Seal of Montana

The seal of the U.S. state of Montana was introduced in 1865, when the present U.S. state was United States territory.

Description

The inner ring of the seal shows the landscape of Montana and the typical equipment of the settlers in the time of the first settlement.

In the background, goes over the mountains, the forests and the waterfalls of the Missouri River ( see Great Falls ) on the sun.

In the foreground are the visible used in agriculture and mining tools pickaxe, shovel and plow that demonstrate both the agricultural wealth and the natural resources of the state.

The band in the lower part contains the Spanish words " Oro y plata " ( German gold and silver), a reference to the history of gold and silver finds. The strip extends up to the outer ring. The outer ring contains the lettering the Great Seal of the State of Montana and a cross at the lowest point.

The theme is also found in the flag of Montana.

History

The design of a seal was given by the management of the Montana Territory in order. The seal should represent elements of nature as well as the economic potential of the territory.

The committee chose used pickaxe, shovel and plow for the economic potential.

Mountains, trees, buffalo and other animals in the countryside of Great Falls Falls of the Missouri River to symbolize the rich nature.

The motto of the territory of gold and silver should be added in Spanish. During the creation of the stamp and in the following years, several errors occurred, with several different designers were involved. The slogan was mistranslated and later had to Oro el Plata to Oro y Plata to be corrected.

Instead of the abundant buffalo and other animals a lone buffalo was mapped. 1876 ​​also disappeared from this buffalo seal. 1887, the shape of the mountains has been changed, the sky was cloudless, the trees grew and the orientation of the sun changed.

1889 Montana State and the seal was adopted. 1891, efforts were made to change the seal or to design a completely new seal. So should be added in different designs 41 star, Indians, buffalo, settlers with their car, a train, a coach, horses, sheep, herds, a miner, a mill, a school building, a river or an irrigated field. These efforts, however, were unsuccessful. The word state was instead related only instead territory. In the production of the seal but it came again to some unilateral changes by the engraver. He gave the mountains a new form, changed the course of the river and moved some trees.