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State Bird- Western Meadowlark State Animal- Grizzle Bear	State Flower- Bitterroot State Tree- Ponderosa Pine
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Montana Information
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Montana Cities
Absarokee, MT Acton, MT Alberton, MT Alder, MT Alzada, MT Anaconda, MT Angela, MT Antelope, MT Apgar, MT Arlee, MT Ashland, MT Augusta, MT Avon, MT Babb, MT Bainville, MT Baker, MT Ballantine, MT Bannack, MT Basin, MT Bearcreek, MT Belfry, MT Belgrade, MT Belt, MT Biddle, MT Big Arm, MT Big Sandy, MT Big Sky, MT Big Timber, MT Bigfork, MT Bighorn, MT Billings, MT Birney, MT Black Eagle, MT Bloomfield, MT Bonner, MT Boulder, MT Box Elder, MT Boyd, MT Boyes, MT Bozeman, MT Brady, MT Bridger, MT Broadus, MT Broadview, MT Brockton, MT Brockway, MT Browning, MT Brusett, MT Buffalo, MT Busby, MT Butte, MT Bynum, MT Cameron, MT Canyon Creek, MT Capitol, MT Cardwell, MT Carter, MT Cascade, MT Cat Creek, MT Charlo, MT Chester, MT Chinook, MT Choteau, MT Circle, MT Clancy, MT Clinton, MT Clyde Park, MT Coffee Creek, MT Cohagen, MT Colstrip, MT Columbia Falls, MT Columbus, MT Condon, MT Conner, MT Conrad, MT Cooke City, MT Coram, MT Corvallis, MT Corwin Springs, MT Craig, MT Crane, MT Creston, MT Crow Agency, MT Culbertson, MT Custer, MT Cut Bank, MT Dagmar, MT Darby, MT Dayton, MT De Borgia, MT Decker, MT Deer Lodge, MT Dell, MT Denton, MT Dillon, MT Divide, MT Dixon, MT Dodson, MT Drummond, MT Dupuyer, MT Dutton, MT East Glacier Park, MT East Helena, MT Edgar, MT Ekalaka, MT Elliston, MT Elmo, MT Emigrant, MT Ennis, MT Essex, MT Ethridge, MT Eureka, MT Fairfield, MT Fairview, MT Fallon, MT Fishtail, MT Flaxville, MT Florence, MT Floweree, MT Forestgrove, MT Forsyth, MT Fort Belknap, MT Fort Benton, MT Fort Harrison, MT Fort Peck, MT Fort Shaw, MT Fort Smith, MT Fortine, MT Four Buttes, MT Frazer, MT Frenchtown, MT Froid, MT Fromberg, MT Galata, MT Gallatin Gateway, MT Gardiner, MT Garneill, MT Garrison, MT Garryowen, MT Geraldine, MT Geyser, MT Gildford, MT Glasgow, MT Glen, MT Glendive, MT Glentana, MT Gold Creek, MT Grantsdale, MT Grass Range, MT Great Falls, MT Greenough, MT Greycliff, MT Hall, MT Hamilton, MT Hammond, MT Hardin, MT Harlem, MT Harlowton, MT Harrison, MT Hathaway, MT Haugan, MT Havre, MT Hays, MT Heart Butte, MT Helena, MT Helmville, MT Heron, MT Highwood, MT Hilger, MT Hingham, MT Hinsdale, MT Hobson, MT Hogeland, MT Homestead, MT Hot Springs, MT Hungry Horse, MT Huntley, MT Huson, MT Hysham, MT Ingomar, MT Inverness, MT