GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Wolverines, page 20
CHIEF MOUNTAIN Crown of the Continent, page 24
WHITEFISH Ski Joring, page 14
SWAN LAKE von Trapp children, page 45
MISSOULA Montana Youth Homes, page 81
HELENA Silver Star Steak Company, page 48
STATE FACTS Population:
971,741
Entered Union: Capital: Song:
Land area: Water area:
Size Ranking: Length: Width:
Highest point: Lowest point:
Animal: Bird:
Butterfly: Fish:
Flower:
November 8, 1889 Helena
Montana
145,392 Square Miles 1,746 Square Miles 4th
630 Miles 280 Miles
12,799 Feet, Granite Peak 1,820 Feet, Kootenai River
State Nickname: Treasure State Motto:
“Oro y Plata” (Gold and Silver) Grizzly Bear
Western Meadowlark Mourning Cloak
Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout Bitterroot
Grass: Tree:
Fossil: Gemstone:
Bunch Wheatgrass Ponderosa Pine
Maiasaura, or Duck-Billed Dinos Agate and Sapphire
WEST YELLOWSTONE
Ski rendezvous, page 28
MADISON RIVER VALLEY A Wetland Runs Through It, page 42
DEER LODGE Grant-Kohrs Ranch, page 42
BUTTE
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Rancher Meets Buffalo, page 56
The Beauty of Butte, page 64
BOZEMAN Eagle Mount, page 77
RED LODGE Ski Joring, page 14
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