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
Fort Peck Dam is made from Missouri River bottom sands, silts, and clays. This watery mixture of sediments, or slurry, was sucked up from the bottom of the river on both the upstream and downstream sides transported to the dam site through huge . . . — — Map (db m306755) 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
Often mistaken for Fort Peck Dam itself, the concrete structure in front of you is the dam's spillway.
Located three miles east of the Fort Peck Dam, the spillway prevents water from overtopping the dam by releasing it down its mile-long . . . — — Map (db m306813) 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
Look out over the hills and bottomlands around you and you will see a vast landscape of change. Natural rivers constantly change their courses, and today, the confluence of the Missouri and Milk Rivers below you is not the one mapped by the Lewis . . . — — Map (db m307697) 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
The ponderosa pine is well known for the excellent quality of lumber it provides. Older trees have yellowish bark, which smells like vanilla, while young trees have dark, almost black bark, prompting the name "black jack."
Indians ate the seeds . . . — — Map (db m312364) 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
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
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
Lofty, hearty and a marvel of adaptation, the cottonwood contributed more to the success of the Lewis and Clark Expedition than any other western tree. Time and time again, Lewis and Clark described camp sites where clumps of these trees, with their . . . — — Map (db m307838) 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
You undoubtedly know that you are in the Fort Peck area, but did you know that to the north of the Missouri and east of the Milk River lies the Fort Peck Reservation, now home to the Assiniboine Indians?
The Assiniboine have been present in the . . . — — Map (db m307842) HM
Lewis and Clark explored the Fort Peck area in early May of 1805 on their way to the Pacific Ocean. For the Expedition, this was totally uncharted territory and the Milk River was an eagerly awaited landmark.
A short hike to the top of the hill . . . — — Map (db m307684) HM
Lewis and Clark explored the Fort Peck area in early May of 1805 on their way to the Pacific Ocean. For the Expedition, this was totally uncharted territory and the Milk River was an eagerly awaited landmark.
A short hike to the top of the hill . . . — — Map (db m307839) 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
