Montana the big sky state

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Montana the big sky state
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State symbols

• The state tree is the ponderosa pine the bark
  of this tree was used for the telephone poles.
• The western meadowlark has a beautiful chirp. It
  is always surrounded by a lot of mountain deer.
  The western meadowlark lives near a great grizzly
  bear population. The state animal happens to be
  the grizzly bear.

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history

• After gold was discovered in California, the
  Montanans went wild over the gold rush. Montanans
  searched all over Montana just to find some gold
  in the lakes, streams, and rivers.
• Montanans usually grow crops near the lakes so
  the plants will grow faster.
• Montana is a state that produces oil, gas for our
  cars, and coal for our trains.

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Capital

• The capital of this state is Helena, Montana.
• The native Americans called it Helena
  because of all the Christmas trees it produces
  each year. The trees grow to 15 feet tall.

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Geography

• The climate in Montana can be extreme. Its
  probably the coldest state in the United States.
• 1600- the United Indians took over Montana.
• 1807-gold was then discovered at Grasshopper
  Creek, the home of billions of grasshoppers.

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Famous people

• A.B Guthrie-author of many children's books.
• Evil Knivel-motorcycle daredevil
• Chet Huntley-television newscaster
• Gary Cooper-actor of many shows

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Information

• The things I learned is that my mom used to live
  right beside Mt. St. Helens.
• I learned that Montana produces silver, copper,
  gold, sapphire, moss agate, and agate.

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credits

• www. Culturegrams. Com
• www. 50 states.com