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Near Lake Hebgen Road (U.S. 287) 12 miles west of U.S. 191.
I've been a pretty tough old bird, but I wouldn’t want to go through that again! Grace Miller August 1959
Survival Tactics
Seventy-something-year-old Grace Miller was a self-professed “tough old bird.” When she found . . . — — Map (db m114166) HM
On U.S. 287, 4 miles west of U.S. 191, on the right when traveling west.
On August 17, 1959, this area was hit with the most devastating modern geologic disaster in the Rocky Mountains. An earthquake of a magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale violently shook the earth, triggering a massive landslide, large surface cracks . . . — — Map (db m113832) HM
On U.S. 287, 4 miles west of U.S. 191, on the right when traveling west.
Geologists Irving J. Witkind and Jack Epstein had
uncanny timing on the night of August 17, 1959 the two
U.S. Geological Survey scientists were camped on a small
knoll above Hebgen Lake when their camp trailers began to
bounce “like . . . — — Map (db m113724) HM
On Hebgen Lake Road (U.S. 287) 3.5 miles west of U.S. 191, on the right when traveling west.
By 1898 a 10-foot wide road was built through the Gallatin Canyon to Taylors Fork and the park line. In 1911 a crude, narrow wagon road went to "Yellowstone" (West Yellowstone), 90 miles from the county seat at Bozeman. In 1926, the road was . . . — — Map (db m113833) HM
On South Canyon Street south of Yellowstone Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
A Celebration that Rolled on the Rails
1964 marked 100 years since Montana was established as a territory. How would the state celebrate this milestone? The challenge to develop a unique showpiece led to the idea of a train that would tour the . . . — — Map (db m239711) HM
On Yellowstone Avenue at Electric Street, on the right when traveling west on Yellowstone Avenue.
Named for the year it was built, the Oregon Short Line 1903 was constructed for $16,685 as an executive rail car for the Vice President of the Union Pacific. In reference to E.H. Harriman's Presidential rail car, the Arden, which was built in 1900, . . . — — Map (db m123346) HM
On Yellowstone Avenue at Canyon Street, on the left when traveling west on Yellowstone Avenue.
In 1905 Union Pacific officials began construction of a branch line in the pine-forested wilderness from Ashton, Idaho, to the western edge of Yellowstone Park. As the final tracks were laid in 1907, Samuel P. Eagle, Alex Stuart, Charles Arnet and . . . — — Map (db m123342) HM
On Hebgen Lake Road (U.S. 287) 14.6 miles west of Gallatin Road (U.S. 191), on the left when traveling west.
On the night of the earthquake about 250 people were camped in the Madison River Canyon.
Their escape was blocked by the highway destruction at Hebgen Lake and the huge slide at the mouth of the canyon.
Realizing they were trapped, most of the . . . — — Map (db m144145) HM
Near State Highway 287, 12 miles west of Gallatin Road (U.S. 191).
August 17, 1959: performer Bobbi Baker was on her way to a gig in Billings, Montana when she stopped at the Hilgard Lodge for the night. Just as she settled into bed, she heard a “huge rush of wind” and the cabin began to shake . . . — — Map (db m116142) HM
On Yellowstone Avenue east of Dunraven Street, on the right when traveling east.
Prior to 1936, the roads leading from West Yellowstone were not plowed during the winter months, isolating the town from the rest of the world.
Even the Train Stopped Running
The Union Pacific Railroad provided passenger service to West . . . — — Map (db m126999) HM
Near Hebgen Lake Road (U.S. 287) 12 miles west of U.S. 191.
Something is Terribly Wrong
Fourteen-year-old Darwin Steffler was in bed in his family’s lakeside lodge about 5.5 miles east of here, when he felt the earthquake strike. After checking on his little brothers, he race through the darkened . . . — — Map (db m114157) HM
On Targhee Pass Highway (U.S. 20), on the left when traveling north.
This basin was settled by ranchers and homesteaders.
Bannock Indians had encampments here as late as 1913. Near
here is the west entrance to Yellowstone Park, the nation’s
first National Park(1872). West Yellowstone was founded in
1908 with the . . . — — Map (db m100066) HM
Near Hebgen Lake Road (U.S. 287) 12 miles west of U.S. 191.
Imagine what it was like...
A lake that tipped...a woman who leaped from her home just in time...a performer who didn't let an earthquake stop her...cabins swallowed by waves that came out of nowhere...a highway that vanished...
Here at the . . . — — Map (db m114161) HM
Near Hebgen Lake Road, 14 miles west of Gallatin Road (U.S. 191).
A quiet August night in a popular Forest Service campground just below Hebgen Dam. Nearby Cabin Creek murmurs softly, and the moon filters through the pines.
Abruptly, the ground trembles, then jolts...then with a roar a crack appears, . . . — — Map (db m116506) HM
It began as an idyllic August night. A full moon soared quietly over Yellowstone country. Along Hebgen Lake and the Madison River, campgrounds and vacation cabins were full to capacity, and scores of families were camped by the . . . — — Map (db m113576) HM
On Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 191) at Boundary Street, on the right when traveling east on Yellowstone Avenue.
This Property
Contributes To The
West Yellowstone Oregon
Shortline Terminus
Historic District
Listed In The
National Register
of
Historic Places
By the United States
Department
of
Interior
In Cooperation With
The . . . — — Map (db m103600) HM
