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MAP OF MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:50:00 +0000

Wildlife viewing, hiking, Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Lake McDonald, Bird Woman Falls, Weeping Wall, Logan Pass, St. Mary Lake, Two Medicine, Marias Pass, Walton Goat Lick Overlook, Essex getting there: The fastest way to Glacier National Park from I-90 is the US 93 exit west of Missoula. Take US 93 north to Ravalli and continue through the Flathead Indian Reservation to Polson. US 93 continues around the west side of shimmering Flathead Lake. You can skirt the traffic through Kalispell by taking County Road 206 around the southeast end of town to the junction of US 2 west

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MONTANA TRAVEL GUIDE 2017

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:13:00 +0000

DOWNTOWN AUGUSTA, GATEWAY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT US 89 crosses nearly 40 miles of foothills scrubland, dipping and rising in and out of creek and river bottoms, before arriving in the Blackfeet capital of Browning (pop. 1,079). It can feel as if you’ve entered a foreign country, and in a sense you have, given that the tribes technically are sovereign. It’s also obvious that times are tough for the Blackfeet. But as they undergo a cultural rebirth of sorts, Browning is becoming more hospitable. One example: where the Rocky Mountain Front drive ends, with US 89 meeting US 2,

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Idaho Map

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 05:36:00 +0000

Of all the Indian tribes encountered by settlers of the frontier, none earned more respect and admiration than the Nez Perce of Idaho, eastern Oregon and Washington, and western Montana. They helped Lewis and Clark cross the Bitterroot Range during a bitter winter, perhaps saving the expedition. They were as receptive to the white man’s ways as any tribe. Many became Christians and changed their names to reflect their conversion. Yet their cooperative and peaceful ways didn’t prevent the Nez Perce from suffering the same shameful fate as the rest of their brethren in the late 1800s banishment to reservations

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Map of Philipsburg

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 03:59:00 +0000

PHILIPSBURG, A BRIGHTLY PAINTED OLD MINING TOWN, HAS GEM SHOPS, A FABULOUS CANDY STORE AND A BREWERY FROTHING WITH HISTORY From Georgetown Lake’s outlet, MT 1 dives precipitously into a canyon carved by Flint Creek as it plunges toward the Philipsburg Valley. A worthwhile side trip after emerging from the canyon is a drive up MT 38 to the Gem Mountain Sapphire Mine (406-859-6463/866-459-4367) about 12 miles west of the junction. For about $15 a bucket, you can wash gravel over a trough while looking for sapphires with a certainty you’ll find at least a dozen small gems and perhaps

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Travel to Cardwell

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 00:45:00 +0000

This is the heart of the Garnet, er, Ruby Valley, with Sheridan (pop. 659) as its peaceful hub on the Ruby River. From Sheridan, the valley broadens to accommodate the convergence of the Ruby, Beaverhead, and Big Hole rivers at Twin Bridges (pop. 381), where Lewis and Clark camped two centuries ago. Bicycle-friendly Twin Bridges, which bills itself as The Town That Cares, has a lot going on for a community with one blinking-light intersection. This is the home of the world-famous R.L. Winston Rod Co. (406-684-5674), which has produced coveted bamboo and graphite fly rods since the company moved

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DETAILED MAP OF MONTANA

editor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 21:31:00 +0000

3-7-77 Instilled Fear in Lawless Montanans Look closely and you’ll see the numbers 3-7-77 in some interesting places: on the shoulder patches of Montana Highway Patrol officers, on the jumpsuits of Montana Air National Guard pilots, and, most revealing, above the front entrance to the historic Robber’s Roost roadhouse outside Laurin. The origin of these numbers has always been a mystery, but in the late 1870s and early 1880s everyone in Montana’s gold country knew what they represented: vigilante justice. The numbers were a reference to an 1860s gang who hunted down thieving road agents and hanged them without trials.

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Visit to Montana

editor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:54:00 +0000

THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR CRAIG IS A FLY FISHERMAN’S PARADISE ON THE EDGE OF WILDERNESS The Rocky Mountain Front WOLF CREEK TO BROWNING Estimated length: 136 miles estimated time: 6 hours to 2 days Highlights: Milford Colony, Sun River Game Preserve, Old Trail Museum, Pine Butte Swamp Preserve, Teton Pass Ski Area, Miller Colony, Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, Egg Mountain, Museum of the Plains Indian, Scapegoat and Bob Marshall wilderness areas Getting there: From I-90, go north on I-15 out of Butte through Helena to the US 287 and exit 2 miles north of Wolf Creek. This is what Lewis

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MAP OF MONTANA WITH TOWNS

editor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:17:00 +0000

Harlowton/Big Timber/McLeod ESTIMATED LENGTH: 65 miles highlights: Crazy Mountain Museum, Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park, Natural Bridge and Falls, Melville Lutheran church, Judith Gap Wind Farm Getting there: This rural route bisects I-90 in Big Timber head north on US 191 to reach Harlowton and south on the Main Boulder Road (MT 298) to reach McLeod. The route starts in Big Timber (pop. 1,624), home of the Sheepherders and a site of a significant Chapter in Lewis and Clark history. Having split with Meriwether Lewis upon the duo’s return from the Pacific in 1806, William Clark camped at a

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Montana Map

editor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:26:00 +0000

A Montana Primer History, Geography, and Driving In our ethnocentric world, the calendar shows Montana’s birth date as November 8, 1889, when after 25 years as a territory the state was welcomed into the union by proclamation of President Benjamin Harrison. The truth, of course, is that the scenic, cultural, and spiritual wonders of Montana really began to take shape about 100 million years ago, when the Rocky Mountains were born and converted what had been shallow seas, swamps, and plains into the dramatic geography we see today. Anyone familiar with the fiery turbulence that lurks just beneath the earth’s

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MONTANA MAP WITH CITIES AND TOWNS

editor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:49:00 +0000

Columbus (pop. 1,990) sits in pretty pine and cottonwood bottoms along the Yellowstone River, a working-class town along the railroad and interstate dominated by a smelter and refinery. One stop to make is the free Museum of the Beartooths (406-322-4588, May-Sept.), which peeks into the region’s mining and homesteading history. Montana Silversmiths (800-634-4830) has been the manufacturing home of finely crafted jewelry for women, glossy western belt buckles for real and wannabe cowboys, and watches for forty years. As you leave Columbus on MT 78 and follow the Stillwater River toward the Beartooths, look for some of the region’s prettier

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