Seal of Montana

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The Montana State Seal was adopted in 1865, when Montana was a United State Territory. When it became a state in 1889, it was decided to use the same seal. In 1891, proposals where made to make changes or a brand new seal. Non of these proposals passed legislation. The outer ring of the seal contains the text "The Great Seal of the State of Montana". The inner circle contains a shovel, a pick, and a plow could symbolize Montana's agricultural and mineral wealth. Mountains, trees, buffalo, and other animals where in the scene by the Great Falls of the Missouri River. Later the buffalo disappeared, the mountains changed shape, the skies became cloudless, trees grew, and even the orientation of the sun changed. The banner at the bottom of the seal reads the territorial motto of "Oro y Plata", meaning "Gold and Silver".

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