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

This book is a 200-page thank you to the women of Montana State Society Daughters of the American Revolution for their work in placing historical markers across the state of Montana. Starting in 1908, Montana DAR has installed 70 historical markers across the state. Of those, 33 remain. This book records why the markers’ sites were selected, their history, and the backstory of each.

This book is a 200-page thank you to the women of Montana State Society Daughters of the American Revolution for their work in placing historical markers across the state of Montana. Starting in 1908, Montana DAR has installed 70 historical markers across the state. Of those, 33 remain. This book records why the markers’ sites were selected, their history, and the backstory of each.

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10. PATHFINDER TRIBUTE<br />

Dillon<br />

GPS coordinates: 45.217124 | -112.638244<br />

Commemorates<br />

Site Location<br />

Installed June 14, 1928<br />

Wording<br />

Passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition<br />

through Beaverhead County<br />

Railway depot lawn, facing the tracks of the<br />

Oregon Short Line Railroad (later Union<br />

Pacific Railroad)<br />

“The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed this<br />

way going west August, 1805 and returning<br />

July, 1806. ‘Though the Pathfinder may die;<br />

the paths remain open.’ Beaverhead Chapter<br />

Daughters of the American Revolution. June<br />

14, 1928”<br />

HISTORY<br />

At 7:00 p.m. on Flag Day, June 14, 1928, the Beaverhead Chapter,<br />

NS<strong>DAR</strong> held a ceremony that unveiled a “handsome Lewis & Clark<br />

marker jointly donated by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company and<br />

the Oregon Short Line Railroad.” The bronze marker was inset into a<br />

large granite boulder donated by the Oregon Short Line Railroad and<br />

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