Frontier History Minute
As Broadcast on YNOP - Your Network of Praise
Serving Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado & Utah
The six episodes in this section are focused of the life
of Learner & Melinda Stateler, leading up to their long fruitful
ministry in Montana. Rev. Learner Blackman Stateler served as
as a Circuit Rider for 60 years! Mr. & Mrs. Stateler arrived in
the Montana Territory just 6 weeks after it was established
by Abraham Lincoln.
Constant Territorial Changes Happening!
Special Note on Statehood: Colorado 8/1/1876 North & South Dakota 11/2/1889 Montana 11/8/1889 Washington 11/11/1889
Idaho 7/3/1890 Wyoming 7/10/1890 Utah 1/4/1896 New Mexico 1/6/1912
Developing Map - 1850s
September 9, 1850 - New Mexico Territory
September 9, 1852 - Utah Territory
March 2, 1853 - Washington Territory
May 30, 1854 - Nebraska Territory
May 30, 1854 - Kansas Territory
Developing Map - Early 1860s
January 29, 1861 - State of Kansas
February 28, 1861 - Colorado Territory
March 2, 1861 - Dakota Territory
March 2, 1861 - Nevada Territory
Changes to Map - by 1864
February 24, 1863 - Arizona Territory
March 4, 1863 - Idaho Territory
May 26, 1864 - Montana Territory
October 31, 1864 - State of Nevada
Later in the 1860s
March 1, 1867 - State of Nebraska
July 25, 1868 - Wyoming Territory
Down the Trail, Hot or Cold, Wind, Rain or Snow...
Historical Reference Books Used for Research
- Life of Rev. L.B. Stateler or Sixty-Five Years on the Frontier, by Rev. E.J. Stanley
Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South 1907
- Montana 1864: Indians, Emigrants and Gold in the Territorial Year, by Ken Egan Jr.
Copyright 2014, by Ken Egan Jr., Riverbend Publishing, Helena, Montana
