo (talk) 23:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC) - Focus: Colstrip, Montana, grew up in Colstrip - 3 edits since November 2009, none since July 2010
 * 9) snachodog (talk) 14:09, 16 September 2008 (UTC) I love Montana. Going to school in Missoula, involved in local politics.  I am a Wikipedia novice, but I will help with whatever I can. - 1 Edit since March 2010
 * 10) tanankyo (talk) 18:14, 09 October 2008 (UTC)-Former Deer Lodge resident, interested in helping when and where I can. - 1 edit since November 2009
 * 11) Narissara (talk) 8:19, 5 June 2010 (UTC) First generation Montanan from Stevensville/Missoula. I'm relatively new to Wikipedia editing, but I'd like to help. - No edits since June 2010
 * 12) Jim (talk) 12:00, 11 September 2010 (UTC) Third generation Montanan from the southwestern region of the state. Relatively new, but willing to help out with research and editing. - No edits since September 2010

Member identification
Members of WikiProject Montana should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to .

For other Montana user templates see .

Articles

 * Outline of Montana - Topical outline of Montana related articles
 * Index of Montana-related articles - Alphabetical list of Montana related articles.

[[Image:Featured article star.svg|20px|FA]] Featured articles
Articles on Montana-related subjects, not necessarily improved to Featured Status by this WikiProject.


 * [[Image:Nuvola apps kmessedwords.png|20px|Education]] Education


 * [[Image:Emblem-web.svg|20px|Geography]] Geography
 * Glacier National Park (U.S.)
 * Yellowstone National Park
 * Yogo sapphire
 * Cutthroat trout (Montana state fish)


 * [[Image:Stock alarm.svg|20px|History]] History
 * Fort Yellowstone
 * Yellowstone fires of 1988


 * [[Image:Gnome-home.svg|20px|Landmarks]] Landmarks


 * [[Image:Nuvola apps personal.svg|20px|Montanans]] Notable Montana residents
 * Jessie Wilber
 * Gustavus Cheyney Doane
 * Frances Senska
 * Harry W. Child

[[Image:Cscr-candidate.png|22px|FAC]] Peer review/Featured article candidates (FAC)
The following articles are in review as Featured article candidates:

[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px|GA]] Good articles (GA)
The following articles have either been recognized as good articles or are currently under review for good article status:


 * [[Image:Nuvola apps package graphics.png|22px]] Art, architecture and archaeology


 * [[Image:Nuvola mimetypes kchart chrt.png|20px|Economics and business]] Economics and business


 * [[Image:System-users.svg|20px|Social sciences and society]] Social sciences and society
 * Ryan Leaf
 * Montana Vigilantes
 * [[Image:Nuvola apps kcmsystem.png|20px|Engineering and technology]] Engineering and technology
 * Northern Pacific Railway
 * [[Image:Nuvola apps kteatime.png|20px|Food and drink]] Food and drink


 * [[Image:Emblem-web.svg|20px|Geography]] Geography
 * Basin, Montana
 * Missoula, Montana


 * [[Image:Stock alarm.svg|20px|History]] History
 * Fort Yellowstone
 * [[Image:Nuvola apps chat.png|20px|Language]] Language


 * [[Image:Nuvola apps edu mathematics-p.svg|20px|Mathematics]] Mathematics


 * [[Image:Video-x-generic.svg|20px|Music]] Music


 * [[Image:Vote.png|20px|Politics and government]] Politics and government


 * [[Image:ReligiousSymbols.png|20px|Religion]] Religion
 * L. Ron Hubbard
 * [[Image:Operation Upshot-Knothole - Badger 001.jpg|20px|War and military]] War and military
 * William F. Raynolds

New articles
Listed below are the 25 newest articles on Montana related subjects. Please feel free to list your new Montana-related articles here (newer articles at the top with date created, please remove articles 26 and above at the same time). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box the Main Page. Please also make sure that each new article created is put into one of the categories for Montana, so that the articles will appear there. Also, if possible, add each new article to the page Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana/Articles (still under construction) so that they can be viewed for recent changes. New articles may also be found at User:AlexNewArtBot/MontanaSearchResult.

New articles:


 * 1) Bernie Olson September 17, 2020 by SWP13
 * 2) George Everett August 28, 2020 by SWP13
 * 3) Ralph Heinert August 19, 2020 by SWP13
 * 4) Neil Duram August 14, 2020 by SWP13
 * 5) Peggy Webb (politician) August 11, 2020 by SWP13
 * 6) Nakonanectes 2017-11-08
 * 7) Georgetown Lake 2017-05-24
 * 8) Montana State Fairgrounds Racetrack 2017-05-15
 * 9) William E. Hunt 2017-03-08
 * 10) Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation 2017-03-03
 * 11) Montana Water Court 2017-02-28
 * 12) Montana Youth Courts 2017-02-26
 * 13) Montana inferior courts 2017-02-26
 * 14) Montana District Courts 2017-02-24
 * 15) Dirk Sandefur 2017-02-24
 * 16) Smith River State Recreational Waterway 2017-01-11
 * 17) Sarah Bickford 2016-02-01
 * 18) Alberta Bair Theater 2016-02-01
 * 19) Big Spring Creek (Montana) 2015-08-17
 * 20) Little Blackfoot River 2015-06-08
 * 21) Tenmile Creek (Lewis and Clark County, Montana) 2015-06-08
 * 22) Cadotte Pass 2015-06-01
 * 23) Fort Owen State Park 2015-06-01
 * 24) Montana arctic grayling 2015-04-13
 * 25) Center for Biofilm Engineering 2015-03-06

Did you know (DYK?)

