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Montana History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did Montana become a state? | Nov.8, 1889 |
| What is Montana's square mileage? | 147,042 sq. miles |
| What 3 states were admitted with Montana into the US? | Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota |
| Who was the first territorial governor of Montana? | Sidney Edgerton |
| Who was the first governor of the state Montana? | Joseph Toole |
| Who was the president when Montana became a state? | Benjamin Harrison |
| Who is the present governor of Montana? | Brian Schweitzer |
| Who are the two Senators of Montana? | Max Baucus, John Tester |
| Who is the Rep. of Montana? | Dennis Rehberg |
| What are the two political groups in Montana? | Democrat and Republican |
| How many electoral votes does Montana get? | 3 |
| How many memebers are in Montana's House and Senate? | 50-senators 100-house |
| What are the items on Montana's state seal? | shovel pick and plow |
| What is the highest point in Montana? What is the lowest? | Highest point is Granite Peak and lowest is the Kooteni River |
| In what years did Lewis and Clark cross through Montana? | 1805-1806 |
| Where did the first steamboat enter Montana? | Fort Benton |
| Where was the first gold strike in Montana? | Grasshopper Creek |
| What was the name of Montana's first newspaper? | Montana Post |
| Who is Jeanette Rankin? | first woman to be elected into the House of Representatives |
| Where did the Montana Freemen have a standoff? | Jordan |
| Where did the police catch the Unibomber Ted Kaczynski? | Lincoln |
| Who was Nelson Story? | first person to drive a cattle herd through into Montana |
| Who was Chief Joseph? | led the Nez Perce tribe; quoted "I will fight no more, forever" |
| What was the trading post at Fort Benton called? | American Fur Company |
| Where is Fort Keogh? | Miles City |
| What is Bois De Vanche? | buffalo chips |
| what is pemmican? | dried buffalo meat and chokecherries |
| what is a plew? | thick beaver pelt |
| what is a pishkin? | buffalo jump |
| what were Black Soldiers called? | buffalo soldiers |
| what is larkspur? | plant that is poisonous to cattle but sheep can eat |
| what does a bi-cameral government mean? | has two houses-house and senate |
| what is montana's speed limit? | 70 mph |
| where is montana's state prison located? | Deer Lodge |
| What mountain ranges surround Livingston? | Absaroka, Gallatin, Crazies |
| where is the Alder Gulch Gold Mine located? | Virginia City |
| What is the smallest county by land in Montana? Largest? | Siver Bow; Beaverhead |
| Where is Tiber Dam? | Lake Alwell |
| What is the largest reservation in Montana? Smallest? | largest-crow smallest-rocky boy |
| what does wakan tanka mean? | its sioux for great spirit |
| what is a hoosegow? | jail |
| where is fort fizzle? | missoula |
| the Madison River is made up of what two rivers? | Fire Hole and Gibbon |
| What gang did Henry Plummer lead? | Innocents |
| What does 3-7-77 mean? | dimensions of a grave; its their symbol |
| where was henry plummer's headquarters? | Skinner Saloon |
| Who and where painted "Waiting For a Chinook"? | Charlie Russel in Utica |
| The St. Mary flows into what body of water? | Hudson Bay |
| When was Custer's Lasts Stand? Where? What Calbary unit was involved? | 1876; Bighorn River; 7th Calvary |
| when was Fort Peck Dam created? | 1933 |
| What city did Marcus Daly build? | Anaconda |
| What was Montana's first territorial capital? | Bannack |
| Where and when did the worst mining accident in American History occur? | Butte in 1891 |
| Who are the three Copper Kings of Montana? | Clark, Daly, Heinze |
| Which montana governor was killed in a plane crash? | Donald Nutter |
| Where is Pompeys Pillar? | Near Billings |