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Montana State Guide
Capital: Helena
November 08, 1889 (41st state)
 Montana is known as "Big Sky Country" because of its vast size and rolling plains. The members of the Lewis and Clark expedition were the first white explorers known to have set foot in Montana. It joined the United States on November 8, 1889 as the 41st state. The name Montana comes from the Spanish word Montana, meaning "mountainous," although the eastern part of the state consists of gently rolling pastureland. The Anaconda Company had a stranglehold on the state's copper industry for about 100 years, but today Montana is known as a tourist destination for those drawn to its many trout streams and wide open spaces. Its capital is Helena and the state flower is the bitterroot.
Largest City - Billings
Area - 147,046 square miles [Montana is the 4th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 902,195 (as of 2000) [Montana is the 44th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - farming (wheat, sugar beets), cattle ranching, mining (gold, silver, copper, coal), oil, lumber, tourism
Major Rivers - Yellowstone River, Missouri River, Clark Fork River
Major Lakes - Flathead Lake, Fort Peck Lake
Highest Point - Granite Peak - 12,799 feet (3,901 m) above sea level
Lowest Point - Kootenai River - 1,800 feet (550 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming
Bordering Country - Canada
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Anaconda-Deer Lodge,
Beaverhead, Big Horn,
Blaine, Broadwater,
Butte-Silver Bow, Carbon,
Carter, Cascade,
Chouteau, Custer,
Daniels, Dawson,
Fallon, Fergus,
Flathead, Gallatin,
Garfield, Glacier,
Golden Valley, Granite,
Hill, Jefferson,
Judith Basin, Lake,
Lewis And Clark, Liberty,
Lincoln, Madison,
McCone, Meagher,
Mineral, Missoula,
Musselshell, Park,
Petroleum, Phillips,
Pondera, Powder River,
Powell, Prairie,
Ravalli, Richland,
Roosevelt, Rosebud,
Sanders, Sheridan,
Stillwater, Sweet Grass,
Teton, Toole,
Treasure, Valley,
Wheatland, Wibaux,
Yellowstone
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