Montana, the Treasure State

Fast Facts:

• State Capital: Helena
• Became a state: November 8, 1889 as 41st state
• Rank in size: 4th with 147,142 square miles
• Largest cities: Billings, Butte, Missoula, Bozeman, Helena, Great Falls
• State bird: Western meadowlark
• State flower: Bitterroot
• State tree: Ponderosa pine

State history

• Billings
• Bozeman
• Butte
• Deer Lodge
• Great Falls
• Hamilton
• Helena
• Kalispell
• Missoula

People

• John M. Bozeman
• Charlie Russell

Potpourri

Newspapers

• Big Sky Wire (Billings)
• Lake County Leader (Polson)
• The Missoulian
• Western News (Libby)

Go back home

Last updated 9/8/98