CCC Camp at St. Regis

One afternoon in July 1933, a heavy truck could not turn around on a narrow forest road; to solve the problem, several “husky lads put their shoulders to the truck and lifted the chassis and set it down again in ...

Cantonment Jordan

In June 1859, Captain John Mullan set out with 100 men. The United States government wanted a military road built through some of the wildest, untamed country in the West. Mullan led the effort to build a road connecting Walla ...

Camel's Hump Road

In 1864, a train of pack camels arrived in Montana along the Mullan Road and wagon trail. Local teamsters and animals disliked the strange beasts, which one hunter mistook for a deformed moose. The Camel’s Hump was not named for ...

Camel's Hump Lookout

Fourteen miles northwest of St. Regis, the 50-foot-tall Camel’s Hump Lookout tower looms over the Lolo National Forest. The original structure was built during the 1930s, replaced during the 1960s, and continues to be staffed each summer. More than 40,000 ...

Alberton Gorge

Alberton Gorge—known by some locals as the Scenic Gorge—is renowned for its whitewater rafting. This 11-mile stretch of the Clark Fork River boasts class III and class IV rapids, attracting an estimated 30,000 adventure seekers each year. Some of the ...

Alberton

Alberton, Montana, is a town shaped by transportation. Located in a Clark Fork River canyon, travelers through this part of the world have long passed between its steep mountainsides—whether by foot, trail, wagon, or interstate highway. It was the railroad, ...

The 1910 Fires-Mineral County

By August 1910, the Pacific Northwest had been burning for months. A severe drought had left the forests tinder-dry, and over 1,700 fires had scorched their way across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

On the night of August 20, high ...

Twentieth Century Mining-Mineral County

In December 1869, the miners struck gold at Cedar Creek and a stampede ensued. As early as 1875, four towns had been built and abandoned as miners exhausted the placer mining in the area and moved on to other claims. ...

Llao Rock

The great cliff of Llao Rock is composed of rhyodacite lava (PErh; 70.5%–72% SiO2) that was emplaced about 170,000–120,000 years ago. Llao Rock dominates the northwestern caldera wall and is in striking contrast to the underlying andesite flows. By contrast, ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- City of Potosí

In the 16th century, this area was regarded as the world’s largest industrial complex. The extraction of silver ore relied on a series of hydraulic mills. The site consists of the industrial monuments of the Cerro Rico, where water is ...