Historic Valley

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12 LOLO 2 Historic Darby Ranger 15 16 Station and Museum 3 Darby Pioneer 6 Memorial Museum Eastside Highway 4 Hamilton Southside Residential Historic 11 9 FLORENCE District 10 Main Street 5 Hamilton Commercial Historic District 14 6 7 Ravalli County Museum at the Old STEVENSVILLE Courthouse 8 Rocky Mountain Laboratory Historic District 13 VICTOR 9 Historic St. Mary’s Mission 10 Stevensville PINDESDALE Historical Museum 11 Stevensville Main

CORVALLIS Street 12 Travelers Rest State Park 13 Victor Heritage Museum HAMILTON 14 Whaley Homestead at 1 Lee Metcalf National Wildlife

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R Refuge 15 (Nee-Me-Poo) Main Str Marcus Street National eet 5 17 7 Historic Trail 4 16 Lewis & Clark 8 National Golf Course Road Historic Trail 17 Ice Age Floods 2 National 3 DARBY Geologic Trail 15 16 To and the Big Hole National Battlefield Historic Bitterroot Valley the Historic Downtown Walking Tour 11 Stevensville Main Street brochure, available at most merchants. Visit Historic Stevensville, “Where www.hamiltondowntownassociation.org Began” -- Est. 1841. Check out the Historic Plaques on our downtown 6 buildings and experience Stevensville Fort Owen State Park “Then and Now”. Major John Owen arrived in the Bitterroot Valley in 1850 and established the fort 406 777-3773 and began trading with the Indians and www.mainstreetstevensville.com 1 Daly Mansion the growing number of immigrants. Located on 46 acres of lush landscape, Today you can browse through the the Daly Mansion is the historic home partially-reconstructed structures and of 19th Century American industrialist enjoy interpretive signs and exhibits that . The exhibits convey the detail the fort’s history. story of Daly and his rise from working- www.stateparks.mt.gov/fortowen class immigrant to copper magnate, as well as local, regional, and international 7 history tied to his extended family. Ravalli County Museum Ravalli County 251 Eastside Highway, North of Hamilton Museum 406 363-6004 | www.dalymansion.org houses 12 Travelers Rest State Park historical Along the banks of Lolo Creek, visitors collections can explore the landscape used for and archives centuries by native peoples, visited from all of twice by the Corps of Discovery, and Ravalli County home to a wondrous diversity of plants and provides and animals. The Park features a nature community trail and the Holt Museum and Visitors events, Center where families can enjoy hands- exhibits and on exhibits about Lewis & Clark, Native American cultural history, and wildlife. educational programming throughout the year. 6717 Highway 12 West, Lolo 2 406 275-4253 | www.travelersrest.org Historic Darby Ranger 205 Bedford Hamilton | 406 363-3338 Station and Museum www.ravallimuseum.org Built by the CCC between 1937-39, 13 Victor Heritage Museum this Ranger Station has served many 8 The Victor Heritage Museum is housed community needs over its career. Rocky Mountain Laboratory in the old and fully restored Northern Faithfully restored, it now houses Historic District Pacific Railroad’s 1928 Victor Depot artifacts, maps, and photographs that tell RML is a secure facility, but much can where you’ll find interpretation of the the story of the rugged individuals who be seen by stopping in the Visitor Center history of the Victor area. and viewing the wall display and video staffed this “isolated” ranger station. 125 Blake Street, Victor | 406 642-3997 monitor of research projects. Many 712 North Main, Darby | 406 821-3913 historic buildings are visible from the 14 Whaley Homestead street, and historic photos are available Lee Metcalf National 3 Darby Memorial via the Montana Memory Project Wildlife Refuge Pioneer Museum www.montanamemory.org The Whaley Homestead is on the National The Pioneer Memorial Museum is housed 503 South 4th Street, Hamilton Register of Historic Places because it in a fine hand-hewn log homestead. Here exhibits unique qualities of vernacular you’ll find domestic artifacts, as well as frontier architecture associated with the work implements of the early settlers, beginnings and evolution of agricultural preserved in impeccable condition. development. 101 East Tanner, Darby | 406 821-3753 www.fws.gov/refuge/lee_metcalf on the About tab. 4 Hamilton Southside Residential Historic District 15 Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) The architectural character of this pleasant National Historic Trail district was initially shaped by copper Hwy 93, Hwy 12 to Big Hole Battlefield king Marcus Daly in the 1890s. Several 9 Historic St. Mary’s Mission www.fs.usda.gov/npnht waves of development left an assortment Founded in 1841 by Fr. DeSmet. Visit Auto Tour brochures of vernacular forms from high style Chief Victor’s Cabin, Fr. Ravalli’s Cabin/ available at the Victorian to Romanesque to Craftsman Pharmacy, and St. Mary’s Chapel. Tours Ravalli County Museum. and Colonial Revival. Picturesque Revival available. and Cape Cod style cottages can be found 16 315 Charlos Street, Stevensville Lewis & Clark interspersed in with the earlier styles, 406 777-5734 | www.stmarysmission.org National Historic Trail even a Moderne style here and there. A list Hwy 93, Missoula to Lost of Contributing Properties and National 10 Trail Pass Register sign text can be found by visiting Stevensville www.nps.gov/lecl montanahistorywiki.pbworks.com and Historical Museum www.lewisandclark.org searching for “Hamilton Southside.” The Stevensville Historical Museum houses exhibits on the history of 17 Stevensville, recognized as the first Ice Age Floods 5 Hamilton Commercial permanent Caucasian settlement in the National Geologic Trail Historic District state of Montana and the traditional Missoula to south of Hamilton Downtown Hamilton invites you to take homeland of the Salish Indians. www.iafi.org/trail.html in our charming architecture, before stepping into our up-to-the-minute shops. 517 Main Street, Stevensville Just call us HIP-store-ical! Also, look for 406 777-1007 www.stevensvillemuseum.com Google “montanahistorywiki.pbworks.com” and search for “National Register Ravalli” for a complete list of National Register sign texts in Ravalli County.

Bitter Root Cultural Heritage Trust PO Box 2216, Hamilton, MT 59840 | www.brcht.org