Location ID: #1091
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The Sleeping Giant Wilderness Study Area is a non-motorized recreation area located on the west side of the Missouri River and Holter Lake, 30 miles north of Helena, Montana. The rock formation is a well-known landmark, readily visible from Helena. ...
Location ID: #10191651
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The Original Montana Club Cooperative Association (OMCCA) own & operates four floors of a purpose-built clubhouse designed in 1903-05 by St. Paul/New York City architect Cass Gilbert. The Clubhouse's volume, 7-story height, building ...
Location ID: #1587
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The Masonic Home of Montana is a Montana tradition with very strong roots. Ours is a community of residents, staff, volunteers, family and friends interacting and sharing bonds of genuine affection. Exceptionally dedicated and trained staff provide ...
Location ID: #863
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The Helena Regional Airport is owned and operated by the Helena Regional Airport Authority. In 1993, the City of Helena and Lewis and Clark County established the Airport Authority under title 67 of Montana Code. The reason for the establishment of ...
Location ID: #10010237
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The West Residential section is located on the lower slopes of Mount Helena, west of the downtown area. The streets in this section are lined with trees and stone walls, and many homes date from the last quarter of the 19th century. Mansions in this ...
Location ID: #10010138
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Alan Nicholson, the visionary behind the Great Northern Town Center, has loved carousels since he was a little boy. When he envisioned the various eateries, boutiques and entertainment businesses in the town center, he also envisioned a carousel for ...
Location ID: #10026182
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Turn off Highway 12 and walk around Two Dot, Montana. The town is only 44 miles east of White Sulphur Springs but try to resist the temptation to rush on because you will miss some memorable views of the Crazy Mountains from town and from the nearby ...
Location ID: #720
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Location ID: #699
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The tiny community of Southern Cross nestles at 7000 ft. on a mountainside looking out at the snow-capped peaks of Montana's continental divide. Georgetown Lake spreads out 700 feet below, hosting rainbow trout, herons, and bald eagles, not to ...
Location ID: #1071
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Burial site for past residents of Sand Coulee dating back to the 1880's.
Sand Coulee is now a bedroom community for Great Falls, laying twelve miles east and south of the larger city. Both town and city had their start at almost exactly the same ...
Location ID: #10104453
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Location ID: #1227
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St. Marie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Valley County, Montana, United States. The population was 264 at the 2010 census. It is located at the site of the former Glasgow Air Force Base.
When the Air Force base was decommissioned, the ...
Location ID: #1238
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The Great Falls Portage is the route taken by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 to portage around the Great Falls of the Missouri River during the outbound portion of the expedition. The 18-mile (29 km) portage took 31 days. Two portions of the ...
Location ID: #10021158
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Concrete boat ramp; access for trailers;
Location ID: #10010017
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Location ID: #1338
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Prussian-born entrepreneur Theodore H. Kleinschmidt was 25 years old when he arrived in the gold camp of Virginia City, Montana, in 1864 with a mule team and a stock of merchandise. Only two years later, he and Samuel Hauser opened the First ...
Location ID: #1608
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The town went wild as the first long-awaited locomotive steamed into Helena on June 13, 1883. The momentous arrival of the Northern Pacific linked Montana to national markets and assured Helena a permanency not previously realized. The Sixth Ward ...
Location ID: #1092
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Fire plagued Helena in the early days. Wooden buildings huddled together, and a lack of abundant water made stopping fires once they got started very difficult. Several huge fires in the 1870s were particularly horrific, wiping out much of the ...
Hap's Beer Parlor
Location ID: #331
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Historic Bar
Haps Beer Parlor has been in existence since 1935. It is one of the original bars in Helena, Montana. The original owner was Hap Schneider; he owned the bar from 1935 till 1941. The second owner was George Schneider; he owned the bar ...
Location ID: #10043936
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Helena was initially founded in the downtown section. On July 14, 1864 four miners, dubbed the "Four Georgians" (though only one was from Georgia), discovered gold in a creekbed along what today is Helena's downtown main street, Last Chance Gulch. ...
Location ID: #1591
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Jean Batiste Laurin settled on the Ruby River in 1863 and operated a general store at a location he named Cicero. The post office that opened in 1874 was named Laurin for this early settler. One resident decided Mr. Laurin looking like "a little ...
Location ID: #10038122
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Fort C. F. Smith was established on August 12, 1866, to protect immigrants traveling on the Bozeman Trail from attacks by the Sioux Indians. The Bozeman Trail crossed the Bighorn River 400 yards from the fort. Located near the present town of Fort ...
Location ID: #10029473
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Centerville derives its name from its position halfway between the nearby coal towns of Stockett and Sand Coulee. It was home to the Stainsby-Latham Coal Mine developed in1905, as well as the Lockray Mine, purchased by the Anaconda Company in 1914 ...
Location ID: #10232794
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