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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Carbon County, Montana
Adjacent to Carbon County, Montana
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| | Jim Bridger arrived in Montana in 1822 as a member of a Rocky Mountain Fur Co. brigade. For years he had no more permanent home than a poker chip. He roamed the entire Rocky Mountain region and often came through this part of the country. A keen . . . — — Map (db m96630) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (Route 212) south of 9th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Local physician Dr. Samuel Souders owned this commercial lot in 1909 when Dan Davis, an advocate for the construction of a fancy opera house, proposed it for the construction of his vision. The newspapers reported weekly for several months on Davis’ . . . — — Map (db m45384) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) south of 11th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A combination moving picture theater and boarding house were the original tenants of this two-story masonry building, completed in 1908. Several directors managed the rather short-lived Alcazar, including Steve Roman, whose family long monopolized . . . — — Map (db m45387) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) north of 10th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Americans organized much of their social life around fraternal groups at the turn of the twentieth century. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks provided an important social and charitable outlet for Red Lodge's professionals, who circulated . . . — — Map (db m45395) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | Butte architect P. J. Donahue drew the plans for the 1899 landmark after fire destroyed its predecessor. Situated at the busy northern end of the commercial district, the building today provides an excellent example of restrained, classically . . . — — Map (db m45402) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | When prominent local physician and surgeon Dr. Samuel Souders built this magnificent hospital in 1909, it was considered “state-of-the-art.” Amenities included a central heating system, wide doorways and hallways, an elevator, and . . . — — Map (db m45404) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) south of 11th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This two-story building was under construction in 1907, and for a short time housed part-owner Charles Antilla’s dry goods store. In 1912, new owners Ed Ricketts and C. V. Lucas located their Okay Meat Market, later the Red Lodge Meat Market, on the . . . — — Map (db m45388) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 11th Street, on the right when traveling south on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | On Sept. 18, 1897, The Sundance Kid (Harry Longbaugh), Kid Curry and others of the "Wild Bunch" rode into Red Lodge after escaping from jail in Belle Fourche, S.D., and announced their intention of making an unauthorized withdrawal from the Carbon . . . — — Map (db m80188) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) north of 10th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Photographer Mark E. Hawkes and his son Charley built a photography studio at this location where much of Red Lodge’s history was documented in pictures. Charley later struck out for Great Falls, and son Harry joined Mark. Hawkes & Son sold the . . . — — Map (db m45405) HM |
| Near Beartooth Highway (U.S. 212) 8.2 miles west of Rock Creek Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan and 124 men forged the first documented passage over the Beartooth Mountains in 1881. Once thought impassible, the route was later modified by E. E. Van Dyke - a miner from coal rich Red Lodge, Montana. His route . . . — — Map (db m45244) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 11th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | In the 1920s Italian shoemaker Ludovico Iarussi (later changed to Jarussi) owned this property containing his shop and several frame commercial buildings. In 1929 Iarussi razed the older shops and constructed the present building. Financially . . . — — Map (db m45409) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 8th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | Red Lodge Miner’s Local No. 1771 had grown to more than a thousand members when this labor temple was built in 1909. The United Mine Workers of America organized nationally in 1896 and by 1898, Local No. 1771 had 200 members. The building is a . . . — — Map (db m45412) HM |
| On South Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 13th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Broadway Avenue. |
| | German-born Victor and Otto Neithammer first established their meat market on North Broadway in 1912, raising their own livestock to supply this and other local family-run stores. Because the Neithammers' employees represented many ethnic groups, . . . — — Map (db m45415) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue north of 11th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Designed by Red Lodge carpenter and amateur architect Frank A. Sell and built by W. T. Pernham in 1902, this impressive brick commercial building was home to the Red Lodge Picket and, after 1918, the Picket-Journal, the primary news . . . — — Map (db m45416) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 12th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | High transom windows that provide interior light for a mezzanine commercial display area are an interesting design feature of this well-constructed commercial building. The simple chain-patterned ornamentation of buff brick across the tall parapet . . . — — Map (db m45419) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 11th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | The Rocky Fork Coal Company constructed this hotel, originally the Spofford, which welcomed its first guests on July 4, 1893. This architectural landmark, built before the commercial district was platted, originally had its main entrance on 11th . . . — — Map (db m45390) HM |
| On South Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at South Hauser Avenue, on the right when traveling east on South Broadway Avenue. |
| | Coal was discovered in the Rock Creek Valley nearly two decades before Red Lodge was established as a mail stop on the Meeteese Trail in 1884. In 1887, the Rocky Fork Coal Company opened the first large-scale mine at Red Lodge sparking the . . . — — Map (db m45250) HM |
| On 12th Street at North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212), on the right when traveling west on 12th Street. |
| | Rapid growth of the young town of Red Lodge coincided with the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad’s branch line in 1889. The area became Montana’s leading coal mining region. Town lots were platted by the secretary of the Rocky Fork Town and . . . — — Map (db m45386) HM |
| On South Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at South Hauser Avenue, on the right when traveling east on South Broadway Avenue. |
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The Beartooth Plateau contains some of the oldest exposed rocks on Earth and provides a unique window into the history of our planet. About 55 million years ago, this massive block of metamorphic basement rock pushed its way upward nearly two . . . — — Map (db m45251) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue at 11th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | Originally intended as a meeting hall with storefront space, tenants Byton Down and Robert Pryde redesigned the building’s ground floor before its completion for use as a theater. When the Iris opened in 1925, residents viewed it as welcome . . . — — Map (db m45410) HM |
| On South Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at South Hauser Avenue, on the right when traveling east on South Broadway Avenue. |
| | According to tradition, a band of Crow Indians left the main tribe and moved west into the foothills of the Beartooth Range many years ago. They painted their council tepee with red-clay and this old-time artistry resulted in the name Red Lodge. . . . — — Map (db m45247) HM |
| On North Broadway Avenue (U.S. 212) at 10th Street, on the left when traveling north on North Broadway Avenue. |
| | A keen sense of the town’s future prompted businessman William Talmage to move his hardware business away from the busy commercial center a few blocks south to this building in 1894. When other businesses began to move to the newly platted main . . . — — Map (db m45420) HM |
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