Alzada (also known as Stoneville and Telegraph Point) is a

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in southern Carter County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 29. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 212 with Montana Secondary Highways 323 and 326, near the

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and

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borders. The Little Missouri River flows northwards to the west of the community. Alzada is in the

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History

Alzada was first established in 1878, by 9th U.S. Infantry soldiers as

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, on the Deadwood, Dakota Territory to

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, Montana Territory telegraph line. It was called the Little Missouri River Telegraph Station, and manned by soldiers of the 7th U.S. Cavalry. Then it was named Stoneville, after the local bartender Lou Stone. It served as a stagecoach stop between Deadwood and

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. It was the site of a gun battle in 1884 between local authorities and rustlers known as the Axleby gang. The town's name was changed from Stoneville in 1885, because of confusion with another similarly named community. The name "Alzada" came from an early settler named Laura Alzada Shelden. Later settlers of the area were largely homesteaders. In 1890, Private Peter Thompson, a 7th Cavalry survivor and recipient of the

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for the

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, moved from Lead, Dakota Territory, with his brother William and homesteaded north of Alzada on the Little Missouri River at Nine Mile Creek. Alzada was briefly in the news in September 1997, when a B-1 bomber crashed nearby.

Climate

According to the

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system, Alzada has a

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, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Alzada, Montana
/ref> There is a weather station located in the nearby community of Albion.

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Unincorporated communities in Carter County, Montana Unincorporated communities in Montana Census-designated places in Montana {{CarterCountyMT-geo-stub

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