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

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.

Most of Montana first came under American sovereignty with the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition shortly thereafter. Fur trappers followed and were the main economic activity in the area until gold was discovered in 1852. The ensuing gold rush, along with the passage of the Homestead Acts in 1862, brought large numbers of American settlers to Montana. Rapid population growth and development culminated in statehood on November 8, 1889. Mining, particularly around Butte and Helena, would remain the state's main economic engine through the mid-20th century.

Montana has no official nickname but several unofficial ones, most notably "Big Sky Country", "The Treasure State", "Land of the Shining Mountains", and "The Last Best Place". Its economy is primarily based on agriculture, including ranching and cereal grain farming. Other significant economic resources include oil, gas, coal, mining, and lumber. The health care, service, defense, and government sectors are also significant to the state's economy. Montana's fastest-growing sector is tourism, with 12.6 million tourists (as of 2019) visiting the state each year. (Full article...)

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The Missouri River in Montana

The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, then flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river drains semi-arid watershed of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 km²), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Although a tributary of the Mississippi, the Missouri River is slightly longer and carries a comparable volume of water. When combined with the lower Mississippi River, it forms the world's fourth-longest river system.

For over 12,000 years, people have depended on the Missouri River and its tributaries as a source of sustenance and transportation. More than ten major groups of Native Americans populated the watershed, with most leading a nomadic lifestyle and dependent on enormous bison herds that roamed through the Great Plains. The first Europeans encountered the river in the late seventeenth century, and the region passed through Spanish and French hands before becoming part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. (Full article...)

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The Historic St. Mary's Mission is a mission established by the Society of Jesus of the Catholic Church, located now on Fourth Street in modern-day Stevensville, Montana. Founded in 1841 and designed as an ongoing village for Catholic Salish Indians, St. Mary's was the first permanent settlement made by non-indigenous peoples in what became the state of Montana. The mission structure was rebuilt in 1866. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. (Full article...)

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Image 1Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 2Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 3Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 4Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 5The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 6Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 7Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 8Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 9Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 10From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 11Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 12The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 13Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 14Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 15Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 16Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 17U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 18Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 19Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 20Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 21Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 22Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 23Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 24Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 25Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 26Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 27An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 28Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 29100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 30Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 31Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 32Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 33The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 34The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 35Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 36Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 37First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 38Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 39Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 40Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 41Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 42Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)

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

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Image 44Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 45General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 46Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 47Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 48Treemap 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 49Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 50Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 51Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 52Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)

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... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
... 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 the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?
... 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?

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