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Darby, Montana is a small, rural town (area: 0.5 sq. mi.) on US Route 93, which follows the Bitterroot River in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. The town is in Ravelli County, Montana, of which Hamiltion is the county seat. Darby is 60 miles southwest of Missoula, not far from the Idaho border. Nearby is the 1.6 million acre Bitterroot National Forest.

Some 800 people live in Darby, and the Darby High School has some 180 students. In 2004, Darby became a central part of the national struggle in the US against religious incursions into public-school science classrooms.

== Events ==

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== Notes ==
#{{note|jj01}}Jenny Johnson, [http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2003/12/09/news/news02.txt "Where did we come from?: Darby meeting to discuss teaching intelligent design"], ''Ravalli Republic'' [MT], 9 December 2003.
#{{note|jj02}}Jenny Johnson, [http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2003/12/12/news/news02.txt "Intelligent design presentation draws hundreds"], ''Ravalli Republic'' [MT], 12 December 2003.


#{{note|rr03}}Jenny Johnson, [http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2004/01/20/news/news02.txt "Opponents of origin theories plan presentation"], ''Ravalli Republic'' [MT], 20 Januray 2004.
#{{note|mm01}}Michael Moore, [http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2004/03/03/news/local/news02.txt "Darby couple readies 'objective origins' lawsuit"], ''The Missoulian'' [MT], apparently 3 March 2004.
#{{note|rr02}}Rod Miner and Martha Stomberg, [http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2004/03/04/opinion/viewpoint/valley.txt "Objective origins policy will be challenged"], ''Ravalli Republic'' [MT], 4 March 2004.
#{{note|mi01}}Josh Mahan, [http://www.everyweek.com/News/News.asp?no=3756 "Changing courses: Engineering Intelligent design in Darby schools"], ''The Missoula [MT] Independent'', '''16''':46, 27 October 2005.

== Other Sources ==

* American Association for the Advancement of Science, [http://www.aaas.org/spp/dser/evolution/issues/montana.shtml "Science & Policy Program -- Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion: Montana"], c. July 2004.
* Associated Press, [http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/05/06/build/state/40-darby-creationists.inc "Darby rejects 2 candidates backing 'objective origins'"], ''Billings Gazette [MT]'', 6 May 2004.

* [http://www.city-data.com/city/Darby-Montana.html "Darby, Montana Detailed Profile"], ''city-data.com'', c. 2004.
* [http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27704 "Darby, Montana Community Profile"], ''ePodunk.com'', c. 2004.
* [http://www.gonorthwest.com/Montana/northwest/Bitterroot_Valley.htm "Northwest Montana: Bitterroot Valley"], ''Go Northwest'', c. 2005.
* [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/48242 "Darby High School -- Darby Montana"], Public School Review, c. 2005.



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