Editing Deer Lodge, Montana (section)

===State of Montana, Powell County===
Deer Lodge City was incorporated in 1888,<ref name = "Deer Lodge City Council Minutes">{{Cite book|title=Deer Lodge City Council Minutes|publisher=Records vault at Deer Lodge, Montana City Hall|ref = CITEREFDeer_Lodge_City_Council_Minutes}}, Book 1</ref> with a mayor and aldermen as officers. Montana achieved statehood in 1889 and a battle ensued between Helena and Anaconda over the location of the capitol in which Helena finally triumphed in 1894.{{sfn|Where It All Began|1989|p = 167}}<ref name = "Kohrs">{{Cite book|author=Kohrs, Conrad|year=1998|title=Conrad Kohrs: Autobiography of a Pioneer Cattleman|publisher=Wildcat Press|isbn=978-1-88913-500-7|ref = CITEREFKohrs1998}}, p. 95</ref> In 1896, Anaconda took the Deer Lodge County seat away from Deer Lodge. This began a battle which culminated in the creation of [[Powell County, Montana|Powell County]] in 1901, with its county seat at Deer Lodge.{{sfn|Where It All Began|1989|pp = 164-166}}{{efn|In 1894, the name 'Deer Lodge City' was changed to 'Deer Lodge'.{{sfn|Where It All Began|1989|pp = 378}}}}{{efn|On March 8, 1901, an act of the state legislature changed the names of Deer Lodge County to Daly County and Powell County to Deer Lodge County.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Montana Legislature|year=1901|title=Laws and Resolutions of the State of Montana Passed at the Seventh Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly|publisher=State Publishing Company|location=Helena}}, Senate Bill No. 84</ref> On April 8, 1901, this action was nullified by the Montana Supreme Court, reverting the two counties to their previous names<ref>{{Cite book|editor=Crane, Oliver T. |year=1902|title=Reports of Cases Argued and Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Montana From January 7, 1901, to August 1, 1901|publisher=Bancroft-Whitney Company|location=San Francisco}}</ref>}}