DescriptionThe name Deer Lodge comes from the Native American name for the area, It Soo'-Ke-En Car'-Ne, “Lodge of the white-tailed deer.” The 1865 legislature established the county’s boundaries as a narrow north-south strip west of the Continental Divide, from the Canadian border to the northern edge of Beaverhead County, with Silver Bow as the county seat. In a series of complicated boundary changes, Deer Lodge County lost territory to Lewis and Clark, Flathead, Powell, Granite, and Silver Bow counties. Anaconda is the county seat as well as the historic center of Anaconda Company copper smelting.Other Name(s)It Soo'-Ke-En Car'-NeContributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeolocation[1] CountyDeer Lodge County
