Historic Sites

1. Alberta Bair Theater

Billings, Billings Area

Located in the heart of Downtown Billings is the Alberta Bair Theater that is home to the Billings Community Concert Association and the Billings Symphony. More Info

2. Billings Tour

Billings, Billings Area

Since the American West’s early days, Billings has hosted a cast of famous figures: Custer, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, Crazy Horse, Lewis & Clark and others. More Info

3. Bannack State Park Campground

Bannack, Butte Area

Bannack was the site of the state’s first big gold strike in 1862 and the birthplace of Montana’s government. Gold was discovered in Grasshopper Creek on July 28, 1862. This strike set off a massive gold rush that swelled Bannack. More Info

4. Bearcreek

Washoe, Red Lodge Area

Platted in 1905 by George Lamport and Robert Leavens, Bearcreek was the center of an extensive underground coal mining district. More Info

5. Big Horn County Historical Museum & Visitors Center

Hardin, Billings Area

The Museum complex consisting of twenty permanent buildings and represents the area's past. More Info

6. Troy Museum & Visitor's Center Troy

Troy, Northwest Montana

This volunteer-run museum features all Troy-related historical items. More Info

7. Battle At Canyon Creek

Laurel, Red Lodge Area

In 1877, just after The Battle at the Big Hole, the Nez Perce, led by Chief Joseph, started heading towards Yellowstone National Park in hopes of fleeing to Canada. More Info

8. Adobetown

Virginia City, Butte Area

Placer riches in Alder Gulch spawned many colorful communities. Among them, Adobetown flourished briefly as the center of mining activity in 1864. In that year alone, miners extracted over $350,000 in gold from nearby streams. More Info

9. Carter County Museum

Ekalaka, Southeast Montana

Features dinosaur fossil remains dating back 65 million years ago when many dinosaurs roamed this area. Among the paleontological finds housed within the museum is a mounted skeleton of an Anatotitan Copei, one of three known skeletons found. More Info

10. Atlantic Cable Quartz Lode Historic Marker

Anaconda, Butte Area

Location: West of Anaconda This mining property was located June 15, 1867, the name commemorating the laying of the second transatlantic cable. More Info

11. Sacrifice Cliff

Billings, Billings Area

Sacrifice Cliff is unmarked but is located south of the Yellowstone River, opposite Boothill Cemetery. More Info

12. Bannack Historical Marker

Dillon, Butte Area

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, westward bound, passed here in August 1805. The old mining camp of Bannack is on Grasshopper Creek about twenty miles west of here. More Info

13. Beaverhead Rock

Dillon, Butte Area

On August 10, 1805, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition pushed their way up the Jefferson River’s tributaries toward the Continental Divide and the Pacific Ocean beyond. More Info

14. Badrock Canyon

Flathead Area

The Great Northern Railway was constructed through Badrock Canyon in 1891. More Info

15. Bear Paw Battlefield

Chinook, Havre Area

In the summer of 1877, five bands of Nez Perce, including some Palouse allies, began a 1,300-mile journey from northeastern Oregon and central Idaho through Montana Territory. More Info

16. Boulder Hot Springs Historical Marker

Boulder, Helena Area

For centuries Native Americans have been coming to these pure, flowing hot water springs for rest and healing. More Info

17. Copper Village Museum & Art Center

Anaconda, Butte Area

A dream of copper magnate Marcus Daly was to make Anaconda the state capital. For that reason, he spared no expense in making Anaconda’s buildings spectacular. More Info

18. Cheyenne Indian Museum

Ashland, Southeast Montana

The Cheyenne Indian Museum features artifacts and the history of the Plains Indians. A documentary film on the Saint Labre school is featured. More Info

19. Anaconda Historical Marker

Anaconda, Butte Area

Location: East edge of Anaconda Selected by Marcus Daly as a smelter site in 1883 because of an abundant supply of good water, Anaconda was the home of the Washoe Smelter of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company until 1980. More Info

20. Belt Jail

Belt, Great Falls Area

Lewis and Clark or early trappers named nearby Belt Butte for its girdle or rocks. More Info

21. Cathedral of Saint Helena

Helena, Helena Area

A must-see Helena landmark, this magnificent cathedral was modeled after the Vienna Votive Church and the German Cologne Cathedral. A must-see Helena landmark, this magnificent cathedral was modeled after the Vienna Votive Church and the German.... More Info

22. A Permanent and Substantial Road

Bigfork, Flathead Area

In the early 20th century many roads in Montana were constructed by convicts from the state prison in Deer Lodge. More Info

23. A Montana Crossroads Historical Marker

Loma, Havre Area

The Missouri River once flowed northeasterly through this valley to Hudson Bay. More Info

