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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BCF_fort-missoula-post-hospital_Missoula-MT.html
The first hospital at Fort Missoula consisted of two tents and a shanty set up by the 3rd Infantry in 1877. The following year and L-shaped frame building with a capacity of 12 patients was completed. Dr. Robert Mills Whitefoot, a Civil War vetera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BC8_following-formation_Lolo-MT.html
As researchers worked to pin-point the location of the Travelers' Rest campsite, they had an unlikely ally — an 18th century Prussian Baron.
During the Revolutionary War, Baron William Frederick Von Steuben, at the request of George Washi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BC7_uncovering-the-expedition_Lolo-MT.html
For may years, the campsite known as Travelers' Rest was thought to be located at the confluence of today's Lolo Creek and the Bitterroot River (1 1/2 miles east of where you now stand). It wasn't until 1996 that members of the Travelers' Rest Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BC6_the-journey-home_Lolo-MT.html
"Capts. Lewis and Clark parted here with their parties & proceed on" Sergeant John Ordway, Thursday July 3, 1806
An often overlooked aspect of the Lewis and Clark Expedition is the decision to separate when they left Travelers' Rest on July 3…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BC5_fort-missoula_Missoula-MT.html
Fort Missoula, established in 1877 to provide military control over western Montana's Indian tribes and protect local settlers, was the only permanent military post west of the Continental Divide. There was little conflict, but the fort's non-comb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BC4_fort-missoula-montana_Missoula-MT.html
Established June 7 - 1877
By a Detachment of the Seventh Regiment U.S. Infantry during the Campaign against Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Indians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BBZ_travellers-rest_Lolo-MT.html
Bitter Root Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Missoula, Montana dedicate this marker to Captains Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea, their inspiration and guide, and the brave men of the Trans-Mississippi Expedition who encamped on Lo Lo Cre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BBY_a-crossroads-of-culture_Lolo-MT.html
Native Travelers at Tmsmli
You are standing at the heart of a well-used campsite and gathering place used by people for thousands of years. Traveling along time-worn trails from the four directions, families, hunters and explorers came to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BBX_pauses-and-parleys_Lolo-MT.html
About twenty miles west of here at Lolo Hot Springs, the Nez Perce heard that soldiers were coming, so they moved cautiously and set up camp four miles from here.
Three parleys (meetings) between Nez Perce, soldiers, and citizens were held over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BBW_outwitted-and-outflanked_Lolo-MT.html
One-half mile west of here, a steep, narrow ravine runs north from Lolo Creek, In the early morning of the fourth day of standoff, the Nez Perce ascended the ridge next to this ravine. Using skills acquired by life in the mountains and plateaus of…