Fish Creek State Park

Established in 2010 and spanning some 5,600 acres, Fish Creek State Park is one of Montana’s newest and largest state parks. But for a seemingly new park, it also holds a considerable amount of history. Aboriginal peoples have utilized the ...

Confluence Camp

Mineral County is within the traditional territory of the Salish and Pend d’Oreille Indians. These tribes and other regional Indians made camps along the Clark Fork River that allowed them to take advantage of the plentiful resources of the area. ...

Clark Fork Ferries

Traveling through Mineral County, you’re never far from a river. The Clark Fork and St. Regis Rivers cut their way through canyons and wind through valleys. Above them rise tributaries branching out into the hills and mountains beyond. While the ...

The 1910 Fires-Mineral County

By August 1910, the Pacific Northwest had been burning for months. A severe drought had left the forests tinder-dry, and over 1,700 fires had scorched their way across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

On the night of August 20, high ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- City of Potosí

In the 16th century, this area was regarded as the world’s largest industrial complex. The extraction of silver ore relied on a series of hydraulic mills. The site consists of the industrial monuments of the Cerro Rico, where water is ...

Vidae Falls

Vidae Falls is a spring-fed cascade that drops 100 feet (30 meters) over a series of ledges on the west side of the road. With snowshoes or cross-country skis, it is accessible in the winter when it can be covered ...

Klamath Falls

In an attempt to promote preservation of the reserve the Mazamas, William Gladstone Steel, “The Father of Crater Lake,” held a summer outing and mountain-climbing excursion at Crater Lake in August 1896. The trip had the nature of a scientific ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Temple of Preah Vihear

Situated on the edge of a plateau that dominates the plain of Cambodia, the Temple of Preah Vihear is dedicated to Shiva. The Temple is composed of a series of sanctuaries linked by a system of pavements and staircases over ...

Dutton Cliff

In 1885, accompanied by a friend, J.M. Breck, William Gladstone Steel, who would later become known as “the Father of Crater Lake,” took the Oregon & California Railroad to Medford, where he caught a stagecoach to Fort Klamath. The two ...

White River Wilderness Information Center

Mount Rainier National Park maintains active relations with six Indian tribes located in its vicinity: the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island, Muckleshoot, Yakama, and Cowlitz. All but the Cowlitz trace their modern tribal identity to one or more of three treaties ...