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  MSN Encarta - Search View - Montana
Montana is bounded on the north by the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan; on the east by North Dakota and South Dakota; on the south by Wyoming and Idaho; and on the west by Idaho.
Montana was one of the few states in the nation where the amount of toxic chemicals released into the environment actually increased in the period 1988-1995.
Its population grew from 39,159 in 1880 to 142,924 in 1890 and to 243,329 in 1900.
encarta.msn.com /text_761564358__1/Montana.html   (11025 words)

  
 Montana. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Much of Montana’s western boundary is marked by the crest of the lofty Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mts., which dominate the western section of the state and along which runs the Continental Divide.
The U.S. claim to NW Montana, the area between the Rockies and the N Idaho border, was validated in the Oregon Treaty of 1846 with the British.
Montana’s first period of growth was the rapid, boisterous, and unstable expansion brought on by a gold rush.
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Montana.html   (1673 words)

  
 Eastern Montana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Plains stretch across Eastern Montana, an area that consists of the eastern half of the U.S. state of Montana and the north-central portion near Great Falls.
The area is drained by the Missouri River, which originates in SW Montana, and by its tributaries, the Milk, the Marias, the Sun, and the Yellowstone Rivers.
Looking at the region from a more cultural and social standpoint, some consider eastern Montana to comprise the large portion of the state east of Billings, especially the ranchland around Miles City and Forsyth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_Montana   (185 words)

  
 Billings, Montana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billings is rapidly growing; As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 89,847, the 2004 census shows the city's population has grown to 96,977 (up 7.9% or 7,130 since 2000).
It is nicknamed the Magic City because of its rapid growth from its founding as a railroad town in 1882.
Major institutions of higher education are Montana State University-Billings (formerly Eastern Montana College, founded in 1927), Montana State University - College of Technology and Rocky Mountain College (founded in 1878).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billings,_Montana   (1310 words)

  
 Eastern Montana College --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The city is situated near the Missouri River, at the eastern foot of the Continental Divide (elevation 3,955 feet [1,205 metres]), in Prickly Pear Valley, a fertile region surrounded by rolling hills and lofty mountains.
Graduates of accredited Montana high schools are admitted, and students from outside the state are welcome to apply.
Eastern Orthodox Churches are usually identified by nationality and are the result of the Catholicism.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9311106?tocId=9311106   (884 words)

  
 Eastern Bluebird Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide
The Eastern is discernable by its white belly, orange throat and blue scapulars, while the Western has a blue belly and throat and chestnut scapulars.
The Eastern Bluebird female is distinguishable from the Western by the white throat, rufous on the sides of the neck, and more distinct rufous flanks.
The majority of the observations reported in Montana are located in the eastern third of the state, with most of these records reporting direct evidence of breeding activity.
fwp.state.mt.us /fieldguide/detail_ABPBJ15010.aspx   (1346 words)

  
 Montana Fly Fishing - Floating and Fishing Eastern Montana Rivers
The eastern Montana rivers are also lacking in the mountain splendor scenery found elsewhere in the state.
While the rivers in eastern Montana are scenic in their own way, and can be downright beautiful in the fall, the lack of mountains and the vast sweep of the treeless prairie makes for a less than inspiring sight for most visitors to this part of Montana.
Overall, eastern Montana is not set anytime soon to become a magnet for anglers seking a Montana fly fishing trip - the state just has too many good trout waters, with the result being that warm water fishing is often forgotten about.
www.bigskyfishing.com /River-Fishing/East-MT-Rivers/Eastern-MT-Rivers.htm   (527 words)

  
 Where is Eastern Montana, exactly? :: Montana Forum :: If it's happening in Montana, we're discussing it on Montana ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wolff, director of the Miles City Chamber of Commerce, says Eastern Montana is everything south of the Hysham Hills (between Custer and Hysham) to the Wyoming border, then north of the hills veering east to Jordan, and from Jordan straight east to North Dakota.
The 14 eastern "front" counties grew by an average of 6.2 percent, and the 21 eastern "plains" counties had population declines averaging 8.1 percent.
It should also be pointed out that Eastern Montana encompasses everything from the ruggedly beautiful Missouri Breaks to the pine-covered hills of southeastern Montana, from the primeval geology of Makoshika State Park to the lake-dotted prairie in the northeastern corner of the state.
www.montanaforum.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2702   (746 words)

  
 Montana Legislative Branch - Considering Veteran's Needs -- Montana Interim Report
The Montana Veterans' Home is owned and operated by theState of Montana, and as previously stated, the Eastern Montana Veterans'Home is owned by the state and leased to a private entity for operation andmaintenance.
Issue one was the eastern Montana stateveterans' cemetery proposal for which the Subcommittee adopted proposedlegislation.
The Eastern Montana Veterans'Home is a state-owned facility leased to a private contractor for maintenanceand operation, and funds were not appropriated to assist veterans for their costof care.
leg.state.mt.us /css/publications/research/past_interim/veterans.asp   (4687 words)

