Near I-90 Frontage Road near U.S. 191, in the median.
President Thomas Jefferson's passion for botany fueled his instructions to Meriwether Lewis to notice "the soil and face of the country, it's growth & vegetable productions, especially those not in the U.S. ...the date at which particular . . . — — Map (db m191172) HM
Near I-90 Frontage Road near U.S. 191, in the median.
During the 1806 return journey from the Pacific Ocean, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled separate routes to explore more territory. Captain Clark and ten men, together with Sacagawea and her infant son Jean Baptiste (called "Pomp" . . . — — Map (db m231577) HM
Near Howie Road near U.S. 191, on the left when traveling east.
The Yellowstone River valley provided a cornucopia of wildlife for the Corpa of Discovery. This was a blessing after periods of near starvation earlier in the journey.
Wildlife supplied the Corps with more than meat. Buffalo, deer and elk . . . — — Map (db m246461) HM
On McLeod Street just north of East 9th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark when returning down the Yellowstone with 10 of his men and the Indian Sacajawea with her baby camped on the River’s bank the night of July 16, 1806 five and a half miles west of here. —————In . . . — — Map (db m253515) HM
On McLeod Street at West 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling north on McLeod Street.
An alternative to saloons and pool halls, the Big Timber Library stayed open evenings in 1914, with the hope of “not only … educating [people] … in the right way, but keeping them from falling by the wayside, as so many do in these western towns.” . . . — — Map (db m191166) HM
On I-90 Frontage Road near North Yellowstone Street (U.S. 191), in the median.
Captain William Clark and the Corps of Discovery camped on July 16, 1806 under the shade of cottonwood trees on the north side of the Yellowstone River. This valley provided grass for their 50 horses to graze and an abundance of wildlife - a . . . — — Map (db m191225) HM
On I-90 Frontage Road near U.S. 191, in the median.
Captain William Clark was the primary cartographer for the Corps of Discovery. With very little training prior to the expedition, he created maps based on field sketches, celestial readings, and compass brings that were an invaluable contribution to . . . — — Map (db m191226) HM
In 1806 the Native American called it "Elk River.' The French trappers had given it the name "Rochejhone," which became for us today "The Yellowstone River."
As Lewis and Clark traveled homeward the captains took different routes to cover more . . . — — Map (db m246458) HM
On Interstate 90 at milepost 377, on the right when traveling west.
About 150 million years ago, during late Jurassic times, dinosaurs ruled the earth. Much of Montana was underwater, part of an arm of an inland sea that extended southward from the Arctic Ocean. Distinct wet and dry seasons characterized the . . . — — Map (db m191043) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 377, on the right when traveling east.
About 150 million years ago, during late Jurassic times, dinosaurs ruled the earth. Much of Montana was underwater, part of an arm of an inland sea that extended southward from the Arctic Ocean. Distinct wet and dry seasons characterized the . . . — — Map (db m191045) HM
On West 4th Avenue near Hooper Street, on the left when traveling west.
The settlement of Big Timber coincided with the advent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which steamed into the Yellowstone Valley in 1882, spurring settlement along the line. In 1884, Rev. Alfred Brown, an Episcopal minister from Livingston, held . . . — — Map (db m191167) HM
On McLeod Street at East 9th Avenue, on the left when traveling south on McLeod Street.
During the 1890's the community of Big Timber experienced a marked population growth resulting from the lucrative wool trade in this area. By the turn of the century, Big Timber was an important wool shipping center in Montana, then the number one . . . — — Map (db m253589) HM
On Big Timber Loop Road (U.S. 191) near Quarry Street, on the right when traveling west.
In the early 1860s there wasn't a ranch in this country from Bismarck to Bozeman and from the Platte River to Canada. To non-Indians it was land considered "fit only to raise Indians" and while some of them were hoping for a crop failure, the . . . — — Map (db m246480) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 377, on the right when traveling east.
The Bozeman Trail descended from the high plateau to the Yellowstone River on the east side of Bridger Creek. The trail crossed the creek and then continued one mile to the Yellowstone. From there, the trail went west along the south bank of the . . . — — Map (db m191050) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 377, on the right when traveling west.
In 1866, Nelson Story and two dozen cowboys drove six hundred longhorn cattle from Texas over 1400 miles to the Livingston area in Montana. The journey was an epic one, the stuff of countless Hollywood Westerns.
The Montana mining camps . . . — — Map (db m258582) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 377, on the right when traveling west.
Called Awaxaawippila by the Apsáalooka (Crow) Indians, The Crazy Mountains, which you can see to the northwest, are an igneous formation forged about 50 million years ago. For the Apsáalooka, they are the most sacred and revered mountains on the . . . — — Map (db m191042) HM
Near I-90 Frontage Road near U.S. 191, in the median.
In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this “Corps of Discovery” to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisiana . . . — — Map (db m191170) HM
On Howie Road near U.S. 191, on the right when traveling west.
As the longest free-flowing river left in the lower 48 states, the Yellowstone is one of the few waterways along the Lewis and Clark trail that looks and acts much as it did when Captain Clark and his crew made their way down it in 1806. Unlike so . . . — — Map (db m246465) HM
On Interstate 90 at milepost 381, 4 miles west of Bridger Creek Road and I-90 Interchange (Exit 384), on the right when traveling west.
You are now following the historic trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. On his return from the Pacific in July 1806, Captain Clark camped for six days about forty miles downstream, near Park City. The Expedition had been looking for timber . . . — — Map (db m28948) HM
On Interstate 90 at milepost 381, 4 miles west of Bridger Creek Road and I-90 Interchange (Exit 384), on the right when traveling west.
Called Awaxaawippiia by the Apsaalooka (Crow) Indians, the Crazy Mountains, which you can see to the northwest, are an igneous formation forged about 50 million years ago. For the Apsaalooka, they are the most sacred and revered mountains on the . . . — — Map (db m28947) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 377, on the left when traveling east.
Motoring was an adventure in the second decade of the 20th century and people usually didn't travel very far from home. There were few paved roads, and most were choked with dust during the summers, knee-deep in mud in the rainy seasons, and . . . — — Map (db m246450) HM
On Greycliff Road (State Highway 10 at milepost 12.5), 1.9 miles west of Bridger Creek Road and Greycliff Road (Hwy 10), on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
In 1866 William Thomas, his son Charles, and a driver named Schultz left southern Illinois bound for the Gallatin Valley, Montana. Travelling by covered wagon they joined a prairie schooner outfit at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and started over the . . . — — Map (db m28975) HM
On Interstate 90, on the right when traveling west.
In the spring of 1866, William Thomas, his eight-year-old son Charley, and Joseph Schultz, left southern Illinois bound for southwest Montana. Traveling by Prairie schooner drawn by mules, they joined a wagon at Fort Laramie, Wyoming and started . . . — — Map (db m263779) HM
