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Big Hole National Battlefield

Submitted by siteadmin on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 17:45

Big 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 - 21:42

Bighorn 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 - 20:53

Fort 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 - 21:19

Glacier 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 - 17:47

Grant-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 - 17:47

Little 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 - 20:39

Nez 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

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Yellowstone National Park

Submitted by siteadmin on Sat, 02/07/2009 - 17:02

Yellowstone 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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