1. By: Ryan D., Charlie C., and Owen I.

2.  Nickname : The Treasure State  Region : Mid West  Capital : Helena  Major Cities : Billings, Great Falls, Missoula  Population : 902,195

3. Montana State Flag State Bird : Western Meadowlark State Flower : Bitter root State Tree : Ponderosa Pine

4.  Current Governor : Steve Bullock (Democrat)  Current Senators : Max Baucus, Jon Tester.

5.  Boarders are Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota, North Dakota, Canada  Geography : Rivers and lakes, The Great Plains, The Rocky Mountains

6.  Natural Resources are coal, grass land and forest land. Our state would be great for farming because there is a lot of agriculture land.

7.  Statehood: November 8, 1889.  Historical fact: Montana was admitted to the United States as the 41 st state of November 8 th, 1889.  Historical fact: November 8, 1889 Joseph K. Toole of Helena became the first governor of the state Montana.  Historical fact: Then silver was discovered in rock ledges of Butte Hills.

8.  Bannock : near Dillon, has been preserved to look as it did in 1865, when it was one of the nation's richest gold cam ps.  National parks: A number of national forests lie either entirely or partly in Montana. The largest of these forests are Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, and Lolo. The others are Bitterroot, Custer, Deerlodge, Helena, and Kaniksu.

9. Montana's first schools were started in mining camps in early 1860s. They had private teachers who charged tuition. In late 1900s: 1972, Montana voters narrowly approved a new state constitution. The states grain and meat were in demand, and its copper and other metals were used in the effort.

10.  Fritz, Harry W., and Kathrine Hansen. “Montana” World Book Student. World Book,2014. Web 14 May 2014.  Fritz, Harry W. and Kathrine Hansen. “Montana”. The World Book Encyclopedia. 2002 ed print.