Other interesting facts about Montana:
- Gambling is legal there, but for some reason there are no big casinos. Every convenience store has a slot machine in it though.
- There are theoretically leash laws in Montana, but no one cares. Dogs can go just about anywhere they want to. They don't yet have the right to vote, though.
- The Western half on Montana was underwater fairly recently. See the node on Lake Missoula for the details.
- Montanas are more libertarian than Republican, stereotypes notwithstanding. Very few Montanans are in favor of gun control, but then polygamy and drug use are also common in Montana, and it doesn't bother anyone.
- There is no open container law in Montana, as long as you are below the legal blood alcohol limit of .10, you can drink and drive at the same time.
- Although the state usually turns out Republican in national elections, in state elections, (at least in 2000), the results were very close.
- In Missoula, MT, Ralph Nader got close to half the vote. Statewide, he got around 8 percent of the vote.
- Almost every city in Montana, no matter how small, has a 20 foot tall letter of the cities initial on a hill just outside of town.
- It is really, really, cold in Montana, and also really, really, hot. Sometimes at the same time. And a pass that is closed in winter is probably closed from September to May.
- The experiment on lifting the speed limit to the contrary, I have noticed that in the cities at least, Montanans drive much slower then other people.
- About half of all Montanans come from either California, Oregon or Washington, or at least it seems like they do.
- Subarus are very common.
- The sky actually is bigger.
- You have to go there yourself.