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  • .mt.us – Internet
    Internet
    The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

     second-level domain
    Second-level domain
    In the Domain Name System hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain . For example, in example.com, example is the second-level domain of the .com TLD....

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  • 3-7-77
    3-7-77
    3-7-77 was the infamous symbol of the Montana Vigilantes in Virginia City, Montana. People who had the mysterious set of numbers '3-7-77' painted on their tent or cabin knew that they had better leave the area or be on the receiving end of vigilante justice...

  • 7th Cavalry Regiment
  • 27th meridian west from Washington
  • 34th meridian west from Washington
  • 39th meridian west from Washington
  • 41st State to join the United States of America
  • 45th parallel north
  • 46th parallel north
    46th parallel north
    The 46th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 46 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean....

  • 47th parallel north
    47th parallel north
    The 47th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 47 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean....

  • 48th parallel north
    48th parallel north
    The 48th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 48 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean....

  • 49th parallel north
    49th parallel north
    The 49th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 49 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean....

  • 105th meridian west
    105th meridian west
    The meridian 105° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 106th meridian west
    106th meridian west
    The meridian 106° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 107th meridian west
    107th meridian west
    The meridian 107° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 108th meridian west
    108th meridian west
    The meridian 108° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 109th meridian west
    109th meridian west
    The meridian 109° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 110th meridian west
    110th meridian west
    The meridian 110° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 111th meridian west
    111th meridian west
    The meridian 111° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 112th meridian west
    112th meridian west
    The meridian 112° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 113th meridian west
    113th meridian west
    The meridian 113° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 114th meridian west
    114th meridian west
    The meridian 114° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 115th meridian west
    115th meridian west
    The meridian 115° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

  • 116th meridian west
    116th meridian west
    The meridian 116° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....


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  • Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
    Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
    Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness was created from existing National Forest lands in 1975 and is located in Montana and Wyoming, United States. The wilderness is partly in Gallatin, Custer and Shoshone National Forests and is composed of . The wilderness encompasses two distinct mountain ranges, namely...

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  • Agriculture in Montana
  • Agropyron spicatum
  • Airports in Montana
  • Amphibians and Reptiles of Montana
  • Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
    Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
    The Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness is located in southwestern Montana, in the northwestern United States. It runs for 40 miles along both sides of the crest of the Anaconda Range, covering almost 250 square miles . To the north are the Sapphire Mountains, and to the south is the Big Hole Valley...

  • Arboreta in Montana
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  • Archaeology of Montana
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  • Architecture of Montana
  • Area codes in Montana
  • Art museums and galleries in Montana
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  • Artists of Montana

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  • Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana
    Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana
    Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana, 436 U.S. 371 , is a United States Supreme Court case that affirmed the right of the state of Montana to charge higher fees for out of state elk hunters...

  • Bannack, Montana Territory
    Bannack, Montana
    Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon.-History:...

    , first territorial capital 1864-1865
  • Battle of Bear Paw
    Battle of Bear Paw
    The Battle of Bear Paw was the final engagement of the Nez Perce War. Some of the Nez Perce were able to escape to Canada, but Chief Joseph was forced to surrender the majority of his tribe to Oliver O. Howard...

  • Battle of Canyon Creek
    Battle of Canyon Creek
    The Battle of Canyon Creek was an 1877 military conflict between the Nez Perce Indians and the United States 7th Cavalry. The battle was part of the larger Indian Wars of the latter 19th century and the immediate Nez Perce War...

  • Battle of Cedar Creek
    Battle of Cedar Creek (1876)
    The Battle of Cedar Creek occurred on October 21, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Sioux native Americans during the Great Sioux War of 1876....

  • Battle of Powder River
    Battle of Powder River
    The Battle of Powder River occurred March 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Cheyenne Native Americans during Crook's Big Horn Expedition in the Great Sioux War of 1876.-Overview:...

  • Battle of the Big Hole
    Battle of the Big Hole
    The Battle of the Big Hole was a costly battle in the Montana Territory between the Nez Percé and United States army during the Nez Perce War of 1877.-Background:...

  • Battle of the Little Bighorn
    Battle of the Little Bighorn
    The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand and, by the Indians involved, as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army...

  • Battle of the Rosebud
    Battle of the Rosebud
    The Battle of the Rosebud occurred June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Native Americans during the Black Hills War...

  • Battle of Wolf Mountain
    Battle of Wolf Mountain
    The Battle of Wolf Mountain, also known the Battle of the Wolf Mountains, Miles's Battle on the Tongue River, and the Battle of the Butte, occurred January 8, 1877 in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne during the Great Sioux War of...

  • Beaverhead Rock
    Beaverhead Rock
    Beaverhead Rock is a rock feature identified by Sacagawea during the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a landmark not distant from the summer retreat of her nation...

  • Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
    Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
    The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is the largest of the National Forests in Montana, United States. Covering , the forest is broken into nine separate sections and stretches across eight counties in the southwestern area of the state. President Theodore Roosevelt named the two forests in...

  • Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the central portions of the U.S. state of Montana. It lies in northern Cascade County, just north of the city of Great Falls. It is part of the larger Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes the Lost Trail National Wildlife...

  • Benton Lake Wetland Management District
    Benton Lake Wetland Management District
    Benton Lake Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of Montana and is the largest wetland district in the nation. Covering an area of 25,000 square miles the district extends from the Canadian border to Helena, Montana and from the east boundary of Glacier National Park and...

  • Big Hole National Battlefield
    Big Hole National Battlefield
    Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial located in Montana, United States. The Nez Percé, under Chief Joseph Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial located in Montana, United States. The Nez Percé, under Chief Joseph Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial located in Montana, United...

  • Big Sky Country
  • Bike paths in Montana
  • Billings, Montana
    Billings, Montana
    Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...

  • Billings Symphony Orchestra
    Billings Symphony Orchestra
    The Billings Symphony Orchestra ia an American orchestra based in Billings, Montana.The Symphony was founded in 1950, while the chorale was founded in 1955 . The Billings Symphony serves South Central Montana, Eastern Montana and Northern Wyoming as the only symphonic and chorale music in the region...

