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Statehood: November 8, 1889, the 41st State. Capital: Helena
Total Area: 4th
among States, 381,156 sq km (147,165 sq mi)
Water Area: 3,859
sq km (1,490 sq mi)
Highest Point: Granite
Peak 3,901 m (12,799 ft)
Total Population: 44th
among states
2010 census - 989,415
Population Density in 2010: 6.8 people per sq mi
Distribution in 2000: 56.4%
Urban, 43.6% Rural
Economy:
Gross State Product - $37.2 billion
(2010)
Personal income per Capita - $34,004 (2010)
Largest cities in 2010:
Billings: 104,170
Missoula: 66,788
Great Falls: 58,505
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The
average square mile of land contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn
antelope, and 3.3 deer.
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46
out of Montana's 56 counties are considered "frontier
counties" with an average population of 6 or fewer people per
square mile. No state has as many different species of mammals as
Montana.
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Yellowstone
National Park in southern Montana and northern Wyoming was the first
national park in the nation.
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The
first luge run in North America was built at Lolo Hot Springs on
Lolo Pass in 1965.
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The density of the state is six people per square
mile.
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Montana's
rivers and streams provide water for three oceans and three of the
North American continent's major river basins.
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Every
spring nearly 10,000 white pelicans with a wingspan of nine feet
migrate from the Gulf of Mexico to Medicine Lake in northeastern
Montana.
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Going to the Sun Road in Glacier Park is considered one of the most
scenic drives in America.
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More than 6 million tourists
visit Yellowstone and Glacier national parks annually.
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Among
the approximately 100 species of
mammals in Montana are elk, black bears, grizzly bears, antelope, bighorn
sheep, mountain goats, moose, caribou, and mountain lions.
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In 1940
the United States Army Corps of
Engineers completed Fort Peck, one of the
largest earthfill dams in the world.
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In the
Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought
near Hardin in 1876, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and all his
command were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors.
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