Montana By: Petra Ms.Clark’s class

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About the capitol The Montana State Capitol is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Montana. It houses the Montana State Legislature and is located in the state capital of Helena at 1301 East Sixth Avenue The building was constructed between 1896 and 1902 with wings added between 1909 and Housed ten Montana Governors from 1913 to 1959 You also must see the recently restored Greek Renaissance State Capitol building, which is topped with a massive copper dome.

Montana’s tourist It's the world's First National Park as well as one of the largest. But Yellowstone National Park offers a variety of other firsts With over 10,000 thermal features you can watch for the very first time as steaming geysers erupt in all their glory Or at first light you can view bear, bison, elk and wolf—from a distance—as they cross over 3472 square miles of untouched landscape. The experiences are timeless. Just what you'd expect from a place where little has changed since it opened over 135 years ago.

Tourist attraction #2 Glacier National Park, together with the Water Lakes National Park in Canada, form the world's first International Peace Park. But in this rugged section of the northern Rockies, exhilaration is the universal language. Mountain goats cling to craggy, glacier carved peaks. Pie is served fresh daily in a small town. And drivers watch the scenery unfold beyond their knuckles as they drive along a road that defies words

History Native Americans have inhabited this land for thousands of years, 200 years ago Lewis and Clark traversed what would one day be known as Montana.

University The University of Montana has a long tradition of welcoming international students to our campus and community and Currently 427 students from 74 different foreign countries attend UM. Over the past year we also had 138 scholars from 43 foreign countries at UM.

Interesting facts about Montana Montana has the largest migratory elk herd The state boast is the largest breeding population of trumpeter swans in the lower United States. The average square mile of land contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope,3.3 deer.

bibliography Dougherty, Michael. The Ultimate Montana Atlas and Travel Encyclopedia. Bozeman, Montana, Ultimate Press, Farr, William, and K. Ross Toole. Montana: Images of the Past. Boulder, Colo, Pruett 1984.

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