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

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1999 and 1908 Spanish-American War Veterans Memorial markers (above), 2017 Photo in 1909 <strong>DAR</strong> American Monthly Magazine (below) 32
8. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL Butte GPS coordinates: 45.98580899 | -112.54260152 Commemorates Site Location Soldiers who served in the Spanish-American War In an overlapping plot spanning both Mount Moriah Cemetery and Catholic Cemetery, off South Montana Street, Butte Installed Original: May 29, 1908 Wording Second marker and rededicated: May 8, 1999 Original: “1908 This plot is enclosed by Silver Bow Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution as a memorial to the Montana soldiers who lost their lives in the Spanish American War” Second marker: “This plot is enclosed by Silver Bow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, as a memorial to the men and women who served in the Spanish-American War. Dedicated 8 May 1999” 33
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
Page 17 and 18: xv
Page 19 and 20: 1. LEWIS AND CLARK Y ELLOWSTONE RIV
Page 21 and 22: SOURCES • Historic monument recor
Page 23 and 24: 2. WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL TREES Billi
Page 25 and 26: At the entrance to the drive is a b
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: August 25, 1931, Montana Standard n
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
Page 73 and 74: The Butte Miner newspaper, November
Page 75 and 76: 13. SOUTHERN GATEWAY 8 miles south
Page 77 and 78: 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
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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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