1. In 1913, The Montana State Legislature approved the construction of the current Montana State Capitol building in Helena.
2. In 1920, The Montana Department of Fish and Game was established to conserve and protect Montana's wildlife resources.
3. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the Fort Peck Dam and Reservoir project in northeastern Montana.
4. In 1975, The Montana House of Representatives passed a resolution officially renaming the state flower from the bitterroot to the bitterroot shield.
5. In 1996, Montana's Department of Environmental Quality reported that the Clark Fork River had fully recovered from the damage caused by environmental pollution from mining activities in Butte and Anaconda.
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