Distinctly Montana Magazine

d i s t i n c t ly m o n ta n a • s p r i n g 2 0 1 4 60 trEaSurE StatE trEaSurE StatE EaStErN MoNtaNa wOMen Of the winD EaStErN MoNtaNa aMeriCan Prairie reserve HELENa biking trails BozEMaN MuseuM Of the rOCkies roCky MouNtaIN FroNt CoNraD barrel raCing ButtE PeOPle Of 1902 For more personal takes on living in Montana, go to... www.distinctlymontana.com/whywelivehere DISTINCTLY MONTANA | DIGITAL POPulatiOn 971,741 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." trIvIa aBout our trEaSurE StatE

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