Editing Alberton, Montana (section)

==History==
A post office called Alberton has been in operation since 1909.<ref>{{cite web |title=Montana post offices |url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MT |access-date=June 19, 2017 |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History}}</ref> The town was named for Albert J. Earling, president of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ccY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=2RAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=487%2C2128045 | title=Origins of Names on Milwaukee | work=Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times | date=August 22, 1940 | access-date=April 27, 2015 | pages=6}}</ref>

On April 11, 1996, a [[Montana Rail Link]] train carrying [[chlorine]] derailed near Alberton.<ref>“[https://www.ntsb.gov/Search/pages/Results.aspx?k=alberton%20chlorine Railroad Accident Brief Report. LAX 96 FR 010. Derailment and Hazardous Materials Release with Fatality. Montana Rail Link, Alberton, Montana, April 11, 1966].” [[National Transportation Safety Board]], August 18, 1998.</ref><ref>“[https://web.archive.org/web/20090205010254/http://www.wildrockies.org/cmcr/projects/albert1.html CMCR Campaign: Alberton, Montana Train Spill].” Journal of the Wild Rockies. Accessed May 3, 2015.</ref>
350 people were injured by [[Acute inhalation injury|chlorine inhalation]]. 1,000 people were evacuated from Alberton and from Frenchtown. [[Interstate 90 in Montana|Interstate 90]] was shut down for nineteen days. The incident has been described as the largest chemical spill from a train in United States history.<ref>Kato, Dillon. "[http://missoulian.com/news/local/workshop-uses-alberton-chlorine-spill-to-teach-emergency-management/article_cc01c639-7269-547d-942b-edfb5be6a3a4.html Workshop Uses 1996 Alberton Chlorine Spill to Teach Emergency Management]." ''[[Missoulian]]'', May 3, 2015.</ref>