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Montana
Native Americans
Montana has around 70,000 Native People and eight Native Nations.1)
4th Largest State
Montana is the fourth biggest state in the United States, behind Alaska, Texas, and California. Despite its size, it has the third lowest population density of any state.2)
Treasure State
Many of the frontiersmen who settled Montana were gold prospectors. The land's mineral wealth gave it the moniker “Treasure State”.3)
Wildlife
Several enormous species call Montana home: grizzly bears, moose, bighorn sheep, and bison, to mention a few.4)
Public Land
Approximately 30% of Montana has public land, the 12th largest percentage among the US states.5)
Helena
Helena, Montana's capital city, began as a mining town in 1864, when four miners struck gold in “Last Chance Gultch”.6)
Crown Of The Continent
Glacier National Park in Montana, known as the “Crown of the Continent”, has some of the most beautiful panoramas in North America and over 700 miles of hiking trails.7)
Buffalo Soldiers
From 1888 to 1898, the “Buffalo Soldiers” were a group of African American soldiers who helped protect Montana settlements from Native American attacks.8)
Battle of the Little Bighorn
The renowned “Battle of the Little Bighorn” took place in Montana Territory in 1876. The conflict was between US government forces and a group of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Native People.9)
25th Infantry Bicycle Corps
Black Montanan troops organized the 25th Army Bicycle Corps in the 1890s to test the practicality of bike-mounted warriors.10)
A.B. Guthrie
A.B. Guthrie remarked on the majesty of the Montana sky in a letter to his son. In his novel of the same name, A.B. Guthrie Jr. established one of the state's nicknames, “Big Sky Country”.11)
First Woman In US Congress
Jeannette Rankin of Missoula, Montana, was the first woman elected to the United States Congress in 1916.12)
Gallatin River
Montana's Gallatin River is the setting of the iconic fly-fishing scene in the movie A River Runs Through It.13)
Triple Divide
Montana is the only state in the United States that has a “triple divide” where three drainage basins intersect. Montana's water goes to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as the Hudson Bay.14)
Custer's Last Stand
The Battle of the Little Bighorn is also known as “Custer's Last Stand,” since the defeat infuriated white Americans, leading to increased bloodshed against native tribes and the eventual incarceration of many native peoples on reservations.15)