As workers poured in to work on Fort Peck Dam, the population of this quiet area boomed.
Barracks and dormitories were built in Fort Peck to house individual workers, but families had nowhere to live. More than 20 boomtowns sprang up just . . . — — Map (db m162092) HM
The largest hydraulically filled dam in the world, Fort Peck Dan was made from a slurry of sand, silt, clay, and gravel dredged from the Missouri River.
Nearly four miles long, the dam needed over 125 million cubic yards of . . . — — Map (db m162113) HM
Four underground tunnels were built to move water around the dam, from Fort Peck Reservoir to the Missouri downstream
On June 24, 1937, the dike holding back the Missouri River was blasted with dynamite. Since then, the river has flown . . . — — Map (db m162060) HM
Before the construction of Fort Peck Dam, the water in front of you was land-part of the Missouri River floodplain.
More than 125,000,000 cubic yards of soil—enough to fill 12 million dump trucks—was needed to build the world's largest . . . — — Map (db m306805) HM
The Administration Building was built in 1934 to house management operations for the construction and maintenance of Fort Peck Dam and Lake. Construction of Fort Peck Dam was one of the most ambitious public works projects and symbolized the New . . . — — Map (db m142942) HM
The stretch of land between the Missouri River and Fort Peck Lake is Fort Peck Dam. Built between 1933 and 1940 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Great Depression, it is an engineering marvel and a testament to the human spirit. . . . — — Map (db m162110) HM
When President Franklin Roosevelt’s signature authorized construction of the Fort Peck Dam on October 14, 1933, officials immediately began one of the nation’s largest New Deal projects. The promise of work on the 134-mile filled-earth dam . . . — — Map (db m308124) HM
In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
James Pepper ·
Virgil Jimison ·
William Van Faasen
John Pehrson ·
Alton Bastron ·
Norman Shotnakoff — — Map (db m312415) WM
In memory of those who lost their lives in “The Slide” September 22, 1938 Oliver Bucher* John I. Johnson* Walter Lubbinge* Archie R. Moir* Douglas J. Moore Dolphie Paulson* Albert V. Stoeser Nelson P. Van Stone* . . . — — Map (db m162405) HM
The Overlook Kiosk displays three panels: left, center, and right.
(plaque on the left:)
Great Quantities of Every Species of Game Common Here
The primary purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition was to find a Northwest passage . . . — — Map (db m252354) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of northeast Montana who proudly serve in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
"Great love has no man than this: that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
Valley . . . — — Map (db m312365) WM
On the west bank of the Missouri River about 1 mile from the Dam was located Old Fort Peck.The stockade about 300 feet square with walls 12 feet high of cottonwood logs set vertically, 3 bastions and 3 gateways on the front, and 2 bastions on the . . . — — Map (db m142941) HM
Look slightly to your left at the end of Fort Peck Lake to find the highest hill in this area, today called Signal Hill. It was near this area that Captain William Clark first viewed and named the Milk River as it enters the Missouri River. Lewis . . . — — Map (db m252410) HM
Fort Peck Dam was not intended to produce hydroelectric power when it was originally designed in the early 1930s. After the dam was completed, powerhouses were added to help meet the nation's growing demand for electricity.
Water from Fort . . . — — Map (db m162059) HM
This recreation area was once the site of Fort Peck's railroad roundhouse.
More than 60 miles of track was laid to carry supplies and materials to Fort Peck Dam's various construction sites. Fort Peck needed a place to perform the . . . — — Map (db m306810) HM
Scan the horizon across Fort Peck Reservoir to your right. The stretch of land past York Island is an area called the Pines, site of Lewis and Clark's May 11, 1805 encampment. They noted enormous herds of elk, buffalo, deer and antelope at this site . . . — — Map (db m252413) HM
A swing bridge once spanned this section of the Missouri River.
To allow the passage of dredges and other boats into a new dredge cut area, a swing bridge was built across existing railroad tracks in 1937. The bridge carried the main . . . — — Map (db m306795) HM
It was a quiet day, September 22, 1938, and work on the Fort Peck Dam was nearing completion. But the quiet would not last. At 1:15 that afternoon, the upstream portion of the east end of the embankment gave way.
As the earth started . . . — — Map (db m162098) HM
Today, the quiet countryside surroundings Fort Peck Dam is very different from the energy and bustle than once occurred here. During the height of the dam's construction in the mid-1930s, it was a mass of men, materials , and machines.
Before . . . — — Map (db m162093) HM
As you look straight south across Fort Peck Lake, it doesn't make much sense that an area inundated with so much water could be called the Big Dry. Yet, in 1805 when Lewis and Clark named it, instead of an arm of the lake, the Big Dry was a . . . — — Map (db m252412) HM
In the summer of 1837 an American Fur Trading Company steamboat laden with trade goods made its way from St. Louis to Fort Union. Smallpox broke out among the crew, but the boat continued to its destination. Contact with the steamboat’s crew during . . . — — Map (db m142945) HM
Note the writings and symbols carved in the boulder. It is almost certain that American Indians revered these carvings and performed some of their religious ceremonies there.
It is also thought that the Spring when the grass was green and all . . . — — Map (db m308141) HM
The Great Plains of eastern Montana was home to thousands of buffalo before Euro-American hunters nearly wiped them out in the early 1880's. The animals were central to the Indian lifeway. In the dog days, hunters herded buffalo into a corral where . . . — — Map (db m307617) HM
Glasgow merchants John and Robert Lewis did not face much competition when they opened a bank in a corner of their general store in 1891. Their bank was the only one within over two hundred miles. Despite an initial lack of experience, the Lewis . . . — — Map (db m142933) HM
On this day, flood waters reached a crest of 36.65 feet at the Vandalia Dam located 25 miles upstream from Glasgow on the Milk River. Vandalia Dam was constructed in 1917. The Milk River had previously flooded in 1899, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1917, 1918, . . . — — Map (db m307629) HM
Water is the life blood of Montana. During the state’s early settlement, the rivers provided transportation and trading routes; later they sustained the livestock and crops of ranchers and homesteaders; and they still provide Montana’s base for . . . — — Map (db m142926) HM
For thousands of years, northern Montana was covered under massive ice sheets. Glaciologists aren't sure why the ice ages began, but the process of glaciation is known because of the mark it leaves on the landscape. About 190,000 years ago, . . . — — Map (db m142928) HM
Melissa "Missy" Fischer Greenhagen
An EMT at the hospital, was fatally injured near this site on January 17, 2009. She performed many jobs and served her community well in many capacities including scouting.
The Melissa Greenhagen . . . — — Map (db m312416) HM
Dedicated to the memory of all who proudly served and protected our country.
All Gave Some —
— Some Gave All
Fort Peck Post 3107
Recognizes those that supported our
Flag Pole Project
Thank you for your community . . . — — Map (db m308137) WM
Western memorial:
Dedicated to the glory of God and to those who brought freedom and justice to the world
Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget.
A tribute from the people of Valley County. . . . — — Map (db m312426) WM
Presented to the American Legion to pay tribute to those who served their country in time of war.
In Memory of Frank Lock
John Amestoy ·
Ray Arnold ·
S. Barnard ·
P. M. Christensen ·
Morris Denham ·
Robert Drabbs ·
R. J. . . . — — Map (db m308276) WM
For over ninety years, residents of this area were served by a large steel truss bridge that crossed the Milk River just northeast of here. Built in 1911 by the Illinois Steel Bridge Company of Jacksonville, Illinois, the structure was one of at . . . — — Map (db m142927) HM
