Utica, Montana

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Utica, Montana
Unincorporated community
Utica is located in Montana
Utica
Utica
Coordinates: 46°58′06″N 110°05′33″W / 46.96833°N 110.09250°W / 46.96833; -110.09250Coordinates: 46°58′06″N 110°05′33″W / 46.96833°N 110.09250°W / 46.96833; -110.09250[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyJudith Basin County

Utica is a unincorporated community in west-central Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) from Lewistown[2] at the intersections of Pig Eye Road, Montana Route 239 (the "Utica highway"), and Montana Route 541. Yogo sapphires were found near Utica in the mid-1890s.[3]

Judith River Ranger Station is near town. The town itself now consists only of a church and a museum, plus a few houses.

Notable residents[]

A Quiet Day In Utica by C.M. Russell

One of Utica's most famous local residents was the western painter C.M. Russell, who at the time was a young cowhand hired by a local rancher and gold miner named Jake Hoover.[4] Russell stated that he learned most of his frontier skills from Hoover,[5] and the two men remained lifelong friends.[4] He featured Utica in the 1907 painting A Quiet Day In Utica,[6][7] which was originally known as Tinning a Dog. Hoover; local businesswoman Mollie Ringold, a former slave;[8] store owner Charles Lehman and Russell himself are all depicted in the painting, seen standing between the hitching post and door of the general store.[7][9][10]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Utica, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ Map
  3. ^ Voynick, Stephen M. (1985). Yogo: The Great American Sapphire (March 1995 printing, 1987 ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing. pp. 12, 15, 22–24. ISBN 978-0-87842-217-3.
  4. ^ a b Paladin, Vivian A. "Facts and Reflections About Charles M. Russell". Art Montana. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
  5. ^ Voynick 1985, pp. 22–30.
  6. ^ Voynick 1985, pp. 27–30, 110–113.
  7. ^ a b "Utica (A Quiet Day in Utica) By Charles M. Russell". Sid Richardson Museum. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
  8. ^ Voynick 1985, p. 21.
  9. ^ "Yogo Sapphires". Russell Country. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  10. ^ Boggs, Johnny D. (September 25, 2009). "Following Charlie Russell's Paintbrush". True West Magazine. Cave Creek, AZ: True West Publishing. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2011.

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