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Malta ( ) (Assiniboine: ''Iyúkšą tiʾóda, Oyúwąga, Oʾíyuweǧe, Wakpá įyúkšą'' ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Phillips County, Montana, United States,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 located at the intersection of U.S. Routes 2 and 191. The population was 1,997 at the 2010 census. ==History== After James Hill and his partners built the St Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway (which in 1890 became the Great Northern Railway) across Montana's "High Line" in 1887, Malta evolved from rail siding number 54. What came to be Saco, Montana to the east and Dodson, Montana to the west grew from other nearby sidings. A post office was established in Malta in 1890. Its name is said to have been determined by a spin of the globe by a Great Northern official whose finger came to rest on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.〔(Malta Montana Information )〕 On July 3, 1901 Kid Curry (Harvey Logan), as part of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, robbed a train just west of Malta, near Wagner, Montana,〔(Kid Curry )〕 making off with about $40,000.〔Aarstad, Rich, Ellie Arguimbau, Ellen Baumler, Charlene Porsild, and Brian Shovers. (Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman ). Montana Historical Society Press.〕 One of the best preserved dinosaurs ever discovered and one of only four that were mummified is a 77-million-year-old ''Brachylophosaurus'' nicknamed Leonardo, unearthed north of Malta in 2000.〔("Mummified" Dinosaur Discovered In Montana )〕〔(Dear Mummy: Rare fossil reveals common dinosaur's soft tissue: Science News Online, Oct. 19, 2002 )〕 Leonardo,〔(Montana Leonardo dinosaur discovery: Brachylophosaurus - Judith River Dinosaur Institute )〕 together with brachylophosaurs Elvis〔(Brachylophosaurus Dinosaur discovery: Judith River Dinosaur Institute )〕 (1994), Roberta〔(Brachylophosaurus Dinosaur - Roberta discovery: Judith River Dinosaur Institute )〕 (2003) and Peanut〔(Brachylophosaurus Dinosaur - Peanut discovery: Judith River Dinosaur Institute )〕 (2002), is on display at The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum. Two stops on The Montana Dinosaur Trail〔(Follow The Montana Dinosaur Trail For Adventure )〕 are located in Malta. * The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station (home to the Judith River Dinosaur Institute〔(Montana Dinosaurs - dinosaur digs: Judith River Dinosaur Institute of Montana )〕) * The Phillips County Museum and the H.G. Robinson House and Gardens〔(Phillips County Museum and H.G. Robinson House and Gardens )〕 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「Malta, Montana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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