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Montana Facts

The capital of Montana is Helena.
Montana has the largest Grizzly Bear population in the lower 48 states.
The population is 1.104 million.
All the elk, deer, and antelope populations outnumber the human population in Montana. 
Montana's name comes from the Spanish word montaña, roughly meaning mountainous.
Great Falls, Montana, is famous because it was home to the oldest man on earth Walter Bruening. 
Montana was the 41st state.
In 1888 Helena Montana had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the world.
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