Distinctly Montana Magazine

DISTINCTLY MONTANA MAGAZINE • WINTER 2022-23 94 GLACIER NATIONAL PARK James J. Hill BROWNING Empire Builder Winter Drives HELENA Knights of Tie and Rail MILES CITY Knights of Tie and Rail GREAT FALLS Rails to Trails Winter Drives James J. Hill CHOTEAU COUNTY Empire Builder Kid Curry BITTERROOT VALLEY Nez Pierce Flight BIG HOLE NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD Nez Pierce Flight WAGNER Kid Curry LEWISTOWN Rails to Trails HAVRE Old Broke Rancher BUTTE Hogan's Army Rails to Trails Knights of Tie and Rail James J. Hill WHITE SULFUR SPRINGS Winter Drives FORT BENTON Winter Drives WINIFRED Winter Drives DENTON Winter Drives CUT BANK Winter Drives ST. MARY Winter Drives BOZEMAN Hogan's Army Big Sky Bravery LIVINGSTON Hogan's Army BILLINGS Hogan's Army Old Broke Rancher BIG HORN COUNTY FORSYTH Hogan's Army VIRGINIA CITY Off-Season 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 pi- oneer 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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