  • Bitterroot
    Bitterroot
    Bitterroot is a small, low plant with a pink to white flower. It is the state flower of Montana, United States....

  • Bitterroot Mountains
    Bitterroot Mountains
    The Northern and Central Bitterroot Range, collectively the Bitterroot Mountains, is the largest portion of the Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mountains, located in the panhandle of Idaho and westernmost Montana in the Western United States...

  • Bitterroot National Forest
    Bitterroot National Forest
    Bitterroot National Forest comprises 1.587 million acres in west-central Montana and eastern Idaho, of the United States. It is located primarily in Ravalli County, Montana , but also has acreage in Idaho County, Idaho , and Missoula County, Montana .Founded in 1898, the forest is located in the...

  • Bitterroot Valley
    Bitterroot Valley
    The Bitterroot Valley is located in southwestern Montana in the northwestern United States. It extends over 100 miles from remote Horse Creek Pass north to a point near the city of Missoula...

  • Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
    Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
    The Black Coulee National Wildlife Refuge is located in the state of Montana near the Canadian border. This very remote refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge is managed from Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge. A gated gravel road leads to the...

  • Black Hills War
  • Blackfeet Indian Reservation
    Blackfeet Indian Reservation
    The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana in the United States. It is located east of Glacier National Park and borders Canada to the north. Cut Bank Creek and Birch Creek make up part of its eastern and southern borders...

  • Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout
  • Bluebunch Wheatgrass
    Bluebunch wheatgrass
    Pseudoroegneria spicata is a species of grass known by the common name Bluebunch Wheatgrass. This native western North American perennial bunchgrass is known by the scientific synonyms Elymus spicatus and Agropyron spicatum. The grass can be found from Alaska to Texas. It occurs in many types of...

  • Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
    Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex
    The Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex consists of three wilderness areas, all within the U.S. state of Montana totalling over 1.5 million acres . The largest wilderness area is the Bob Marshall consisting of 1 million acres...

  • Bob Marshall Wilderness
    Bob Marshall Wilderness
    The Bob Marshall Wilderness is a wilderness area in Flathead National Forest of western Montana in the United States. It is named after Bob Marshall , an early forester, conservationist, and co-founder of The Wilderness Society. The Bob Marshall Wilderness extends for 60 miles along the...

  • Botanical gardens in Montana
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  • Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
    Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
    Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Bowdoin NWR was established in 1936 as a migratory bird refuge. It is located in the short and mixed grass prairie region of North-central Montana and encompasses . The Refuge lies about northeast of Malta in the Milk River...

  • Bozeman Trail
    Bozeman Trail
    The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the gold rush territory of Montana to the Oregon Trail. Its most important period was from 1863-1868. The flow of pioneers and settlers through territory of American Indians provoked their resentment and caused attacks. The U.S. Army undertook...

  • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
  • Buildings and structures in Montana
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  • Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
    Cabinet Mountains Wilderness
    The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness,created by an act of Congress in 1964,is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Protecting the wildest portions of the Cabinet Mountains and an integral part of Kootenai National Forest and Kaniksu National Forest, the wilderness had enjoyed more limited protection...

  • Capital of the State of Montana
    Helena, Montana
    Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. The 2010 census put the population at 28,180. The local daily newspaper is the Independent Record. The Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns minor league hockey team call the...

  • Capitol of the State of Montana
    Montana State Capitol
    The Montana State Capitol is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Montana. It houses the Montana State Legislature and is located in the state capital of Helena at 1301 East Sixth Avenue. The building was constructed between 1896 and 1902 with wing-annexes added between 1909 and 1912.-History:A...

  • Caves of Montana
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  • Census Designated Places in Montana
  • Census statistical areas in Montana
    Montana census statistical areas
    The United States Census Bureau has defined three Metropolitan Statistical Areas and five Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the State of Montana. The following table describes these areas with the following information:...

  • Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
    Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
    Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge surrounds Fort Peck Reservoir and at 1,100,000 acres is the largest refuge in Montana, United States. Created in 1936, the refuge was named after famed painter of the American West, Charles M. Russell...

  • Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex
    Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex
    Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of six National Wildlife Refuges, all of them managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The refuges are located in the central sections of the U.S. state of Montana. The complex includes the following areas:*Charles M...

  • Chief Joseph
    Chief Joseph
    Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph was the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Nez Perce to a reservation in Idaho...

  • Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) State Park and Home
  • Cities and towns in Montana
    • Cities in Montana
    • Towns in Montana
  • Clams and Mussels of Montana
  • Clark, William
  • Climate of Montana
  • Club-mosses and Mosses of Montana
  • Colleges and universities in Montana
  • Columbia Basin
    Columbia Basin
    The Columbia Basin, the drainage basin of the Columbia River, occupies a large area–about —of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In common usage, the term often refers to a smaller area, generally the portion of the drainage basin that lies within eastern Washington.Usage of the term...

  • Communications in Montana
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  • Companies based in Montana
  • Confederate Gulch and Diamond City
    Confederate Gulch and Diamond City
    Confederate Gulch is a steeply incised valley on the west facing slopes of the Big Belt Mountains. Its small stream drains westward into Canyon Ferry Lake, on the upper Missouri River Valley near present day Townsend, Montana...

  • Constitution of the State of Montana
    Montana Constitution
    The Constitution of the State of Montana is the primary legal document providing for the self-governance of the U.S. State of Montana. It establishes and defines the powers of the three branches of the government of Montana, and the rights of its citizens...

  • Counties of the State of Montana
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    • Counties of Montana ranked by per capita income
  • Crazy Horse
    Crazy Horse
    Crazy Horse was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He took up arms against the U.S...

  • Crazy Mountains
    Crazy Mountains
    The Crazy Mountains, often called the Crazies, are a mountain range in the northern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana.-Geography:...

