YAAK VALLEY page 19
WHITEFISH
SUMMER PARADISE page 78
PARADISE
QUINN'S HOT SPRINGS RESORT page 28
MISSOULA
LARRY PIRNIE page 28 STICKS AND STONES page 54
BITTERROOT STICKS AND STONES page 54
STATE FACTS Population:
971,741
Entered Union: November 8, 1889 Capitol: Song:
Helena Montana
Land area: Water area: Size Ranking: Length: Width:
Highest point: Lowest point:
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: Animal: Bird:
Butterfly: Fish:
Flower: Grass: Tree:
Fossil: Gemstone: 92
"Oro y Plata" (Gold and Silver) Grizzly Bear
Western Meadowlark Mourning Cloak
Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout Bitterroot
Bunch Wheatgrass Ponderosa Pine
Maiasaura, or Duck-Billed Dinos Agate and Sapphire
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BUTTE/ HUMBUG SPIRES
DOG HIKES page 85 BOZEMAN
TRIPLE FORK CATERING page 33 LITTLE HOUSE page 50 STICKS AND STONES page 54 DAVE SANDS page 73
ENNIS
LITTLE HOUSE page 50 ANNUAL MADISON FLYFISHING TOURNAMENT page 90
KOOTENAI YAAK VALLEY page 19
BOULDER
TOM BROKAW page 36
MANHATTAN KEITH ANDERSON page 60
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
LITTLE HOUSE page 50
BLUE LAKE/ CRAZY MOUNTAINS
DOG HIKES page 85
