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The Montana PortalEast face of the Crazy Mountains in the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana (2015)
, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state. Most of Montana first came under American sovereignty with the Louisiana Purchase from France 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 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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This is a list of mountain ranges in the state of Montana. Montana is the fourth largest state in the United States and is well known for its mountains. The name "Montana" means "mountainous" in Latin. Representative James Mitchell Ashley (R-Ohio), suggested the name when legislation organizing the territory was passed by the United States Congress in 1864. Ashley noted that a mining camp in the Colorado Territory had already used the name, and Congress agreed to use the name for the new territory.
According to the United States Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 100 named mountain ranges and sub-ranges in Montana. However, mountain ranges have no official boundaries, and there is no official list of mountain ranges in the state. (Full article...)List of selected articles
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Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election. Areas are in proportion to the number of votes cast in each county. (from Montana)
- Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from
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From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana) - Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from
- Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from
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Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
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Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
- Montana Territory in 1865 (from
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Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
- Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from
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Lone Mountain atBig Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
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Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs inBakken Formation (from History of Montana)
- Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from
- General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from
- 100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from
- Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from
- Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from
- Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from
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Big Sky Resort (from Montana)The
- Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from
- Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from
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Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
- Ethnic origins in Montana (from
- Click to enlarge detailed map (from
- The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from
- Chief Joseph (from
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Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
- Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from
- Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from
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U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
- Relief map of Montana (from
- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from
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- Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from
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The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area atRed Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
- Map of Montana (from
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Map of counties in Montana by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. censusLegend
Non-Hispanic White50–60%60–70%70–80%80–90%90%+
Native American50–60%60–70%70–80%
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craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)Montana ranks 2nd nationally in
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Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
- Montana population density map (from
- Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from
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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 Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
- ... that campaign literature in the consumption?
- ... 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"?
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