  • Crazy Peak
    Crazy Peak
    Crazy Peak is the highest peak in the Crazy Mountains, an isolated range of the Montana Rockies, in the United States. Crazy Peak dominates the surroundings, rising over 7,000 feet above the Yellowstone River Valley, and is the highest peak in Montana north of the Beartooth Mountains, which are 50...

  • Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
    Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge
    The Creedman Coulee National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern region of the U.S. state of Montana. This very remote refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge consists of only 80 federally owned acres , while the remaining 2,500 acres is an...

  • Crow Nation
    Crow Nation
    The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a Siouan people of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone River valley, which extends from present-day Wyoming, through Montana and into North Dakota. They now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana and in several...

  • Crustaceans of Montana
    Crustaceans of Montana
    There are at least 30 species of crustaceans found in Montana. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has identified a number of crustacean species as Species of Concern.-Crustaceans:...

  • Culture of Montana
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  • Custer, George Armstrong
    George Armstrong Custer
    George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...

  • Custer National Forest
    Custer National Forest
    Custer National Forest is located primarily in the southern part of the U.S. state of Montana but also has separate sections in northwestern South Dakota. With a total area of 1,278,279 acres , the forest comprises over 10 separate sections...


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  • Dams in Montana
  • Demographics of Montana
  • Diamond City
    Confederate Gulch and Diamond City
    Confederate Gulch is a steeply incised valley on the west facing slopes of the Big Belt Mountains. Its small stream drains westward into Canyon Ferry Lake, on the upper Missouri River Valley near present day Townsend, Montana...

  • Dicotyledons of Montana
  • District of Louisiana
    District of Louisiana
    The District of Louisiana, or Louisiana District, was an official, temporary, United States government designation for the portion of the Louisiana Purchase that had not been organized into the Orleans Territory. It officially existed from March 10, 1804 until July 4, 1805, when it was incorporated...

  • Duck-billed Dinosaur
  • Dull Knife Fight
    Dull Knife Fight
    The Dull Knife Fight, or the Battle of Bates Creek, was a Great Plains battle in the Wyoming Territory between the United States Army and the Northern Cheyenne as part of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. The battle essentially ended the Cheyennes' ability to wage war.After the battles of the Rosebud...


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  • Economy of Montana
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  • Education in Montana
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  • Elections in Montana
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  • Electric Peak
    Electric Peak
    Electric Peak is the tallest mountain in the Gallatin Range of southern Montana, close to the Wyoming border and rises to an altitude of . The peak has some of the greatest physical relief in Yellowstone National Park, rising above its base....

  • Environment of Montana
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  • Fauna of Montana
  • Federal highways in Montana
  • Fictional characters from Montana
  • Films set in Montana
  • Films shot in Montana
  • Fish of Montana
    Fish of Montana
    There are at least 31 game and 59 non-game fish species known to occur in Montana.. Among Montana's fish, three are listed as endangered or threatened species and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lists a number of species as Species of Concern.Species are listed by common name,...

  • Flag of the State of Montana
  • Flathead Indian Reservation
    Flathead Indian Reservation
    The Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western Montana on the Flathead River, is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d'Oreilles Tribes - also known as theConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation...

  • Flathead Lake
    Flathead Lake
    Flathead Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the western part of the contiguous United States. With a surface area of between and , it is slightly larger than Lake Tahoe. The lake is a remnant of the ancient inland sea, Lake Missoula of the era of the last interglacial. Flathead Lake...

  • Flathead National Forest
    Flathead National Forest
    The Flathead National Forest is a national forest in the western part of the U.S. state of Montana. The forest covers of which about 1 million acres is designated wilderness. It is named after the Flathead Indians who lived in the area. The forest is located in the Rocky Mountains with elevations...

  • Flora of Montana
  • Forests in Montana
  • Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
    Fort Belknap Indian Reservation
    The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is a semi-autonomous Native American-governed territory covering 1,014.064 sq mi , and is located in north central Montana. This includes the main portion of their homeland, as well as off-reservation trust land. It is shared by two Native American tribes, the...

  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation
    Fort Peck Indian Reservation
    The Fort Peck Indian Reservation is near Fort Peck, Montana. It is the homeland of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of Native Americans. It is the ninth-largest Indian reservation in the United States and comprises parts of four counties. In descending order of land area they are Roosevelt, Valley,...

  • Forts in Montana
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  • Gallatin National Forest
    Gallatin National Forest
    Founded in 1899, Gallatin National Forest is located in south central Montana, United States. The forest comprises 2.1 million acres and has portions of both the Absaroka-Beartooth and Lee Metcalf Wilderness areas within its boundaries...

  • Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
    Gates of the Mountains Wilderness
    The Gates of the Mountains Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1964, the wilderness is managed by Helena National Forest...

  • Geography of Montana
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  • Geology of Montana
  • Geology of the Rocky Mountains
    Geology of the Rocky Mountains
    The geology of the Rocky Mountains is that of a discontinuous series of mountain ranges with distinct geological origins. Collectively these make up the Rocky Mountains, a mountain system that stretches from Canada through central New Mexico and which is part of the great mountain system known as...

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  • Ghost towns in Montana
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  • Giant Springs
    Giant Springs
    Giant Springs is a large first magnitude spring located near Great Falls, Montana. Its water has a temperature of 54o F and originates from snowmelt in the Little Belt Mountains, away...

  • Glaciers of Montana
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  • Government of the State of Montana
    Montana State Government
    As established and defined by the Montana Constitution, the government of the State of Montana is composed of three branches, the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative...

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    • Constitution of the State of Montana
      Montana Constitution
      The Constitution of the State of Montana is the primary legal document providing for the self-governance of the U.S. State of Montana. It establishes and defines the powers of the three branches of the government of Montana, and the rights of its citizens...

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  • Governor of the State of Montana
  • Glacial Lake Missoula
    Glacial Lake Missoula
    Glacial Lake Missoula was a prehistoric proglacial lake in western Montana that existed periodically at the end of the last ice age between 15,000 and 13,000 years ago...

