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DRUM CIRCLES
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NEIHART
BOULDERING
SHELBY
NEON SIGNS
CHINOOK
NEON SIGNS
ALBERTON
GEOCACHE
BUTTE
DRUM CIRCLES
BOULDERING
NEON SIGNS
BILLINGS
BOULDERING
NEON SIGNS
AUCTIONEER
MILES CITY
NEON SIGNS
BIG TIMBER
NEON SIGNS
LIVINGSTON
NEON SIGNS
BOZEMAN
BUZZING HONEY
ROLLER DERBY
JACK HUCZER
MSU SOLAR CAR
HOCKED MOVIE
LEWIS THE LLAMA
GREAT FALLS
MONTANA UFOS
BOULDERING
NEON SIGNS
ROLLER DERBY
GARDINER
BOULDERING
BIGHORN
CAVERNS
PRAY
YELLOWSTONE
FILM RANCH
WHITEFISH
BIKE RIDES
FLATHEAD
VALLEY
GEOCACHE
ROLLER DERBY
A WEEK OF HOPE
BUZZING HONEY
ARLEE
BUZZING HONEY
DRUM CIRCLES
BLACKFOOT
VALLEY
ARTISTS
BITTERROOT
VALLEY
BOULDERING
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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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