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Eastern Montana is a loosely defined region of Montana. Some definitions are more or less inclusive than others, ranging from the most inclusive, which would include the entire part of the state east of the Continental Divide, to the least inclusive, which places the beginning of "eastern" Montana roughly at or even east of Billings, Montana. The areas of Montana lying just east of the Continental Divide are often called Central Montana. A widely accepted definition of Eastern Montana is that it encompasses the eastern third of the state. Parts of Eastern Montana are affected by the economic boom in the Bakken formation, the largest oil discovery in U.S. history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bakken: The Biggest Oil Discovery in U.S. History )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bakken: The Biggest Oil Discovery in U.S. History - 500 Beiträge pro Seite )〕 ==History== The plains of eastern Montana were historically populated by Plains Indian tribes such as the Sioux, Blackfeet and Crow. By the late 19th century, people of European descent set up homesteads in the region, and the Native Americans were mostly confined to Indian reservations as they were throughout Montana and the west. To this day, Eastern Montana has a proud Native American population. Eastern Montana was the location of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General Custer's last stand, Montana's historical site - by Brian Buchanan, freelance copywriter ( American Foklore ) )〕 Fort Peck Dam near Glasgow, Montana was a major project of the Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal. Construction of Fort Peck Dam started in 1933, and at its peak in July 1936 employed 10,546 workers. The dam, named for a 19th-century trading post, was completed in 1940, and began generating electricity in July 1943.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=http://www.fortpeckdam.com/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eastern Montana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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