De Borgia Cemetery

The De Borgia Cemetery has served its community for over 100 years. Local businesses and citizens continue to care for the memorials and graves, mindful that the cemetery is a tribute to De Borgia as well as to the individuals ...

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 ...

Chinese Miners-Louisville

NOTICE: Access to this site may be via narrow dirt or gravel roads with few turnarounds.

NOTICE: Cell service may be limited or nonexistent in the area of this site.

Chinese miners in the West faced extreme prejudice. Idaho’s Moose ...

Cedar Creek Stampede

NOTICE: Access to this site may be via narrow dirt or gravel roads with few turnarounds.

NOTICE: Cell service may be limited or nonexistent in the area of this site.

Louis Barrette rode through snow and ice towards Frenchtown in ...

CCC Camp at St. Regis

One afternoon in July 1933, a heavy truck could not turn around on a narrow forest road; to solve the problem, several “husky lads put their shoulders to the truck and lifted the chassis and set it down again in ...

Cantonment Jordan

In June 1859, Captain John Mullan set out with 100 men. The United States government wanted a military road built through some of the wildest, untamed country in the West. Mullan led the effort to build a road connecting Walla ...

Camel's Hump Road

In 1864, a train of pack camels arrived in Montana along the Mullan Road and wagon trail. Local teamsters and animals disliked the strange beasts, which one hunter mistook for a deformed moose. The Camel’s Hump was not named for ...

Alberton Gorge

Alberton Gorge—known by some locals as the Scenic Gorge—is renowned for its whitewater rafting. This 11-mile stretch of the Clark Fork River boasts class III and class IV rapids, attracting an estimated 30,000 adventure seekers each year. Some of the ...

Alberton

Alberton, Montana, is a town shaped by transportation. Located in a Clark Fork River canyon, travelers through this part of the world have long passed between its steep mountainsides—whether by foot, trail, wagon, or interstate highway. It was the railroad, ...

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 ...