Encyclopedia - Fort Benton Montana: Encyclopedia Ii - Fort Benton Montana - Geography
Fort Benton is located at 47°49'10" North, 110°40'11" West (47.819307, -110.669726)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missoula Montana: Encyclopedia Ii - Missoula Montana - History
The first inhabitants of the Missoula area were American Indians from the Salish tribe. Their first encounter with whites came in 1805 wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montmorillonite: Encyclopedia - Montmorillonite
Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate mineral that typically forms in microscopic crystals, forming a clay. Montmorillonite, a me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bentonite: Encyclopedia - Bentonite
Bentonite is an absorbent aluminium phyllosilicate generally impure clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite, (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missoula Montana: Encyclopedia Ii - Missoula Montana - Geography
Missoula is located at 46°51'45" North, 114°0'42" West (46.862633, -114.011593)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Okotoks Alberta: Encyclopedia Ii - Okotoks Alberta - History
The Blackfoot First Nation called the site Okotoks meaning “rock” named after the world's largest known glacial erratic rock. The 15,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chouteau County Montana: Encyclopedia Ii - Chouteau County Montana - Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 5,970 people, 2,226 households, and 1,613 families residing in the county. The population density is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - The Intervening Years
Louis Riel - The amnesty question. It was not until September 2 that the new lieutenant-governor Adams George Archibald arrived and set...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Neihardt: Encyclopedia Ii - John Neihardt - Biography
Neihardt was born in Sharpsburg, Illinois; his family moved to Wayne, Nebraska, when he was 10. A graduate of Nebraska Normal School in W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Francis Meagher: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Francis Meagher - Biography
Meagher (pronounced Mayor) came from an established Catholic Tipperary County family of tailors & vintners. His father, Thomas Meaghe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Famous Dogs: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Famous Dogs - Pets Of Famous People
List of famous dogs - Famous pets of Presidents and their wives. Barney, U.S. President George W. Bush's Scottish Terrier Buddy, U.S. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - Red River Rebellion
Louis Riel - Background. The majority population of the Red River had historically been Métis and First Nations people. But upon his r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Okotoks Alberta: Encyclopedia Ii - Okotoks Alberta - Geography And Climate
Okotoks Alberta - Water conservation. The Sheep River runs through Okotoks year round. Artesian wells near the river supply the town wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Okotoks Alberta: Encyclopedia Ii - Okotoks Alberta - Industry
Okotoks had its own lumber mill. Established in 1891, for 25 years John Lineham's sawmill was a major part of the local economy. At one t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Okotoks Alberta: Encyclopedia Ii - Okotoks Alberta - Commerce
The Texas Gulf sulphur plant (known as CanOxy) opened in 1959, employing 45 people. It was not unusual to see the bright yellow, three-st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missoula Montana: Encyclopedia Ii - Missoula Montana - Politics
Missoula holds the highest-percentage Democratic voting district in the state, and in the 2000 presidential election, it had one of the h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Missoula Montana: Encyclopedia Ii - Missoula Montana - Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 57,053 people, 24,141 households, and 12,336 families residing in the city. (A 2004 estimate puts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - Trial For Treason
Main articles: Trial of Louis Riel, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - Execution
Prior to his execution, Riel was reconciled with the Catholic church, and assigned Father André as his spiritual advisor. He was also gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - Early Life
The Red River Settlement was a community in Rupert's Land nominally administered by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), and largely inhabited...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Louis Riel: Encyclopedia Ii - Louis Riel - The North-west Rebellion
Louis Riel - Grievances in the Saskatchewan territory. Following the Red River Rebellion, large numbers of Métis travelled west and se...   » Read the article