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| Great
Falls
/ Montana
State Statistics |
| Montana State Flag |
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| MONTANA
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| GREAT
FALLS |
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| AREA |
(land) 145,552 sq miles (water) 1,490 sq miles (TOTAL) 147,042 sq miles
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| CAPITAL |
Helena |
| FAMOUS DATES
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Organized as territory: May 26, 1864 , Entered Union (rank): Nov. 8, 1889 (41),
Present constitution adopted: 1972
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| LOCATION
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46.596N, 112.020W |
| MEAN ELEVATION
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3,411 ft |
| HIGHEST
POINT |
Granite Peak; 12,799 feet, 10th |
| LOWEST
POINT |
Kootenai River; 1800 feet, 47th |
| COUNTIES |
56 |
| COASTLINE |
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| GEOGRAPHIC CENTER |
approximately 12 miles to the west of Lewistown, in Fergus County
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| STATE FOSSIL
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| STATE GRASS
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| STATE REPTILE
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| STATE ROCK
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| STATE GEMSTONE
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Yogo Sapphire and Agate |
| STATE FLAG
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Under the word "Montana", on a blue field, is the state seal. The seal shows some of Montana's beautiful scenery and tells what people were doing in pioneer times. The pick, shovel and plow represent mining and farming. In the background a sun rises over mountains, forests and the Great Falls of the Missouri river. A ribbon contains the state motto "Gold and Silver". Flag adopted 1905 amended 1981 |
| STATE COLORS
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| STATE SEAL
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| STATE SLOGAN
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Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else |
| STATE
MOTTO
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Oro y plata Gold and Silver |
| STATE SONG
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Montana |
| STATE TREE
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Ponderosa pine Pinus ponderosa |
| STATE BIRD
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Western Meadowlark |
| STATE ANIMAL
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Grizzly Bear |
| STATE FISH
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| STATE METAL
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| STATE NICKNAMES
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Treasure State |
| STATE FLOWER
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Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva |
| BORDERING
STATES
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Idaho North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming |
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