Editing Joplin, Montana (section)

==History==
Joplin was founded in 1910 by [[Lebanese Americans|Lebanese]] immigrant [[Joseph E. Rehal]], who was its first postmaster.<ref name="mhs">{{cite web |title=Joplin |url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> It was a station house on the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] as early as 1902.

===Train derailment===
{{main|2021 Montana train derailment}}
On September 25, 2021, at approximately 3:55&nbsp;p.m., [[Amtrak]] passenger train 7/27, also known as the westbound ''[[Empire Builder]]'', suffered a derailment {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Joplin while en route from [[Chicago]] to [[Seattle]]. Three people were killed and 50 more were injured when the eight rear cars of the ten-car train derailed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/amtrak-train-derails-montana/5OFO64SZEBBADHLEKBGHQJST3Y/|title=Amtrak train with more than 150 onboard derails in Montana, killing at least 3|publisher=KIRO-TV|last1=Dugan|first1=Kelli|last2=D'Angelo|first2=Bob|date=September 26, 2021|accessdate=September 26, 2021}}</ref>