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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 borders 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, 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 first came under American sovereignty with the Louisiana Purchase 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 (as of 2019) visiting the state each year. (Full article...)

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The Dumas Brothel

The Dumas Brothel was a brothel in Butte, Montana. The brothel was founded by French-Canadian brothers Joseph and Arthur Nadeau in 1890 and named after the nominal owner, Delia Nadeau, née Dumas, who was Joseph's wife. It grew considerably through the years, with the miners employed by the city's copper mines often patronizing the establishment. After several changes of the "madams" and continuing pressure from authorities, the brothel closed in 1982, described as "a rare, intact commentary on social history". At the time of its closure, it was the longest operating brothel in the United States, having operated years after prostitution was made illegal. After closing, the brothel changed hands several times, eventually becoming a tourist attraction owned and managed by a series of Butte residents. (Full article...)

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Old Montana Prison main entrance

The Montana State Prison is a men's correctional facility of the Montana Department of Corrections in unincorporated Powell County, Montana, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Deer Lodge. The current facility was constructed between 1974 and 1979 in response to the continued degeneration of the original facility located in downtown Deer Lodge.

The "Old Prison" () served as the Montana Territorial Prison from its creation in 1871 until Montana achieved statehood in 1889, then continued as the primary penal institution for the State of Montana until 1979. Throughout the prison's history, the institution was plagued with constant overcrowding, insufficient funds, and antiquated facilities. The administration of Warden Frank Conley from 1890 to 1921 proved the exception to this rule, as Warden Conley instituted extensive inmate labor projects that kept many inmates at work constructing the prison buildings and walls as well as providing various state and community services like road building, logging, and ranching. (Full article...)

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Image 1Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879 (from History of Montana)
Image 2Buffalo Soldiers, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. The nickname was given to the "Black Cavalry" by the Native American tribes they fought. (from Montana)
Image 3Map of domestic flights available from the largest airport in Montana (Click to enlarge) (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 4An Airbus A319 waits at Billings Logan International Airport. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 5Treemap of the popular vote by county, 2016 presidential election. Areas are in proportion to the number of votes cast in each county. (from Montana)
Image 6Temperature and precipitation for Montana's capital city, Helena (from Montana)
Image 7Mennonite family in Montana, c. 1937 (from Montana)
Image 8Montana Rail Link freight haulage in 2005 (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 9Montana State Bobcats football at Bobcat Stadium (Montana State University), Bozeman (from Montana)
Image 10Assiniboine family, Montana, 1890–91 (from Montana)
Image 11Main Street in Red Lodge, 2000, showing iron facades on buildings (from History of Montana)
Image 12Missouri Breaks region in central Montana (from Montana)
Image 13Clark Fork River, Missoula, in autumn (from Montana)
Image 14Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862. (from History of Montana)
Image 15Early Indian treaty territories in Montana (from Montana)
Image 16General locations of Indian reservations in Montana (from Montana)
Image 17Montana Territory in 1865 (from Montana)
Image 18Click to enlarge detailed map (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 19Population of Montana 1870–2018 (from Montana)
Image 20Early tribal treaty territories in Montana (from History of Montana)
Image 21Lone Mountain at Big Sky Ski Resort (from Montana)
Image 22Mining headframes in Butte, MT (from History of Montana)
Image 23Ethnic origins in Montana (from Montana)
Image 24Quake Lake was created by a landslide during the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake. (from Montana)
Image 25Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois. (from History of Montana)
Image 26Chief Joseph (from History of Montana)
Image 27Guided snowmobile tours in Yellowstone Park (from Montana)
Image 28Dancers at Crow Fair in 1941 (from Montana)
Image 29Yellowstone Airport, West Yellowstone, Montana (from Montana)
Image 30The Empire Builder in Essex (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 31Map of Williston Basin oil fields with reservoirs in Bakken Formation (from History of Montana)
Image 32Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Deer Lodge, MT, date unknown (from History of Montana)
Image 33The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis (from History of Montana)
Image 34Map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 35The Palisades area on the north end of the ski area at Red Lodge Mountain Resort (from Montana)
Image 36Missoula, the second-largest city in Montana (from Montana)
Image 37The Big Sky Resort (from Montana)
Image 38Jeannette Rankin, August 1916 (from History of Montana)

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

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Image 40Mountain Line buses queue to pick up passengers in Missoula. (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 41Chief Joseph and Col. John Gibbon met again on the Big Hole Battlefield site in 1889. (from Montana)
Image 42Köppen climate types of Montana, using 1991-2020 climate normals (from Montana)
Image 43100 pound native Montana wolf taken in 1928 (from Montana)
Image 44From Frank Bond, "Louisiana" and the Louisiana Purchase.
Government Printing Office, 1912 Map No. 4. (from History of Montana)
Image 45Montana population density map (from Montana)
Image 46Relief map of Montana (from Montana)
Image 47Saint Mary Lake in Glacier National Park (from Montana)
Image 48Pompeys Pillar National Monument (from Montana)
Image 49First Interstate Center, in downtown Billings, is the tallest building in Montana. (from Montana)
Image 50Joseph M. Dixon, Congressman (1903–1913) and Governor of Montana (1921–1925) (from History of Montana)
Image 51U.S. Route 93 in Montana (from Transportation in Montana)
Image 52Montana ranks 2nd nationally in craft breweries per capita. (from Montana)

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... that the owner of a Montana TV station changed the name of his company because he was asked why his license plate read "SUNBELT"?
... that campaign literature in the 1894 Montana capital referendum accused Helena residents of copious Manhattan consumption?
... that the Acoustic Atlas at Montana State University Library helped to create a public domain archive of sounds from Yellowstone National Park?
... that a "North Dakota joke of the mornin'" was a feature on Montana radio station KGRZ because the station's owner and morning show host hailed from that state?
... that 16 Montana youths are plaintiffs in the lawsuit Held v. Montana, the first constitutional climate change lawsuit to go to trial in the United States?
... that Absaroka was a proposed U.S. state that would have included parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, and Montana?

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