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The Lee Metcalf Wilderness is located in the northern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana.Created by an act of Congress in 1983, this rugged alpine wilderness is divided into four separated parcels typified by complex mountain topography: Bear Trap Canyon unit, Spanish Peaks unit, Taylor-Hilgard unit, and Monument Mountains unit.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a partial reconstruction of the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri River from 1829 to 1867. The fort site is about two miles from the confluence of the Missouri River and its tributary, the Yellowstone River, on the Dakota side of the North Dakota/Montana border, 25 miles from Williston, North Dakota.
Alder is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Montana, United States. The population was 86 at the 2020 census , down from 103 in 2010 . The community takes its name from Alder Creek (named by Henry Edgar in 1863), the site of the second major gold discovery in Montana.
At the Missouri, right east of the Montana – North Dakota border: Right east of Roosevelt: American Fur Company: 1828–1867 [7]: 15 The Assiniboine and Cree: National Park Service Area Fort Van Buren [3]: 114 Fort Tulloch, Fort Tullock and Tulloch's Fort [5]: 965 At the Yellowstone, 10 miles east of Forsyth: Rosebud: American Fur Company
The Montana Bar was only about 2 to 3 acres (8,100 to 12,100 m 2) in extent, but it was one of the truly spectacular placer gold discoveries in terms of yield per unit area. The Bar was also unique in that the gold was not located on bedrock at the bottom of the gulch, but was in a shelf of gravel located up on the side of the gulch. [ 6 ]
Location: Cascade County, Montana, United States: Nearest city: Great Falls, Montana: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,481 acres (5.99 km 2): Elevation: 3,773 ft (1,150 m) [1]: Designation: Montana state park: Established: 1972 [2]: Named for: A buffalo jump and the First Peoples of Montana: Visitors: 34,195 (in 2023) [3]: Administrator: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks: Website: First Peoples Buffalo ...
There are at least 158 named mountains in Beaverhead County, Montana. Ajax Peak, 45°19′52″N 113°44′19″W / 45.33111°N 113.73861°W / 45.33111; -113.73861 ( Ajax Peak ) , el. 9,934 feet (3,028
In the 1980s, the state of Montana began stopping general stocking of all Montana rivers. The last hatchery fish were stocked in the Big Hole in 1990. [22] Dozens of guides, outfitters and fishing lodges offer guided fishing on the Big Hole and its tributaries. [citation needed] The river is catch and release for brown trout (Dickey bridge to ...