Montana Yesterday

admin | June 8, 2010

We were in Milltown at the end of our last post. In just a few hundred yards, before you get to the churches and school at Bonner, turn right off Highway 200 onto Highway 210 through Piltzville. The Mullan Road tended to hug the base of the mountain tighter than the today’s highway does because [...]

Category: 1850s-1860s, John Mullan, Mullan Road, Railroads, Stagecoaches, Western Montana history | No Comments »
Tags: Bearmouth, Beavertail Hill, Clinton, Medicine Tree Hill, Milltown, Mullan Road, Nimrod, Piltzville, Rock Creek, Turah

admin | May 25, 2010

The yellow sign in the rearview mirror said “No Regular Maintenance: Travel At Your Own Risk” and I had to laugh. From the stories I’ve heard, Lt. John Mullan probably should have been required to post such signs every few miles or so when he came through here with his road-builders in 1860 and 1862. [...]

Category: 1850s-1860s, Commemorations, Explorations, John Mullan, Montana, Mullan Road, Northern Pacific Railroad, Railroads, Uncategorized, Western Montana history | No Comments »
Tags: Bearmouth, Blackfoot River, Clark Fork River, Clinton, Drummond, Fort Benton, Hellgate River, John Mullan, Mullan Road, Turah