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Montana () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west; North Dakota and South Dakota to the east; Wyoming to the south; and by the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the fourth-largest state by area, the seventh-least populous state, and the third-least densely populated state. The western half of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state. In all, 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains.
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". The 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, and government sectors are also significant to the state's economy. Montana's fastest-growing sector is tourism; nearly 13 million annual tourists visit Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Beartooth Highway, Flathead Lake, Big Sky Resort, and other attractions. (Full article...)
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The Mission Mountain Wood Band, abbreviated M2WB, is an American bluegrass and country rock band formed in Missoula, Montana, US in 1971. They were noted for their vocal harmonies, multi-instrumental talent, and charismatic stage presence, particularly at Woodstock style regional concerts of the era such as the University of Montana's Aber Day Kegger. They spent time in New York City to further build their career, appeared on national television and toured 47 of the lower 48 states in a unique 1955 Greyhound Scenicruiser, performing up to 320 times a year both solo and as an opening act for other bands. The original five members were Rob Quist, Steve Riddle, Christian Johnson, Greg Reichenberg, and the late Terry Robinson, all of whom were UM students and born in Montana. Johnson was replaced with Kurt Bergeron after the band released their first album, In Without Knocking, in 1977. The band recorded two studio albums in their heyday, a third album after the band revamped as ‘’Montana’’, released a compilation of their older work in 2005, and put out two albums with new content in 2011 and 2014.
Personnel changes resulting from the departure of several original band members resulted in Quist, Robinson, Reichenberg, and Bergeron reforming the group as The Montana Band in 1981. They had some national success and, described as "well-adapted to today's modern country sound," were being favorably compared to major groups of the time such as Alabama and the Oak Ridge Boys. After the departure of Quist, Terry Robinson was the only remaining original band member when a plane crash killed all then-members of the Montana band in 1987. ( Full article...)
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 Map of the Montana Trail
The Montana Trail was a wagon road that served gold rush towns such as Bannack, Virginia City and later Helena, Montana during the Montana gold rush era of the 1860s and 1870s. Miners and settlers all traveled the trail to try to find better lives in Montana. The trail was also utilized for freighting and shipping supplies and food goods to Montana from Utah. Bandits and Native Americans, as well as the weather, were major risks to traveling on the Montana Trail. ( Full article...)
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- History of Montana
- List of governors of Montana
- List of counties in Montana
- List of Montana state symbols
- Great Falls, Montana
- Billings, Montana
- Flathead Lake
- Bozeman, Montana
- Brad Bird
- Montana State University
- Billings Logan International Airport
- Deer Lodge, Montana
- University of Montana
- Montana Technological University
- Helena, Montana
- Lewis and Clark County, Montana
- Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport
- Kootenay River
- Montana State Prison
- COVID-19 pandemic in Montana
- LGBT rights in Montana
- Hungry Horse Dam
- Wolf Point, Montana
- Montana State Fairgrounds Racetrack
- Bill Linderman
- Lones Wigger
- History of Butte, Montana
- Pend d'Oreilles
- List of people in Montana history
- Hell Gate, Montana
- Nelson Story
- Steve Bullock (American politician)
- Brian Schweitzer
- Mary Fields
- Judy Martz
- St. Mary's Mission (Montana)
- Bannack, Montana
- Montana State Bobcats football
- Interstate 90 in Montana
- List of mountain ranges in Montana
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The following are images from various Montana-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 6Indian reservations in Montana. Borders are not exact. (from Montana)
Image 7Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 11Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 13Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 14Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 15Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 18Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 19Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 20From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 21Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election (from Montana)
Image 31Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 32Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 34Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 43Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 44Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 48Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 49Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 51Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 52Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 53Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
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