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CLEVELAND
Spring Branding
LLOYD
Spring Branding
HELENA
Steak
HAVRE
Old Broke Rancher
BUTTE
Steak
ST. IGNATIUS
Cold Bloods
NATIONAL
BISON RANGE
GRANT-KOHRS
RANCH
Cold Bloods
MADISON RIVER
BUFFALO JUMP
Buffalo Jumps
VIRGINIA CITY
Quintessential Cowboys
CROW RESERVATION
Quintessential Cowboys
BROADUS
Powder River County
MILES CITY
Steak
Bucking Horse Sale
WAHKPA CHU'GN
BUFFALO JUMP
Buffalo Jumps
FIRST PEOPLE'S BUFFALO
JUMP STATE PARK
Buffalo Jumps
RED LODGE
Beartooth Highway
COOKE CITY
Beartooth Highway
PARADISE
VALLEY
Stampede!
GALLATIN
CANYON
Rock Climbing
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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