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

other side. The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped at the original site
on August 17-24, 1805, and Captain Clark also camped here on his
return from the Pacific Northwest in 1806.
The original DAR marker site, one-half mile north of Armstead, is
now submerged under Clark Canyon Dam waters. The marker and its
boulder were moved to the east side campground of Clark Canyon
Dam in the early 1960s.
This bronze DAR tablet is similar in design to the one erected by
DAR at Three Forks. (See Sacajawea Memorial-Three Forks chapter.)
SOURCES
• Historic monument records, Office of the Historian General, Washington
D.C.
• Records 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
• The Dillon Examiner newspaper, Dillon Montana, “Celebration at
Armstead,” August 25, 1915
• The Dillon Examiner newspaper, Dillon Montana, “Sacajawea Pageant is
Glowing Tribute by People of Armstead,” Sept. 3, 1915, pps. 1, 9, 10
• The Butte Miner newspaper, Butte Montana, photo: “Senator W.A. Clark
Shown Standing Beside the Sacajawea Tablet,” Nov. 16, 1915, pps. 1, 3, 7
• DAR American Spirit Magazine, May 1916, pps. 351-352
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