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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C0A_fortunate-camp_Dillon-MT.html
This site was the pivotal point in the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The party camped here in August 1805. They cached their boats and aided by the influence of Sacajawea obtained horses from her people the Shoshone Indians
The Grea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C08_the-lewis-and-clark-expedition_Dillon-MT.html
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZM_bannack-historical-district_Dillon-MT.html
Bannack epitomizes the tough, primitive towns that sprang up with gold discoveries. Its story also illustrates a century of survival, through boom and bust periods associated with resource extraction and technological advances. On July 28, 1862, p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZJ_a-tribute-to-sidney-edgerton_Dillon-MT.html
Sidney Edgerton arrived at Bannack from Ohio in September 1863 to begin his appointment as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Idaho Territory. The massive territory encompassed Idaho, all of Montana, and the western half of Wyoming, with the ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZF_grasshopper-creek_Dillon-MT.html
In midsummer, 1862, John White and party discovered gold on this creek several miles down stream. The first major gold rush to what is now Montana resulted.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZD_the-first-electric-gold-dredge_Dillon-MT.html
Launched May 15, 1895, the remains of the F.L. Graves electric dredge boat now lies in Grasshopper Creek.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZ6_i-now-take-my-leave_Dillon-MT.html
On their return journey, the Corps of Discovery divided into two groups at Traveler's Rest, near present day Lolo, Montana. Captain William Clark and his party traveled through today's Big Hole Valley on their way to Camp Fortunate to recover thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BYY_a-soul-searching-birthday_Dillon-MT.html
Meriwether Lewis is hardly the only person ever to have found himself evaluating the meaning and purpose of his own life. But the words he wrote on the evening of August 18, 1805 - when camped about 35 miles southeast of where you stand now - have…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BYX_naturally-sustained-productivity_Dillon-MT.html
Ranching, anchored in the natural productivity of rangelands, is one of the main reasons so much or the landscape surrounding you still looks as it did centuries ago. The climate here is too harsh for farming, but native rangeland vegetation is ad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BYU_undaunted-stewardship_Dillon-MT.html
Undaunted Stewardship® is a statewide partnership involving 19 agricultural and conservation groups in Montana, managed and directed by Montana State University, the Montana Stockgrowers Association and the federal Bureau of Land Management. The …