Montana

The Treasure States capital is located in Helena, and the state has a land area of 147,046 square miles. Montana's highest point is Granite Peak at 12, 799 feet and its lowest point if located on the Kootenai River at 1,800 feet. Montana was chosen from Latin dictionary by J. M. Ashley. It is a Latinized Spanish word meaning "mountainous." Before western Montana was obtained from Great Britain in the Oregon Treaty of 1846, American trading posts and forts had been established in the territory. The major Indian Wars (1867-1877) included the famous 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, better known as "Custer's Last Stand,?" in which Cheyenne and Sioux defeated George A. Custer and more than 200 of his men in southeast Montana. Tourist attractions include hunting, fishing, skiing, and dude ranching. Glacier National Park, on the Continental Divide, has 60 glaciers, 200 lakes, and many streams with good trout fishing. Other major points of interest include the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Virginia City, Yellowstone National Park, Fort Union Trading Post and Grant-Kohr's Ranch National Historic Sites, and the Museum of the Plains Indians at Browning.

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