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TREASURE STATE
TREASURE STATE
MISSOULA
CAMO QUEEN
STEVENSVILLE
CHIP JONES
MARYSVILLE
MONTANA BASEBALL HISTORY
UPPER MISSOURI RIVER
FLOATING WITH KIDS
DEER LODGE
FRANK CONLEY
BOZEMAN
AMERICAN INDIAN
INSTITUTE
ROBERT STAFFANSON
BELGRADE
BELGRADE BULL
ENNIS
BAD COWBOY
RYGATE/
BEARTOOTHS
GIDDY-UP MONTANA
HARDIN
CAPTURING
LITTLE BIGHORN
MILES CITY
FRIENDLIEST
TOWN IN THE WEST
LIVINGSTON
DRINKERS WITH
A RUNNING PROBLEM
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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
