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.
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.
To join WikiProject Montana, edit this section and add the
Wikitext#{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place
member identification on their user page.
Ltvine 01:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - northeast Montana native - Foci: Transportation, Architecture, others still developing.reply
MONGO Mainly working on land management articles, but will contribute to anything that is needed.
Wolfdog1 05:34, 18 November 2007 (UTC) Billings Metro Area, South Central Montana and mountainsreply
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)reply
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.reply
Tim1965 (
talk) 16:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC) - adding what I can, where I can; can help with research issuesreply
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.reply
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.
Tbennert02 February 2011 - willing to help with most anything - family has been in eastern Montana since the homesteading days
Intothatdarkness (
talk) 21:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC) Sixth generation Montanan - interested mostly in military/Frontier Montana history but can help in other areas.reply
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)reply
JohnDavidStutts - Long-time western Montana resident, have good information/photos on western Montana mountains and wildlands.
JohnDavidStutts (
talk) 20:57, 24 November 2011 (UTC)JohnDavidStuttsreply
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)reply
STO12 - Loves Montana; can't think of where else to be :)
Rjensen (
talk) Live in Billings; interest in political, economic & social history; also training workshops; Wikipedia Education Foundation "Regional Ambassador" for Great Plains
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 onesreply
Gary D Robson Resident of Red Lodge (Carbon County). Happy to help where I can.
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.reply
otr500 (
talk): All things historical. See talk page.
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.reply
ARoseWolf - 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.
Montana1890 (
talk) I'm a 4th generation Montanan whose family came to Butte in 1890.
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.
Boze1804 (
talk·contribs) 23:10:27, 4 January 2024 (UTC) I am most interested in expanding articles about Montana's rich history.reply
Penguin314 (
talk·contribs) 18:16:12, 19 March 2024 (UTC) I am interested in Montana's history and geography.reply
Former members
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Geologyguy 02:33, 2 March 2007 (UTC) - Geology, Butte History, National Historic Landmarks, Mining, Natural areas, mountains - No edits since May 2008reply
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 2010reply
Drumguy8800(
talk·contribs·count) 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
Greyduk 21:31, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Eastern Montana - No edits since February 2008reply
MontanaHatchet 01:17, 10 October 2007 (UTC)-Former Montana resident, wanted to be a part of my state's Wikiproject. - No edits since June 2008reply
John Carter 16:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC) - work on the portal. - No edits since January 2008reply
Jade Robbins (
talk) 23:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC) - Montana resident, will help whenever possible. - No edits since November 2007reply
P.primo (
talk) 23:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC) - Focus: Colstrip, Montana, grew up in Colstrip - 3 edits since November 2009, none since July 2010reply
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 2010reply
tanankyo (
talk) 18:14, 09 October 2008 (UTC)-Former Deer Lodge resident, interested in helping when and where I can. - 1 edit since November 2009reply
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
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 2010reply
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
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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.
... 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 "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 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 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, 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 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
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
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"?
... 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 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?
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