… entered the Union as the 41st state on this date in 1889.
According to the last estimate (2004), 926,865 people reside in Montana, the fourth largest state with 147,046 square miles. That’s just more than six people per square mile.
The state animal is the Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis); the state bird the Western Meadowlark; and the state fossil the Duck-billed dinosaur (Maiasaura Peeblesorum).
Officially Montana is the Treasure State but it’s also known as Big Sky Country.
The highest point is Granite Peak, 12,799 feet (3,901 meters) above sea level. The lowest elevation is 1,820 feet.