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MISSOULA
Carousels
SWAN LAKE
Skating
DARBY
A Scratching Post for Bobcats
WHITEFISH
Skiing Under the Big Sky
SCOBEY
Get To Know Daniels County
SHELBY
Carousels
SOMERS
Carousels
GLACIER
NATIONAL PARK
Mining of Glacier
COLUMBIA
FALLS
Carousels
LEWISTOWN
Old Broke Rancher
HELENA
Carousels
Snowmobile Clubs
Rural Policing
HAVRE
Rural Policing
Montana Dreams
GREAT FALLS
Snowmobile Clubs
BUTTE
Carousels
Going Blood Simple
LINCOLN
Snowmobile Clubs
VIRGINIA CITY
Who Killed John Bozeman?
BOZEMAN
Skiing Under the Big Sky
Who Killed John Bozeman?
BOULDER
Carousels
BIG SKY
Skiing Under the Big Sky
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
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