Montana's wealth of wide-open spaces has always made it a perfect place for farming, livestock production, and general agricultural production. However, the State of Montana has diversified its economy over the past two decades with major gains in sectors such as health care, food service, and real estate. The state has created over 100,000 new jobs since 2000 in a variety of different industries.
Other economic sectors which are critical to Montana’s bottom line include education, social assistance, professional and business services, retail, construction, transportation, finance, and wholesale trade.
Montana is a prime vacation destination for those who love the Great Outdoors. Montana rakes in millions each year in tourist dollars for those going skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and biking through its 50 state parks and seven state forest. There’s even a large tourist draw for dude ranching at the many different ranches dotted around the state.
Other tourist attractions worth your time in Big Sky Country include Virginia City, the iconic Yellowstone National Park, the Fort Union Trading Post, the Museum of the Plains Indians in Browning, and the Grant-Kohr’s Ranch National Historic Site. Perhaps the most breathtaking attraction, though, is Glacier National Park. Situated right on the Continental Divide, Glacier National Park is home to 200 different lakes, a ton of streams teeming with fish, and 26 glaciers.
For those looking at Montana as a place to jump-start their secondary education, there's a wealth of great colleges and universities in the state worth checking out. Some of the best include Montana State University in Bozeman, Carroll College in Helena, Montana Technological University in Butte, Rocky Mountain College in Billings, the University of Montana – Western in Dillon, Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, and the University of Montana in Missoula.
Now that you’ve seen a bit of what Montana has going for it, let’s boost your trivia knowledge with a list of the official living and inanimate symbols of the state:
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