Editing Glasgow, Montana (section)

==History==
[[File:Montana - Glasgow - NARA - 23941935 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Glasgow, 1935]]
[[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] inhabited the region for centuries, and extensive [[Bison|buffalo]] and [[pronghorn antelope]] herds provided ample food for the nomadic tribes. The [[Nakoda people|Nakoda]], [[Lakota people|Lakota]], and [[Dakota people]]s alternately inhabited and claimed the region from the 16th to the late 19th centuries. In 1804 the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] came within {{convert|15|mi}} of the future site of Glasgow and noted the extensive herds of buffalo and various game. In 1851, the US government formed the first treaty with the Native American tribes, in 1885 the tribes engaged in the last known buffalo hunt in the region.

From 1885 to Montana Statehood in 1889, the tribes participated in agreements with the US government to re-drawing the Fort Peck reservation boundaries in exchange for federal subsidies.<ref name="auto4">{{cite book|last1=Shanley|first1=James|last2=Smith|first2=Dennis|last3=McGeshick|first3=Joseph R.|last4=Miller|first4=David Reed|title=The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, 1800–2000|date=2008|publisher=Fort Peck Community College|location=Poplar, MT|page=497|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oODHaHr674oC&q=George+wood+Assiniboine&pg=PA497|access-date=February 21, 2017|isbn=978-0-9759196-5-1}}</ref> As more and more homesteaders moved into the surrounding areas, pressure was placed on Congress to open up the Fort Peck Reservation to homesteading, resulting in tribes leaving the Glasgow area.

Glasgow was founded in 1887 as a [[railroad town]] by [[James J. Hill|James Hill]], who was responsible for creating many communities along the [[Hi-Line (Montana)|Hi-Line]]. He and a local railroader named the town when they spun a globe with a finger landing on [[Glasgow, Scotland]].<ref name="Helland2010">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uv1XpQ8hUBsC&pg=PA8 |title=Glasgow and Valley County |date=2010 |pages=7–8 |first1=Joan |last1=Helland |first2=Mary |last2=Helland |first3=Marilyn |last3=Maxness |first4=James |last4=Rea |first5=Kitty Lou |last5=Rusher |others=Valley County Historical Society |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |series=Images of America |isbn=978-0-7385-8063-0 |lccn=2009943666 |oclc=535495456 |ol=OL24383083M |quote=James Hill, president of the [[Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad#Demise and future ownership|St.&nbsp;Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad]], soon to be the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great&nbsp;Northern]], could not wait to share what he had seen with the rest of the world. They spun a globe, a railroad worker's finger landed on Glasgow, Scotland, and the siding was named Glasgow, [[Montana&nbsp;Territory]].}}</ref> Glasgow grew during the 1930s when President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] authorized the construction of the [[Fort Peck Dam]], which became a major source of employment for the Glasgow area.<ref name="mhs">{{cite web |title=Glasgow|url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref>

During World War II, the [[Glasgow Army Airfield]] housed the 96th Bombardment Squadron and 614th Bombardment Squadron, flying B-17 Flying Fortresses, at different times during the war. Starting in December 1944, a German POW camp was established at the facility, lasting until the end of the war. After the war ended the base was closed, and part of the facility eventually became the present day [[Glasgow Valley County Airport]]. Glasgow was the death place of Lieutenant Colonel [[Ronald Speirs]], famed member of Easy Company, 101st Airborne.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigskyfishing.com/Montana-Info/Hi-Line/glasgow.shtm |title=Glasgow, Montana |publisher=Big Sky Fishing.Com |access-date=April 25, 2012}}</ref>

In the 1960s, the population rose to about 6,400 due to the nearby presence of the [[Glasgow Air Force Base]], (SAC air command and housing B-52 bombers) used during the [[Vietnam War]] and the earlier part of the [[Cold War]]. A significant amount of mid-century modern and [[Googie]]-style architecture was built then. After the de-activation and closure of the base in 1969, Glasgow's population declined to about half its one-time size by 1990, when the loss rate stabilized.<ref name="DecennialCensus"/><ref name="2015 Pop Estimate">{{cite web |title=Population Estimates |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019182931/https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2015/SUB-EST2015-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 16, 2016}}</ref> Glasgow still functions as the major regional administrative, shopping and services hub for Valley County and some of the areas beyond.