Utica, Montana

Utica is a unincorporated community in west-central Judith Basin County, Montana, United States, 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]

Utica, Montana
Unincorporated community
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Utica
Coordinates: 46°58′06″N 110°05′33″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyJudith Basin County

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. 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. "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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