Montana's DAR Markers . . . Honoring Where History Was Made

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HISTORY Memorial Drive was dedicated May 19, 1927, to honor 52 soldiers and a nurse from Yellowstone County who sacrificed their lives in World War I. The Shining Mountain Chapter, NSDAR and various Billings patriotic and service clubs gathered at Pioneer Park for the ceremony. The DAR plaque was installed on the right hand pier of a stone gateway built at the Grand Avenue entrance. The gateway wall was built by Mr. A. Jacobucci. Originally, an elm tree was planted for each individual, and at the base of each was a sloping concrete block 10 inches square, into which was embedded a bronze disc decorated with laurel leaves and inscribed with the full name and death of each soldier and the nurse. DAR member Mrs. F.W. Adams, who was responsible for the original idea of the Avenue of Memorial Trees, chaired the chapter’s memorial committee working with Mrs. A.J. McIntyre, Mrs. J.G. Sherman, Mrs. Frank Woods, and Mrs. Harry Allen. After the Billings Boy’s Band played the “Star-Spangled Banner,” the occasion was made solemn by the requiem “Taps.” Reverend Weaver, a Sons of the American Revolution member, delivered the invocation. Chapter Regent Mrs. H.E. Reckard and Vice Regent Gertrude Crippen unveiled the boulder and presented the memorial to the city. Mrs. Reckard said, “We have used the tree as a living symbol that the influence of their deeds will grow and spread as the branches flourish.” The lane of trees was located on the east side of Senior High School in Billings. Unfortunately, Dutch elm disease wiped out the trees. The individual markers were removed and stored and there has not yet been found a suitable permanent home for them. 6
At the entrance to the drive is a bronze tablet embedded in stone. Close-by, also located near the bronze tablet, is a small structure with a red marble rooftop. The top is inscribed with the names of those honored by the bronze markers originally placed at the foot of each memorial tree. A granite plaque was placed on the small structure during the 1986 rededication. It reads: “Shining Mountain Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1927 – Rededicated – 1986.” The chapter raised $3,000 for the monument. SOURCES • Historic monument records, Office of the Historian General, Washington D.C. • Record of Tablets and Markers Placed by Montana DAR 1908-1947, by Mrs. Fred E. May • State Centennial History, MSSDAR, by Iris McKinney Gray, Vol. V 1894- 1994 • Historical Sites Preserved and Markers Erected by MSSDAR and Its Chapters 1899-1977, by Mrs. R.V. Love and Mrs. E.E. Bruno • MSSDAR 1982-1984 Pictorial Supplement to Historic Events of 1894-1977, by Mrs. R.V. Love, Mrs. Sidney Groff and Miss Lorene Burks • DAR American Revolution Magazine archives, August 1928, pps. 494-495 • The Billings Gazette newspaper, “Memorial Monument,” May 27, 1986, pg. 12 7
Page 1 and 2: MONTANA’S DAR MARKERS: HONORING W
Page 3 and 4: Dedication This book is a 200-page
Page 5 and 6: This book is organized by the area
Page 7 and 8: Preface At Montana State DAR’s 21
Page 9 and 10: Sponsoring DAR Chapters by Marker a
Page 11 and 12: TABLE II - MARKERS BY Y EAR INITIAL
Page 13 and 14: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book has been
Page 15 and 16: Livingston Lolo Miles City Miles Ci
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Page 19 and 20: 1. LEWIS AND CLARK Y ELLOWSTONE RIV
Page 21 and 22: SOURCES • Historic monument recor
Page 23: 2. WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL TREES Billi
Page 27 and 28: 3. POMPEY’S PILLAR/CAPTAIN CLARK
Page 29 and 30: In 1882, the Northern Pacific Railw
Page 31 and 32: May 25, 1928, Billings Gazette news
Page 33 and 34: 4. FORT ELLIS Near Bozeman GPS coor
Page 35 and 36: Augustus Van Horn Ellis of the 124
Page 37 and 38: 5. LINDLEY PARK Bozeman GPS coordin
Page 39 and 40: Can you identify this DAR marker ce
Page 41 and 42: 6. FOUNDER’S HOUSE Butte GPS coor
Page 43 and 44: It was on a snowy Saturday, October
Page 45 and 46: 7. PAY GOLD 10 miles west of Butte
Page 47 and 48: “Pay gold was discovered in Silve
Page 49 and 50: August 25, 1931, Montana Standard n
Page 51 and 52: 8. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS ME
Page 53 and 54: The chapter abandoned the fountain
Page 55 and 56: 9. DILLON’S FOUNDING Dillon GPS c
Page 57 and 58: Historic photo of the two-story woo
Page 59 and 60: 10. PATHFINDER TRIBUTE Dillon GPS c
Page 61 and 62: the Montana State Normal College, a
Page 63 and 64: 11. HISTORIC BANNACK 25 miles south
Page 65 and 66: “Grasshopper Diggins.” Many fol
Page 67 and 68: Dedication of DAR historical marker
Page 69 and 70: 12. SACAJAWEA MEMORIAL- ARMSTEAD 20
Page 71 and 72: present.” The senator arrived via
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13. SOUTHERN GATEWAY 8 miles south
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Copper Mining Company, installed in
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1935 dedication program for Souther
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14. OLD FORT BENTON BLOCKHOUSE Fort
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American Fur Company's agent at For
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In May 1908, as part of its efforts
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• American Monthly Magazine (DAR)
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15. OLD FORT PECK Near town of Fort
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July 14, 1879, due to river erosion
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16. MONTANA REAL DAUGHTER ORPHA ZIL
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92. Her mother, Elizabeth Ford Park
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Orpha Zilpha Parke Bovee grave site
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17. GIANT SPRINGS Six miles northea
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This springs, originally called a f
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18. VETERANS MEMORIAL TREE Great Fa
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Old postmarks—Fort Custer 1895 (a
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19. FORT CUSTER Hardin GPS coordina
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By the time the fort was establishe
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20. ROSEBUD BATTLEFIELD 40 miles so
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Woman, who rescued her brother, Chi
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21. BEAR PAW BATTLEFIELD 16 miles s
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The west-facing tablet tells that t
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• The Montana Standard newspaper,
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22. FORT ASSINNIBOINE 6 miles south
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Over its 32 years as a military pos
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23. GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS North of
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Captain Clark never saw the Gates o
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State Historian David Hilger, Gover
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24. REED AND BOWLES STOCKADE TRADIN
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In the summers of 1874 and 1875, lo
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Reed and Bowles Stockade and Tradin
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25. REED’S FORT POST OFFICE Lewis
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uildings that still stand in North
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Article in Great Falls Tribune, Sep
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26. TEIGEN SCHOOL Lewistown GPS coo
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Daughters of the American Revolutio
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27. FIRST LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL MAR
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The 1908 dedication of this monumen
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28. TRAVELERS’ REST Lolo GPS coor
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Travelers’ Rest marker is the onl
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National Register of Historic Place
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29. BOOT HILL CEMETERY Powderville,
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Dedication of DAR historical marker
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30. FORT KEOGH OFFICER QUARTERS Mil
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Powder River Chapter whose members
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31. MONTANA REAL DAUGHTER CAROLINE
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Spokane with a grandchild. She then
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Laura Tolman Scott article in The D
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32. SACAJAWEA MEMORIAL- THREE FORKS
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On the day of the 1914 dedication,
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• The Dillon Examiner newspaper,
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33. FORT LOGAN BLOCKHOUSE Northwest
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a sub-post of Fort Benton and was s
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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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