 * ... that sculptor Jim Dolan portrayed Albert Einstein throwing a Frisbee?
 * ... that Merrill G. Burlingame, a former professor of history at Montana State University, was known as "Mr. Montana History"?
 * ... that Montana television hall of fame inductee Norma Ashby was kissed by Robert Goulet during an interview, and once featured a rancher on her local KRTV show who gutted a rattlesnake on live television?
 * ... that the Helena Historic District (Atlas building pictured) required a major boundary adjustment when urban renewal in the 1970s destroyed over 60 historically significant buildings?
 * ... that a study of lichens was used in the nomination process for the Alice Creek Historic District?
 * ... that MacDonald Pass was part of a Montana toll road known once as "the Frenchwoman's road" because it was operated by the wife of French Canadian Constant Guyot?
 * ... that "Miky", a bomb-sniffing police dog that only responds to commands in Hebrew, helped to revitalize the Jewish community in Helena, Montana, that built Temple Emanu-El?
 * ... that the most heavily damaged building in the 1935 Helena earthquake was the Helena High School, which had been completed just two months earlier?
 * ... that a female state legislator proposed making Dorothy's Rooms (bathroom pictured), the last brothel in Helena, Montana, a historical landmark?
 * ... that there is a cemetery with over 350 graves at an unknown location on the grounds of the Lewis and Clark County Hospital Historic District (pictured)?
 * ... that Black Sandy State Park on Hauser Lake (pictured) was originally a recreation area operated by the Montana Power Company?
 * ... that a flashing blue light, used to alert local skiers that fresh powder snow is falling at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area, sits atop the Hotel Baxter (pictured) in Bozeman, Montana?
 * ... that Bozeman, Montana, is home to two breweries – the Bozeman Brewery Historic District and Spieth and Krug Brewery – now listed in the National Register of Historic Places?
 * ... that Camp Paxson Boy Scout Camp was used as a training camp for conscientious objector smokejumpers during World War II?
 * ... that Eagle's Store, structurally similar to the Old Faithful Inn, has been operated by the same family since its founding in 1908?
 * ... that the Bozeman National Fish Hatchery was instrumental in rebuilding the endangered population of the greenback cutthroat trout?
 * ... that the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake caused Hebgen Lake, near Yellowstone National Park, to recede 22 ft, leaving a wide gravel beach along the lakefront of Lonesomehurst Cabin (pictured)?
 * ... that Christmas Gift Evans House was not a Christmas gift?
 * ... that the Helena train wreck of 1989 occurred during a record cold snap that ranked No. 4 on the NOAA's list of Montana's Top Weather/Water/Climate events of the 20th century?
 * ... that the Bozeman Carnegie Library was intentionally built across from Bozeman, Montana's red-light district and opium dens?
 * ... that the Dearborn River High Bridge (pictured), near Augusta, Montana, is the last standing pin-connected Pratt half-deck truss bridge left in the United States?
 * ... that several Freemasons are buried on the oldest Jewish cemetery in Montana, Home of Peace in Helena?
 * ... that the log and half-timber construction Kluge House in Helena, Montana, a rare and historic example of Silesian fachwerk, was almost demolished in 1964?
 * ... that the night after the Lewis and Clark Expedition broke camp at Camp Disappointment was the only time during the entire expedition that they killed any Indians?
 * ... that Traveler's Rest near Lolo, Montana, is the only place along the Lewis and Clark Trail where physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition has been found?
 * ... that Yogo sapphires (pictured) are rarer than diamonds and are found only in Yogo Gulch, Montana? (22,100 hits, 2nd most of Nov 2011, see DYK stats pages)
 * ... that Montana State University educator and artist Frances Senska trained several internationally known ceramic artists although she herself had just two academic quarters of training in ceramics?
 * ... that sales of Montana artist Monte Dolack poster, "Restoring the Wolf to Yellowstone," were banned in Yellowstone and Glacier national parks by the U.S. National Park Service in 1990?
 * ... that in 1966, the C. M. Russell Museum Complex in Montana wanted to tear down its namesake's home (pictured) even as it was about to receive National Historic Landmark status?
 * ... that, because of their unique genetic makeup, the feral horses (mare and foal pictured) on the Pryor Mountains Wild Horse Range "may be the most significant wild-horse herd remaining in the U.S."?
 * ... that the bison bone bed at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park in Montana is 13 ft deep?
 * ... that when the 5,800-seat Four Seasons Arena was built at Montana ExpoPark in 1979, it lacked air conditioning?
 * ... that US Air Force Major General Nels Running, a recipient of seven Distinguished Flying Crosses, had never boarded an airplane until he left his home town to attend the Air Force Academy?
 * ... that Nelson Story was the first cattleman to drive Texas Longhorns to Montana along the Bozeman Trail in 1866?
 * ... that as of March 2011, Benefis Health System was the largest hospital in the U.S. state of Montana?
 * ... that when Great Falls High School in Montana was built in 1896, a herd of sheep was used to compact earth around the foundation?
