Browning in Glacier County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
Camp Disappointment
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2020
1. Camp Disappointment Marker
Farthest point west
on Capt. Lewis Trip
up the
Marias River
Erected by Great Northern Railway. (Marker Number 1925.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Exploration. In addition, it is included in the Lewis & Clark Expedition series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 26, 1806.
Location. 48° 35.956′ N, 112° 47.895′ W. Marker is in Browning, Montana, in Glacier County. It is on U.S. 2 near Kipp Lake Road, on the left when traveling east. The monument is on a hill to the north of U.S. Highway 2. Access is by an unnamed dirt road that leaves the highway a the MDT Cape Disappointment marker. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Browning MT 59417, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Montana’s Blackfeet Nation, in Western Montana, and in Glacier Country. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Camp Disappointment (approx. Ό mile away); Chief Mountain and Old North Trail (approx. 9.3 miles away); a different marker also named The Blackfeet Nation (approx. 10.1 miles away); Old Agency (approx. 12.3 miles away); Ghost Ridge (approx. 12.6 miles away); Ration Day (approx. 12.6 miles away); Old Agency Site (approx. 12.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Browning.
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Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2020
2. Camp Disappointment Marker
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2020
3. Memorial to the two slain Blackfeet?
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2020
4. Willow Creek from the Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 30, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 989 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 30, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
