Hamilton.
<1> City (2020 pop. 4,659), seat of Ravalli co., W Mont;
inc. 1894. Located in the Bitteroot Valley, the town was founded by copper
baron Marcus Daly. It is the home of the Ravalli Co. Musem, two
microbiological research and production facilities (including the
government's Rocky Mountain Laboratories), and the Bitterroot College
University of Montana. <2>City (2020 pop. 63,399), seat of
Butler co., SW Ohio, on the Great Miami River; inc. 1857. Hamilton grew as
an agricultural trading and manufacturing center, and paper and pulp mills
and machinery manufacturing were important to the economy. Health care,
construction, retailing and service industries, and metal products are now
the important economic sectors. Hamilton was settled on the site of Fort
Hamilton, built in 1791. William Dean Howells was raised there. Points of
interest include the Soldiers', Sailors', and Pioneers' Monument, the
sculpture park, and the county historical society. Miami Univ. of Ohio has a
branch in Hamilton.
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