Ismay, MT Jackson, MT Jefferson City, MT Joliet, MT Joplin, MT Jordan, MT Judith Gap, MT	Kalispell, MT Kevin, MT Kila, MT Kinsey, MT Kiowa, MT Kremlin, MT Lakeside, MT Lakeview, MT Lambert, MT Lame Deer, MT Laurel, MT Lavina, MT Ledger, MT Lewistown, MT Libby, MT Lima, MT Lincoln, MT Lindsay, MT Livingston, MT Lloyd, MT Lodge Grass, MT Lolo, MT Loma, MT Lonepine, MT Loring, MT Lothair, MT Malta, MT Manhattan, MT Marion, MT Martin City, MT Martinsdale, MT Marysville, MT McAllister, MT McCabe, MT McLeod, MT Medicine Lake, MT Melrose, MT Melstone, MT Melville, MT Mildred, MT Miles City, MT Milltown, MT Missoula, MT Moccasin, MT Moiese, MT Molt, MT Monarch, MT Montana City, MT Moore, MT Mosby, MT Musselshell, MT Nashua, MT Neihart, MT Nevada City, MT Niarada, MT Norris, MT Noxon, MT Nye, MT Oilmont, MT Olive, MT Olney, MT Opheim, MT Otter, MT Outlook, MT Ovando, MT Pablo, MT Paradise, MT Park City, MT Peerless, MT Pendroy, MT Philipsburg, MT Pinesdale, MT Plains, MT Plentywood, MT Plevna, MT Polaris, MT Polebridge, MT Polson, MT Pompeys Pillar, MT Pony, MT Poplar, MT Powderville, MT Power, MT Pray, MT Proctor, MT Pryor, MT Radersburg, MT Rapelje, MT Ravalli, MT Raymond, MT Raynesford, MT Red Lodge, MT Redstone, MT Reed Point, MT Reserve, MT Rexford, MT Richey, MT Richland, MT Ringling, MT Roberts, MT Rollins, MT Ronan, MT Roscoe, MT Rosebud, MT Roundup, MT Roy, MT Rudyard, MT Ryegate, MT Saco, MT Saltese, MT Sand Coulee, MT Sand Springs, MT Sanders, MT Santa Rita, MT Savage, MT Scobey, MT Seeley Lake, MT Shawmut, MT Shelby, MT Shepherd, MT Sheridan, MT Sidney, MT Silesia, MT Silver Gate, MT Silver Star, MT Simms, MT Somers, MT Sonnette, MT Springdale, MT Square Butte, MT St Ignatius, MT St Marie, MT St Mary, MT St Regis, MT St Xavier, MT Stanford, MT Stevensville, MT Stockett, MT Stryker, MT Sula, MT Sumatra, MT Sun River, MT Sunburst, MT Superior, MT Swan Lake, MT Sweet Grass, MT Teigen, MT Terry, MT Thompson Falls, MT Three Forks, MT Toston, MT Townsend, MT Trego, MT Trout Creek, MT Troy, MT Turner, MT Twin Bridges, MT Two Dot, MT Ulm, MT Utica, MT Valier, MT Vandalia, MT Vaughn, MT Victor, MT Vida, MT Virgelle, MT Virginia City, MT Volborg, MT Wagner, MT Walkerville, MT Warm Springs, MT West Glacier, MT West Yellowstone, MT Westby, MT White Sulphur Springs, MT Whitefish, MT Whitehall, MT Whitetail, MT Whitewater, MT Wibaux, MT Willard, MT Willow Creek, MT Wilsall, MT Winifred, MT Winnett, MT Winston, MT Wisdom, MT Wise River, MT Wolf Creek, MT Wolf Point, MT Worden, MT Wyola, MT Yaak, MT Yellowstone National Park, MT Zortman, MT Zurich, MT

