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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, 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 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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Ernest Duncan "Pokey" Allen Jr. (January 23, 1943 – December 30, 1996) was an American football player and coach in the United States and Canada. He played college football for the Utah Utes before going on to play professionally for the BC Lions and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the 1960s.

Allen began a coaching career after retiring as a player in 1968. His early assistant and position coaching jobs included several NCAA football teams and the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League. He was the head coach at Portland State University from 1986 to 1992 and at Boise State University from 1993 to 1996, compiling a career college football record of 87–41–2 (.677). Allen led Portland State to consecutive appearances in the Division II championship game in 1987 and 1988 and guided Boise State to the Division I-AA title game in 1994. (Full article...)

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Helena (listen; /ˈhɛlənə/) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the seat of Lewis and Clark County.

Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and established on October 30, 1864. Due to the gold rush, Helena became a wealthy city, with approximately 50 millionaires inhabiting the area by 1888. The concentration of wealth contributed to the city's prominent, elaborate Victorian architecture. (Full article...)

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Image 1Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 2Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 3Treemap 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 4Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 5Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 6Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 7Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 8Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 9First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 10Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 11Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 12Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 13Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 14Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 15Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 16Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 17The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 18Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 19An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 20Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 21Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 22Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 23U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 24Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 25Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 26Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 27Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 28Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 29100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 30Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 31Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 32The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 33Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 34The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 35From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 36Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 37Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 38Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)

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

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Image 40Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 41Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 42General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 43Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 44Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 45Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 46Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 47Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 48The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 49Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 50Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 51Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 52Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)

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... 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 a "North Dakota joke of the mornin'" was a feature on Montana radio station KGRZ because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?
... 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?
... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?
... that campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?

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