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==History== Carbon County was named for the rich coal deposits found in the area. It was organized on March 4, 1895, from portions of [[Park County, Montana|Park]] and [[Yellowstone County, Montana|Yellowstone]] counties. Land from [[Park County, Montana|Park]] and [[Yellowstone County, Montana|Yellowstone]] counties was used to form Carbon County on March 4, 1895.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carbon County |title=Welcome to Carbon County |url=http://www.co.carbon.mt.us/content/view/1/1/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231233/http://www.co.carbon.mt.us/content/view/1/1/ |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2011}}</ref> More than sixty [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Montana|federally designated historic sites]] are located in the county, including [[Petroglyph Canyon]],<ref>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> one of the state's most important [[rock art]] sites.<ref>Vincent, William B. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130619214256/http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gazpublic/GAZVECTOR.feat_folder?p_file=406018 National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Petroglyph Canyon]''. National Park Service, September 4, 1974, 3.</ref> The first commercial [[oil well]] in the state was established in Elk Basin fields in 1915.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Merrill |first=Andrea |title=Montana almanac |last2=Judy Jacobson |publisher=Falcon Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=1-56044-493-2 |location=Helena MT}}</ref>
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