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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, but 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 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 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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Williams in 2012

Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress. Known primarily for starring in small-scale independent films with dark or tragic themes, she has received various accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards and a Tony Award.

Williams, daughter of politician and trader Larry R. Williams, began her career with television guest appearances and made her film debut in the family film Lassie in 1994. She gained emancipation from her parents at age fifteen, and soon achieved recognition for her leading role as Jen Lindley in the teen drama television series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003). This was followed by low-profile films, before having her breakthrough with the drama film Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned Williams her first Academy Award nomination. (Full article...)

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Bird at the 2009 Venice Film Festival

Philip Bradley Bird (born September 24, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He has had a career spanning over four decades in both animation and live-action.

Bird was born in Montana and grew up in Oregon. He developed an interest in the art of animation early on, and completed his first short subject by age 14. Bird sent the film to Walt Disney Productions, leading to an apprenticeship from the studio's Nine Old Men. He attended the California Institute of the Arts in the late 1970s, and worked for Disney shortly thereafter. (Full article...)

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Image 1Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 2Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 3An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 4100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 5Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 6Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 7Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 8Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 9Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 10Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 11Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 12Chief 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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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 14Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 15Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 16From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 17Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 18Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 19Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 20Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 21Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 22Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 23Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 24Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 25Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 26Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 27Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 28Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 29Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 30Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 31Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 32Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 33Treemap 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 34Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 35The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 36Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 37Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 38Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 39First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 40General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 41Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 42Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 43Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 44Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 45Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 46The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 47Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 48U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 49The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 50Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 51The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 52Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)

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... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
... 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 owner of a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "SUNBELT"?
... that the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?

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