Editing Victor, Montana (section)

==History==
Victor is named for Chief Victor of the [[Bitterroot Salish]], whose proper name was Xweɫxƛ̣ ̓cín (Many Horses).<ref>{{cite web |title=Montana Place Names |url=http://www.montanahistory.net/placenames/indexg.htm |access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> Chief Victor met [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]] when he was 15 years old in September 1805 at [[Ross' Hole]] and later he would refuse to cede the Bitterroot Valley to the United States' [[Washington Territory]]. After Chief Victor's death in 1870, the Salish were forced to move to the [[Flathead Reservation]].

The townsite was platted in 1881.<ref name="mhs">{{cite web |title=Victor|url=http://mtplacenames.org/ |website=Montana Place Names Companion |publisher=Montana Historical Society |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref> Repeal of the [[Sherman Silver Purchase Act]] in 1893 hit Victor hard, forcing many of the local mines to close. The economy rebounded in the late 1890s with the growth of the timber industry and agricultural enterprises.