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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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Rankin in 1917

Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916 for one term, then was elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected to Congress from Montana.

Each of Rankin's congressional terms coincided with the initiation of U.S. military intervention in one of the two world wars. A lifelong pacifist, she was one of 50 House members who opposed the declaration of war on Germany in 1917. In 1941, she was the sole member of Congress to vote against the declaration of war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Full article...)

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Lewis and Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,973. Its county seat is Helena, the state capital. The numerical designation for Lewis and Clark County (used in the issuance of the state's license plates) is 5. The county was established on June 2, 1865, as one of the nine original counties of the Territory of Montana named Edgerton County in honor of Sidney Edgerton, first Governor of the Territory of Montana, and was renamed Lewis and Clark County on March 1, 1868, in honor of explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

Lewis and Clark County is part of the Helena, Montana Micropolitan Statistical Area. (Full article...)

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Image 1Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 2Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 3Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 4The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 5Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 6An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 7Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)

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

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Image 9Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 10Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 11Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 12Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 13Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 14Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 15Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 16Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 17Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 18Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 19The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 20U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 21Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 22Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 23Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 24Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 25Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 26Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 27Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 28Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 29Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 30Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 31Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 32Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 33Treemap 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 34Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 35General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 36Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 37Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 38The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 39Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 40100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 41Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 42Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 43From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 44Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 45Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 46Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 47Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 48Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 49Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 50The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 51Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 52First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from 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 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 the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?
... that campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?

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