Interesting MONTANA facts!!!

State Bird -- Western Meadowlark

State Flower -- Bitterroot

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Bob Woolf Phoenix Suns mascot (from Great Falls)

Phil Jackson Basketball player and coach; grew up in Williston and played college basketball for the University of North Dakota and the New York Knicks; He currently coaches the Los Angeles Lakers. Born in Deer Lodge, MT

Evel Knievel (1938 - ) Daredevil motorcyclist; born in Butte. Born in Butte, MT (332)

Dave McNally (1942 - 2002) The only baseball pitcher to hit a grand slam home run in a World Series. Born in Billings, MT

Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973) A Montana Republican, became the first woman to serve in Congress in 1917. Born in Missoula, MT

Ella Haskell (1860–1911) first woman to be run for state Attorney General in the United States,first woman lawyer in Montana

Pat Donovan 4-time Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl Offensive Lineman

Dana Carvey actor and comedian on SNL (born in Missoula)

Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski domestic American terrorist known as the Unabomber (lived near Lincoln at the time of his capture)

No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana.

In 1888 Helena had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world

Miles City is known as the Cowboy Capitol.

Montana has the largest grizzly bear population in the lower 48 states

Combination, Comet, Keystone, Black Pine, and Pony are names of Montana ghost towns.

Montana is nicknamed the Treasure State.

The density of the state is six people per square mile.

The most visited place in Montana is Glacier National Park, known as the crown jewel of the continent. It lies along Montana's northern border and adjoins Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada, forming the world's first International Peace Park.

Montana's rivers and streams provide water for three oceans and three of the North American continent's major river basins.

Every spring nearly 10,000 white pelicans with a wingspan of nine feet migrate from the Gulf of Mexico to Medicine Lake in northeastern Montana.

Montana's name comes from the Spanish word mountain.

Montana Indians believed that stealing a horse was the best way to show bravery.

Montana is home to the world's shortest river, the Roe River in Great Falls.

Montana holds the world record for the greatest temperature change in 24 hours. In just a day's time the temperature rose a whopping 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

With a land area of 145,552 square miles the state of Montana is the fourth largest in the United States (after Alaska, Texas and California)