Distinctly Montana Magazine

D I S T I N C T L Y M O N T A N A M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 1 94 BROWNING PARK TO PARK LIBBY LINCOLN COUNTY YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK PARK TO PARK GLACIER NATIONAL PARK PARK TO PARK HAVRE SNOWFLAKE THE CALF BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS ORPHAN TRAINS RED LODGE FLY FISHERMAN'S GUIDE TO THE BEARTOOTHS BILLINGS CHINOOK HORSES ENNIS PARK TO PARK MELROSE LAST BEST BOOKS VIRGINIA CITY PARK TO PARK MISSOULA COWBOY HAT EXTRA ON YELLOWSTONE CHOTEAU PARK TO PARK BOZEMAN DEBORAH MCKENNA THE COWBOY AND THE LADY EAST GLACIER 3 WESTERN ARTISTS GRASS RANGE 3 WESTERN ARTISTS HIGHWOOD 3 WESTERN ARTISTS GREAT FALLS FROM COWBOYS TO COLD WAR 3 WESTERN ARTISTS BUTTE JOHN EMEIGH LAST BEST BOOKS HELENA PARK TO PARK THE COWBOY AND THE LADY RADERSBURG THE COWBOY AND THE LADY ROCKY BOY RESERVATION THE COWBOY AND THE LADY 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." T R I V I A A B O U T O U R T R E A S U R E S TAT E

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