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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUNG_mans-mark-on-the-land_Burlington-ID.html
If you stood on this spot with a railroad surveyor in 1906, you would have gazed across a lush patchwork forest of large trees. The super hot 1910 fires burned the valley below and for years afterward the area presented travelers with a bleak view…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUND_a-changing-landscape_Colby-ID.html
"Change is inevitable. Change is constant." Benjamin Disraeli
At the beginning of the 20th century, majestic western white pine, western larch and western red cedar, some over 400 years old, along with Douglas-fir and grand fir carpeted the Bit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUNB_wintering-roland_Avery-ID.html
Bitterroot winters are frigid and long-lasting, with the snow staying on the ridges and packed into the draws and gullies well into the spring.
Roland and East Portal can receive up to a foot of snow an hour during a big storm. The snowpack can…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUNA_the-route-of-the-hiawatha_Avery-ID.html
Looking for the Right Route
In 1905, the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began looking for a route for their western extension over the Bitterroot Mountains. After five and a half months, exploring 930 miles, the railroad chose a route over St. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUN9_beast-of-the-bitterroots_Avery-ID.html
It groaned,It growled,It Shrieked!
Turntable & Townsite
Roland, Idaho s started as a construction camp in 1906, housing men working on the west portion of the St. Paul Pass Tunnel. It evolved from a tent camp scattered along the right-of-way…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUN6_rough-tumble-camps_Saltese-ID.html
Primitive construction camps dotted the Bitterroot Mountains between 1906 and 1912.
Hardy colorful gangs of workers from around the globe called these bleak and often ugly temporary settlements home.
The hard work and disagreeable conditions…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEB_history-of-lookout-pass_Mullan-ID.html
Lookout Pass is one of the original U.S. Ski areas. The area was first utilized by local Scandinavians who hopped off Northern Pacific freight cars to enjoy a day of alpine skiing at the Pass. A rope tow was installed in 1936 through use of parts …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTV5_bear-river-massacre_Preston-ID.html
Very few Northwestern Shoshoni survived a battle here that turned into a massacre by Col. P.E. Connor's California Volunteers. In 1863, Conner and his force set out from salt Lake City on a cold January campaign in response to friction between the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTV2_franklin-relic-hall-1937_Franklin-ID.html
The log Relic Hall is a fine example of Depression Era rustic architecture. Completed in 1937, it also represents a successful early effort to preserve and interpret community history. The building was designed in 1935 by architect Chris Gunderson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTUY_fcmi-store-1858_Franklin-ID.html
This building is an example of the stone craftsmanship of the Mormon pioneers of southeastern Idaho. Built in 1868 of local stone cut with a rough , or rusticated, finish, the building demonstrates the gradual change in the late 19th century from …