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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, 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 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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The Mission Mountain Wood Band, abbreviated M2WB, is an American bluegrass and country rock band formed in Missoula, Montana, US in 1971. They were noted for their vocal harmonies, multi-instrumental talent, and charismatic stage presence, particularly at Woodstock style regional concerts of the era such as the University of Montana's Aber Day Kegger. They spent time in New York City to further build their career, appeared on national television and toured 47 of the lower 48 states in a unique 1955 Greyhound Scenicruiser, performing up to 320 times a year both solo and as an opening act for other bands. The original five members were Rob Quist, Steve Riddle, Christian Johnson, Greg Reichenberg, and the late Terry Robinson, all of whom were UM students and born in Montana. Johnson was replaced with Kurt Bergeron after the band released their first album, In Without Knocking, in 1977. The band recorded two studio albums in their heyday, a third album after the band revamped as ‘’Montana’’, released a compilation of their older work in 2005, and put out two albums with new content in 2011 and 2014.

Personnel changes resulting from the departure of several original band members resulted in Quist, Robinson, Reichenberg, and Bergeron reforming the group as The Montana Band in 1981. They had some national success and, described as "well-adapted to today's modern country sound," were being favorably compared to major groups of the time such as Alabama and the Oak Ridge Boys. After the departure of Quist, Terry Robinson was the only remaining original band member when a plane crash killed all then-members of The Montana Band in 1987. (Full article...)

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Mary Fields (c. 1832 – December 5, 1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was an American mail carrier who was the first Black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States.

Fields had the star route contract for the delivery of U.S. mail from Cascade, Montana, to Saint Peter's Mission. She drove the route for two four-year contracts, from 1895 to 1899 and from 1899 to 1903. Author Miantae Metcalf McConnell provided documentation discovered during her research about Mary Fields to the United States Postal Service Archives Historian in 2006. This enabled the USPS to establish Mary Fields' contribution as the first African-American female star route mail carrier in the United States. (Full article...)

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Image 1Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 2Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 3Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 4Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 5Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 6Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 7Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 8Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 9Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 10Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 11Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 12Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 13The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 14Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 15Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 16Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 17General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 18Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 19Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 20Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 21Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 22Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 23Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 24Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 25Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 26An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 27Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 28Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 29Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 30The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 31U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 32Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 33Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 34Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 35Chief 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 37Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 38The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 39Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 40Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 41Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 42Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 43Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 44Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 45Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 46First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 47Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 48Treemap 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 49The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 50From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 51100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 52Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)

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... 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 Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
... 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?
... that a "North Dakota joke of the mornin'" was a feature on Montana radio station KGRZ because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?
... 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?

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