MONTANA

STATE INFORMATION
MOTTO:Oro y Plata or 'Silver and Gold'
Nickname: Big Sky Country, Treasure Plate.
State Flower: Bitterroot
State Song: Montana
State Flag: In 1905, Montana's assembly voted to adopt a picture depicting the Great Seal of Montana, with a blue banner in the back.
The state bird is the Western Meadowlark.

PHYSICAL INFO:

• Highest Point:Granite Peak (12,799 ft above sea level)
• Average Temperature: 9F to 83F
• Average Rainfall: 15.34 inches

GOVERNMENT STATISTICS

• Capital- Helena
• Governor- Steve Bullock
• Admitted as state-November .8,1889
• Population-1.005 million (as of 2012)
• The 5 largest cities- Kalispell, Miles City, Havre, Bozeman, Helena

ECONOMICS

• Major activities- Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Services
• Glacier National Park, Big Sky Resort, Museum of the Rockies

HISTORY

• April 30, 1803 ( Montana was part of Louisiana Purchase)
• November 8, 1889 (first established as state)
• March 1, 1872 (Yellowstone National Park was signed into law)
• May 11, 1910 (Glacier National Park was signed into law)
• July 28, 1862 (Gold was first discovered in Montana)

INTERESTING FACTS
Famous people: Patrick Duffy and Jesse Ferguson.
Other facts:The worlds shortest river is in Montana and the first female in Congress was from Montana. The First Georgians were the first to find gold.
Weird laws: It is illegal to have a sheep in your truck without a chaperone. It is also illegal to use your lawn-sprinklers to annoy passersby.
A few weird places to visit: Hobbit House of Montana, Trout Creek,
Giant Penguin, Cut Bank.

WHERE IN THE STATE:
I dunno if I would live there or not, but I don't think I would because it's too cold, especially right now. But if I did, I would live in Treasure, Montana, because I've always wanted to visit Yellowstone National Park.
I would either do mining or MAYBE agriculture, but probably mining because I'd destroy the plants.
To me the state is appealing or unique because it has more animals than it does humans. It's populated mostly by elk and other animals.

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