Montana National Park Service
Big Hole National Battlefield Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Glacier National Park Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Nez Perce National Historical Park Yellowstone National Park

Montana Major Cities
Billings Bozeman Butte Great Falls	Helena Kalispell Missoula

Montana Counties
Yellowstone County Missoula County Flathead County Cascade County Gallatin County Lewis and Clark County Ravalli County Silver Bow County Lake County Lincoln County Hill County Park County Glacier County Big Horn County Fergus County Custer County Jefferson County Sanders County Roosevelt County Carbon County Rosebud County Richland County Deer Lodge County Beaverhead County Dawson County Stillwater County Madison County Valley County	Powell County Blaine County Teton County Pondera County Chouteau County Toole County Broadwater County Musselshell County Phillips County Mineral County Sweet Grass County Sheridan County Granite County Fallon County Judith Basin County Wheatland County Liberty County Meagher County Daniels County McCone County Powder River County Carter County Garfield County Golden Valley County Prairie County Wibaux County Treasure County Petroleum County
Montana Association of Counties

Montana Education
Montana University System Flathead Valley Community College Dawson Community College Miles Community College Butte College Montana State University - Bozeman Montana State University - Billings Montana State University - Northern - Havre University of Montana - Missoula Montana Tech of the University of Montana - Butte University of Montana Western - Dillon University of Montana - Helena College of Technology	Major Tribal Colleges Fort Peck Community College Little Big Horn College Salish Kootenai College Stone Child College Chief Dull Knife College Major Private Colleges and Universities Carroll College Rocky Mountain College University of Great Falls Montana Board of Public Education


Montana Rivers
East of Continental Divide Missouri River watershed Missouri River Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock River Ruby River Big Hole River Wise River Roe River (one of the shortest rivers in the world) Boulder River Madison River Gallatin River East Gallatin River Sixteen Mile Creek Dearborn River Smith River Sun River Belt Creek Marias River Cut Bank Creek Two Medicine River Birch Creek Dupuyer Creek Willow Creek Teton River Arrow Creek Cow Creek Judith River Dry Wolf Creek Musselshell River Sacagawea River North Fork Musselshell River South Fork Musselshell River Milk River Big Sandy Creek Redwater River Poplar River Big Muddy Creek Yellowstone River Gardner River Shields River Boulder River Sweet Grass Creek Stillwater River Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River Bighorn River Big Bull Elk Creek Black Canyon Creek Dry Head Creek Grapevine Creek Little Bighorn River Aligator Creek Dry Fork Creek Lodge Grass Creek Pass Creek Shoulder Blade Creek West Fork Little Bighorn River Little Bull Elk Creek Rotten Grass Creek Soap Creek War Man Creek Tongue River Pumpkin Creek Powder River	West of Continental Divide Clark Fork River Bull River Vermilion River Flathead River Jocko River Whitefish River Stillwater River St. Regis River Bitterroot River Blackfoot River Little Blackfoot River Kootenai River Yaak River Fisher River Saskatchewan River watershed Belly River St. Mary River Waterton River
Montana Rivers

Montana's Highest & Lowest Points
Granite Peak- 12,807 ft (3,904 m) above sea level	Kootenai River- 1,800 ft (549 m) above sea level

Rocky Mountains
Wikipedia on the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain Travel	Peak Bagger on the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain Maps and Guidebooks