  
 "No Limits: A 50th Anniversary History the Eastern"
The 30th Montana Legislature approved formation of the "eastern Montana branch of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station" in its 1947 session, and researchers planted the first seed there in 1948.
Eastern is perhaps the only branch of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station that, from its inception, was expected to serve more than one state.
An alliance of eastern Montana and western North Dakota producers, business people and economic development leaders are proposing not just the expansion of pipeline irrigation, but also expansion of the Sidney and Williston research programs with added positions in marketing, farm management, irrigation, crop rotation, small grains and high-value crops.
www.montana.edu /wwwpb/ag/earc_his.html   (2645 words)

  
 Montana Orchids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Montana is home to about 30 to 35 native, and one exotic and weedy, species of orchids.
Virtually no species have been reported from the prairies of Eastern Montana, but I think this may be simply an artifact of insufficient searching.
This area is the orchid hot spot of Montana and at least 25 species may be found there, and a few of these, such as Liparis loeselii, are found nowhere else in the state.
www.rshimek.com /orchid1.htm   (810 words)

  
 Unsettling times in Eastern Montana: See a dentist :: Montana Forum :: If it's happening in Montana, we're discussing ...
In the eastern half of the state, 11 counties are without a resident dentist, leaving 14,500 people either to forgo care or drive somewhere else to get it.
Many Eastern Montana dentists -it's hard to say exactly how many - are closing in on retirement age with few incoming dentists waiting in the wings.
There are seven community health centers in Montana that provide dental care to low-income residents, but the two public health centers in Eastern Montana don't.
www.montanaforum.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2948   (749 words)

  
 Eastern Montana : Introduction | Frommers.com
The plains of eastern Montana offer a more subtle beauty than the rugged mountains to the west.
A land of rolling hills, dusty bluffs, and an occasional rock-walled canyon, this is classic cattle and wheat country, with grass thick and green in spring, brown and dry by fall, and blanketed by snow in winter.
Eastern Montana's history is rich: Lewis and Clark trekked along the Missouri River, and one of the most famous battles of the American West, the Battle of the Little Bighorn, was fought here.
www.frommers.com /destinations/easternmontana/2167010001.html   (251 words)

  
 Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network
All the members of the Eastern Montana Telemedicine Network are committed to continued growth and telemedicine program development that meets the needs of the patients, healthcare providers and the communities at large.
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center is a private, nonprofit corporation that provides quality, professional and comprehensive mental health and substance abuse treatment to the citizens of eastern Montana.
The Montana Family Practice Residency was created in 1996 to reduce the shortage of family physicians in Montana.
www.emtn.org /sites.html   (2274 words)

  
 MontanaGrizzlies.Com / athletics@montanagrizzlies.com
Montana demoted the Colonels to buck privates in a 48-0 crushing at wet Washington-Grizzly Stadium.
Montana's 48 points, all scored in two quarters, were the most allowed by Eastern Kentucky in years _ probably since 1972.
Montana, as has been the case all season, was led Saturday by senior quarterback Dave Dickenson, who completed 31 of 39 passes for 441 yards and two touchdowns.
www.montanagrizzlies.com /content/records/football/1995Champ/awards_files/vsEasternKentucky.htm   (3006 words)

  
 Montana State Bar Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Eastern Montana Self-Help Law Project hopes to contribute to the critical community and statewide efforts working to ameliorate this injustice.
In eastern Montana, the most sparsely populated and impoverished part of the state, the situation is even more dire.
We will also build computer workstations in at least four eastern Montana locations, at which clients will be able to access legal information and forms, complete and print legal documents, and copy and fax as needed.
www.montanabar.org /montanalawyer/november2003/easternmtproject.html   (749 words)

  
 Montana State Montana St/Eastern Washington E. Wash. Men's College Basketball recap on ESPN
Eastern Washington (11-8, 6-3) pulled away early in the first half with a 13-3 run and secured a 13-point halftime lead.
Montana State (13-8, 5-3) turned over the ball 12 times in the first half and lagged on the boards 14-9 but shot five of eight 3-point attempts.
Eastern Washington made two free throws after an intentional foul by Montana State's E.J. Little and put together a run to secure the eight-point victory.
espn.go.com /ncb/2001/20010201/recap/mbneai.html   (199 words)

  
 EASTERN MONTANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The eastern part of the state is on the other end of the from that in the west.
Eastern Montana also differs in many other ways, as travelers who choose this part of Montana for vacation travel will discover.
Eastern Montana retains much of its past through conservation, collections of its history in museums, and in establishing historic sites and places.
www.sundancerswest.com /easternmontanarivercountry.html   (3570 words)

  
 The Montana Standard - Butte, Montana USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Agriculture remains the No. 1 industry in eastern Montana and it is important that we carefully review any activity that may negatively impact that important segment of our economy.
Water is the lifeblood to farmers and ranchers in eastern Montana.
Coalbed methane in the Tongue River Basin is being developed under the laws and regulations of the United States and the state of Montana, permitting by several state agencies and the watchful eye of the public.
www.mtstandard.com /articles/2004/07/07/newsopinion/hjjfjcjcjaedhi.txt   (658 words)

