Editing Glendive, Montana (section)

==History==
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Sir George Gore, a wealthy Irish sportsman, named the local tributary to the Yellowstone River in his favorite hunting area "Glendive" in 1855.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM968P_THE_Glendive_MT_Historical_Marker "The Glendive, MT Historical Marker"] Montana Historical Markers ''Waymarking.com''</ref> The town later took its name from the stream of the same name.

Glendive was established by the [[Northern Pacific Railway]] during the building of the railroad line.<ref name="gcc-1922">{{cite web |title=Glendive and the Northern Pacific Railway |url=https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/6207 |website=Montana Memory Project |publisher=Glendive Chamber of Commerce  |date=December 20, 1922 |via=Montana State Library}}</ref><ref name="mhs">{{cite web |title=Glendive |url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=April 3, 2021}}</ref> The settlement mainly consisted of tents and log cabins until a building boom ensued with the arrival of first load of lumber in 1881.{{r|NRHP}}

The Montana territorial legislature created Dawson County in 1869 but did not name a county seat, instead placing it administratively under [[Meagher County, Montana|Meagher County]]. In 1881, Glendive citizens petitioned to name it the county seat.<ref name="mhs" />

In January 2015, Glendive was the site of a [[Yellowstone River#2015 oil spill|major oil spill]] from a pipeline which also contaminated drinking water.<ref name=Muskal/>

On October 24, 2023, a fire destroyed the Jordan Inn and the Rose Theater,<ref name="KFYR">{{cite web |last1=Anthony |first1=Michael |title=Cleanup, monitoring continues following old Glendive hotel fire |url=https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/10/31/cleanup-monitoring-continues-following-old-glendive-hotel-fire/ |publisher=KFYR TV |access-date=January 3, 2024 |date=October 31, 2023}}</ref> both located in the [[Merrill Avenue Historic District (Glendive, Montana)|Merrill Avenue Historic District]]. The Inn was a complete loss.<ref name="KULR">{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Bradley |title=Massive fire breaks out in Glendive, Jordan Inn a total loss |url=https://www.kulr8.com/news/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-glendive-jordan-inn-a-total-loss/article_be5dbf74-7329-11ee-8708-7f76ab13c07c.html |publisher=KULR8 |access-date=January 3, 2024 |date=October 25, 2023}}</ref>