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ID: 7007524
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Record Type: administrative |
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Montana (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 110 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -110.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Blackfoot, Sioux, Shoshone, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Flathead & others when French arrived 18th cen.; part came to USA in Louisiana Purchase 1803, conflict with Britain over N border settled in 1846; great influx of settlers came after Civil War. |
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| Montana (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name is derived from Spanish word for "mountain," referring to mountainous terrain |
| MT (C,V,USPS)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since November 8, 1889 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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