Because a place this beautiful you have known has always drawn people who wanted to take from it without ever giving back. And in every generation, this state has had ordinary people here stand up and fight back. It was Montana took on the railroads that carved up the state. It was Montana that fought mining companies that poisoned your rivers. And it was Montana that had the courage to hold the United States government accountable for the harm it caused our Native American brothers and sisters and the land that it took from them. (17:07–17:12)
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Asserts that Montana historically opposed railroad expansion that divided the state.
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