Montana
by Anand
Do you know what state raises three times more cattle than any other state and is the top sheep raising state in the United States of America? It's Montana. It's located in the northwestern part of the country and borders Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota. It also borders Canada.
Montana is the 4th largest, but is the 44th most populated state in America. Thirty-seven Rhode Islands would fit into Montana. People don't mind about their little amount of people. They have a lot of land!
Montana began with trappers and traders beginning to extend the fur trade into Montana. Do you know the story of John Colter? One day he found himself facing hundreds of angry Indians. The chief gave him a chance to run for his life. He got away. Lewis and Clark's expedition came roaming through the Montana territory claiming land for the government back then. Montana's climate is colder, with a lower humidity. Its approximate size is 147,138 sq. miles. It’s capital is Helena. Some cities are Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Miles City, Missoula, Polson, and Shelby. It shares the state bird with Oregon, "The Western Meadow Lark." The state flower is the Bitterroot. The state tree is the Ponderosa Pine. The state motto is "Gold and Silver." Two thirds of the state is made up of the Great Plains with the other westward half is the Rocky Mountains.
Recreation is plentiful with the ten national parks and Glacier National Park. Visiting ghost towns are another interesting thing to do.
Visiting ghost towns is another interesting thing to do. Camping, hiking and skiing are also popular activities. In May the Vigilante Parade marches through town. The state fair is in July and sometimes in August.
Montana manufactures lumber, paper, other forest products, flour, meat, packaged sugar, and other food products. Concrete and other metal products are produced too.
It grows wheat, barley, sugar beets (later made into packaged sugar), hay, and potatoes. It raises cattle, hogs, dairy cows, sheep, and chickens.
There are many natural resources in Montana. Some of them are rivers, plants, lakes, copper, oil, coal, gold, silver, lead, platinum, talc, vermiculite, and natural gases.
Now you may want to visit Montana-The Treasure State. I know I sure would like to.
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