Information needed

I need any information you can dig up about any firearms, firearms accessories or ammunition manufactured in Montana prior to 1889.

Were there gunsmiths in business in Montana before 1998? Did they make any guns from scratch? Was there any manufacture of black powder in Montana before 1889? Was lead mined here and cast into bullets here? Can any of this be documented from written historical sources?

Thanks loads for any help you can provide!

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
http://www.mtpublish.com