Camp Disappointment pictures on MontanaPictures.net (Page six of seven)
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| 60406 Drive east of Glacier Park on Highway 2 and you will pass this Montana Highway Historical Marker. (Note: This is a dirt side road just off the paved Highway 2.) | |||
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| 60506 Because of its location, very few people stop to read this important piece of Montana history. | |||
| Glacier Park is only minutes away. West bound travelers with kids weary from a long drive zoom past the sign. | |||
| East bound travelers on the twelfth day of their two-week vacation are trying to return to the Midwest as quickly as possible. | |||
| Let's walk out to the monument... | |||
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| 60606 There's the rail road tracks running east-west (left hand corner of the picture.) | |||
| On the horizon, you can see the mountains of Glacier Park. (Please scroll to the right to see the view) | |||
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| 60606 Imagine standing here on July 22, 1806. You're hungry, you are wet from continuous rain and you're trespassing on Blackfoot land. | |||
| See where the mountains abruptly end to the left of the monument? That's the entrance to Marias Pass and Essex, Montana. | |||
| Click here to read the historical sign in Fort Benton, Montana about Captain Lewis returning to the Missouri river after leaving "Camp Disappointment." | |||
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