  • Glacier National Park
  • Glaciers in Montana
  • Granite Peak
    Granite Peak (Montana)
    Granite Peak, at an elevation of above sea level, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the tenth highest state high point in the nation. It lies within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, in Park County very near the borders of Stillwater County and Carbon County...

  • Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
    Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
    Established by Canadian fur trader Johnny Grant, and expanded by cattle baron Conrad Kohrs, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site commemorates the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times. The park was created in 1972, and embraces 1,500 acres and 90 structures. The...

  • Great Bear Wilderness
    Great Bear Wilderness
    The Great Bear Wilderness is located in northern Montana, United States, within Flathead National Forest Created by an act of Congress in 1978, the wilderness comprises 286,700 acres and borders the Bob Marshall Wilderness on the north...

  • Great Falls, Montana
    Great Falls, Montana
    Great Falls is a city in and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 58,505 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County...

  • Great Falls of the Missouri River
    Great Falls of the Missouri River
    The Great Falls of the Missouri River are a series of waterfalls on the Missouri River in north-central Montana in the United States. The five falls, which are located in a area of the river, are:*Black Eagle Falls ;*Colter Falls ;*Rainbow Falls ;...

  • Great Seal of the State of Montana
  • Grizzly Bear
    Grizzly Bear
    The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...


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  • Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge
    Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge
    Located in the central section of the U.S. state of Montana, the Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge is an integral part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is managed from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. A 300 acre lake helps provide some of the finest...

  • Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Located in the central section of the U.S. state of Montana, the Halfbreed Lake National Wildlife Refuge is an integral part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is managed from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge provides nesting habitat for...

  • Helena, Montana
    Helena, Montana
    Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. The 2010 census put the population at 28,180. The local daily newspaper is the Independent Record. The Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns minor league hockey team call the...

    , territorial and state capital since 1875
  • Helena National Forest
    Helena National Forest
    Helena National Forest is located in west-central Montana, in the United States. Covering 976,000 acres , the forest is broken into several separate sections. The eastern regions are dominated by the Big Belt Mountains, and are the location of the Gates of the Mountains Wilderness, which remains...

  • Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    The Hewitt Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern region of the U.S. state of Montana. This refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge consists of 1,680 acres of which only half is federally owned, while the rest is an easement with...

  • High schools in Montana
  • Highway Patrol of Montana
    Montana Highway Patrol
    The Montana Highway Patrol is the highway patrol agency for Montana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Montana.-History:...

  • Highways in Montana
  • Hiking trails in Montana
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  • History of Montana
    History of Montana
    -Indigenous peoples :Archeological evidence has shown indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years. For example, rock art in Pictograph Cave six miles south of Billings has been dated, showing human presence in the area more than 2,100 years ago. Most indigenous people of the...

    • Historical outline of Montana
  • Hot springs of Montana
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  • House of Representatives of the State of Montana
    Montana House of Representatives
    The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years.-Composition of the House:...

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  • Idaho Panhandle National Forest
    Idaho Panhandle National Forest
    Idaho Panhandle National Forest is a national forest located in the U.S. state of Idaho. Approximately 22.4% of the forest extends into the states of Montana and Washington . The forest was combined in 2000 from three previous separate National Forests which continue to manage themselves somewhat...

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  • Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge
    Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge
    Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge is located in the center of the U.S. state of Montana. The refuge has numerous lakes and extensive marshlands along Willow Creek, which provide nesting habitat for over a hundred bird species. Managed from the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, the...

  • Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge
    Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge
    The Lake Thibadeau National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northern region of the U.S. state of Montana. This refuge is a part of the Bowdoin Wetland Management District , and is unstaffed. The refuge consists of 3,560 acres , and is managed from Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge...

  • Lakes of Montana
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  • Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge
    Lamesteer National Wildlife Refuge
    Lamesteer National Wildlife refuge is a small easement refuge of 800 acres and is located in eastern Montana in the United States. The refuge is protected to preserve habitat for migratory birds that frequent the Lamesteer Reservoir. The refuge is unstaffed and is managed from Medicine Lake...

  • Landforms of Montana
  • Landmarks in Montana
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  • Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
    Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
    The Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge is located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Montana. Renamed after the late U.S. Senator Lee Metcalf from its original title in 1978, the refuge encompasses 2,800 acres . The refuge was primarily established to protect habitat for migratory...

  • Lee Metcalf Wilderness
    Lee Metcalf Wilderness
    The Lee Metcalf Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1983, the wilderness is in four separated parcels: Bear Trap Canyon unit, Spanish Peaks unit, Taylor-Hilgard unit, and Monument Mountains unit. The Bear Trap Canyon unit is managed by the U.S....

  • Legislature of the State of Montana
    Montana State Legislature
    The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate....

    • Montana Senate
      Montana Senate
      The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana State Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators.-Composition of the Senate:-Officers:*Majority Whip: Greg Barkus...

    • Montana House of Representatives
      Montana House of Representatives
      The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years.-Composition of the House:...

  • Lewis, Meriwether
    Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...

  • Lewis and Clark Caverns
    Lewis and Clark Caverns
    Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park is located in southeastern Jefferson County, Montana. The primary feature of the park is its namesake cavern....

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    The Lewis and Clark Expedition, or ″Corps of Discovery Expedition" was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson and led by two Virginia-born veterans of Indian wars in the Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and William...

  • Lewis and Clark National Forest
    Lewis and Clark National Forest
    Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in west central Montana, United States. Spanning , the forest is managed as two separate zones. The eastern sections, under the Jefferson Division, is a mixture of grass and shrublands dotted with "island" pockets of forested areas. Here, cattle leases to...

  • Lewis Overthrust
    Lewis Overthrust
    The Lewis Overthrust is a geologic fault structure of the Rocky Mountains within Glacier National Park in Montana, USA and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, as well as into Lewis and Clark National Forest. It provides scientific insight into geologic processes happening in other...

  • Lewisia rediviva
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  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
    Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
    Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the June 25, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn, near Crow Agency, Montana, in the United States. It also serves as a memorial to those who fought in the battle: George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry and a combined Lakota-Northern...

