Join the Voyage of Discovery

Join the Voyage of Discovery (HM2BKK)

Location: Sula, MT 59871 Ravalli County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 50.172', W 113° 58.764'

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Lewis and Clark in Montana

Wherever you are in Montana, you stand in the pathway of Lewis and Clark. Their 1804-1806 expedition was a grand adventure: to investigate the people and resources of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase and to seek a navigable passage across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. Like the French and Spanish who made similar voyages across North America, the Corps of Discovery brought back information that would change life in this land forever.


Nations in Transformation

The 19th century brought tumult to North America. Indian nations, recovering from five waves of smallpox, pushed west as Europeans raced to conquer more territories. Though others had explored, traded and trapped in the Northern Plains, Lewis and Clark were the first to come for military, scientific and economic development reasons. Their expedition defined agendas and relationships that people of the West are still sorting out - between different cultures, and between people and the lands.


Montana Legacy: many cultures, many landmarks


The Corps of Discovery included Indians, French, Euro-Americans, men of mixed European and Indian descent, one black, a woman and a baby. Indian people of many nations fed, guided and helped the Corps with few violent altercations. Montana



today is a land of many cultures, and its diversity is part of our region's identity.
In what we now call Montana, Lewis and Clark explored 1,900 miles of wilderness, catalogued 63 species of plants and animals new to science, and charted significant geographic features. Seven of these are National Historic Landmarks and Monuments: Pompeys Pillar, the Great Falls Portage, the Three Forks of the Missouri, Lemhi Pass, Lolo Pass, Traveller's Rest and the Upper Missouri Breaks.
There are still places in Montana where you may see the landscape, wildlife and native plants just as the Corps described in their journals: rich, raw and full of possibilities. You can also see evidence of cultural cooperation conflicts and collisions in values that have defined the West for two centuries.


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Discovery, for all travelers, is a deeply personal and universally human experience. In the larger sense, Montana is continually discovered, its cultures are always transforming, and each of us is explorer, witness and storyteller.
Montana welcomes you to make discoveries of your own in this rich landscape. Please respect private property, help preserve our public lands and abundant wildlife, and celebrate with us the mix of people who call Montana home.
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Placed ByMontana Department of Transportation
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Date Added Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 at 11:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 268621 N 5080165
Decimal Degrees45.83620000, -113.97940000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 50.172', W 113° 58.764'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 50' 10.32" N, 113° 58' 45.84" W
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Area Code(s)406
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 7024 US-93, Sula MT 59871, US
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