Portal:Montana

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East face of the Crazy Mountains in the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana (2015)

Montana (/mɒnˈtænə/ ^ⓘ mon-TAN-ə) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan to the north. It is the fourth-largest state by area, but the eighth-least populous state and the third-least densely populated state. Its capital is Helena, while the most populous city is Billings. The western half of the state contains numerous mountain ranges, while the eastern half is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands, with smaller mountain ranges found throughout the state.

Most of Montana came under American sovereignty with the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803 and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition shortly thereafter. Fur trappers followed and were the main economic activity in the area until gold was discovered in 1852. The ensuing gold rush, along with the passage of the Homestead Acts in 1862, brought large numbers of American settlers to Montana. Rapid population growth and development culminated in statehood on November 8, 1889. Mining, particularly around Butte and Helena, would remain the state's main economic engine through the mid-20th century.

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". Its 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, defense, and government sectors are also significant to the state's economy. Montana's fastest-growing sector is tourism, with 12.6 million tourists visiting the state each year as of 2019. In 2024 the number reached 13.7 million, the highest ever. (Full article...)

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Plews in 1959

Herbert Eugene Plews (June 14, 1928 – December 12, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball second baseman. He played four years in the majors, from 1956 to 1959 with the Washington Senators and in 1959 for the Boston Red Sox. In the minor leagues he played for Kansas City, Binghamton, Norfolk, and Denver before reaching the majors in 1956, and Toronto, Birmingham, Hawaii, Tacoma, and Arkansas after his major league career ended. During his playing career he served in the military from 1951 to 1952, during the Korean War. Plews batted left-handed and threw right-handed; he was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 160 pounds (73 kg).

Born in East Helena, Montana, Plews would be (at the time of his death) the only player from the Helena area to reach the major leagues. After four years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he signed with the New York Yankees in 1950. Plews's time in the minor leagues was interrupted by his military service, but he had made it to the Denver Bears (the top affiliate of the Yankees' system) by 1955. After the season, though, he was sent to the Senators in a multi-player trade. Plews debuted with Washington in 1956 and started at second base for them over much of the next three years. Mostly a part-time player in 1959, he was traded to the Red Sox in July, appearing in just 13 more games before being sent to the minors. He played six more years of professional baseball before retiring at the end of 1965. After his baseball career, Plews worked in cement plants, first in Montana and then in the Denver area. He died in 2014. (Full article...)

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Downtown Bozeman

Bozeman (/ˈboʊzmən/ BOHZ-mən) is a city in and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The 2020 United States census put Bozeman's population at 53,293, making it Montana's fourth-largest city. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, Montana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County, with a population of 118,960. It is the second-largest of Montana's statistical areas. (Full article...)

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Image 1Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 2Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 3An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 4Custer National Cemetery at Little Bighorn Battlefield (from History of Montana)
Image 5Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 6Belly River in Waterton Lakes National Park (from Montana)
Image 7Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 8Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 9Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 10Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 11Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 12Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)
Image 13Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 14General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 15Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 16Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 17The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 18Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 19Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 20U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Montana)
Image 21The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 22Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 23Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 24The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 25Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 26Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 27East face of Mount Gould above Grinnell Lake (from Montana)

Map of counties in Montana by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

50–60%

60–70%

70–80%

(from Montana)

Image 29Montana ranks 3rd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)
Image 30Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 31Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 32Whitefish Lake in Montana (from Montana)
Image 33Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 34Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 35Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 36Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 37Treemap of the popular vote by county in the 2016 presidential election. Areas are in proportion to the number of votes cast in each county. (from Montana)
Image 38Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 39Missoula (from Montana)
Image 40100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 41Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 42Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 43Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 44Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 45Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 46Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 47Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 48Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 49Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 50Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 51From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 52First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 53U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 54The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 55Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 56Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 57Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)

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... that the owner of a Montana TV station bought an American Legion hall, gutted by fire, to use as a studio building?
... that actress Montana Manning initially had a speaking role in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but it was cut?

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