"Fort Owen is situated on the Scattering creek of the Lewis and Clark Trail." Drawing depicts Lieutenant Mullan arriving at Fort Owen with a delegation of chiefs from the Flathead nation. Plate XXX.
"Just below the outlet of Flathead Lake there is a series of rapids and falls, one of which, at the time, was fifteen feet high. The country to the west of the lake is a high rolling prairie. Salmon trout, three feet long, are caught in it,...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Salish Indians; Hellgate River (Mont.)
Drawing depicts the camp of Victor, a Flathead Chief. The camp sits on the Hell-Gate River "three miles above its junction with the Bitter Root." Plate XXXI.
Dams -- Montana; Dam construction -- Montana; Hungry Horse Dam
Hungry Horse Dam is on the South Fork of the Flathead River in Montana. The dam was built as part of the Hungry Horse Project to provide hydroelectric power and flood control. At 564 feet, the dam is the 10th highest in the U.S.
Dams -- Montana; Dam construction -- Montana; Hungry Horse Dam
Photograph of construction workers pouring cement at the Hungry Horse Dam construction. The dam was built as part of the Hungry Horse Project to provide hydroelectric power and flood control. At 564 feet, the dam is the 10th highest in the U.S....
Dams -- Montana; Dam construction -- Montana; Hungry Horse Dam
Photograph of construction workers sand blasting at the construction of the Hungry Horse Dam. The dam was built as part of the Hungry Horse Project to provide hydroelectric power and flood control. At 564 feet, the dam is the 10th highest in the...
Expeditions & surveys; Railroad surveys; Clark Fork River (Mont.); Flathead Lake (Mont.)
The Clark Fork River, "being much cut up by coulees, have the appearance of that on the Upper Missouri. The soil is principally a light yellow clay; the stream here is two hundred yards wide, swift and deep, sparsely timbered with pine and...