Products Made in Montana

Montana's industry was built on copper and timber. Butte's copper mines, opened in the 1880s, made it a large industrial city by 1900, and the smelter at Anaconda processed the ore for nearly a century. Sawmills ran in the western valleys around Missoula and Kalispell, and ranching covered the plains to the east. Several of today's makers are in Bozeman. West Paw makes dog toys there, Simms builds its top waders from imported GORE-TEX, and Bequet cooks caramels. Stone Glacier, also based in Bozeman, makes hunting packs in the US. Black Gold makes bow sights in nearby Belgrade. Montana Knife Company makes fixed-blade knives in Missoula, and Duckworth makes merino clothing in the US from wool grown on a ranch near Dillon.