Historic Montana by Highway Delves Into Pioneer Days
Montana roads guide travelers to a wealth of historic landmarks from Lewis and Clark routes to Custer battlefields. Billings, Beartooth region, and Helena host trails, forts, and Indian sites illuminating the state's 19th century frontier era along scenic national highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shining Mountains
Tawa
Yellowstone
Glacier National Parks
Bitter Root
Custer
Billings
Yellowstone Trail
Pompey
Lewis and Clark
Clark
Coulson
Bilngs
Boothill
Jane
Sturgis’ Battlefield
Pryor
Plenty Coos
Washington, D. C
Coburn
Signal Point
Miles City
Livingston
Old Fort Keogh
Old Fort Union
Glendive
Montana
North Dakota
Big Horn Country
Big Horn Canyon
Big Horn River
Hardin
Custer Battlefield
Big Horn Valley
Aye Peter de Smet
Sam Lisa
St. Xavier
Bozeman Trail
Hardinglefield Highway
Crow Agency
Crow Indian Reservation
Marshal Ferdinand
Crow Country
Custer Battlefield National
Helena
Old Crooked Face
Rosebud
General Gibbons
7Th Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Beartooth Absarokee
Granite Peak
Beartooth National Forest
Red Lodge
Livingstone
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
John M. Bozeman
Glacier
Three Forks
Lewis and Clark Cavern National Monument
Sakakawea
Big Hole
John Owen
Stevensville
Big Hole Battlefield National Monument
International Highway
Joseph
Beaverhead Rock
Twin Bridges
Dillon
Lemhi Pass
Virginia City
Alder Gulch
Bannack
Banff Grand Canyon
Last Chance Gulch
Old Fort Owen
Missoula
The
Montana Pioneer Society
George Bird Grinnel
Grinnel Peak
Henkel
Kalispell
Flathead River
McDonald
St. Mary’s Lake
Ashley Creek
Somers
Flathead Lake
Wild Horse Island
Great Falls
Y. G. Bee Line
Missouri
Lewis
Charlie Russell
Paris Gibson
Fort Benton
Fort McKenzie
Marias River
American Fur Company
Fort Union
Fort Reno
Fort Conner
Peculane
Daughters of the American Revolution
Incidents of Homesteading Life on Musselshell Basin
Mrs. Brewington recounts the 1880s Musselshell journey from Kansas to Montana and life on the Judith Basin ranches. She describes log cabins on the river, improvised floors from tents and buffalo hides, buffalo decline, Indian encounters, vigilante tensions over Campbell rustling, horse recovery, and stage-line work from Billings to Fort Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewington
Allison Brewington
Kansas
Montana
W. AW. Banfill
Musselshell
John T. Murphy
Musselshell Range
Ed London
Mr. Lamertine
Blackfeet
Jook
Windy’ Campbell
Campbell
Ner
Windy
Lafe Hensley
Mr. Brewington
Indian Territory
Mrs. Brewington
Small Daughter
Maiden
Fort Maginnis
Esler
John R. King
Yellowstone County
Sid Erwin
Billings
Judith Basin
Swimming Woman Creek
Granville Stuart
Stockmen’s Association
Walter Burke
Fort Benton
Johnnie Davis
Halbert
Antelope
Lavina
Rocky Springs
Ubet
Barrows
Geyser
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Darby
Gold Creek
Hellgate Canyon
Ravalli
Glacier Park
Montana's
St. Mary's Mission
Mullan
Benton
Coeur d'Alene
Dawn Mist