Montana History Timeline (www.e-referencedesk.com)
17th Century 1680 - Montana natives acquire the horse. 18th Century 1720 - Montana natives acquire the gun. 19th Century 1803 - United States acquires most of Montana in the Louisiana Purchase 1805-1806 - Lewis and Clark Expedition crosses and recrosses Montana 1807 - Manuel Lisa builds first fur fort in Montana on the Yellowstone River 1828 - Fort Union, an American Fur Company post, is built at the mouth of the Yellowstone River 1841 - Father Pierre Jean de Smer establishes St. Mary's Mission in the Bitterrot Valley 1846 - The Oregon Treaty gives the rest of Montana to the US 1847 - Fort Benton founded on Missouri River as military and trading post; soon becoming world-renown "Head of Navigation" to the west, and world's furthest inland port. Steamboats brought gold seekers, fur traders, settlers and supplies, making Fort Benton the "Birthplace of Montana." 1853 - Johnny Grant starts the first beef herd in the Deer Lodge Valley 1857 - First sheep ranching begins in the Bitterroot Valley 1860 - First steamboat reaches Fort Benton 1862 - Placer miners rush to gold strike on Grasshopper Creek (Bannack) 14 July, James Stuart becomes first lawman in Montana History, elected sheriff of Gold Creek with jurisdiction covering most of Western Montana. Served to April 1863. 1863 - May, Crawford resigns and returns home to an eastern state. Outlaw gang leader Henry Plummer elected sheriff of Bannack and all gold camps southeast of the Bitterroot. 29 June, Chief Deputy Donald H, Dillingham of Virginia City, becomes first lawman killed in the Line of Duty, assassinated in broad-daylight on Virginia City's Main Street by two of Plummer's deputies. December, 102 known killed and over a quarter million dollars in gold (at 1863 prices) stolen by Plummer's "Road Agents" gang. Outraged citizens form Vigilante Committee, and within five weeks 21 gang members hung, countless others banished from Territory. 1864 - Vigilantes hang Henry Plummer and other "Innocents"; 26 May, Montana Territory officially created by act of President Abraham Lincoln, Bannack chosen as first Territorial Capitol. First newspaper, the Montana Post, published in Virginia City 1865 - Montana's first US Marshal appointed by President Lincoln: George M. Pinney, serving from 1865 to 1867. Pinney first sets up his office in Butte, later moving to Helena. 1866 - US Military Post, Camp Cooke, created on the Judith River. 1870 - Open-range cattle industry begins on Montana Prairies 1872 - Congress creates Yellowstone National Park 1873 - Beginning of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, to "destroy illegal whiskey trade and lawlessness" caused by the "Whoop-Up Trail" operation from Fort Benton into Canadian Northwest Territories, the "Trail" having been created by Fort Benton's first sheriff, and subsequently participated in and protected by five of his successors. 1876 - 24 June, Sioux Indians defeat Col. George ArmB Custer and 7th Cavalry at Battle of Little Big Horn River. Following, Nez Pierce Indian Chief Joseph leads his people out of Oregon into Montana, outwitting superior US Army forces, until surrender in 1877 near Bear's Paw Mountains in northern Montana. 1877 - Significant copper mining begins in Butte; Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce retreat across Montana 1880 - Utah and Northern Railroad enters Montana 1883 - Northern Pacific Railroad is completed through Montana; Marcus Daly establishes the town of Anaconda and its smelting works 1885 - Montana Territorial Government creates first "state" law enforcement agency: Montana Department of Livestock. 1889 - 08 November, Montana becomes 41st state of United States under President Benjamin Harrison's administration, 16 original counties established, and 16 sheriffs appointed by new state government. 1890 - First hydroelectric dam is built at Great Falls 20th Century 1902 - Montana Capitol Building is completed. 1903 - Amalgamated Copper Company paralyzes the state's economy with the shut-down to force legislative relief. 1909 -Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road") is completed through Montana. 1910 - Congress establishes Glacier National Park; forest fires devastate western Montana. 1910-1918 - Homesteading boom peaks on Montana's plains. 1911-1925 - "County-busting" craze creates 25 new Montana counties. 1914 - Montana women receive the franchise (right to vote). 1916 - Jeanette Rankin elected the first woman in the US Congress. 1917 - Rankin votes against US entry into World War I; Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) organizer Frank Little is lynched in Butte. 