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Travelers Rest
When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came to the easter...
National Historic Landmark - Lolo Trail
The Lolo Trail across the Rocky Mountains between Idaho an...
Devils Tower
Topped by a three hundred and fifty foot circular, vertica...
Dumas Brothel
The Dumas Brothel, located at 45 E. Mercury Street in Butt...
Bonneville Dam
The Bonneville Dam, constructed in the Columbia River Gorg...
Berkeley Pit
The Berkeley Pit is a terminal sink, the remains of an Ana...
Jenny Lake
Jenny Lake is a popular tourist destination in Wyoming’s G...
Lewis and Clark Pass
During the winter 1806, Captains Meriwether Lewis and Will...
Jefferson Expansion Memorial
Standing 630 feet tall with a base measuring 630 feet wide...
Clark's Dismal Nitch
Clark’s Dismal Nitch is a cove in the lower Columbia River...
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Travelers Rest
When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark came to the eastern edge of the Bitterroot Mountains in present-day Montana, they walked in the footsteps laid down over thousands of years by countless individuals. Geographic realities defined travel routes in the pre-modern ...
National Historic Landmark - Lolo Trail
The Lolo Trail across the Rocky Mountains between Idaho and Montana provided the setting for the most difficult travels of the Corps of Discovery. After camping and resting for two days at Traveler's Rest, Lewis and Clark began their journey ...
Devils Tower
Topped by a three hundred and fifty foot circular, vertical cliff and peaking 12,000 feet above the Bella Forche River in the Black Hills of Wyoming, Devils Tower rose out of the surrounding plains only fifty to sixty million years ...
Dumas Brothel
The Dumas Brothel, located at 45 E. Mercury Street in Butte, Montana, claims to be “America’s longest running house of prostitution.” In 1890, when the brothel first opened, Butte was a mining town, and several “parlor houses” and brothels lined ...
Bonneville Dam
The Bonneville Dam, constructed in the Columbia River Gorge, was completed in 1937. Construction took four years and was a New Deal public works project. President Franklin Roosevelt visited the site during construction and spoke at the dam’s dedication ceremony. ...
Berkeley Pit
The Berkeley Pit is a terminal sink, the remains of an Anaconda Company open pit copper mine that ceased operations in 1982. The pit began as a silver mine in 1880. Its Irish immigrant owner Marcus Daly soon discovered copper ...
Jenny Lake
Jenny Lake is a popular tourist destination in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Thousands of years ago, a glacier carved a depression in the earth that eventually filled with water, forming the lake. Today, Jenny Lake is over 250 feet ...
Lewis and Clark Pass
During the winter 1806, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark made preparations for their return trip to Saint Louis. They decided to split the Corps of Discovery into two groups in order to find a more efficient route back to ...
Jefferson Expansion Memorial
Standing 630 feet tall with a base measuring 630 feet wide, the Gateway Arch serves as a reminder of the role that St. Louis played in the westward expansion of the United Sates. Located on the banks of the Mississippi ...
Clark's Dismal Nitch
Clark’s Dismal Nitch is a cove in the lower Columbia River where Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery sought shelter from dangerous weather conditions for six days in November of 1805. By the time of their arrival at the lower ...