  • Lolo National Forest
    Lolo National Forest
    Lolo National Forest is located in western Montana, United States with the western boundary being the state of Idaho. The forest spans 2 million acres and includes four wilderness areas; the Scapegoat and the Bob Marshall Wilderness are partially within the forest while the Welcome Creek and...

  • Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge
    Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge
    Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Montana and consists of 7,885 acres . Established in 1999, it is one of the newest National Wildlife Refuges in the U.S. and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior...

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      Louisiana Purchase
      The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The U.S...

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  • Makoshika State Park
    Makoshika State Park
    Makoshika State Park is the largest of Montana's state parks at more than 11,000 acres . It is located east of Glendive. The park contains spectacular badlands which conceal dinosaur fossils. The park contains rock from the Hell Creek Formation and dinosaurs such as Triceratops are found there...

  • Malmstrom Air Force Base
    Malmstrom Air Force Base
    Malmstrom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place in Cascade County, Montana, United States. It was named in honor of World War II POW Colonel Einar Axel Malmstrom...

  • Mammals of Montana
    Mammals of Montana
    There are at least 19 Large Mammal and 96 Small Mammal species known to occur in Montana.. Among Montana's mammals, three are listed as endangered or threatened species and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks lists a number of species as Species of Concern.Species are listed by...

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  • Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge
    Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the far northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Montana. The refuge was established in 1935 to protect habitat for various wildlife and especially migratory birds. 235 distinct bird species have been documented and of these 125 are known to...

  • Medicine Lake Wilderness
    Medicine Lake Wilderness
    The Medicine Lake Wilderness is located in eastern Montana, in the United States. Preserved to ensure migratory birds have a safe haven during the spring and fall migrations, the wilderness is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is within Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge.U.S....

  • Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...

  • Metropolitan areas in Montana
  • Micropolitan areas in Montana
  • Military in Montana
  • Mission Mountains Wilderness
    Mission Mountains Wilderness
    The Mission Mountains Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1975, the wilderness is within the Swan Lake Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest....

  • Missoula, Montana
    Missoula, Montana
    Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...

  • Missouri Headwaters State Park
    Missouri Headwaters State Park
    Missouri Headwaters State Park is a Montana state park that marks the official start of the Missouri River. It includes the Three Forks of the Missouri National Historic Landmark.It is located near Three Forks, Montana at an elevation of ....

  • Missouri River
    Missouri River
    The Missouri River flows through the central United States, and is a tributary of the Mississippi River. It is the longest river in North America and drains the third largest area, though only the thirteenth largest by discharge. The Missouri's watershed encompasses most of the American Great...

  • Monocotyledons of Montana

  • Montana
    Montana
    Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

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  • Montana
    Montana (song)
    "Montana" is the state song of the state of Montana. It was written by Charles Cohan and composed by Joseph E. Howard and was adopted as the state song on February 20, 1945.- Lyrics :...

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  • Montana Air National Guard
    Montana Air National Guard
    The Montana Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Montana. It is, along with the Montana Army National Guard, an element of the Montana National Guard.-120th Fighter Wing:...

  • Montana Army National Guard
    Montana Army National Guard
    The Montana Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization...

  • Montana Democratic Party
    Montana Democratic Party
    The Montana Democratic Party is the Montana party affiliate of the Democratic Party. The Montana Democratic Party is also one of the two major political parties in the U.S. state of Montana. The party is led by Chairman Jim Elliot and Vice Chair Nancy Anderson...

  • Montana Department of Transportation
    Montana Department of Transportation
    The Montana Department of Transportation is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Montana, responsible for numerous programs related to the construction, maintenance, and monitoring of Montana's transportation infrastructure and operations...

  • Montana Dinosaur Trail
    Montana Dinosaur Trail
    The is a series of fourteen Dinosaur themed museums, state parks and other attractions in twelve communities located in the central and eastern regions of the state of Montana in the United States of America. The trail, a plan to increase attendance at the region's museums and drive tourism in...

  • Montana Highway Patrol
    Montana Highway Patrol
    The Montana Highway Patrol is the highway patrol agency for Montana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Montana.-History:...

  • Montana Melody
  • Montana Republican Party
    Montana Republican Party
    The Montana Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Montana. The party is led by Chairman William Deschamps and Vice Chair Christy Clark . The National Committeeman is Errol Galt and the National Committeewoman is Betti Hill...

  • Montana State Capitol
    Montana State Capitol
    The Montana State Capitol is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Montana. It houses the Montana State Legislature and is located in the state capital of Helena at 1301 East Sixth Avenue. The building was constructed between 1896 and 1902 with wing-annexes added between 1909 and 1912.-History:A...

  • Montana State University System
  • Montana Stream Access Law
    Montana Stream Access Law
    The Montana Stream Access Law says that anglers, floaters and other recreationists in Montana have full use of most natural waterways between the high water marks for fishing and floating, along with swimming and other river or stream-related activities...

  • Montana Television Network
    Montana Television Network
    The Montana Television Network is a network of CBS affiliates in Montana, all but one owned by the Evening Post Publishing Company.MTN was founded by Montana broadcasting pioneer Joseph S. "Joe" Sample. He signed on KOOK-TV in Billings, Montana's second television station, in 1953. He bought...

  • Monuments and memorials in Montana
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  • Mountain ranges in Montana
  • Mountain States
    Mountain States
    thumb|300px|Regional definitions vary from source to source. The states shown in dark red are always included, while the striped states are usually considered part of the same region called the Mountain States....

  • Mountains of Montana
    • Mount Cleveland
      Mount Cleveland (Montana)
      Mount Cleveland is the highest mountain in Glacier National Park, located in Montana, United States. It is also the highest point in the Lewis Range, which spans part of the northern portion of the Park and extends into Canada...

    • Mount Stimson
      Mount Stimson
      Mount Stimson is the second highest peak in Glacier National Park, located in Montana, United States. It is part of the Lewis Range, which spans much of the park. It is located in the remote southwestern portion of the park, approximately west of the Continental Divide and southeast of Lake...

    • Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
      Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
      This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains of North America.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface...

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  • Mount Ellis Academy
    Mount Ellis Academy
    Mount Ellis Academy is a co-educational boarding high school located about east of Bozeman, Montana, United States.Founded in 1902, Mt. Ellis Academy includes boys and girls dormitories, an Administration building, gymnasium, and other facilities. Mt. Ellis operates a ski area on US Forest...

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  • Mourning Cloak
  • MT – United States Postal Service
    United States Postal Service
    The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for providing postal service in the United States...

     postal code for the State of Montana
  • Mullan Road
    Mullan Road
    Mullan Road was the first wagon road to cross the Rocky Mountains to the Inland of the Pacific Northwest. It was built by US Army Lieut. John Mullan between the spring of 1859 and summer 1860. It led from Fort Benton, Montana, the navigational head of the Missouri River to Fort Walla Walla,...

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  • Music of Montana
    Music of Montana
    Montana is a state of the United States. While only the 41st state to enter the union and only 44th in population , the state is very diverse in its European-descended population; Cornish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French-Canadian, Norwegian, Faroese, Finnish, Slovak, Serbian, Luxembourgish,...

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  • National Bison Range
    National Bison Range
    The National Bison Range is a National Wildlife Refuge located in western Montana established in 1908 to provide a sanctuary for the American bison. The NBR is one of the oldest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States. The size of the bison herd at the NBR is relatively small, numbering...

  • National Bison Range Complex
    National Bison Range Complex
    National Bison Range Complex includes the Lost Trail, Ninepipe, Pablo and the Swan River National Wildlife Refuges as well as the Northwest Montana Wetland Management District. All of the refuges and associated lands are managed from the National Bison Range by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, an...

  • National Forests of Montana
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  • National Historic Sites in Montana
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  • National Wilderness Areas in Montana
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  • Nez Perce National Historic Trail
    Nez Perce National Historic Trail
    The Nez Perce National Historical Trail follows the same journey undertaken by a band of the Nez Perce Indian tribe in 1877 during their attempt to flee the U.S. Cavalry. The 1,170 mile trail was created in 1986 as part of the National Trails System Act and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service....

  • Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge
    Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge
    Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1921 and is located within the Flathead Indian Reservation 5 miles south of Ronan, Montana, United States...

  • Northwest Montana Wetland Management District
    Northwest Montana Wetland Management District
    The Northwest Montana Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of Montana and is an integral part of the National Bison Range Complex along with four other wildlife refuges and the National Bison Range. The district comprises numerous small wetland environments set aside primarily...

  • Northwestern United States
    Northwestern United States
    The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, to which part of southeast Alaska is also sometimes included...

  • Nymphalis antiopa
    Nymphalis antiopa
    Nymphalis antiopa, known as the Mourning Cloak in North America and the Camberwell Beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. See also Anglewing butterflies. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar. Other older names for...


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  • Oregon Country
    Oregon Country
    The Oregon Country was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed ownership region of the Pacific Northwest of North America. The region was occupied by British and French Canadian fur traders from before 1810, and American settlers from the mid-1830s, with its coastal areas north from...

  • Oregon Treaty
    Oregon Treaty
    The Oregon Treaty is a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C. The treaty brought an end to the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British claims to the Oregon Country, which had been jointly occupied by...

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  • Pablo National Wildlife Refuge
    Pablo National Wildlife Refuge
    Pablo National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1921 and is located within the Flathead Indian Reservation 2 miles south of Polson, Montana, United States...

  • Pacific Northwest Economic Region
    Pacific Northwest Economic Region
    The Pacific Northwest Economic Region includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon. It is designed to improve cooperation and communication between member jurisdictions as well as improve communication between...

  • Parker Homestead State Park
    Parker Homestead State Park
    Parker Homestead State Park is a former Montana state park located in southeastern Jefferson County, near Three Forks, Montana in the United States. It is eight miles west of Three Forks on Montana Highway 2. The park is just in size and serves to preserve a sod-roofed log cabin that was built in...

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  • Pompeys Pillar National Monument
    Pompeys Pillar National Monument
    Pompeys Pillar National Monument is a rock formation located in south central Montana, United States. Designated a National Monument on January 17, 2001, and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, it consists of only , making it one of the smallest National Monuments in the U.S...

  • Ponderosa Pine
    Ponderosa Pine
    Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the Ponderosa Pine, Bull Pine, Blackjack Pine, or Western Yellow Pine, is a widespread and variable pine native to western North America. It was first described by David Douglas in 1826, from eastern Washington near present-day Spokane...

  • Powder River Basin
    Powder River Basin
    The Powder River Basin is a geologic region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about east to west and north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies about 40 percent of coal in the United States. It is both a topographic drainage and geologic structural basin...

  • Protected areas of Montana
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  • Radio stations in Montana
  • Rail transport in Montana
  • Rapids in Montana
  • Rattlesnake National Recreation Area
    Rattlesnake National Recreation Area
    Rattlesnake National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area located 4 miles north of Missoula, Montana in the Rattlesnake Creek drainage area. It is administered by the Lolo National Forest and is adjacent to the Rattlesnake Wilderness. Both the recreation area and the...

  • Rattlesnake Wilderness
    Rattlesnake Wilderness
    The Rattlesnake Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the wilderness is within Lolo National Forest and is located only 4 miles north of Missoula, Montana. The wilderness area is located adjacent to the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area.U.S...

  • Red Cloud
    Red Cloud
    Red Cloud , was a war leader and the head Chief of the Oglala Lakota . His reign was from 1868 to 1909...

  • Red Cloud's War
    Red Cloud's War
    Red Cloud's War was an armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho and the United States in the Wyoming Territory and the Montana Territory from 1866 to 1868. The war was fought over control of the Powder River Country in north central present day Wyoming...

  • Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
    Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
    Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is a remote refuge located in the high altitude of the Centennial Valley, in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Montana. Adjacent to Gallatin National Forest and near Yellowstone National Park, the refuge is an integral part of the Greater...

  • Red Rock Lakes Wilderness
    Red Rock Lakes Wilderness
    The Red Rock Lakes Wilderness is within the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Montana, United States. The wilderness occupies more than three fourths of the refuge and was set aside to enhance species preservation, especially for such waterfowl as the trumpeter swan...

  • Regions of Montana
  • Regional designations of Montana
    Regional designations of Montana
    The U.S state of Montana is a large geographical area that includes portions of the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Hudson's Bay watersheds, is split by the Continental Divide and is approximately east to west along the Canadian border and north to south. Historically and officially, this...

  • Registered Historic Places in Montana
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  • Rocky Boy Indian Reservation
    Rocky Boy Indian Reservation
    The Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation of the Chippewa Cree Tribe located in the U.S. state of Montana. The smallest reservation in the state, it was established by Executive Order on September 7, 1916. The Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation was...

  • Rocky Mountain Front
    Rocky Mountain Front
    The Rocky Mountain Front is an area extending over 100 miles from the central regions of the U.S. state of Montana to southern Alberta, Canada. Here, the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains and Canadian Prairie in an abrupt elevation rise of between 4,000 to 5,000 feet...

  • Rocky Mountains
    Rocky Mountains
    The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...


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  • Sacagawea
    Sacagawea
    Sacagawea ; was a Lemhi Shoshone woman, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition, acting as an interpreter and guide, in their exploration of the Western United States...

  • Scapegoat Wilderness
    Scapegoat Wilderness
    The Scapegoat Wilderness consists of 239,936 acres spread across three different National Forests in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1972, the wilderness is located in Lewis and Clark, Helena and Lolo National Forests...

  • Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
    Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
    The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the states of Idaho and Montana, in the northwestern United States.At 1.3 million acres , it is one of the largest designated wilderness areas in the United States . It spans the Bitterroot Mountain Range, on the border between...

  • Senate of the State of Montana
    Montana Senate
    The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana State Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators.-Composition of the Senate:-Officers:*Majority Whip: Greg Barkus...

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    • Cities in Montana
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    • List of ghost towns in Montana
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  • Sitting Bull
    Sitting Bull
    Sitting Bull Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies...

  • Ski areas and resorts in Montana
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  • Spring Meadow Lake State Park
    Spring Meadow Lake State Park
    Spring Meadow Lake State Park is a state park just west of Helena, Montana used primarily as a swimming spot for children, as well as hiking and fishing. During the winter the lake is a popular destination for ice fishing. Bass and trout are the main catches in the small lake.-External links:*...

  • Springs in Montana
  • State of Montana  website
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  • State parks in Montana
  • State police of Montana
    Montana Highway Patrol
    The Montana Highway Patrol is the highway patrol agency for Montana, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state. It was created to protect the lives, property and constitutional rights of people in Montana.-History:...

  • State prisons in Montana
  • Structures in Montana
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  • Sturnella neglecta
  • Supreme Court of the State of Montana
    Montana Supreme Court
    The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the Montana state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution...

  • Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
    Swan River National Wildlife Refuge
    The Swan River National Wildlife Refuge is located in the northwestern section of Montana in the United States. The refuge was primarily set aside to protect prime habitat for various species of birds and particularly waterfowl. The refuge does not have a permanent staff and is managed from the...

  • Symbols of the State of Montana:
    • Montana state ballad: Montana Melody website
    • Montana state bird: Western Meadowlark
      Western Meadowlark
      Not to be confused with Eastern MeadowlarkThe Western Meadowlark is a medium-sized icterid bird, about 8.5 in long. It nests on the ground in open country in western and central North America. It feeds mostly on insects, but also seeds and berries...

       (Sturnella neglecta)
    • Montana state butterfly: Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa
      Nymphalis antiopa
      Nymphalis antiopa, known as the Mourning Cloak in North America and the Camberwell Beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. See also Anglewing butterflies. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar. Other older names for...

      )
    • Montana state fish: Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi)
    • Montana state flag: Flag of the State of Montana
    • Montana state flower: Bitterroot
      Bitterroot
      Bitterroot is a small, low plant with a pink to white flower. It is the state flower of Montana, United States....

       (Lewisia rediviva)
    • Montana state fossil: Duck-billed Dinosaur (Maiasaura peeblesorum)
    • Montana state gems: Sapphire
      Sapphire
      Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide , when it is a color other than red or dark pink; in which case the gem would instead be called a ruby, considered to be a different gemstone. Trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium can give...

       and Agate
      Agate
      Agate is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.-Etymology...

    • Montana state grass: Bluebunch Wheatgrass
      Bluebunch wheatgrass
      Pseudoroegneria spicata is a species of grass known by the common name Bluebunch Wheatgrass. This native western North American perennial bunchgrass is known by the scientific synonyms Elymus spicatus and Agropyron spicatum. The grass can be found from Alaska to Texas. It occurs in many types of...

       (Agropyron spicatum)
    • Montana state mammal: Grizzly Bear
      Grizzly Bear
      The grizzly bear , also known as the silvertip bear, the grizzly, or the North American brown bear, is a subspecies of brown bear that generally lives in the uplands of western North America...

       (Ursus arctos horribilis)
    • Montana state motto: Oro y Plata (Spanish
      Spanish language
      Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

       for Gold and Silver) website
    • Montana state nickname: Treasure State
    • Montana state seal: Great Seal of the State of Montana
    • Montana state slogan: Big Sky Country
    • Montana state song: Montana
      Montana (song)
      "Montana" is the state song of the state of Montana. It was written by Charles Cohan and composed by Joseph E. Howard and was adopted as the state song on February 20, 1945.- Lyrics :...

    • Montana state tree: Ponderosa Pine
      Ponderosa Pine
      Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the Ponderosa Pine, Bull Pine, Blackjack Pine, or Western Yellow Pine, is a widespread and variable pine native to western North America. It was first described by David Douglas in 1826, from eastern Washington near present-day Spokane...

