41st State
November 8, 1889 |
Montana |
The West |
State Abbreviation: MT
Nickname: Treasure State
Origin of Name: Based on a Spanish word for mountainous.
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Motto: "Oro y Plata" Spanish for "gold and silver."
Montana State
Seal
Animal: Grizzly
Bear
Bird:
Butterfly:
Fish: Blackspotted
Cutthroat Trout
Flower: Bitterroot
Fossil: Maiasaura,
or duck-billed dinosaur
Gemstone: and
Grass: Bluebunch
Wheatgrass
Song: Montana
Tree:
Things to Know
Montana can be divided into two geographic areas: the and the Region.
Major Rivers: Clark Fork River, Missouri River,
Famous Montanans
, paleontologist
1880-1973
First woman elected to U.S. Congress
Evel Knievel
Daredevil motorcyclist
Montana's most faithful dog.
Things to Do
Montana State Bird and State Flower Printable Color Page.
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Sites to See
Lt. Colonel George Custer's last stand and the destruction of Custer's command on the banks of the Little Bighorn.
PBS documentary on the life of a wild horse in the mountains of Montana.
(1864-1926), Artist
American Artist that specialized in the American West.
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