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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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Basin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. It lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the Continental Divide in a high narrow canyon along Interstate 15 about halfway between Butte and Helena. Basin Creek flows roughly north to south through Basin and enters the Boulder River on the settlement's south side. The population was 212 at the 2010 census, down from 255 at the 2000 census.

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of human habitation from 10,000 years ago at a site near Clancy, 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Basin. From about 2000 BCE through the mid-19th century, nomadic tribes hunted bison in the grassy valleys that trend east, away from the Rocky Mountains and into the plains. By the time miners found gold in the streams in and near Basin, most of these tribes of Indians had been forced onto reservations by the U.S. government. (Full article...)

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Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (IATA: BZN, ICAO: KBZN, FAA LID: BZN) (Gallatin Field) is located in Belgrade, Montana, United States, eight miles (13 km; 7 nmi) northwest of Bozeman. Owned by the Gallatin Airport Authority, it has been Montana's busiest airport since 2013.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service facility (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). Federal Aviation Administration records show that the airport had 442,788 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2013, 434,038 in 2012 and 397,870 in 2011. (Full article...)

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Image 1Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 2An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 3Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 4Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 5The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 6Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 7Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 8The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 9Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 10Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 11Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 12Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)

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

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

(from Montana)

Image 14Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 15General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 16Treemap 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 17Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 18Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 19Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 20Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 21Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 22The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 23Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 24Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 25Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 26Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 27Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 28Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 29Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 30Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 31Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 32From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 33Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 34The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 35First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 36Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 37Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 38Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 39Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 40Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 41Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 42Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 43Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 44Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 45Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 46U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 47Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 48100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 49Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 50Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 51Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 52Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)

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... that campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?
... 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 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 Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?

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