In the days of the fur traders and trappers, immediately following the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), all of this country bordering the Rocky Mountains from here north into Canada and south to the three forks of the Missouri and . . . — — Map (db m127284) HM
In 1978, rock - shop owner Marion Brandvold found a group of small bones that paleontologists Jack Horner and Bob Makela later identified as baby bones belonging to a new species of duck - billed dinosaur. Horner and Makela named the new species . . . — — Map (db m220206) HM
About 1/4 mile SE of this point, a huge native stone marks the site of “Old Agency” of the former Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The agency was established in 1868-69 and with unusual generosity, the whites in authority permitted . . . — — Map (db m127276) HM
In 1906, Choteau's newspaper, the Acantha, proudly celebrated the completion of the new county courthouse. “This splendid edifice,” its editor predicted, “… will stand for years as a monument to the honor and integrity of . . . — — Map (db m127285) HM
U.S. I-15 Highway from Helena to Sweetgrass is dedicated as a memorial highway to the this elite WWII unit which was formed in 1942 at the direction of President Roosevelt and General George Marshall U.S. Army Chief of Staff and British leaders . . . — — Map (db m245459) HM WM
Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union ran high during the cold war. Both sides relied heavily on their nuclear weapons arsenals as deterrents to actual combat between the two superpowers. When the Soviets launched the first . . . — — Map (db m220443) HM
From 1869 to 1885, supplies and trade goods that came up the Missouri River from St. Louis were transferred at Fort Benton from steamboats to freight wagons for distribution in southern Alberta on the famed Whoop-up Trail, which ran near here. In . . . — — Map (db m220444) HM
In 1916, the Great Northern Railroad extended their branch line north from Choteau. Mr. James Hill, the president of the railroad had promised his friend L.B. Pendroy he would build a railroad to his home. Since the railroad was never extended . . . — — Map (db m130226) HM
