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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B80_a-wonderful-piece-of-engineering-the-big-side-cut_Superior-MT.html
The Mullan Road is carved into the face of the mountains high above the Clark Fork River west of here. Lieutenant John Mullan tried to keep his wagon road as close to the river as possible. But when his work crews ran up against a mountain spur th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7W_the-natural-pier-bridge_Alberton-MT.html
This structure is an example of how engineers incorporated a natural feature into the design of a bridge. Designed by Montana Highway Department bridge engineers, the bridge is a standard riveted Warren through truss. The bridge is unusual in that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7V_glacial-lake-missoula_Alberton-MT.html
During the last ice age about 15,000 years ago, an enormous glacier pushed down from British Columbia and blocked the Clark Fork River in northern Idaho. The glacier functioned as an ice dam creating the largest glacial lake known to have existed,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7U_a-wonderful-piece-of-engineering-the-big-side-cut_Alberton-MT.html
The Mullan Road is carved into the face of the mountains high above the Clark Fork River west of here. Lieutenant John Mullan tried to keep his wagon road as close to the river as possible. But when his work crews ran up against a mountain spur th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B7T_flying-high-across-the-big-sky_Alberton-MT.html
"Great Spirit: teach us to walk soft upon the mother earth with all the creatures we live with ... Mitakuye oyasin! We are all related!" "Eagle Man" Ed McGaa, Oglala Lakota Sioux
The Bald Eagle is the magnificent emblem of the United States of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B73_join-the-voyage-of-discovery_Saltese-MT.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B72_a-lost-world_Saltese-MT.html
Imagine a world very different than we know today. About 1.5 billion years ago during the Precambrian Era, the earth's environment was desolate, with no trees, fish, animals or birds. Shallow seas with extensive near-shore flats were fed by stream…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B71_a-wonderful-piece-of-engineering-the-mullan-road_Saltese-MT.html
"Our work ... from the 16th of August to the 4th of December, 1859 consisted of cutting through this densely timbered section of one hundred miles, building small bridge were required, and grading thousands of places.... the work was heavy, and ..…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6Z_savenac-nursery-historic-district_Superior-MT.html
Creation of the National Forest Service in 1905 brought Elers Koch, one of the nation's first professional foresters, to inspect and evaluate the Forest Reserves of Montana and Wyoming. Appointed Forest Supervisor of the Bitterroot and Lolo Nation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6Y_superior-school_Superior-MT.html
Travelers along the Mullan Road and prosectors lured by the 1869 discovery of gold on Cedar Creek opened the way for settlement of this area. After the placer gold played out and other mining camps became ghost towns, the town of Superior continue…