24. Captain Meriwether Lewis

Dupuyer, Great Falls Area

Captain Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, accompanied by three of his men, explored this portion of the country upon their return trip from the coast. More Info

25. Bozeman Pass

Livingston, Livingston Area

Sacajawea, the Shoshone woman who guided portions of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, led Captain Wm. Clark and his party of ten men over an old buffalo road through this pass on July 15, 1806. More Info

26. Peter Yegen Jr. Yellowstone County Museum

Billings, Billings Area

The Museum incorporates an 1893 log cabin built by Paul McCormick, Sr., a pioneer Montana cattleman. More Info

27. Little Bighorn Battlefield

Crow Agency, Billings Area

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their ancestral way of life. More Info

28. Blackfeet and Buffalo

Choteau, Great Falls Area

In the days of the fur traders and trappers immediately following the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-06) all of this country bordering the Rocky Mountains was buffalo range and the hunting grounds. More Info

29. Chief Plenty Coups Statue Marker

Red Lodge, Red Lodge Area

Crow country once ranged from Three Forks to the Black Hills, from the Musselshell to the Big Horn Mountains. More Info

30. Black Eagle Falls

Great Falls, Great Falls Area

The uppermost of the Great Falls of the Missouri bears west of this point. More Info

31. Basin Trading Post

Stanford, Central Montana

The famous White Wolf is on display at this historic stop in downtown Stanford. More Info

32. Bear Mouth Historical Marker

Drummond, Southwest Montana

Location: West of Drummond Bear Mouth, across the river to the south, was a trading point for the placer camps at Beartown, Garnet, and Coloma located in the hills north of here. More Info

33. Camp Disappointment

Browning, Great Falls Area

The monument on the hill above was erected by the Great Northern Railway in 1925 to commemorate the farthest point north reached by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-06. More Info

34. Browne's Bridge

Apex, Butte Area

Browne’s Bridge was constructed as a toll bridge by Fred Burr and James Minesinger in late 1862 and early 1863. More Info

35. Captain Wm. Clark

Greycliff, Livingston Area

You are now following the historic trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. On his return from the Pacific in July 1806, Captain Clark camped for six days about forty miles downstream, near Park City. More Info

36. Frontier Gateway Museum

Glendive, Southeast Montana

The museum is historical and chronological in content. Displays range from prehistoric times to the 20th century. More Info

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37. Custer's Last Stand Reenactment

Crow Agency, Billings Area

Watch history come alive! Feel the whirlwinds of epic forces clashing on the high plains of Montana. Relive history as warriors of the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho fight the Seventh Cavalry at Custer’s Last Stand Reenactment. More Info

38. The Bozeman Cemetery

Bozeman, Bozeman Area

There are few plots of land n Montana that have as much history buried in them as the Bozeman Cemetery. More Info

39. South Willson Historic District

Bozeman, Bozeman Area

The drive on Willson St. from the downtown area of Bozeman south takes you through a residential district featuring houses that range from large mansions to small cottages, all preserved and maintained in the style they were originally constructed. More Info

40. St. Ignatius Mission Church

Saint Ignatius, Missoula Area

Much of the earliest history of the settlement of Montana started here. More Info

41. Fort Keogh

Miles City, Southeast Montana

This was, at one time, the largest army post in Montana. It served from 1877-1908 as a major post at the close of the Indian wars. More Info

42. Pictograph Cave State Park

Billings, Billings Area

Pictograph Cave State Park is a truly unique glimpse into the past and a dreamland for archaeologists. More Info

43. Butte Historical Marker

Butte, Butte Area

The “greatest mining camp on earth” built on “the richest hill in the world.” More Info

44. O'Fallon Historical Museum

Baker, Southeast Montana

This five-building museum features the old jailhouse, two homestead houses, antique cars, homestead antiques, dinosaur bones, and much more. More Info

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45. Fort C.F. Smith

Saint Xavier, Billings Area

The ruins of this military post are about 25 miles west of here. In August 1866, two companies of soldiers guided by Jim Bridger established the fort on a plain overlooking the Big Horn. More Info

46. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

Crow Agency, Billings Area

This national monument, commemorates the Battle of the Little Bighorn. More Info

47. Fort Maginnis Historical Marker

Lewistown, Central Montana

Fort Maginnis, the last army post created in Montana, was built about 8 miles north of here in 1880. More Info

48. Conrad Mansion

Kalispell, Flathead Area

The Conrad Mansion is one of the most outstanding examples of luxurious living and period architecture in the Pacific Northwest. More Info

49. Montana State Capital

Helena, Helena Area

Situated against a backdrop of the hills of Helena, the Montana State Capital commands a panoramic view of the Helena Valley. More Info

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50. Junction of the Hell Gate & Big Blackfoot Rivers