 * ... that in 1889, the Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company agreed to build a smelter in Great Falls, Montana, if a local power company built a dam to supply it with power?
 * ... that a portion of Black Eagle Dam was dynamited on April 14, 1908, so that floodwaters from the collapsed Hauser Dam could pass through?
 * ... that merchant Lester S. Willson and his wife entertained members of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition in their home on the evening before the expedition left to explore Yellowstone?
 * ... that although the Montana Fish and Game Board, the predecessor to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, was established in 1895, the first game warden was not hired until 1898?
 * ... that construction of Holter Dam ceased in 1910 for six years after the 1908 collapse of Hauser Dam almost drove the company constructing Holter into bankruptcy?
 * ... that Michigan's 1892/1893 captain George Dygert played professional football for a Butte, Montana, team sponsored by mine owners that defeated teams from Denver and San Francisco?
 * ... that the first Territorial Governor of Montana, Sidney Edgerton, fought as a Squirrel Hunter during the American Civil War?
 * ... that Montana's Shonkin Sag was created when glaciers blocked the Missouri River, forcing it to cut a new channel at right angles to the existing drainage valleys?
 * ... that according to the folklore of the Crow Nation, the Little People of the Pryor Mountains were dwarves so violent and fearsome they could tear the heart out of an enemy's horse?
 * ... that Hell Gate, a ghost town in western Montana, was the scene of several notorious lynchings in 1864?
 * ... that some of the thrust horses in Montana's Adel Mountains Volcanic Field fold some of the intrusions, while others are cut by them?
 * ... that some geologists say the Great Falls Tectonic Zone is a shear, while others argue it is a suture?
 * ... that the first African American to see the Great Falls of the Missouri River was York, a slave who participated in the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
 * ... that Theodore Roosevelt called Medicine Rocks in Montana "as fantastically beautiful a place as I have ever seen"?
 * ... that Montana's Sleeping Giant Wilderness Study Area (namesake landform pictured) was designated a federal wilderness study area in 1981, delisted in 1982, and designated again in 1985?
 * ... that Montana's 30 percent tax on coal production, upheld in Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana (1981), was once called "the most significant piece of legislation enacted in Montana in this century"?
 * ... the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States outside of Alaska is -70 °F (-56.66 °C) at Rogers Pass, Montana?
 * ... that Pokey Allen, former head coach of the Portland State Vikings football team, appeared in television commercials threatening to have himself shot out of a cannon into the backyards of anyone not buying season tickets?
 * ... that William Frankena "played an especially critical role in defense of fundamental academic freedoms during the McCarthy era while chair of the philosophy department at the University of Michigan?
 * ... that Katie Blair became the first teenager from Montana to place in the Miss Teen USA pageant's 24 year history, when she won the Miss Teen USA 2006 crown?
 * ... that, as a result of track switchbacks on either side of a mountain pass, all trains of the Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad crossed over the U.S. continental divide running backwards?
 * ... that Sam Peckinpah, director of the The Wild Bunch, lived in a three-room suite at The Murray Hotel in Livingston, Montana, from 1979 to 1984?
 * ... that Louis Levine, a member of the faculty at University of Montana, published a book in 1919 called "The Taxation of Mines in Montana", and was fired for doing so?

Formerly recognized content

 * [[Image:Cscr-featured-strike.png|20px|Former featured articles]] Former featured articles


 * [[Image:Symbol unsupport vote.svg|20px|Delisted Good Articles]] Delisted Good Articles

Collaboration and review

 * Assessment - rates project related articles for quality.


 * Collaboration of the week


 * Peer review

Stubs
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 * Montana-stub - Stub template for articles relating to Montana. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.
 * Montana-protected-area-stub - Stub template for articles relating to protected areas in Montana. To be placed on the bottom of the article page.

Other templates
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Resources

 * State of Montana Website
 * Official State Travel Information Site
 * Montana State Capitol Information
 * Montana History
 * The Montana History Wiki collection of information resources available through the Montana Historical Society Research Center.
 * Montana Historical Society
 * USGS real-time, geographic, and other scientific resources of Montana
 * State Facts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
 * Montana Memory Project-Montana's Digital Archives and Library

Tools

 * Main tool page: toolserver.org


 * Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
 * Checklinks - Edit and repair external links
 * Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
 * Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.