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In 1888 Helena had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world.
In Montana the elk, deer and antelope populations outnumber the humans.
No state has as many different species of mammals as Montana.
Twenty-three of Montana’s 56 counties have two people or fewer per square mile.
Approximately 8% of people in Montana are Native American, the 5th highest of any state.
There are over 1,000 grizzlies in Montana, the most of the lower 48 states.
The largest earth-filled dam in the world, Fort Peck Dam, is located in northeastern Montana.
Each spring, roughly 10,000 white pelicans migrate to Medicine Lake, Montana, from the Gulf of Mexico.
The first T. rex fossil ever found was in Montana.
Montana has the highest high school graduation rate in the US, at 94%.
Maurice Hilleman of Montana discovered over a dozen vaccines, including vaccines for mumps and measles.
There is an old law making it illegal for you to have more than one alarm ringing at the same time.
The Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England.
Montana is the only state with a triple divide allowing water to flow into the Pacific, Atlantic, and Hudson Bay.
The notorious outlaw, Henry Plummer, built the first jail constructed in the state.
The most visited place in Montana is Glacier National Park, known as the crown jewel of the continent.