Montana’s capital is Helena
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Created out of the Idaho Territory in 1864, the name Montana is a derivation of the Latin word “montaanus” which means mountainous.
Nevada’s is Carson City
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This state was named after the mountain range in the west.
From out at sea Spanish sailors gazed upon the beautiful mountain ranges of California. They called these mountains Sierra Nevada (snowy range). Sierra Nevada seemed an apt name for the new territory that was being carved out of Utah, but when the deed was done in 1859, the name of this new territory had been shortened to Nevada.

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