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Travelers Rest
When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came to the easter...
National Historic Landmark - Lolo Trail
The Lolo Trail across the Rocky Mountains between Idaho an...
Hat Rock
On October 19, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition's firs...
Devils Tower
Topped by a three hundred and fifty foot circular, vertica...
Dumas Brothel
The Dumas Brothel, located at 45 E. Mercury Street in Butt...
Berkeley Pit
The Berkeley Pit is a terminal sink, the remains of an Ana...
Arrow Rock, Missouri
The town of Arrow Rock took its name from a ninety feet hi...
Missouri Headwaters State Park: Three Forks
As the Corps of the Discovery continued up the Missouri Ri...
Spirit Mound
On August 24, 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition came in...
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Home to the graves of famous Western figures such as Wild ...
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Travelers Rest
When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came to the eastern edge of the Bitterroot Mountains in present-day Montana, they walked in the footsteps laid down over thousands of years by countless individuals. Geographic realities defined travel routes in the pre-modern ...
National Historic Landmark - Lolo Trail
The Lolo Trail across the Rocky Mountains between Idaho and Montana provided the setting for the most difficult travels of the Corps of Discovery. After camping and resting for two days at Traveler's Rest, Lewis and Clark began their journey ...
Hat Rock
On October 19, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition's first leg of their canoe voyage down the Columbia River on the western side of the Rocky Mountains took them “S.W. 14 miles to a rock... resembling a hat.” Such a ...
Devils Tower
Topped by a three hundred and fifty foot circular, vertical cliff and peaking 12,000 feet above the Bella Forche River in the Black Hills of Wyoming, Devils Tower rose out of the surrounding plains only fifty to sixty million years ...
Dumas Brothel
The Dumas Brothel, located at 45 E. Mercury Street in Butte, Montana, claims to be “America’s longest running house of prostitution.” In 1890, when the brothel first opened, Butte was a mining town, and several “parlor houses” and brothels lined ...
Berkeley Pit
The Berkeley Pit is a terminal sink, the remains of an Anaconda Company open pit copper mine that ceased operations in 1982. The pit began as a silver mine in 1880. Its Irish immigrant owner Marcus Daly soon discovered copper ...
Arrow Rock, Missouri
The town of Arrow Rock took its name from a ninety feet high bluff overlooking the Missouri River. The site was a stop on a Native American trading trail, and Indians made weapons from the bluff’s flint for twelve thousand ...
Missouri Headwaters State Park: Three Forks
As the Corps of the Discovery continued up the Missouri River in July 1805, Sacajawea, the Lemhi Shoshone Indian who accompanied the expedition, began recognizing her people’s territory. Eager to meet the Shoshone, William Clark and four men separated from ...
Spirit Mound
On August 24, 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition came into view of a cast plain where a huge hill lay before them. The local Indians called the hill they were viewing “Spirit Mound.” The hill got its name through ...
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Home to the graves of famous Western figures such as Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, and Sherriff Seth Bullock, Mount Moriah Cemetery is located in the nineteenth-century gold mining town of Deadwood, South Dakota. Prior to Mount Moriah’s establishment in ...
