Montana's most impactful invention is probably the heart monitor, a device used for measuring the electrical signature of the heart. It was invented in 1962 by American biophysicist Norman Holter, a native of Helena, Montana.

Stevensville is officially recognized as the first permanent settlement of non-indigenous peoples in the state of Montana. in 1841, forty-eight years before Montana became the nation's 41st state, Stevensville was settled by Jesuit Missionaries at the request of the Bitterroot Salish tribe.

Billings was nicknamed the "Magic City" because of its rapid growth. From its founding as a railroad town in March 1882, it grew up like a mushroom overnight, just like magic.

Montana designated bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) as the official state flower in 1895. Its scientific name, rediviva, refers to its ability to regenerate from dry and seemingly dead roots.

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) is the largest carnivore in America. An adult grizzly can stand 8 feet tall on its hind legs, weigh up to 1,500 pounds, and run at speeds up to thirty-five miles an hour.

According to Guinness World Records, a rancher in Fort Geogh, Montana found the world's largest snowflake during a snowstorm in January 1887. He measured the massive snowflake at 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick, but no corroborating evidence supports the claim.

Jeannette Rankin of Missoula, Montana, was the first woman to hold federal office in the United States, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919, and again from 1941 to 1943. She was instrumental in passing the 19th Amendment, giving women throughout the country the right to vote.

Bannack was the site of a major gold discovery in 1862 and briefly served as the capital of Montana Territory before the capital was moved to Virginia City in 1865. At its peak, Bannack had a population of about ten thousand. The last residents left in the 1970s.

Missoula is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot and Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys".

Montana designated the duck-billed dinosaur (Maiasaura peeblesorum) as the official state fossil in 1985. "Maiasaura" means "good mother lizard". Fossil skeletons of this dinosaur have been found with nests of eggshells and hatchlings, proving for the first time that some dinosaurs lived in herds and fed and raised their offspring. So far fossil remains of this Late Cretaceous dinosaur have been found only in Montana.