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 U M M E R 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 MISSOULA John Norman Maclean Landscapes of Norman Maclean How We Bought Our Montana Home HAMILTON Landscapes of Norman Maclean OVANDO Conservation of the Blackfoot MANN GULCH Landscapes of Norman Maclean EAST GLACIER Pikuni Bigfoot POLSON Big Sky at Night BLACKFEET RESERVATION Pikuni Bigfoot LEWISTOWN King of the Road Lewistown Welcomes Tourists HARLOWTON King of the Road GREAT FALLS Children's Museum of Montana BOZEMAN Earth's Treasures Modern Homesteads Carol Hartman GARRISON Mail Order Homes VICTOR Modern Homesteads HELENA Lewis and Clark County WEST YELLOWSTONE Animal Welfare Coordinator BILLINGS Mail Order Homes LITTLE BIG HORN BATTLEFIELD Landscapes of Norman Maclean PRYOR Chief Plenty Coups 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 T R E A S U R E S TAT E

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