Montana by Chase sports Montana’s mountains are good for skiing and snowboarding. Sled dog racing...
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Montana by Chase
Montana by Chase sports Montana’s mountains are good for skiing and snowboarding. Sled dog racing is popular. There are no major league sports in Montana
sports Montanas mountains are good for skiing and snowboarding.
Sled dog racing is popular. There are no major league sports in
Montana. College sports are popular. It is easy for the hikers to
get lost in the remote mountains. The grizzlies and bobcats are
popular college teams.
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Quick facts Largest city is billings is the largest city with a
population of 101,876. State bird western meadowlark. Nickname big
sky country. Area total land and water 147,042 square miles. State
gem stone is sapphire and agate. Record low temperature was 70
f.
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plants The western side of Montana is woods. About 25 percent
of the state is covered in forests. The elevation of the tree line
depends on the mountain range. Above the tree line, there is light
tundra vegetation.
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geography Montana is bordered by Canada by the north. Wyoming
is to the south and Idaho to the west of Montana. To the east are
north Dakota and south Dakota of Montana. The Missouri river begins
in the mountains of western Montana. It flows east ward across the
state into north Dakota.
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History People have lived in Montana for at least 9,000 years.
By the 1800s, native American tribes lived all over the state. The
crow Indians lived in the southeast. The Assiniboine and asana
lived in the north. The Blackfoot lived in the central part of the
state.
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big sky country Montana is sometimes called big sky country.
Its mountains scenic forests, and wide open plains make the sky
look like its going on forever. Its one of the biggest states, but
one of the states with the fewest people. The state home of many
native American tribes including the Cheyenne and Blackfoot.
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people Jack Horner 1946 is a paleontologist, a person who
studies dinosaur fossils. He was born and raised in Shelby,
Montana. He has made many important discovery. He is known as the
most well known fossil hunter in the united states of America. He
was the scientific advisor on the movie Jurassic park.
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Natural resources Mining has always been important to Montana.
Gold, silver, copper, platinum, and other minerals are plentiful,
on the western part of the state. Oil was discovered in 1915. Coal,
oil, and natural gas continued to be mined. The forests on the
western side of the state provides lumber.
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cities Billings began in 1877 as a steamboat stop along the
Yellowstone river. In 1882 railroads were built through Montana,
and billings was an important stop along the tracks. Billings has
enjoyed constant growth over the years. It is the largest city in
Montana with a population of 101,876. There are several colleges in
the city, including Montana state university billings.
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Climate and weather Montana is famous for Its cold winters.
However winter cold spells are often short. In fact the coldest
temperature ever record in one of the 48 contiguous states was in
Montana. Montana is a large state with different kinds of
geography. The higher elevation creates colder temperature.
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ABDO DATABASES; MONTANA; 2014 UNITED STATES MONTANA, JIM
OLHOFF, 2010. Bibliography