1918 - February, Mrs Leo Hunter, Rosebud County Sheriff's Office, appointed first female law officer in state. 1919 - First of severe agricultural depressions (extending into the early 1940s) begins in Montana; oil is discovered in the Cat Creek field. 1921 - Wave of bank failures begins in Montana. 1922 - KDYS (Great Falls), Montana's first licensed radio station, broadcasts.	1923 - Jack Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons world heavyweight championship fight is staged in Shelby. 1926 - Montana artist Charlie Russell dies in Great Falls. 1930 - Significant tourist industry begins in Montana. 1933 - Construction of Fort Peck Dam begins; scores of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps are established across Montana. 1935 - Works Progress Administration (WPA) begins projects in Montana; Series of severe earthquakes hits central Montana 1936 - Rural Electrification Administration (REA) begins work in Montana 1941 - Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin votes against US entry into World War II 1943 - Smith Mine disaster kills 70 coal miners 1950 - Great Falls replaces Butte as Montana's largest city 1951 - Petroleum boom begins in eastern Montana 1952 - Mike Mansfield is first elected to the US Senate 1953 - KOOK-TV (Billings), Montana's first licensed television state, broadcasts 1955 - Aluminum plant begins processing in Columbia Falls; Berkeley Pit copper operation starts in Butte 1956 - Construction of the federal interstate-highway system begins in Montana 1959 - Severe earthquakes hit upper Madison Valley 1961 - Malmstrom Air Force Base (Great Falls) becomes site of the nation's first ICBM missile command 1964 - Congress passes federal Wilderness Act 1967 - Bell Creek petroleum field is discovered and developed; Longest and costliest strike in Montana history runs in Butte 1968 - Yellowtail Dam is completed; Work begins on Libby Dam 1969 - Large-scale strip mining of coal begins at Colstrip 1970 - Consolidation creates the Burlington Northern Railroad 1972 - Montana's electorate approves new constitution 1975 - Underground mining ceases in Butte 1976 - Mike Mansfield retires from US Senate; becomes US ambassador to Japan 1980 - Anaconda Company announces the closing of its Montana operations; Billings replaces Great Falls as Montana's largest city; Fallout from Mount St. Helena volcanic eruption blankets Montana 1981 - Milwaukee Road declares bankruptcy 1982 - Copper-mining operations cease at Butte's Berkeley Pit 1986 - Limited underground mining resumes in Butte; Some high-tech gold mining reopens in Montana mountains 1987 - Burlington Northern sells a major portion of its Montana trackage to Montana Rail Link; Last gaps in federal interstate-highway system are completed in Montana 1988 - US and Canada initiate a Free-Trade Agreement, directly affecting Montana's economy; Large forest fires sweep areas of a drought-striken MOntana and Yellowstone National Park 1989 - Montana celebrates its statehood centennial 1990 - Montana's timber-industry income declines, while gains occur in tourism and specialized mining 1991 - Riot at State Prison in Deer Lodge results in five deaths. 1992 - As a result of the 1990 federal census, Montana loses one of its two representatives in Congress; two incumbents oppose each other for the remaining seat; Attorney General Marc Racicot (R) defeats legislator Dorothy Bradley (D) for governor's seat. 1993 - Robert Redford's film, "A River Runs Through It," sparks increased tourism and immigration to Montana; a generally wet summer produces record agricultural harvests. 1994 - 4,500 wildfires rage across Montana, burning 286,000 acres. 1995 - Wolves are returned to Yellowstone National Park, where they thrive. 1996 - Montana Freeman and federal agents involved in a standoff in eastern Montana; "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski captured near Lincoln. 1997 - A prison-population overflow creates a housing crisis for inmates, some sent out-of-state. 1998 - The Montana Power Company sells its electric generating facilities to Pacific Power and Light, Global, Inc. 1999 - As highway deaths rise, Montana reinstitutes a daylight speed limit of 70 mph on 2-lane paved roads. 21th Century 2000 - Summer wildfires scorch nearly 1,000,000 acres and raze 320 homes, mostly in the Bitterroot Valley; 19,600,000 acres of state and federal land are closed due to fire hazard. 2001 - The Montana Legislature deregulates the electric industry in the state; wildfires again dominate Montana's drought-beset summer.

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Missouri River watershed

West of Continental Divide

Saskatchewan River watershed

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