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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 1Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 2Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 3Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 4General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 5Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 6Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 7Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 8Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 9An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 10U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 11Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 12Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 13Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 14Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 15Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 16The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 17Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 18Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 19The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 20The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 21Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 22Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 23Treemap 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 24First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 25Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 26100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 27Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 28Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 29Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 30Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 31Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 32Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 33Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 34Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 35The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 36Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 37Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 38Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 39Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 40Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 41Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 42Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 43Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 44Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 45From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of 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 47Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 48Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 49Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 50Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 51Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 52Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)

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... 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?
... 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?

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