  
 HYBRIDIZATION IN BUNTINGS (PASSERINA) IN NORTH DAKOTA AND EASTERN MONTANA
Specimens representing eastern populations from Illinois and Arkansas to the east coast and western populations near the west coast were examined at several museums mentioned in the Acknowledgments.
The means --- 1 SD (in mm) for throat lengths of 17 Lazuli-like hybrids and 48 overlap (North Dakota and Montana) Lazulis are 28.05 --- 2.75 and 26.13 -+ 1.88 respectively, and for breast length 13.64 --- 2.77 and 16.13 --- 2.63 respectively.
SUMMARY During 1967-69 and 1971 male Indigo and Lazuli Buntings and their hybrids were collected in North Dakota and Montana and compared with buntings from extreme eastern and western United States to clarify the extent of hybridization.
elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v092n01/p0066-p0080.html   (8104 words)

  
 Montana Gemstones
Montana's "Cornflower Blue" Sapphire is known throughout the world.
Montana is a rockhound's dream, where inland seas once deposited fossils and minerals that the forces of geology have since laid bare.
Rockhounding Montana, formerly The Rockhound's Guide to Montana, can lead you to the Yellowstone River, where you can comb the gravel for Montana agate, an official state gemstone, or to the badlands along Hell Creek, where paleontologists have found dinosaur remains.
www.jewelrymall.com /states/MT.html   (528 words)

  
 Great Falls Tribune - www.greatfallstribune.com - Great Falls, MT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She is the first Democrat to announce a challenge to Rehberg, who is serving his third term and expected to seek a fourth.
Lindeen is a four-term member of the Montana House, chairs the Education Funding Select Committee and is a member of the interim committee working to find a state funding formula for Montana schools K-12.
She served four years as vice chair of the Montana Democratic Party and was House minority whip in the 2003 session.
www.greatfallstribune.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050615/NEWS01/506150304/1002   (278 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The surface winds at 1200 UTC in eastern Montana were from the east between 10 to 20 kt.
As the day progressed, the upper low moved eastward keeping eastern Montana in a diffluent pattern aloft, which gave the area a prolonged period of upper level diffluence.
SPC issued a severe thunderstorm watch at 2246 UTC for northeast Montana and northwest North Dakota, in response to intensifying storms over eastern montana ahead of the cold front/trough.
www.wrh.noaa.gov /wrh/talite0329.htm   (1282 words)

  
 NASDVA.COM - MONTANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Veterans Welfare Act was passed by the Montana Legislature at its 1919 session.
Powers of Attorney are taken by the Veterans Affairs Division in their own right and this agency also handles all claims for the American Legion, AMVETS, Veterans of World War I of the USA, Inc., the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Vietnam Veterans of America, the Regular Veterans Association and the Blinded Veterans Association.
A new Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery opened in Miles City, MT on July 2, 2001.
www.nasdva.com /montana.html   (683 words)

  
 Eastern Montana farm & ranch real estate listings
With a commitment to the farmers and ranchers of Montana, we offer a quality selection of ranch and farm real estate.
Owner has an additional 320+/- acres, which may be available to increase the size of this parcel.
This property is located 7 miles west of Malta, Montana on the Wagner Road.
www.mtirp.com /eastern-farm-ranch.html   (948 words)

  
 Montana 79, Eastern Washington 68   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Montana led for almost the entire game, usually by 10 points or more.
Criswell, a 6-foot-2 guard, led Montana with three steals and tied Kamarr Davis for the team lead with six rebounds.
Marc Axton, Eastern Washington's second-leading scorer coming into the game with 11.6 points per game, was held scoreless.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/01/08/sports0029EST0048.DTL   (207 words)

  
 Volume 31 No. 2
Chronostratigraphic data from five areas scattered from west to east across 600 km of the Western Interior Basin bracket the ages of this unconformity with precision that is based on isotopic ages, magnetozone boundaries, and ammonite range zones.
Hell Creek and Lance drainage in central Montana and central northern Wyoming flowed northeast to east (Connor, 1992; Lillegraven and Ostresh, 1988) and represented tributary drainage to the trunk system of eastern Montana.
This uplift diverted the regional paleodrainages of eastern Montana and western North Dakota from southeast to northeast.
pubs.gg.uwyo.edu /CTGs/CTG_31-2.htm   (1103 words)

  
 Eastern Montana Fair
Eastern Montana Fair is made up of Custer and six surrounding counties.
There is lots of free midway entertainment, rodeo, concert, demolition derby, fireworks, carnival, exhibits (4-H and open) and commercial exhibits.
The Eastern Montana Fair is held at the west edge of Miles City on old Highway 10.
travel.state.mt.us /categories/moreinfo.asp?IDRRecordID=8880&SiteID=1   (65 words)

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