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 • F A L L 2 0 2 2 128 MISSOULA Feed Montana MISSION VALLEY Feed Montana GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Romance Novels Autumnal Gold KALISPELL Montana Museums Feed Montana HELENA Veterans in Bronze Cattle Queen CHOTEAU Cattle Queen EAST HELENA Road Ghosts OPHEIM WWI LAVINA Road Ghosts GREAT FALLS Cattle Mutilations WWI LEWISTOWN Cattle Mutilations HOBSON Cattle Mutilations Lost Montana UTICA Cattle Mutilations HAVRE Old Broke Rancher BUTTE Romance Novels Montana Museums DEER LODGE Montana Museums WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS Montana Museums HUNTLEY Montana Museums POLSON Montana Museums MINERAL COUNTY BOZEMAN Montana Museums Road Ghosts VIRGINIA CITY Cattle Queen YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Romance Novels TWIN BRIDGES Orphanage DILLON Lost Montana POLEBRIDGE Lost Montana Autumnal Gold 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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