Bonner-West Riverside, Missoula Area

An important Indian road came east through the Hell Gate and turned up the Big Blackfoot. More Info

51. Montana City Old Town

Libby, Northwest Montana

Revisit Libby’s history by visiting Montana City Old Town. More Info

52. Soldier’s Chapel

Gallatin Gateway, Big Sky/Yellowstone Area

A Historical Chapel in Big Sky, Montana. The Soldier's Chapel structure was built in 1955 as a World War II memorial. More Info

53. Rosebud Battlefield State Park

Busby, Billings Area

On June 17, 1876, 1300 soldiers, scouts, and miners were met in battle by an equal number of Sioux and Cheyenne. More Info

54. Elling Bank

Virginia City, Butte Area

Bankers Nowland and Weary set up business in this brick-veneered building, one of the town’s oldest stone structures, in 1864. More Info

55. Jefferson Valley

Twin Bridges, Butte Area

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, westward bound, came up the Jefferson River in August 1805. More Info

56. Continental Divide Elevation 6325 Historical Marker

Helena, Helena Area

MacDonald Pass joins two other Continental Divide crossings as vital links between east and west in Montana. More Info

57. Virginia City

Virginia City, Butte Area

All of Montana has the deepest pride and affection for Virginia City. No more colorful pioneer mining camp ever existed. More Info

58. Chet Huntley Schoolhouse

Saco, Havre Area

This schoolhouse is preserved as the typical country school it was when the nationally-known newscaster, Chet Huntley, attended. More Info

59. Madison Hotel - Historical Marker

West Yellowstone, Big Sky/Yellowstone Area

The Forest Service granted Jess Pierman a special-use permit to build a hotel and restaurant here in 1910. More Info

60. Fort Peck Theatre

Fort Peck, Northeast Montana

The small town of Fort Peck nestled alongside the Fort Peck Dam is the last place you’d expect to find a summer stock theater. More Info

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61. Hurry Honyocker Hurry! Historical Marker

Havre, Havre Area

Honyocker, scissorbill, nester … He was the Joad of a quarter-century ago, swarming into hostile land; duped when he started, robbed when he arrived. More Info

62. Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture

Huntley, Billings Area

This is a great stop for visitors interested in agriculture and irrigation. More Info

63. Father De Smet

Whitehall, Butte Area

The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed here, westward bound, August 2, 1805. Captain Lewis named the Boulder River “Fields Creek” for one of the party. More Info

64. Lewis & Clark Expedition

Whitehall, Butte Area

On August 1, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped at a point 200 yards west from this spot, on the south bank of the river facing the mouth of the creek which flows into the river from the north. More Info

65. Fort Chardon Historical Marker

Big Sandy, Havre Area

Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed through this area (1805) on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean, and the landscape here remains much as they described it. More Info

66. Old Jail Museum

Thompson Falls, Northwest Montana

This two-story Italianate style jail was built in 1907 at a cost of $5,000. More Info

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67. Nevada City

Nevada City, Butte Area

A ghost town now, but once one of the hell roarin’ mining camps that lined Alder Gulch in the 1860s. More Info

68. Fort Peck Indian Reservation Historical Marker

Poplar, Northeast Montana

Fort Peck Indian Reservation is the home of two tribes, whose forefathers were living in this vicinity when Lewis and Clark came up the Missouri. More Info

69. The Mother Lode Theater

Butte, Butte Area

This beautiful building is located in Butte’s historic district and is a showplace for the performing arts. More Info

70. Metropolitan Meat Market

Virginia City, Butte Area

George Gohn was one of the first to arrive at Alder Gulch in 1863 where he and Conrad Kohrs set up a meat market in a log cabin. More Info

71. Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

Great Falls, Great Falls Area

It is part of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition. More Info

72. First Discovery of Gold in Montana Historical Marker

Gold Creek, Southwest Montana

Location: East of Gold Creek Opposite this point, a creek flows into the Clark Fork River from the west. In 1852, a French halfbreed, Francois Finlay, commonly known as “Benetsee,” prospected the creek for placer gold. More Info

73. Granite Mountain Memorial

Butte, Butte Area

168 men lost their lives in the tragic “Spec fire” disaster on June 8, 1917. More Info

74. Cooke City

Cooke City-Silver Gate, Big Sky/Yellowstone Area

In 1868 a party of prospectors came into this country by way of Soda Butte Creek. They found rich float but were set afoot by Indians. More Info

75. Lennep Mercantile Historical Marker

Lennep, Central Montana

Built in 1914 by M. T. Grande, this building housed a grocery store with a small supply of dry goods. More Info

76. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Depot

Great Falls, Great Falls Area

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway was constructed between 1907 and 1909, the last transcontinental railroad to cross Montana. More Info

