List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana
The List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government for the U.S. state of Montana. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Montana.
The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources nationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance.[1] The Montana landmarks emphasize its frontier heritage, the passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Montana's contributions to the national park movement, and other themes.
Three sites in Montana extend across the Idaho or North Dakota state line, and are listed by the National Park Service as Idaho NHLs or North Dakota NHLs.
[2] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[3] | Location | County | Description |
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1 | Bannack Historic District |
(#66000426) |
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Beaverhead | Site of Montana's first major gold discovery in 1862, and served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly.[3] | |
2 | Butte Historic District |
(#66000438) |
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Deer Lodge and Silver Bow | One of the largest and most notorious copper boomtowns in the American West; the district includes more than 6,000 contributing properties.[4] | |
3 | Camp Disappointment |
(#66000434) |
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Glacier | Lewis and Clark Expedition site.[5] | |
4 | Chief Joseph Battleground of Bear's Paw |
(#70000355) |
Chinook Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Blaine | Site of the final engagement of the Nez Perce War.[6] | |
5 | Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) Home |
(#70000354) |
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Big Horn | The 2-story house of Crow Nation chief Plenty Coups during 1884-1932, plus a log store and the Plenty Coups Spring.[7] | |
6 | Deer Medicine Rocks | Upload image |
(#12000244) |
near Lame Deer Coordinates missing |
Rosebud | |
7 | First Peoples Buffalo Jump |
(#15000623) |
Ulm vicinity Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Believed to be the largest buffalo jump in North America, and maybe the world; possibly the most-utilized on the continent as well | ||
8 | Fort Benton Historic District |
(#66000431) |
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Chouteau | Established as a fur trading center in 1847, the fort prospered with the growth of steamboat traffic starting in 1859 and an 1862 gold strike, but declined with the advent of the railroad.[8] | |
9 | Fort Union Trading Post |
(#66000103) |
Williston, North Dakota, vicinity Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Richland County, North Dakota and Roosevelt County, Montana | Most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri until 1867. Visitors included John James Audubon, George Catlin, Father Pierre DeSmet, Sitting Bull, Karl Bodmer, and Jim Bridger. | |
10 | Going-to-the-Sun Road |
(#83001070) |
Glacier National Park Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Flathead and Glacier | Main parkway through the heart of Glacier National Park.[4] | |
11 | Grant-Kohrs Ranch |
(#72000738) |
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Powell | John Grant, the original owner of the ranch, from 1853, is sometimes credited with founding the range-cattle industry in Montana. Conrad Kohrs, who bought the ranch c.1866, was among the foremost "cattle kings" of his era.[9] | |
12 | Great Falls Portage |
(#66000429) |
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Cascade | The Lewis and Clark Expedition undertook an 18-mile, 31-day portage at Great Falls, one of the most difficult ordeals of their westward trip. The Great Falls Portage NHL is within Giant Springs State Park.[10] | |
13 | Great Northern Railway Buildings |
(#87001453) |
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Flathead and Glacier | These lodges or associated buildings, dated c.1913-1915, represent European-style hostelries unique among NPS concessions. The landmark contains 5 building groups: Granite Park Chalet, Many Glacier Hotel, Sperry Chalet, Two Medicine Store, and Belton Chalet | |
14 | Hagen Site | Upload image |
(#66000432) |
Glendive Coordinates missing |
Dawson | An archeological site representing one of the Crow villages after the tribe had split from the Hidatsa on the Missouri River (c. 1550-1675); site has evidence of horticulture and diet.[11] |
15 | Lake McDonald Lodge |
(#87001447) |
Glacier National Park Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Flathead | A Swiss chalet-style hotel in Glacier National Park.[12] | |
16 | Lemhi Pass |
(#66000313) |
Tendoy, ID Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Beaver- head (MT) and Lemhi, ID |
See main listing under Idaho. | |
17 | Lolo Trail |
(#66000309) |
Lolo Hot Springs, MT Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Missoula, MT, Clear- water, ID, and Idaho, ID |
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18 | Northeast Entrance Station |
(#87001435) |
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Park | Rustic entrance station built in 1935 that is a prime example of form fitting function, in Yellowstone National Park. | |
19 | Pictograph Cave |
(#66000439) |
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Yellow- stone |
One of the key archeological sites used in determining the sequence of prehistoric occupation on the northwestern Plains. The deposits indicate occupation from 2600 BC to after 1800 AD.[13] | |
20 | Pompey's Pillar |
(#66000440) |
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Yellow- stone |
The massive natural block of sandstone was a major landmark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark's signature is carved on its surface.[14] | |
21 | Rankin Ranch | Upload image |
(#76001119) |
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Broad- water |
Residence (1923–56) of Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives (1916), had two terms 1917-19 & 1941-43, only member to oppose the declaration of war against Japan in 1941.[15] |
22 | Rosebud Battlefield-Where the Girl Saved Her Brother |
(#72000735) |
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Big Horn | Site of the Battle of the Rosebud[16] | |
23 | Charles M. Russell House and Studio |
(#66000430) |
Great Falls Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Cascade | Home and studio of artist Charles M. Russell.[17] | |
24 | Three Forks of the Missouri |
(#66000433) |
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Gallatin | Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, first European-American to visit this spot, concluded the Missouri River originated where the Three Forks joined.[18] | |
25 | Travelers Rest |
(#66000437) |
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Missoula | Campsite used during the westward passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 as the party prepared to cross the Bitterroot Mountains, and again during return passage in 1806. | |
26 | Virginia City Historic District |
(#66000435) |
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Madison | More than 200 historic 19th century buildings remain in this 1860s mining town; it also served as the Montana Territorial Capitol during the same period. | |
27 | Burton K. Wheeler House |
(#76001129) |
Butte Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Silver Bow | Former residence of noted Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler.[19] | |
28 | Wolf Mountains Battlefield-Where Big Crow walked Back and Forth | Upload image |
(#00001617) |
Birney Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Rosebud | Site of the Battle of Wolf Mountain.[20] |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Historic Landmarks in Montana. |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-306.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-303.
- ↑ NPS webpage: NPS-gov-940.
- ↑ NPS webpage: NPS-gov-919**.
- ↑ NPS webpage: NPS-gov-300.
- ↑ NPS webpage: NPS-gov-1235.
- ↑ NPS webpage: NPS-gov-298.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-301.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-1630.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-307.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-308.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-1630.
- ↑ NPS, April 2009, webpage: [1].
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-299.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-302.
- ↑ NPS, March 2009, webpage: NPS-gov-1631.
- ↑ NPS, April 2009, webpage: [2].