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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BJ0_an-ancient-cultural-landscape_Stevensville-MT.html
From time immemorial, the Bitterroot Valley has been a central part of the aboriginal territory of the Salish people. Although the tribe is now based on the Flathead Indian Reservation north of Missoula, the Bitterroot remains a place of great imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BI8_welcome-to-fort-owen_Stevensville-MT.html
In 1850, Major John Owen established this trading post on the original site of St. Mary's Mission. It was the first permanent white settlement in Montana, and welcomed Indian, trappers, gold seekers and settlers.
By the late 1860s, major travel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BI4_saint-marys-mission_Stevensville-MT.html
Established in 1841 by Pierre DeSmet, S.J., in response to requests for Black Robes by four separate delegations sent by Flathead and Nez Perce tribes to St. Louis. Fr. DeSmet and his party erected Montana's first church immediately west on the ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHY_denayer-house_Stevensville-MT.html
The DeNayer House is a fine example of transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival style architecture. The combination hipped and gabled roof and irregular floorplan are characteristic of the Queen Anne style while corner pilasters and clapboard sidi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHX_fort-owen-state-monument_Stevensville-MT.html
Fort Owen's log and adobe walls witnessed dramatic changes as the Bitterroot Valley emerged from remote wilderness to settled agricultural community. The Jesuit fathers who had established St. Mary's Mission nearby in 1841 closed their doors in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHV_removal-of-salish-from-bitterroot-valley-1855-1891_Stevensville-MT.html
In the Hellgate Treaty negotiations (1855), Xwetxxcln (Plenty Horses or chief Victor) and the Selíš people rebuffed efforts of US officials to get them to abandon the choice lands of their ancestral Bitterroot Valley. After Xwetxxcln died, settl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BH5_henry-buck-stevensville-trading-co_Stevensville-MT.html
The Henry Buck/Stevensville Trading Co. was constructed in response to the rapid influx of people putting down roots in the Bitterroot Valley during the homestead and apple boom eras.
Large general merchandise stores were in great demand at thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BH4_first-state-bank-building_Stevensville-MT.html
The First State Bank Building was built on the site of the first Ravalli County Courthouse.
It is a well-preserved example of the classical-revival commercial style of early 20th century architecture.
The First State Bank significantly contrib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BH3_porter-buck-building_Stevensville-MT.html
The Porter & Buck Building thrived as a grocery store until 1922.
Porter and Buck Brothers served the growing population settling in the Bitterroot Valley.
Beautiful glass tiles accent the transom and give it an artistic flair.
The tiles ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BH2_st-marys-mission-historic-district_Stevensville-MT.html
Jesuit priests and lay brothers founded St. Mary's Mission—the first mission in the Northwest—near this site in 1841. The Jesuits closed the mission in 1850, returning in 1866. For the next quarter century, they helped the Salish adapt…