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Montana
Facts
Name:
from Spanish word
meaning
"mountainous"
Statehood:
Nov. 8, 1889
Nickname:
Treasure State
State Motto:
oro y plata
(gold and silver)
State Flower:
Bitterroot
(Lewisia redevia)
State Tree:
Ponderosa Pine
( Pinus
ponderosa)
State Gem
Stones:
Montana sapphires
State Fossil
:
Duck-billed Dinosaur
(Maiasaura pebble-sorum)
State Bird:
Western Meadow Lark
Topography:
the western third of the state is mountainous,
the eastern two-thirds is rolling plains
Size:
Montana covers
147,000 sq. miles
ranked 4th in land mass
State Capital:
Helena
Population:
902,000
(last census) |
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