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In a Wednesday, July 19, 2017 photo, visitors get help at the Montana Historical Society's research center in Helena, Mont. The research center will have to reduce its weekend hours and the historical society will have to cut jobs if state revenues fall far below expectations. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
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This map provided by the Montana Historical Society shows the Idaho Territory before it was split up. It was largely Sidney Edgerton, Montana’s first territorial governor, who was responsible for Montana being split from Idaho along the Bitterroot Mountains rather than the Continental Divide. (AP Photo/Montana Historical Society)
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This map provided by the Montana Historical Society shows the map of Montana. It was largely Sidney Edgerton, Montana’s first territorial governor, who was responsible for Montana being split from Idaho along the Bitterroot Mountains rather than the Continental Divide. (AP Photo/Montana Historical Society)
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This photo provided by Montana Historical Society shows Sidney Edgerton. Edgerton is, arguably, the father of Montana. He was instrumental in lobbying for its creation as the Montana Territory and its current boundaries. He also served as its first territorial governor. It appears that bitter partisanship is nothing new in U.S. and Montana politics, particularly during the Civil War, and he was one of its victims. Edgerton was pretty much wiped from the face of Montana’s history. (AP Photo/Montana Historical Society)
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Replicas of artifacts discovered at a site at least 12,600 years old are displayed at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. The exhibit opened in conjunction with the release of research that found that people from the ancient Clovis culture were direct ancestors of many of today's native peoples in the Americas. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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Visitors examine a new Montana Historical Society exhibit in Helena, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, showing artifacts discovered at a site at least 12,600 years old. The exhibit opened in conjunction with the release of research that found that people from the 12,600-year-old Clovis culture were direct ancestors of many of today's native peoples in the Americas. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