77. Fort Fizzle Historic Site and Picnic Area

Lolo, Southwest Montana

To block the Nez Perce from entering Montana, Captain Rawn, 7th Infantry, with thirty enlisted men and four officers from nearby Fort Missoula, entrenched themselves behind log breastworks in a small opening along the Lolo Creek drainage. More Info

78. Emigrant Gulch

Emigrant, Livingston Area

A party of emigrants who had traveled with a wagon train across the Plains via the Bozeman or Bonanza Trail arrived in this gulch August 28, 1864. More Info

79. Pfouts & Russel (Rank's Drug-Old Masonic Temple)

Virginia City, Butte Area

Paris Pfouts, Vigilante president, and Virginia City’s first mayor was instrumental in laying out the town. More Info

80. Fort Union Trading Post

Bainville, Northeast Montana

John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company built Fort Union in 1829 near the junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in what is now North Dakota. More Info

81. The Ruby Valley

Alder, Butte Area

The Ruby River was called the Passamari by the Indians and became known as the Stinking Water to the whites in the pioneer days. More Info

82. Symes Hot Springs Hotel & Mineral Baths

Hot Springs, Northwest Montana

Built in 1928, the historic Symes Hot Springs Hotel is one of many privately owned hot springs in Montana. More Info

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83. Ingomar Public School Historical Marker

Ingomar, Central Montana

As hundreds of farmers and ranchers homesteaded the arid, treeless plains of northwestern Rosebud County, the townsite of Ingomar was platted along the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in 1912. More Info

84. Lewis & Clark Portage Route

Great Falls, Great Falls Area

To avoid the series of waterfalls along the Missouri River north of this point, the Expedition portaged their canoes and several tons of baggage, crossing the highway right here. More Info

85. Red Lodge

Red Lodge, Red Lodge Area

Coal was discovered in the Rock Creek Valley nearly two decades before Red Lodge was established as a mail stop on the Meteetsee Trail in 1884. More Info

86. Robbers' Roost

Sheridan, Butte Area

In 1863, Pete Daly built a roadhouse on the stage route between Virginia City and Bannack to provide entertainment for, man and beast. More Info

87. Sun River

Augusta, Great Falls Area

The Sun River was called the Medicine River by the Indians in the days of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (18O4-06). More Info

88. First Methodist Episcopal Church of Chester

Chester, Havre Area

The first two decades of the twentieth century saw railroad promotion and homestead settling along Montana’s Hi-Line. Chester was one of the first communities to spring up along the new Great Northern Railway Line in the 1890s. More Info

89. The Montana-Utah Road

Dell, Butte Area

Interstate 15 is the latest in a series of roads that have traversed this area since prehistory. Although used for generations by Native Americans, the first recorded use of this route was by the Lewis and Clark Expedition on August 10, 1805. More Info

90. Havre Beneath the Streets

Havre, Havre Area

Probably one of the most popular attractions in northcentral Montana is the historical tour through Havre’s underground. More Info

91. Dinosaurs Historical Marker

Jordan, Northeast Montana

Difficult to believe now, but 80 million years ago the middle of our continent was a shallow sea. More Info

92. Hockaday Museum of Art

Kalispell, Flathead Area

The major visual art museum in northwest Montana is located in Kalispell’s Carnegie Library building minutes from Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake, and other area attractions. More Info

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93. Powder River Historical Museum and Mac's Museum

Broadus, Southeast Montana

The rich history of the area is captured in the Powder River Historical Museum. More Info

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94. Liquid Gold Historical Marker

Vandalia, Northeast Montana

Water is the lifeblood of Montana. During the state’s early settlement, the rivers provided transportation and trading routes; later they sustained the livestock and crops of ranchers and homesteaders More Info

95. Mondak Heritage Center

Sidney, Northeast Montana

This is a history museum and a regional art center. It includes an extensive historical library. A wide, curving staircase delivers you to a complete “town” that has been re-created and furnished down to the last detail with artifacts. More Info

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96. Flathead Reservation

Ravalli, Missoula Area

The Native Americans on this reservation belong to the Salish, Kalispel, Spokane, Kootenai and Pend d’Oreille tribes. More Info

97. J.A. Bookman General Store Historical Marker

Ingomar, Central Montana

J. Abraham “Abe” Bookman came from Ireland with his wife, Anna, and brother-in-law, Simon Sigman. More Info

98. Marcus Daly Mansion

Hamilton, Southwest Montana

Marcus Daly, an Irish immigrant, made his fortune in the mines of Butte and founded the Anaconda Mining Company. One of Montana’s colorful “Copper Kings” he established the towns of Anaconda, with his smelter, and Hamilton, with his lumber industry. More Info

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