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Powell County Courthouse, Deer Lodge. The city is perhaps best known as the home of the Montana State Prison, a major local employer. [5] The Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs and the former state tuberculosis sanitarium in nearby Galen are the result of the power the western part of the state held over Montana at statehood due to the copper and mineral wealth in that area. [6]
From Deer Lodge, Montana, there appears to be a level, barren ridge connecting Mount Powell and Deer Lodge Mountain, el. 9765 ft. However, if one is traveling eastbound on Interstate 90, in the stretch between Drummond and Garrison, Montana, looking up one can see that this ridge is actually a sheer cliff called "The Crater."
The Beaverhead–Deerlodge National Forest is the largest of the National Forests in Montana, United States.Covering 3.36 million acres (13,600 km 2), the forest is broken into nine separate sections and stretches across eight counties in the southwestern area of the state.
The 13 acres (5.3 ha) district includes three blocks on both sides of Deer Lodge's Main Street between Cottonwood Ave. to the north and Montana Ave. to the south, and the closer sides of two blocks of 2nd St. and 4th St. (Main St. is effectively 3rd St.)
Bighorn sheep, black bear, mule deer, mountain lions, pronghorn, coyotes, beavers, and marmots are among the species that live in the varied climates in the recreation area. The black-tailed prairie dog and the swift fox are both listed as Species of Concern by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks and inhabit the North District of ...
The Grant–Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, created in 1972, commemorates the Western cattle industry from its 1850s inception through recent times. The original ranch was established in 1862 by a Canadian fur trader, Johnny Grant, at Cottonwood Creek, Montana (future site of Deer Lodge, Montana), along the banks of the Clark Fork river.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Deer Lodge County, Montana. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Deer Lodge County, Montana, United States. All sites are located in the city of Anaconda, which is consolidated with Deer Lodge ...
Deer Lodge County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census , the population was 9,421. [ 1 ] It forms a consolidated city-county government with its county seat of Anaconda . [ 2 ]