Montana




 * MONTANA! **

By: MR  What is Montana?
 * __I. History and State Information__ [[image:Montana_state_bird.jpg align="right" caption="www.statesymbolsusa.org/Montana/bird_western_..."]] **
 * Montana is a very interecsting state and has many fun and exciting things to do and see. Montana aka the "Treasure State" . Some people know Montana as the Big Sky beacuse of its very beautiful blue skies.Montana took its statehood on November 8, 1889 and it is the 41st state. Montana's motto is "Oro y plata" meaning silver and gold. The beautiful Bitterroot is the state flower and the Western meadowlark is the state bird.

Montana's history has some major things that had accured there. Little Bighorn battle took places on June 25th and 26th in 1876. It was a vey famous battle in Southeast Montana. The Sioux and the Cheyenne trides had worked together and defeated Col. Geoge Custer. Another history fact is that Montana was first explored by the France, but then much of the region was accuried by the United States fromFrance as part of the Louisianna Puirchase in 1803. A third fact is that kinda cool is thst a Temporary white house was created for Teddt Roosevelt in Cinnabar, Montana is 1902. Next fact is that David Thomas had built many trading post from 1807 through 1812 and the Lewis and Clark expedition had traveled through Montana westward in 1805. Finally the last and important fact is that there was a very big drought that accured in Montanan in 1919. Many of the farmers crops had begun to die because of all of the dryness. Food was becoming very hard to get.

Why did i choose Montana to study for my project? Well i know just little about montana and I wanted to know much more. In Montana you can do many things like go skiing, hiking, horse back riding and much more. I wanted to study Montana and learn more about it because my aunt has gone to Montana a few years ago and said it was beautiful. She didn't want to come home cause she was having soo much fun. She had lots of fun and came back with really cool stories about her trip. Hearing these stories made me want to go so thats why I choose Montana as my state to do for my project.

II. Itinerary **

July 10, 2010: **We are going to be spending the day getting ready for our trip in the morning and driving to the airport in late afternoon. We will leave our house around 1oclock pm to the airport. Our flight takes off at 5:45pm from Philadelphia to Montana and land around 11oclock pm. Once we arrive in Montana we will make our way to our Hotel "Red Lion." **


 * July 12, 2010: Today we are going to have breakfast at the hotels restaurant. After a good breakfast we are going to make our way to the Helena National Forest for a day of hiking. We are going to be hiking Eagle Interpretive Trail. The trial is 3.5 miles long and it loops around. We may see many animals while hiking like elk, moose, deer and grizzly bears. Later on after we hiking is over we will head back to the hotel to the restaurant for a great dinner and call it a day. **


 * July 13, 2010: Today we are going to go to the Exploration Museum of science and culture. The museum does not open till 10 oclock so we may arrive aorund 11oclock and leave around 3oclock. At the museum we are going to have much fun with the history exhibet and animal exhibet and much more. To get in we will need to take money. After we leave the museum and go shopping in down town Helena, Montana's capital. **


 * July 14, 2009: Today is going to probally the best day of all becuase we are going to the skate park a few blocks away from Helena the capital. At the skate park there is a pyramid with a square tube, a bench with a curved rail edge and way more cool stuff like that. My mom and my brother are not that good so i may have to help them out a little bit. We will spend half of the day here then go back to the hotel. My mom and I are going to go to the spa and my brother is going to go the the tennis courts they have there. Later on we will all meet up at the hotels restaurant and after dinner we wil head up to our room and rest up for our ride home tommororw.

July 15, 2009: ** **<span style="color: #ff4500; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 143%;">Aww! Today we are going home. We will have to get up kinda early to get to the airport. We will leave the hotel for the airport around 6oclock am. The plane leaves Helena, Montana at 7:40am to Philadelphia, Pa. We will arrive in Philly at around 4oclock then drive to our home from the airport. **

<span style="color: #ff4500; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 207.36%;">**III. Travel Plans:**

<span style="color: #7007bb; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">**<span style="color: #7007bb; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Leaving from: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Airline: Frontier Airlines Departure Time: 5:45 pm Flight: number 449 Lenght of trip(one way): 7hours and 21 minutes Destination: Helena, Montana **

Airline: Frontier Airlines Departure time: 7:40 am Flight: number 5590 Length of trip(one way): 6 hours and 30 minutes Destination: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania **
 * <span style="color: #7007bb; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Returning from: Helena, Montana

Company: Alamo Car: Cadillac DTS Pick up: July 10th at 6:30pm at the airport Drop off: July 15th at 6:45am at the airport Cost per week: $396.85 for five days **
 * <span style="color: #7007bb; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Car Reantal:

a. Red Lion Colonial drive Helena, Montana 59601 b. 1-888-travelocity c. $114.75 a night d. Amenites 1. Spa 2. Pets allowed 3. Restaurant at the hotel 4. Room service 5. Shuttle 6.Golf/ Tennis Course **
 * <span style="color: #ff4500; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">IV. Accommodations **
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. Red Lion Hotel

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">II. Second Hotel 1. Wingle a.2007 North Oakes Helena, Montana 59601 b. 1-888-travelocity c. $106 a night d. Amenities 1. Courtesy breakfast 2.Cable Tv 3. High speed internet 4. Pets allowed 5. Hot tude and a pool 6. Shuttle <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">


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V. Pre- Trip planning 1. Feed my kitten 2. Take dog to a kennel 3. Clean house 4. Get hair cut to look nice 5. Turn water off to the house 6. Pack clothing, etc.. 7. Get money from the bank 8. Feed the fish and hermit crabs 9. Ask neighbors to watch over our house 10. Make sure we have the plane tickets

VI. Estimated Cost: Gas: $50.00 Hotel: $573.75 Entertainment: $500.00 Shopping: $150.00 Food: $850.00 Airfare: $2,179.50 Car Rental: $396.85 **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Bibliography:** __**Book:**__

Tirnell, Norma. __Montana Compass American Guides.__ Fordes Travel Publication, Third Edition. Pgs 41,44-50. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">
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