Portal:Montana

State symbols of Montana
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	Flag of Montana
	Seal of Montana
Bird	Western meadowlark
Butterfly	Mourning cloak
Fish	Westslope cutthroat trout
Flower	Bitterroot
Mammal	Grizzly bear
Tree	Ponderosa pine
Fossil	Maiasaura peeblesorum
Gemstone	Sapphire, Agate
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Montana
Montana
State
	Flag Seal
	Nicknames: Big Sky Country, The Treasure State
	Motto(s): "Oro y Plata" (Spanish); "Gold and Silver"
	Anthem: "Montana";
	Map of the United States with Montana highlighted
Country	United States
Before statehood	Montana Territory
Admitted to the Union	November 8, 1889 (41st)
Capital	Helena
Largest city	Billings
Largest county or equivalent	Yellowstone
Largest metro and urban areas	Billings
Government
• Governor	Greg Gianforte (R)
• Lieutenant governor	Kristen Juras (R)
Legislature	Legislature
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
Judiciary	Montana Supreme Court
U.S. senators	Jon Tester (D); Steve Daines (R)
U.S. House delegation	1: Ryan Zinke (R); 2: Matt Rosendale (R); (list)
Area
• Total	147,040 sq mi (380,800 km2)
• Land	145,552 sq mi (376,980 km2)
• Water	1,491 sq mi (3,862 km2) 1%
• Rank	4th
Dimensions
• Length	255 mi (410 km)
• Width	630 mi (1,015 km)
Elevation	3,400 ft (1,040 m)
Highest elevation (Granite Peak)	12,807 ft (3,903.5 m)
Lowest elevation (Kootenai River at Idaho border)	1,804 ft (557 m)
Population (2023)
• Total	1,132,812
• Rank	43rd
• Density	7.7/sq mi (3.0/km2)
• Rank	48th
• Median household income	$56,539
• Income rank	40th
Demonym	Montanan
Language
• Official language	English
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
USPS abbreviation	MT
ISO 3166 code	US-MT
Traditional abbreviation	Mont.
Latitude	44° 21′ N to 49° N
Longitude	104° 2′ W to 116° 3′ W
Website	mt.gov

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East face of the Crazy Mountains in the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana (2015)

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Montana (/mɒnˈtænə/ ^ⓘ mon-TAN-ə) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the fourth-largest state by area, but the eighth-least populous state and the third-least densely populated state. Its capital is Helena, while the most populous city is Billings. The western half of the state contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state. (Full article...)

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Missoula (/mɪˈzuːlʌ/ ^ⓘ mih-ZOO-lə; Séliš: Nłʔay, lit. 'Place of the Small Bull Trout'; Kutenai: Tuhuⱡnana) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, and thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys". The 2020 United States census recorded the city's population at 73,489 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 117,922. As of 2023, the estimated city population was 77,757. Missoula is the second largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Montana. Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university.

The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858, including William T. Hamilton, who set up a trading post along the Rattlesnake Creek; Captain Richard Grant, who settled near Grant Creek; and David Pattee, who settled near Pattee Canyon. Missoula was founded in 1860 as Hellgate Trading Post while still part of Washington Territory. By 1866, the settlement had moved east, 5 miles (8 km) upstream, and had been renamed "Missoula Mills", later shortened to Missoula. The mills provided supplies to western settlers traveling along the Mullan Road. The establishment of Fort Missoula in 1877 to protect settlers further stabilized the economy. The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883 brought rapid growth and the maturation of the local lumber industry. In 1893, the Montana Legislature chose Missoula as the site for the state's first university. Along with the U.S. Forest Service headquarters founded in 1908, lumber and the university remained the basis of the local economy for the next 100 years. (Full article...)

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The Montana State Bobcats football program competes in the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision for Montana State University. The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships (1956, 1976, and 1984). It is the only college football program in the nation to win national championships on three different levels of competition, NAIA, NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS). Through the 2022 season, the Bobcats had played in 1,049 games with an all-time record of 525–492–32.

The first championship came in Montana State's last season in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, which moved to NAIA in 1952. The national championship was the first ever for the RMAC and was also the first time the NAIA had a football champion. The Bobcats were members of the RMAC from 1917 to 1956, after being an independent from 1897 to 1916. MSC rejoined the NCAA (College Division) in 1957, and had one of its most successful runs as an independent from 1957 to 1962 with six straight winning seasons, including an 8–2 mark in 1957 and 8–1 in 1958. In 1963, Montana State became a charter member of the Big Sky Conference and has since won two national championships. (Full article...)

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Image 1Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 2Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 3General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 4Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 5Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 6Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 7Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 8U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 9Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 10Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 11Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 12Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 13100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 14The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 15Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 16The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 17Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 18Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 19Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 20Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 21Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 22From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 23Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 24Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 25Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 26Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 27Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 28Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 29Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 30Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 31An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 32Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 33Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 34Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election. Areas are in proportion to the number of votes cast in each county. (from Montana)
Image 35Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 36Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 37First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 38Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 39Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)

Map of counties in Montana by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

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Image 41Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 42Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 43Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 44Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 45The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 46Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 47The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 48Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 49Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 50Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 51Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 52Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)

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... that campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?
... that the owner of a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "SUNBELT"?
... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
... that 16 Montana youths are plaintiffs in the lawsuit Held v. Montana, the first constitutional climate change lawsuit to go to trial in the United States?
... that the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?

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