Rocky Mountain States

Montana Wyoming Colorado

Utah Idaho Nevada

Little Big Horn NationalBattlefield – Crow Agency

Motto : Oro y plata (Gold and Silver)

Nickname : Treasure state, Big Sky Country

Origin of Name : Chosen from Latin dictionary by J. M. Ashley; it is a Latinized Spanish word meaning "mountainous"

Capital : Helena Population : 902,195 Bitterroot

Sweetgrass Ranch -Big Timber

Elkhorn State Park(19th Century Mining Town)

A Native American Pow Wow - Missoula

Motto : Equal Rights Nickname : Equality state

Origin of Name : From a Native American word meaning mountains and valleys alternating

Snowy River Trail

Bronco Riding

Cheyenne Frontier Days

Devil's Tower

Buffalo

Old Faithful - Yellowstone National Park

Indian Paintbrush

Capital : Cheyenne Population : 493,782

Motto : Nil Sine Numine (Nothing Without Providence)

Nickname : The Centennial state,

The Rocky Mountain State

Origin of Name : From the Spanish word meaning

"ruddy" or "red"

Rocky Mountain National Park

Pike's Peak

Columbine

Capital Denver

Population 4,301,261 Estes Park

Motto : Industry

Nickname : Beehive state

Origin of Name ; From the ute tribe, meaning people of the mountains

Capital : Salt Lake City Population : 2,233,169

Salt Lake City

Mormon Tabernacle

Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Great Salt Lake

Craters of the MoonNational Monument

Motto : Esto perpetua (It is forever)

Nicknames : Gem State, Spud state

Origin of Name : Unknown

Syringa

University of Idaho - Moscow

Capital Boise

Population 1,293,953

Motto : All for Our Country

Nickname : Sagebrush State, Silver State, and Battle-born state

Origin of Name : From a Spanish word meaning snowcapped Capital : Carson City Population : 1,998,257 Sagebrush

Bristlecone Pine

Las Vegas Strip

Nevada Highway 375

Area 51 – Groom Lake