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

Montana (/mɒnˈtænə/ ^ⓘ) is a state in the Mountain region 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 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.

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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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 2Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 3Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 4Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 5Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 6Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 7Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 8Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 9Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 10Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 11Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 12Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 13The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 14An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 15First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 16From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 17Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Montana)
Image 18Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 19Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 20Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 21Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 22Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 23Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 24Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 25Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 26Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 27The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 28General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 29Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 30Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 31Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 32Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 33Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (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 35Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 36Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 37Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 38Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 39Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 40Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 41Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 42Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 43The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 44Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 45Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 46Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 47Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 48U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 49Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 50The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 51Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 52Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)

Did you know -

... that one owner of Montana radio station KXGF went from owning a stake in a waterbed dealership to liquidating his assets in a span of six months?
... that Montana television station KOPR-TV brought forward its start date by several months, only to last just one year?
... that the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?
... 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 campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?
... that Kane Ioane finished his playing career at Montana State as the Big Sky Conference's all-time tackles leader?

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