Utica, Montana
Utica is a small unincorporated community in west-central Judith Basin County, Montana, United States, approximately 40 miles 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]
Notable Residents
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, and the two men remained lifelong friends.[4] He featured Utica in the 1907 painting A Quiet Day In Utica,[7] which was originally known as Tinning a Dog. Hoover; local businesswoman Mollie Ringold, a former slave; 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
- ↑ "Utica, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ Map
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Paladin, Vivian A. "Facts and Reflections About Charles M. Russell". Art Montana. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- 1 2 "Utica (A Quiet Day in Utica) By Charles M. Russell". Sid Richardson Museum. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ↑ "Yogo Sapphires". Russell Country. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ↑ Boggs, Johnny D. (September 25, 2009). "Following Charlie Russell's Paintbrush". True West Magazine (Cave Creek, AZ: True West Publishing). Retrieved November 2, 2011.
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