Editing Ennis, Montana (section)

==History==
[[Image:Madisonriverennis.jpg|left|thumb|Madison River at Ennis in January]]

In 1863, [[gold]] was discovered in Alder Gulch. This brought on "the rush". Two months later, William Ennis homesteaded the site along the [[Madison River]] that was soon to become the town of Ennis, his namesake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27716|title=Profile for Ennis, Montana|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref>

In 1886, a mystery creature was noted for making livestock kills in the Madison Valley. A local rancher, Israel Ammon Hutchins, finally shot and killed the beast, after accidentally shooting one of his cattle, which was on the other side of some brush. A local taxidermist stuffed the canine. Jack Kirby (Hutchins' grandson) tracked the mount to a museum in [[Pocatello, Idaho]], ''circa'' 2007.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.madisonvalleyhistoryassociation.org/homedirectory_home4_madisonv_/Madison_Monster.html |title = Madison Monster}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/cryptozoology/966/lost_doglike_beast_found.html |title=Welcome to Fortean Times Magazine &#124; Fortean Times |access-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024012826/http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/cryptozoology/966/lost_doglike_beast_found.html |archive-date=October 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.islandparknews.com/atf.php?sid=4239 |title=The Island Park News: Sherwood Beast loaned to Montana |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822015240/http://www.islandparknews.com/atf.php?sid=4239 |archive-date=August 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/Ag86g4niytc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160515080237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag86g4niytc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag86g4niytc| title = Behind the Scenes | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Avid Aircraft]], a manufacturer of homebuilt aircraft, was located in Ennis. The company ceased operations in 2003.

The [[2003 Ennis shooting]] took place on June 14 of that year, when 44-year-old George Harold Davis opened fire outside the Silver Dollar Saloon bar on Main Street. He killed one man and injured six others. He then fled to [[Missoula County, Montana|Missoula County]], where he was finally stopped and arrested by police. He was sentenced to eleven life terms for the crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rubyvalley.com/news/shooter-sentenced.html|title=Virginia City, Montana > Ennis shooter gets life without chance of parole|access-date=March 27, 2016}}</ref>

The [[Thexton Ranch]] is located approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} south of Ennis, and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Montana|National Register of Historic Places]].