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The name Montana is the from the Spanish word from mountainous.
Montana's official flag was adopted in 1905. The flag has a deep blue field with "Montana" written in yellow, with the state seal below. The seal pictures a beautiful Montana lansdcape: the Rocky Mountains, cliffs, a waterfall, and river beneath a golden sky with white clouds and white sun rays. A plow represents agriculture; a pick and shovel represent mining. A ribbon below the scene states Montana's motto, "Oro y plata" [meaning "Gold and Silver" in Spanish].
10 Largest cities in Montana (2003): Billings, 95,220; Missoula, 60,722; Great Falls, 56,155; Butte-Silver Bow,1 32,519; Bozeman, 30,753; Helena, 26,718; Kalispell, 16,391; Havre, 9,448; Anaconda?Deer Lodge County, 8,953; Miles City, 8,242
Number of counties in Montana : 56
Largest county in Montana by population: Yellowstone, 134,717 (2004)
Largest county in Montana by area: Beaverhead, 5,543 sq mi.
Montana State Parks: 42
Montana Land Area: 147,042 sq mi. (380,837 sq km) (4th)
Montana Geographic Center: In Fergus Co., 11 mi. W of Lewistown
Montana Population: (2004 est) 926,865 (#44)
First explored for France by François and Louis-Joseph Verendrye in the early 1740s, much of the region was acquired by the U.S. from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Before western Montana was obtained from Great Britain in the Oregon Treaty of 1846, American trading posts and forts had been established in the territory.
The major Indian Wars (1867?1877) included the famous 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, better known as "Custer's Last Stand," in which Cheyenne and Sioux defeated George A. Custer and more than 200 of his men in southeast Montana.
Much of Montana's early history was concerned with mining, with copper, lead, zinc, silver, coal, and oil as principal products. Butte is the center of the area that once supplied half of the U.S. copper.
Tourist attractions include hunting, fishing, skiing, and dude ranching. Glacier National Park, on the Continental Divide, has 60 glaciers, 200 lakes, and many streams with good trout fishing. Other major points of interest include the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Virginia City, Yellowstone National Park, Fort Union Trading Post and Grant-Kohr's Ranch National Historic Sites, and the Museum of the Plains Indians at Browning.
Montana Agriculture: Wheat, barley, rye, oats, flaxseed, sugar beets, and potatoes. Sheep and cattle.
Montana Industry: Gold, silver, copper, coal, oil, lumber and tourism.
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