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MONTANA

Treasure State
Origin of state's name: Based on Spanish word for "mountainous"
Under the word "Montana", on a blue field, is the state seal. The seal shows some of Montana's beautiful scenery and tells what people were doing in pioneer times. The pick, shovel and plow represent mining and farming. In the background a sun rises over mountains, forests and the Great Falls of the Missouri river. A ribbon contains the state motto "Gold and Silver".
Entered Union: November 8, 1889; 41st State
Capital: Helena
Motto: Oro y Plata (Gold and Silver)
Flower: Bitterroot
Bird: Western meadowlark
Tree: Ponderosa pine
Song: Montana

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A LITTLE HISTORY

French explorers visited the region in 1742. The U.S. acquired the area partly through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and partly through the explorations of Lewis and Clark in 1805-1806. Fur traders and missionaries established posts in the early 19th century. Indian uprisings reached their peak with the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. Mining activity and the coming of the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883 brought population growth.
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FACTS AND TRIVIA ABOUT MONTANA

Montana borders the most Canadian Provinces of all the fifity states. It borders three Canadian provinces; British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
Montana is the home of Yellowstone National Park: the largest, oldest, and most famous of the National Parks.
- Montana's Rocky Mountains are made up of more than two dozen distinct ranges, separated by valleys of varying widths.
- Triple Divide Peak in Glacier National Park is the only place in the United States that distributes water to Hudson Bay, The Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean.
- The highest peak in Montana is Granite Peak (l2,799 ft.), which is located just north of Yellowstone National Park.
- There are less than 1 million people who call Montana home.
- The term "Blue Ribbon Trout Stream" is a Montana original, devised in 1959.
- The first dude ranch is thought to have been started in 1901 by Pete Karst in the Gallatin Canyon. A one-week stay was $12 per guest.
The majority of Yellowstone National Park is, in fact, in Wyoming. But three of the park's five entrances - West Yellowstone, Gardiner and Cooke City - are in Montana.
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