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GLACIER
NATIONAL PARK
SCENIC DRIVES
SUPERIOR
SHORT HIKES
STEVENSVILLE,
STANFORD
SCARECROWS
MISSOULA
SHORT HIKES
SEELEY LAKE REGION
CLEARWATER
CANOE TRAILS
HAMILTON
SHORT HIKES
ANACONDA
SCENIC DRIVES
BELGRADE
KOSTAS
BIG HOLE VALLEY
SCENIC DRIVES
BOZEMAN
VALERIE HEMINGWAY
FALLING BARN
KAYLA SEAMAN
WHITE
SULPHUR
SPRINGS
SCENIC DRIVES
HELENA
HILGER RANCH
SIEBEN RANCH
MT ASSOCIATION
FOR THE BLIND
BRASS CHECKS
GREAT FALLS
SHORT HIKES
BELT
KAYLA SEAMAN
LEWISTOWN
SHORT HIKES
NEIHART
BRASS CHECKS
BILLINGS
SHORT HIKES
YELLOWSTONE
OLD FAITHFUL INN
WHITEFISH
SCENIC DRIVES
BIGFORK
SHORT HIKES
BEARTOOTH
SCENIC DRIVES
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DISTINCTLY MONTANA | DIGITAL
POPULATION 1.05 million
ENTERED UNION November 8, 1889
CAPITOL Helena
SONG Montana
LAND AREA 145,392 Square Miles
WATER AREA 1,746 Square Miles
SIZE RANKING IN U.S. 4th
LENGTH 630 Miles
WIDTH 280 Miles
HIGHEST POINT 12,799 Feet, Granite Peak
LOWEST POINT 1,820 Feet, Kootenai River
STATE NICKNAME Treasure State
MOTTO "Oro y Plata" (Gold and Silver)
ANIMAL Grizzly Bear
BIRD Western Meadowlark
BUTTERFLY Mourning Cloak
FISH Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout
FLOWER Bitterroot
GRASS Bunch Wheatgrass
TREE Ponderosa Pine
FOSSIL Maiasaura, or Duck-Billed Dinos
GEMSTONE Agate and Sapphire
STATE FACTS
FLY THE FLAG
Under the word "Montana", on a blue field, is the state seal. The seal
shows some of Montana's beautiful scenery and tells what people were
doing in pioneer times. The pick, shovel, and plow represent mining
and farming. In the background a sun rises over mountains, forests and
the Great Falls of the Missouri river. A ribbon contains the state motto
"Gold and Silver."
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