Here are a few quick facts about the Treasure State.
Population: (Estimated 2018): 1,062,330
Entered union: November 8, 1889
Capital: Helena
Nickname: Treasure State
Motto: “Oro y Plata”(Gold and Silver)
Bird: Western Meadowlark
Flower: Bitterroot
Song: “Montana”
Stones: Sapphire and Agate
Tree: Ponderosa Pine
Animal: Grizzly Bear
Fish: Blackspotted Cutthroat Trout
Fossil: Maiasaura (Duck-billed Dinosaur)
Land area: 147,046 square miles
Size ranking: 4th
Geographic center: Fergus, 26 miles northeast of Lewistown
Length: 630 miles
Width: 280 miles
Highest point: 12,799 feet (Granite Peak)
Lowest point: 1,820 feet (Kootenai River)
Highest temperature: 117 deg. on July 5, 1937, at Medicine Lake
Lowest temperature: -70 deg. on January 20, 1954, at Rogers Pass
