WHITEFISH DOWN UNDER page 42
KALISPELL MUSICIANS page 36
FLATHEAD LAKE POLAR PLUNGES page 74
GREAT FALLS 80 & COUNTING page 53
PARADISE HOT SPRINGS page 74
MISSOULA
CHEF JIM GRAY page 39 MUSICIANS page 36 TOP PERFORMANCE page 60
CHARLES M. RUSSELL WILDLIFE REFUGE
MOUNTAIN LIONS page 16
NOXON 80 & COUNTING page 53
BASIN MUSICIANS page 36
JACKSON HOT SPRINGS page 74
STATE FACTS
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
92 BOZEMAN
TOP PERFORMANCE page 60 DOG COMFORT page 70 KRISTI VANCE page 86 DOWN UNDER page 42
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BIG SKY DOWN UNDER page 42
LIVINGSTON AMBER JEAN page 32
RED LODGE
GARDINER page 20
BOYS/GIRLS CLUB page 83 DOWN UNDER page 42
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
WINTER TRAILS page 24
YOU KNOW?
HOW BIG IS MONTANA? Within Montana's borders you could fit: 139 Rhode Islands OR 2 North Dakotas OR 3 Pennsylvanias
WILD BISON POPULATION 1830 40 million 1889 542
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