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Reed and Bowles Stockade Trading Post marker, 2015 112
24. REED AND BOWLES STOCKADE TRADING POST Lewistown GPS coordinates: 47.0800 | -109.4568 Commemorates Site Location Historic stockade and trading post on the Carroll Trail 2 miles north of Lewistown on Poor Farm Loop, a National Register of Historic Places site Installed September 17, 1940 Wording “Location and remnant of Reed and Bowles Stockade, Trading Post and Station on Carroll Trail 1875-1880. Dedicated by Julia Hancock Chapter, Daughters of Am. Rev. September 17, 1940.” HISTORY Currently (2019), this site is in the process of archaeologic study and a planned future reconstruction by the Central Montana Historical Society. 113
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MONTANA’S DAR MARKERS: HONORING W
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Dedication This book is a 200-page
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This book is organized by the area
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Preface At Montana State DAR’s 21
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Sponsoring DAR Chapters by Marker a
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TABLE II - MARKERS BY Y EAR INITIAL
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book has been
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Livingston Lolo Miles City Miles Ci
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1. LEWIS AND CLARK Y ELLOWSTONE RIV
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SOURCES • Historic monument recor
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2. WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL TREES Billi
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At the entrance to the drive is a b
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3. POMPEY’S PILLAR/CAPTAIN CLARK
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In 1882, the Northern Pacific Railw
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May 25, 1928, Billings Gazette news
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4. FORT ELLIS Near Bozeman GPS coor
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Augustus Van Horn Ellis of the 124
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5. LINDLEY PARK Bozeman GPS coordin
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Can you identify this DAR marker ce
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6. FOUNDER’S HOUSE Butte GPS coor
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It was on a snowy Saturday, October
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7. PAY GOLD 10 miles west of Butte
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“Pay gold was discovered in Silve
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August 25, 1931, Montana Standard n
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8. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS ME
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The chapter abandoned the fountain
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9. DILLON’S FOUNDING Dillon GPS c
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Historic photo of the two-story woo
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10. PATHFINDER TRIBUTE Dillon GPS c
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the Montana State Normal College, a
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11. HISTORIC BANNACK 25 miles south
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“Grasshopper Diggins.” Many fol
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Dedication of DAR historical marker
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12. SACAJAWEA MEMORIAL- ARMSTEAD 20
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present.” The senator arrived via
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The Butte Miner newspaper, November
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13. SOUTHERN GATEWAY 8 miles south
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Copper Mining Company, installed in
Page 79 and 80: 1935 dedication program for Souther
Page 81 and 82: 14. OLD FORT BENTON BLOCKHOUSE Fort
Page 83 and 84: American Fur Company's agent at For
Page 85 and 86: In May 1908, as part of its efforts
Page 87 and 88: • American Monthly Magazine (DAR)
Page 89 and 90: 15. OLD FORT PECK Near town of Fort
Page 91 and 92: July 14, 1879, due to river erosion
Page 93 and 94: 16. MONTANA REAL DAUGHTER ORPHA ZIL
Page 95 and 96: 92. Her mother, Elizabeth Ford Park
Page 97 and 98: Orpha Zilpha Parke Bovee grave site
Page 99 and 100: 17. GIANT SPRINGS Six miles northea
Page 101 and 102: This springs, originally called a f
Page 103 and 104: 18. VETERANS MEMORIAL TREE Great Fa
Page 105 and 106: Old postmarks—Fort Custer 1895 (a
Page 107 and 108: 19. FORT CUSTER Hardin GPS coordina
Page 109 and 110: By the time the fort was establishe
Page 111 and 112: 20. ROSEBUD BATTLEFIELD 40 miles so
Page 113 and 114: Woman, who rescued her brother, Chi
Page 115 and 116: 21. BEAR PAW BATTLEFIELD 16 miles s
Page 117 and 118: The west-facing tablet tells that t
Page 119 and 120: • The Montana Standard newspaper,
Page 121 and 122: 22. FORT ASSINNIBOINE 6 miles south
Page 123 and 124: Over its 32 years as a military pos
Page 125 and 126: 23. GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS North of
Page 127 and 128: Captain Clark never saw the Gates o
Page 129: State Historian David Hilger, Gover
Page 133 and 134: In the summers of 1874 and 1875, lo
Page 135 and 136: Reed and Bowles Stockade and Tradin
Page 137 and 138: 25. REED’S FORT POST OFFICE Lewis
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Page 141 and 142: Article in Great Falls Tribune, Sep
Page 143 and 144: 26. TEIGEN SCHOOL Lewistown GPS coo
Page 145 and 146: Daughters of the American Revolutio
Page 147 and 148: 27. FIRST LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL MAR
Page 149 and 150: The 1908 dedication of this monumen
Page 151 and 152: 28. TRAVELERS’ REST Lolo GPS coor
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Page 155 and 156: National Register of Historic Place
Page 157 and 158: 29. BOOT HILL CEMETERY Powderville,
Page 159 and 160: Dedication of DAR historical marker
Page 161 and 162: 30. FORT KEOGH OFFICER QUARTERS Mil
Page 163 and 164: Powder River Chapter whose members
Page 165 and 166: 31. MONTANA REAL DAUGHTER CAROLINE
Page 167 and 168: Spokane with a grandchild. She then
Page 169 and 170: Laura Tolman Scott article in The D
Page 171 and 172: 32. SACAJAWEA MEMORIAL- THREE FORKS
Page 173 and 174: On the day of the 1914 dedication,
Page 175 and 176: • The Dillon Examiner newspaper,
Page 177 and 178: 33. FORT LOGAN BLOCKHOUSE Northwest
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• Historical Sites Preserved and
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34. LOST DAR MARKERS As might be ex
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As the Lewis and Clark Expedition c
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ended in December 1975 when the 30-
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• MSSDAR 1982-1984 Pictorial Supp
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to navigate. On August 17, 1805, th
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egent, the chapter placed numerous
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(Gov. Sidney Edgerton), the first s
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HISTORY This was Mount Hyalite Chap
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35. OTHER DAR COMMEMORATIONS Some o
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… stepped into the lot in front o
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Since the spade has been put on pub
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Sacajawea Recreation Area, Lemhi Pa
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wildflower admirer and collector. (
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George Washington Bicentennial DAR
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HISTORY The dedication of a bronze
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We thank Thee, Lord, for this far-s
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The tree chosen for the site was a
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Index 10 th U.S. Cavalry, 105 11 th
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Custer, General George Armstrong, 1
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Long, Mrs. E.A., 120 Love, Mrs. R.V
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Smith, Rev. Edward, 53 Sons of the
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