Montana
Big Hole National Battlefield
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 17:45Big Hole National Battlefield
P.O. Box 273
Wisdom, MT 59761
Phone: 406-689-3155
Pays tribute to the battle between the Nez Perce Indians and the 7th U.S. Infantry forces with civilian volunteers on August 9 and 10, 1877. Ninety Nez Perce men, women, and children and 31 soldiers lost their lives.
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 21:42Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 7458
Fort Smith, MT 59035-7458
Phone: 406-666-2412
Overview
Bighorn Lake extends 71 miles behind Yellowtail Dam on the Bighorn River. Archeological and historical resources complement the natural scene. About one third of the area is within the Crow Indian Reservation.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 20:53Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
15550 Highway 1804
Williston, ND 58801-8680
Phone: 701-572-9083
The principal fur-trading post of the American Fur Company on the Upper Missouri River, Fort Union served the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, and Blackfeet tribes.
Glacier National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 21:19Glacier National Park
P.O. Box 128
West Glacier, MT 59936-0128
Phone: 406-888-7800
Overview
With precipitous peaks ranging above 10,000 feet, this ruggedly beautiful land includes nearly 50 glaciers, numerous glacierfed lakes and streams, a wide variety of wildflowers, and wildlife including grizzly bears and gray wolves.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 17:47Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
266 Warren Lane
Deer Lodge,MT 59722-0790
Phone: 406-846-2070
This is the headquarters of a once wide-ranging 19th-century cattle empire. The site preserves the structures and artifacts associated with its operation and represents more than 125 years of ranching heritage. It is still a working cattle ranch.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 17:47Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
P.O. Box 39
Crow Agency, MT 59022-0039
Phone: 406-638-2621
This area memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. Here in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S.Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota,Arapaho, and Cheyenne warriors.
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 20:39Nez Perce National Historical Park
36063 U.S. Highway 95
Spalding, ID 83540-9715
Phone: 208-843-2261
The park's 38 sites, spreading across Idaho, Washington, and Montana, commemorate the Nez Perce. Six sites are owned and managed by the National Park Service at Spalding, Canoe Camp, Buffalo Eddy, East Kamiah, White Bird Battlefield, and Big Hole National Battlefield
Yellowstone National Park
Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 17:02Yellowstone National Park
P.O. Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190-0168
Phone: 307-344-7381
Old Faithful and some 10,000 other thermal features make this the Earth's greatest geyser area. Here, too, are lakes, waterfalls, high mountain meadows, wildlife, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone--all set apart in 1872 as the world's first national park.
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