The Bozeman Trail was located ten miles south of here. John Bozeman pioneered the trail in this area in July 1864. After crossing the Bighorn River eight miles below the opening of the Bighorn Canyon, he led his wagon train northwest to the . . . — — Map (db m4326) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 419, on the right when traveling west.
Columbus, located ten miles west of here, has a rich and colorful history. In 1874, whiskey trader Horace Countryman built a trading post a few miles west of the future site of Columbus. The Crow Reservation was then on the south side of the . . . — — Map (db m190922) HM
On Interstate 90 at milepost 419, on the right when traveling east.
For over sixty million years during the Cretaceous Period, much of eastern Montana was underwater, covered by an vast inland sea. As the Rocky Mountains formed to the west, it created a broad, flat coastal plain that was home to many different . . . — — Map (db m190925) HM
On 5th Street just north of East 5th Avenue North, on the left when traveling north.
”I deturmined to have two Canoes made out of largest of those trees and lash them together — had handles put in three Axes and after Sharpening them with a file fell the two trees — those appeared tolerably Sound and will make Canoes of 28 feet . . . — — Map (db m252996) HM
On West 1st Avenue North at Quarry Street, on the right when traveling west on West 1st Avenue North.
Italian stonemason Michael Jacobs built this outstanding Eclectic style house for his family in 1907. Born Michelangelo Jacobucci, Jacobs apprenticed in Vinchiaturo, Italy, before joining his brother Gabriel in the United States circa 1878. The . . . — — Map (db m190743) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 419, on the right when traveling west.
Fighting escalated between the Lake and Northern Cheyenne Indians and American miners and settlers in early 1876. Increasing pressure from non-Indians in the region, coupled with a desire by the Indians to live free on the northern Great Plains, . . . — — Map (db m190923) HM
On Interstate 90 at milepost 419, on the right when traveling east.
Fighting escalated between the Lake and Northern Cheyenne Indians and American miners and settlers in early 1876. Increasing pressure from non-Indians in the region, coupled with a desire by the Indians to live free on the northern Great Plains, . . . — — Map (db m190928) HM
Near Interstate 90 at milepost 419, on the right when traveling east.
In 1878, a local farmer named Alonzo Young established a boat landing on the Yellowstone River several miles east of here. In addition to the boat landing, Young and his wife operated a stage station on the road to Coulson and Fort Keogh. In . . . — — Map (db m190926) HM
