List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana

This complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Montana lists all properties and sites in the US state of Montana that are classified as National Historic Landmarks (NHL) in that US state and are under the supervision of the National Park Service . The sites are listed by their official designations on the National Register of Historic Places .

Legend

NHL	National Historic Landmark
NHLD	National Historic Landmark District
NHS	National Historic Site
NMON	National Monument

Current NHLs in Montana

	Name of the site	image	year	place	county	description
1	Bannack Historic District		4th Jul 1961	Bannack 45 ° 9 ′ 40 ″  N , 112 ° 59 ′ 44 ″  W.	Beaverhead	Memorial ensemble: a well-preserved ghost town from a short-lived gold rush and the former capital of Montana.
2	Butte Historic District		4th Jul 1961	Butte 46 ° 0 ′ 59.3 "  N , 112 ° 32 ′ 10"  W.	Silver Bow	Memorial ensemble: “Boomtown” around copper mines.
3	Camp Disapointment		May 23, 1966	Browning	Glacier	Northernmost point of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1806.
4th	Chief Joseph Battleground of Bear's Paw		7 Jun 1988	Chinook 48 ° 22 '39 "  N , 109 ° 12' 33.8"  W.	Blaine	Memorial for the end of the campaign against the Nez Percé .
5	Chief Plenty Coups Home		Jan 20, 1999	Pryor 45 ° 25 '35 "  N , 108 ° 32' 53.9"  W.	Big horn	Historic home (1884–1932) of Chief Plenty Coups (Alek-Chea-Ahoosh) of the Crow Indians .
6th	Fort Benton		5th Nov 1961	Fort Benton	Chouteau	Memorial ensemble: fur trading post of the American Fur Company .
7th	Going-to-the-Sun Road		Dec 18, 1997	Glacier National Park 48 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  N , 113 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  W	Flathead and Glacier	Pass road through the Glacier National Park to open up the high mountains for tourists. It is considered a masterpiece of engineers and landscape planners because of its integration into the landscape and the design of the engineering structures.
8th	Grant-Kohrs Ranch		19th Dec 1960	Deer Lodge 46 ° 24 ′ 30 ″  N , 112 ° 44 ′ 22 ″  W.	Powell	Ranch from the wedding of the cowboys and the Wild West.
9	Great Falls Portage		May 23, 1966	Great Falls	Cascade	Memorial Ensemble: Important Portage on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
10	Great Northern Railway Buildings		May 28, 1987	Glacier National Park 48 ° 46 ′ 5.2 "  N , 113 ° 46 ′ 11.4"  W.	Flathead	Memorial ensemble of five hotels and chalets in and around the Glacier National Park from the early days of tourism. Granite Park Chalet Many Glacier Hotel Sperry Chalet Two Medicine Store Belton Chalet
11	Hagen site		19 Jul 1964	Glendive	Dawson	Non-excavated archaeological site: The investigation of the former village of the Crow Indians could clarify the extent to which the Plains Indians practiced agriculture.
12	Lake McDonald Lodge		May 28, 1987	Glacier National Park 48 ° 36 ′ 55.4 "  N , 113 ° 52 ′ 41.2"  W.	Flathead	Historic hotel in Glacier National Park.
13	Lemhi Pass		Oct 9, 1960	Tendoy, ID 44 ° 58 ′ 29 "  N , 113 ° 26 ′ 40.9"  W.	Beaverhead (MT) and Lemhi (ID)	Mountain pass on the border of Montana and Idaho. See under: Idaho .
14th	Lolo Trail		Oct 9, 1960	Lolo Hot Springs, ID 46 ° 38 ′ 7 "  N , 114 ° 34 ′ 47"  W.	Missoula (MT) and Clearwater (ID)	Mountain pass where the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed the main ridge of the Rocky Mountains.
15th	Northeast Entrance Station		May 28, 1987	Yellowst. National Park 45 ° 0 ′ 10.1 ″  N , 110 ° 0 ′ 33.1 ″  W.	park	Historic ranger station from 1935 at the northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park .
16	Pictograph Cave		19 Jul 1964	Billings 45 ° 44 ′ 12 "  N , 108 ° 25 ′ 47"  W.	Yellowstone	Archaeological site dating from 2600 BC. Until about the year 1800 was continuously settled.
17th	Pompey's Pillar		23 Jul 1965	Pompey's Pillar 45 ° 59 ′ 43 ″  N , 108 ° 0 ′ 20 ″  W.	Yellowstone	Striking sandstone cliffs on the Yellowstone River . Rest area of ​​William Clark on his return from the Lewis and Clark expedition.
18th	Rankin Ranch		May 11, 1976	Avalanche Gulch	Broadwater	The ranch and home of Jeanette Rankin , the first female MP in the House of Representatives . She was also the only member who opposed the declaration of war against Japan in 1941.
19th	Rosebud Battlefield-Where the Girl Saved Her Brother		16 Aug 2008	Kirby 45 ° 13 ′ 17 ″  N , 106 ° 59 ′ 21 ″  W.	Big horn	Site of the Battle of the Rosebud .
20th	Russell House and Studio		Dec 21, 1965	Great Falls 47 ° 30 ′ 34.7 ″  N , 111 ° 17 ′ 9.3 ″  W.	Cascade	Home and studio of the painter Charles M. Russell .
21st	Three Forks of the Missouri		Oct 9, 1960	Three Forks 45 ° 55 ′ 39 ″  N , 111 ° 30 ′ 18 ″  W.	Gallatin	Beginning of the Missouri River from the confluence of three headwaters.
22nd	Travelers rest		Oct 9, 1960	Lolo 46 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  N , 114 ° 5 ′ 20 ″  W.	Missoula	Rest area of ​​the Lewis and Clark expedition in the Bitterroot range .
23	Virginia City Historic District		4th Jul 1961	Virginia City 45 ° 17 ′ 37 "  N , 111 ° 56 ′ 41"  W.	Madison	Ensemble of memorials made up of more than 200 historical buildings in the capital of Montana during the 1860s.
24	Burton K. Wheeler House		8th Dec 1976	Butte 46 ° 0 '20.3 ​​"  N , 112 ° 31' 17.4"  W.	Silver Bow	Home of longtime Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler .
25th	Wolf Mountains Battlefield-Where Big Crow walked Back and Forth		Oct 6, 2008	Birney 45 ° 17 ′ 17.6 "  N , 106 ° 34 ′ 53.3"  W.	Rosebud	Site of the Battle of Wolf Mountain .

See also

• National Register of Historic Places
• List of Registered Historic Places in Montana

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} List of National Historic Landmarks in Montana . National Park Service , accessed October 26, 2017.
2. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-297 .
3. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-306 ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
4. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-303 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
5. ↑ NPS website: NPS-gov-940 ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
6. ↑ NPS website: NPS-gov-919 ** ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
7. ↑ NPS website: NPS-gov-300 ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
8. ↑ NPS website: NPS-gov-2200 ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ NPS website: NPS-gov-1235 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
10. ↑ NPS website: NPS-gov-298 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
11. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-301 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
12. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-1630 ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
13. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-307 ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
14. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-308 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
15. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-1630 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
16. ↑ NPS, April 2009, website: NPS-gov-419360061 ( memento of the original from October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
17. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-299 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
18. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-302 ( memento of the original from November 19, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
19. ↑ NPS, March 2009, website: NPS-gov-1631 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
20. ↑ NPS, April 2009, website: NPS-gov-1926966093 ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 

Web links

Commons : National Historic Landmarks in Montana  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• National Historic Landmark Program at the National Park Service