FLATHEAD Huckleberries, page 60
ARLEE Peace Garden, page 90
MISSOULA The Drum Brothers, page 51
HOBSON Roberts Yogo Mine, page 40
Hay Daze, page 96
STATE FACTS Population:
971,741
Entered Union: Capital: Song:
Land area: Water area:
Size Ranking: Length: Width:
Highest point: Lowest point:
Animal: Bird:
Butterfly: Fish:
Flower:
November 8, 1889 Helena
Montana
145,392 Square Miles 1,746 Square Miles 4th
630 Miles 280 Miles
12,799 Feet, Granite Peak 1,820 Feet, Kootenai River
State Nickname: Treasure State Motto:
“Oro y Plata” (Gold and Silver) Grizzly Bear
Western Meadowlark Mourning Cloak
Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout Bitterroot
Grass: Tree:
Fossil: Gemstone:
Bunch Wheatgrass Ponderosa Pine
Maiasaura, or Duck-Billed Dinos Agate and Sapphire
BITTERROOT VALLEY
Beauty of the Bitterroot, page 24
DK Ranch, page 67
BOZEMAN Jeni Fleming, page 51
Starky’s, page 62
HEBGEN LAKE Firehole Ranch, page 31
BIG TIMBER Ben Bullington, page 51
DEER LODGE Cowboy Cordon Bleu, page 56
MARTINSDALE Bair Museum, page 88
GREAT FALLS Great Falls Symphony, page 51
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