Route of the Hiawatha- Man’s Mark on the Land

If you stood on this spot with a railroad surveyor in 1906, you would have gazed across a lush patchwork forest of large trees. The super hot 1910 fires burned the valley below and for years afterward the area presented ...

General Horatio Gates

1727-1806

General Gates was commissioned a Brigadier General and was appointed Adjutant General of the Continental Army in 1775 by orders of General Washington. He was in Fort Lee with General Washington in October 1776.

Marker is on Parker Avenue, on the ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- A Changing Landscape

“Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” Benjamin Disraeli

At the beginning of the 20th century, majestic western white pine, western larch and western red cedar, some over 400 years old, along with Douglas-fir and grand fir carpeted the Bitterroots.

As the railroad ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- “Wintering” Roland

Bitterroot winters are frigid and long-lasting, with the snow staying on the ridges and packed into the draws and gullies well into the spring.

Roland and East Portal can receive up to a foot of snow an hour during a big ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Looking for the Right Route

Looking for the Right Route

In 1905, the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began looking for a route for their western extension over the Bitterroot Mountains. After five and a half months, exploring 930 miles, the railroad chose a route over ...

General Nathaniel Greene

1742-1786

General Greene took command of Fort Lee on September 17, 1776 from General James Iwing. At that time there were around 2,667 troops stationed in Fort Lee. The encampment was the main quartermaster post for supplying men and equipment to ...

Southington Recreation Park

Southington Recreation

Park

54 Acres

Site Purchased 1929

A Civic Project Proposed

By Members of The

Southington Exchange Club

Financed by Voluntary Contribution

Of The Citizens of Southington

Swimming Pool, Athletic Field

And Grove

Ready For Public Use 1930

Marker is at the intersection of South End Road and Maxwell Noble ...

Batteries B & L, Second U.S. Artillery

First Brigade - Horse Artillery - Cavalry Corps

Army of the Potomac

Cavalry Corps

First Brigade Horse Artillery

Batteries B & L Second U.S. Artillery

Six 3 inch Rifles

Lieut. Edward Heaton Commanding

July 2 Arrived near the battlefield at ...

Dedicated to All Veterans

Dedicated to All Veterans

In Memory of Edward A. Ferracci

Marker is at the intersection of South End Road and Maxwell Noble Drive, on the left when traveling north on South End Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Route of the Hiawatha- Beast of the Bitterroots

It groaned,

It growled,

It Shrieked!

Turntable & Townsite

Roland, Idaho s started as a construction camp in 1906, housing men working on the west portion of the St. Paul Pass Tunnel. It evolved from a tent camp scattered along the right-of-way, into a ...