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MontanaIn InGeneral General Montana

Abbreviation- MT Statehood-November8, 1889 Nickname- Treasure State Capital- Helena Motto- oro y plata (spanish for gold) 2011 Population 998,199 People Area- 147,046 sq. mi

Montanas Highest Montanas HighestPoint Point

Granite Peak is 12,799 ft. above sea level, which is Montanas highest point it is considered one of the most of the most difficult highpoints in the lower 48 states. Granite Peak lives up to its name as a large chunk of granite.

Montanas Lowest Point

The Kootenai river is 1,820ft below sea level which Montanas lowest point. The Kootenai river has its origin in British Columbia Kootenay national Park in Canada. From there it flows 485 miles into northwest Montana and through the towns of Libby and troy.

Montanas Montana s Flower

The bitterroot had become a Montana icon long before it was voted the Montana State Flower however. In 1889, at the Montana Women's Christian Temperance Union meeting in Missoula, a "little blue flower that grows near the snow banks" was selected as the WCTU's official state flower. Two years later, that choice was changed and the bitterroot received the WCTU's designation.

MontanaState StateBird Bird Montana

The western meadowlark was designated the official state bird of Montana in 1931. Chosen (overwhelmingly) by Montana's school children represent the state, the Western Meadowlark is a familiar songbird of open country across the western two-thirds of the continent.