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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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Gianforte in 2020

Gregory Richard Gianforte (/ˌdʒi.ənˈfɔːrteɪ/ JEE-ən-FOR-tay; born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, politician, software engineer, and writer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representative for Montana's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2021.

In 1997, Gianforte and his wife, Susan, co-founded RightNow Technologies, a customer relationship management software company. The company went public in 2004; by that time, it employed over 1,000 workers. RightNow Technologies was acquired by Oracle Corporation for $1.5 billion in 2011. (Full article...)

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Wigger in 1964

Lones Wesley Wigger Jr. (August 25, 1937, Great Falls, Montana – December 14, 2017, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American sports shooter. Wigger was a member of the United States Olympic team on three occasions, winning two Olympic Gold Medals. He also served in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant colonel.

Wigger is often regarded as having been the greatest competitive rifle shooter ever to have taken aim for the United States. He made every Olympic Shooting Team between 1968 and 1980, he held or co-held 27 world records – 14 team and 13 individual. He won 58 National Championships of almost every variety beginning in 1963. He was a member of 16 major U.S. international teams, starting with the 1963 Pan-American Games and his record includes: 22 World Championships (two individual, 20 team); seven Pan-American titles; 18 victories in the Championship of the Americas meet; 16 victories in the Council Internationale Sport du Militaire meet; and in those four meets, plus the Olympics, he won 108 medals. (Full article...)

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Image 1Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 2Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 3Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 4Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 5Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 6Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 7Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 8Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 9Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 10Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 11Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 12Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 13Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 14Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 15The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 16Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 17Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 18Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 19First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 20Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 21From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 22Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 23Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 24Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 25The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 26Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 27Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 28100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 29Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 30The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 31Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 32General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 33Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 34Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 35Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 36An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 37Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 38Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 39Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)

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

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Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

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Image 41Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 42U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 43Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 44Treemap 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 45Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 46Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 47Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 48Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 49Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 50Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 51Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 52The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)

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... 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 Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?
... 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 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 Montana television station KOPR-TV brought forward its start date by several months, only to last just one year?
... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?

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