From The Crown of the Continent to Grizzly Bears, Montana is full of beauty and excitement. Learn all about the Treasure State with our fun Montana Facts.

10 Fun Montana Facts

1. Montana is the fourth largest state in the US, after Alaska, Texas, and California. Despite its size, it has the third lowest population density of any state.

2. Montana is home to approximately 70,000 Native Americans and eight Native Nations.

3. Many of the frontiersmen who settled Montana were prospectors looking for gold. The mineral richness of the land earned it the nickname the “Treasure State."

4. From 1888 to 1898, a group of African American soldiers known as the "Buffalo Soldiers" helped protect Montana settlements from Native American attacks.

5. The first woman elected to the US Congress was Missoula, Montana, native Jeannette Rankin, in 1916.

6. Montana boasts the largest snowflake ever recorded, measuring 15 inches across.

7. Montana has more native mammal species than any other US state. It is home to grizzly bears, moose, bighorn sheep, and bison.

8. The famous "Battle of the Little Bighorn" was fought in 1876 in the Montana Territory. Native warriors led by Chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated federal US troops.

9. Montana's capital city of Helena began as a mining town in 1864, when four miners struck gold in "Last Chance Gulch." Downtown Helena's main street is named after the gulch.

10. One of only 15 intact Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons ever found, nicknamed "Tufts-Love Rex," was unearthed in Hell's Creek, Montana, in 2016.

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