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Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,371. [1] Its county seat is Dillon. [2] The county was founded in 1865. [3] Much of the perimeter of the county is the Continental Divide, including its entire border with the state of Idaho.
Location of Beaverhead County in Montana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Beaverhead County, Montana. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
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 .
The home ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana, was held by the family until 1972, when his grandson sold it to the National Park Service. It is now the Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site. [4] In 1958, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. [5]
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.
John Grant, the original owner of the ranch, from 1853, is sometimes credited with founding the range-cattle industry in Montana. Conrad Kohrs, who bought the ranch c.1866, was among the foremost "cattle kings" of his era. [9] 12: Great Falls Portage: Great Falls Portage: May 23, 1966 : Great Falls
Chief Plenty Coups State Park is a state park located approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of Pryor, Montana, on the Crow Indian Reservation. Chief Plenty Coups' (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) Home, located in the state park, is a National Historic Landmark with several contributing resources.
Bloody Dick Creek is a stream in Beaverhead County, Montana, in the United States. [1] It was apparently named in honor of a man who settled nearby in the 1860s. [2] Bloody Dick Creek is noted for trout fishing. [3] A single cabin is available at Bloody Dick Creek for rental year-round from the United States Forest Service. [4]