GLENDIVE

city, seat of Dawson county, eastern Montana, U.S., on the Yellowstone River. It was founded in 1881 after the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway and named for nearby Glendive Creek (said to be a corruption of Glendale). It developed as a farming and livestock town. Following the discovery of oil, gas, and coal in the vicinity, it became headquarters of MontanaDakota Utilities Co. (electric power and gas) and supply centre for the Williston Basin oil fields. Glendive is the seat of Dawson College (1940). Makoshika (hell cooled over) State Park containing badlands rock formations and the Frontier Gateway Museum are nearby. Inc. city, 1902. Pop. (1990) 4,802.