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East face of the Crazy Mountains in the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana (2015)

Montana (/mɒnˈtænə/ (listen)) is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, 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, the eighth-least populous state, and the third-least densely populated state. Its state capital is Helena, while the largest city is Billings. The western half of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state. The state has a reputation for a libertarian bent in popular opinion and policy.

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, 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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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 in 1917. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916; she served one term until she was elected again in 1940. , Rankin is still 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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Flathead Lake (Salish: člq̓etkʷ, Kutenai: yawuʔnik̓ ʔa·kuq̓nuk) is a large natural lake in northwest Montana.

The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake is a natural lake along the mainline of the Flathead River. It was dammed in 1930 by Kerr Dam at its outlet on Polson Bay, slightly raising the lake level; the dam generates electricity. The hydroelectric has been owned and operated by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes since 2015. It is one of the cleanest lakes in the populated world for its size and type. (Full article...)

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Image 1Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 2Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 3Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 4First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 5Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 6Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 7Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 8Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 9Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 10Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 11Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Montana)
Image 12U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 13Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 14Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 15Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 16Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 17Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 18Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 19Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)

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

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50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

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Native American

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

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Image 21Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 22The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 23Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 24Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 25Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 26Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 27General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 28Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 29Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 30Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 31From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 32Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 33The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 34Belly River in Waterton Lakes National Park (from Montana)
Image 35Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 36Car license plate design issued in Montana between 2006 and 2009 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 37Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 38Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 39An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 40Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 41Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 42Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 43Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 44Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Montana)
Image 45Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 46Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 47Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 48The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 49The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 50Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 51Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 52100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 53Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (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 state representative Angela Russell introduced legislation to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Montana?
... that after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Montana abortion law in Mazurek v. Armstrong, state courts struck down the law as a violation of the Montana Constitution?
... that Kane Ioane finished his playing career at Montana State as the Big Sky Conference's all-time tackles leader?
... that campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?
... that after quarterback Joe Montana invested in Crowd Cow, PETA sent him a letter filled with football puns imploring him not to invest in a company that facilitates the slaughtering of animals?

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