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Montana Listeni /mntn/ is a U.S. state located in the Western United States. Montana has several nicknames, none official, including: "The Treasure State" and "Big Sky Country," and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains," and more recently, "The Last Best Place." Farther east, areas such as Makoshika State Park near Glendive and Medicine Rocks State Park near Ekalaka also highlight some of the most scenic badlands regions in the state. The Yellowstone River rises in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, flows north to Livingston, Montana, where it then turns east and flows through Billings, continuing across the state until it joins the Missouri River a few miles east of the North Dakota boundary. Montana claims the disputed title of possessing the "world's shortest river," the Roe River, just outside Great Falls, Montana. Many Montana cities set heat records during July 2007, the hottest month ever recorded in Montana. Subsequent to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and after the finding of gold and copper (see the Copper Kings) in the area in the late 1850s, Montana became a United States territory (Montana Territory) on May 26, 1864, and the 41st state on November 8, 1889. Montana's Hispanic population is particularly concentrated around the Billings area in south-central Montana, and the highest density of African-Americans is located in Great Falls. Montana RailLink, a privately-held Class II railroad, operates former Northern Pacific trackage in western Montana. Politics
Historically, Montana is a swing state of cross-ticket voters with a tradition of sending "liberals to Helena (the state capital) and conservatives to Washington." In recent years, Montana has been classified as a Republican-leaning state, as the state supported President George W.
The state of Montana has 56 counties. The two largest schools, the University of Montana and Montana State University, are members of the Big Sky Conference and have enjoyed a strong athletic rivalry since the early twentieth century. Montana in popular culture
See also: List of Montana counties, List of rivers of Montana,and List of cities and towns in Montana
The Big Drift covering the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park as photographed on March 23, 2006.
State Fossil: Maiasaur ("Duck-billed Dinosaur") (Maiasaura peeblesorum), since 1985
List of searchable databases produced by Montana state agencies hosted by the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable. (District of Columbia)
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