Malta (Montana)
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 Malta Railway Station |
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Montana |
| County : | Phillips County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 22 ′ N , 107 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 1,997 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 726.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.75 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.75 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 687 m |
| Postal code : | 59538 |
| Area code : | +1 406 |
| FIPS : | 30-47425 |
| GNIS ID : | 0773850 |
| Mayor : | Shyla Jones |
Malta [ ˈmɒltə ] ( assiniboine Iyúkšą tiʾóda, Oyúwąga, Oʾíyuweǧe, Wakpá įyúkšą ) is a city in the US state of Montana , United States and the administrative seat of Phillips County .
geography
Malta is located in the north of Montana in the High Plains . South of the city are the Little Rocky Mountains, a group of Härtlingen with heights of up to 1743 meters. The Milk River serves as a source of water for Malta. It has its source in the area of Glacier National Park .
The urban area has a size of 2.75 km². In 2010 the population was 1,997.
Infrastructure
The US Highway 2 , a west-east direction Bled across the northern US Highway, linking Malta with other cities of the state of Washington to Michigan . In Malta he meets the US Highway 191 , which leads in the opposite direction to Arizona to the Mexican border .
Malta has its own train station owned by the BNSF Railway and served by the Empire Builder of the Amtrak railway company. In the 2010 financial year, an average of 9 passengers got on or off here every day.
Attractions
There are two stations on the Montana Dinosaur Trail in Malta.
- Great Plains Dinosaur Museum: The Brachylophosaurus Leonardo, discovered north of Malta in 2000, is on display here. It is the best preserved dinosaur of all time according to the Guinness Book of Records . He is only one of four mummified dinosaurs found so far . Leonardo lived 77 million years ago. In addition, fossils of fish , invertebrates , plants and other dinosaurs such as Triceratops , Stegosaurus , Hadrosaurus and specimens of the sauropods and Dromaeosauridae are shown.
- Phillips County Museum: The Brachylophosaurus skeleton exhibited here is 10 meters long. A skull of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and a skeleton of its relative, the Albertosaurus , are also on display.
climate
Because Malta's climate is semi-arid , the long winters are usually cold and dry while the summers are hot and wet.
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Malta, Montana
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history
After the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway was built across Montana in 1887 , Malta developed from what was then siding 54. In 1890 a post office was established in Malta. The place supposedly got its name when a Great Northern Railway employee turned a globe and paused his finger over the state of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea .
The outlaw Sundance Kid , along with Harry Bass and Bill Madden, robbed a train near Malta in 1892. He was a member of the crime group The Wild Bunch , led by Butch Cassidy . On July 3, 1901, another member of the gang, Harvey Logan, known as Kid Curry, robbed a train near Malta. He looted $ 40,000.
sons and daughters of the town
- Kelly Roberty (1954-2016), jazz bassist
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in the newspaper "Billings Gazette" (English)
- ↑ American Indian Studies Research Institute (English)
- ↑ Little Rocky Mountains on peakbagger.com (English)
- ↑ United States Census Bureau (English)
- ↑ Overview of the stations of the Montana Dinosaur Trail (English)
- ↑ Judith River Dinosaur Institute ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Information about Malta (Montana) ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
Web links
- Website of Trade and Chamber of Agriculture Malta (English)
- Site of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum (English)
- Site of the Phillips County Museum (English)