       (Pinus ponderosa

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  • Telecommunications in Montana
    • commons:Category:Communications in Montana
  • Telephone area codes in Montana
  • Television stations in Montana
  • Territory of Dakota, (1861–1863)-1889
  • Territory of Idaho, (1863–1864)-1890
  • Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
  • Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
  • Territory of Montana, 1864–1889
  • Territory of Nebraska, (1854–1861)-1867
  • Territory of Oregon, (1848–1853)-1859
  • Territory of Washington, (1853–1863)-1889
  • Theatres in Montana
    • commons:Category:Theatres in Montana
  • Tourism in Montana  website
    • commons:Category:Tourism in Montana
  • Towns and cities in Montana
    • Towns in Montana
    • Cities in Montana
  • Transportation in Montana
    • :Category:Transportation in Montana
      • commons:Category:Transport in Montana
  • Trapper Peak
    Trapper Peak (Montana)
    Trapper Peak is the highest point in the Bitterroot Mountains, part of the larger Bitterroot Range in western Montana. The peak is located within the Central Bitterroot subrange of the Bitterroot Mountains and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area. It rises over above the nearby Bitterroot...

  • Travelers' Rest State Park
  • Treasure State
  • Treaty of Fort Laramie
    Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
    The Treaty of Fort Laramie was an agreement between the United States and the Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation signed in 1868 at Fort Laramie in the Wyoming Territory, guaranteeing to the Lakota ownership of the Black Hills, and further...

  • Trees of Montana
  • Tunnels in Montana
    Tunnels in Montana
    There are 26 named tunnels in Montana. A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for egress, commonly at each end. Tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic, for rail traffic, or for a canal....

  • TVMT
    TVMT
    TVMT is a full-time television channel available on Montana cable systems, along with the DT5 digital subchannel on the member stations of the Montana PBS state network; service commenced January 2007...


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  • UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
    UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
    UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge is a 56,048 acre protected area that is located in central Montana, United States. The refuge, located at the extreme southernmost tip of Phillips County, is managed and bordered on three sides by the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and the Fort Peck...

  • UL Bend Wilderness
    UL Bend Wilderness
    The UL Bend Wilderness comprises 20,819 acres and is located in the U.S. state of Montana within the UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge, which in turn is also completely surrounded by the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. Bordering on the Fort Peck Reservoir, a portion of the Missouri...

  • Unincorporated communities in Montana
  • United States of America
    • States of the United States of America
      U.S. state
      A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

    • United States census statistical areas of Montana
      Montana census statistical areas
      The United States Census Bureau has defined three Metropolitan Statistical Areas and five Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the State of Montana. The following table describes these areas with the following information:...

    • United States congressional delegations from Montana
      United States congressional delegations from Montana
      These are tables of congressional delegations from Montana to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. -United States Senate:- Delegates from Montana Territory:- Members of the United States House of Representatives :...

    • United States congressional districts in Montana
      Montana's congressional districts
      From 1913 to 1993, Montana had two congressional districts. From 1913 to 1919, those seats were elected state-wide At-large on a general ticket. After 1919, however, the state was divided into geographical districts....

    • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
      United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
      The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Alaska* District of Arizona...

    • United States District Court for the District of Montana
      United States District Court for the District of Montana
      The United States District Court for the District of Montana is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana...

    • United States Representatives from Montana
    • United States Senators from Montana
  • Universities and colleges in Montana
  • University of Montana System
  • Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
    Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
    This article is about the location. For the film, see The Missouri Breaks.The Missouri Breaks is located in central Montana, U.S. and is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management under the full title of Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument...

  • Ursus arctos horribilis
  • US-MT – ISO 3166-2:US
    ISO 3166-2:US
    ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for the United States, ISO...

     region code for the State of Montana

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  • War Horse National Wildlife Refuge
    War Horse National Wildlife Refuge
    War Horse National Wildlife Refuge, located in the center of the U.S. state of Montana, is divided into three separate sections, with each centered around a small body of water. It is an integral part of the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex, although the refuge is normally...

  • Waterfalls of Montana
    Waterfalls of Montana
    There are at least 120 named waterfalls in Montana.A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff. Waterfalls are most commonly formed when a river is young....

    • commons:Category:Waterfalls of Montana
  • Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
    Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
    The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and the Glacier National Park in the United States...

  • Welcome Creek Wilderness
    Welcome Creek Wilderness
    The Welcome Creek Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Montana. Created by an act of Congress in 1978, the wilderness is within Lolo National Forest, and protects the northern portion of the Sapphire Mountains....

  • Western Meadowlark
    Western Meadowlark
    Not to be confused with Eastern MeadowlarkThe Western Meadowlark is a medium-sized icterid bird, about 8.5 in long. It nests on the ground in open country in western and central North America. It feeds mostly on insects, but also seeds and berries...

  • Wikimedia
    • Wikimedia Commons:Category:Montana
      • commons:Category:Maps of Montana
    • Wikinews:Category:Montana
      • Wikinews:Portal:Montana
    • Wikipedia Category:Montana
      • Wikipedia Portal:Montana
      • Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana
        • :Category:WikiProject Montana articles
        • Wikipedia:WikiProject Montana#Members
  • Wilderness Areas in Montana
  • William Clark
  • Wines of Montana
    Montana wine
    Montana wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Montana. There are eight wineries in Montana, with most producing wine from fruits other than grapes or from grapes grown in other states, such as California, Oregon, or Washington. There are no American Viticultural Areas in...

  • Writers of Montana
  • Lester S. Willson
    Lester S. Willson
    Brevet Brigadier General Lester Sebastion Willson, , was a U.S. Civil War officer in the Union Army, Assistant Quartermaster General of New York, and a Montana merchant and politician in Bozeman, Montana. He was married at Albany, N.Y., on March 2, 1869, to Miss Emma D. Weeks, a native of Vermont...


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  • Zoos in Montana
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