On State Highway 55 at milepost 115 at Old State Highway, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 55.
While hunting stolen horses on Aug. 20, 1878, WM. Monday, Jake Groseclose, Tom Healy, & "Three Finger" Smith were ambushed in a rocky basin 9/10 mile by road from here.
Monday and Groseclose were killed immediately, and Healy wounded; Smith, . . . — — Map (db m23231) HM
On North Main Street (State Highway 55) at Old State Highway, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Historic Meadows Valley
The town of New Meadows is located in a small valley that is filled with memories when logging and ranching was a way of life in the mountains of Central Idaho.
Payette Lake
This glacial lake was . . . — — Map (db m109707) HM
On North 3rd Street (State Highway 55) 0.1 miles south of Lenora Street, on the left when traveling north.
The McCall City Jail was built for $650 in June, 1930, directly behind the City Hall located on the corner of Lenora and Third Streets.
The City Hall building was later moved 12 miles to Roseberry, ID, leaving the jail as a sole reminder of . . . — — Map (db m109934) HM
Near State Street near Forest Street, on the left when traveling south.
Sloan's Point Lookout was a prefabricated lookout tower built by the Aeromotor (sic) Company. One of 200 such structures in the Northwest, the Aeromotor — — Map (db m119491) HM
On West Lake Street (State Highway 55) at State Street, on the right when traveling south on West Lake Street.
Dedicated to the young men
who served in the
Civilian Conservation Corps
from 1933 – 1942.
Their work in the forests and parks in
Idaho remain for all to enjoy
Dedicated August 5, 2006
NACCCA Chapter 28
city of McCall
. . . — — Map (db m110416) HM
Near State Street near Hewitt Street, on the left when traveling south.
A Rich Tradition Of Land Use
Gathering, Hunting, Trapping, Mining, Logging, Ranching, Farming, Recreation
Around 15 thousand years ago, groups of Native Americans started the long history of land use in this area. Today, the Nez . . . — — Map (db m119494) HM
On State Highway 55 at milepost 95,, 3.3 miles south of Smiths Ferry Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Prior to the arrival of the railroad in 1912, the North Fork of the Payette River provided an avenue for logs destined to downstream mills in Horseshoe Bend and Emmett.
In 1903, $100,000 was spent to dynamite open a clear channel in the . . . — — Map (db m23233) HM
Near Yellowstone Road near Winter Harbor, on the left when traveling east.
As workers poured in to work on Fort Peck Dam, the population of this quiet area boomed.
Barracks and dormitories were built in Fort Peck to house individual workers, but families had nowhere to live. More than 20 boomtowns sprang up just . . . — — Map (db m162092) HM
On Yager Road at State Highway 24, on the left when traveling south on Yager Road.
The largest hydraulically filled dam in the world, Fort Peck Dan was made from a slurry of sand, silt, clay, and gravel dredged from the Missouri River.
Nearly four miles long, the dam needed over 125 million cubic yards of . . . — — Map (db m162113) HM
Near Yellowstone Road near Winter Harbor, on the left when traveling east.
Four underground tunnels were built to move water around the dam, from Fort Peck Reservoir to the Missouri downstream
On June 24, 1937, the dike holding back the Missouri River was blasted with dynamite. Since then, the river has flown . . . — — Map (db m162060) HM
On East Kansas Avenue at South Missouri Street, on the right when traveling north on East Kansas Avenue.
The Administration Building was built in 1934 to house management operations for the construction and maintenance of Fort Peck Dam and Lake. Construction of Fort Peck Dam was one of the most ambitious public works projects and symbolized the New . . . — — Map (db m142942) HM
On Yager Road at State Highway 24, on the left when traveling south on Yager Road.
The stretch of land between the Missouri River and Fort Peck Lake is Fort Peck Dam. Built between 1933 and 1940 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Great Depression, it is an engineering marvel and a testament to the human spirit. . . . — — Map (db m162110) HM
On Yaeger Road at State Highway 24, on the left when traveling north on Yaeger Road.
In memory of those who lost their lives in “The Slide” September 22, 1938 Oliver Bucher John L. Johnson Walter Lubbinge Archie R. Moir Douglas J. Moore Dolphie Paulson Albert V. Stoeser Nelson P. Van Stone . . . — — Map (db m162405) HM
On State Highway 24 at milepost 59 at Missouri Avenue (County Road 117) on State Highway 24.
On the west bank of the Missouri River about 1 mile from the Dam was located Old Fort Peck.The stockade about 300 feet square with walls 12 feet high of cottonwood logs set vertically, 3 bastions and 3 gateways on the front, and 2 bastions on the . . . — — Map (db m142941) HM
Near Yellowstone Road near Winter Harbor, on the left when traveling east.
Fort Peck Dam was not intended to produce hydroelectric power when it was originally designed in the early 1930s. After the dam was completed, powerhouses were added to help meet the nation's growing demand for electricity.
Water from Fort . . . — — Map (db m162059) HM
On Yager Road at State Highway 24, on the left when traveling south on Yager Road.
It was a quiet day, September 22, 1938, and work on the Fort Peck Dam was nearing completion. But the quiet would not last. At 1:15 that afternoon, the upstream portion of the east end of the embankment gave way.
As the earth started . . . — — Map (db m162098) HM
Near Yellowstone Road near Winter Harbor, on the left when traveling east.
Today, the quiet countryside surroundings Fort Peck Dam is very different from the energy and bustle than once occurred here. During the height of the dam's construction in the mid-1930s, it was a mass of men, materials , and machines.
Before . . . — — Map (db m162093) HM
On U.S. 2 at milepost 573 at McConnell Road, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 2.
In the summer of 1837 an American Fur Trading Company steamboat laden with trade goods made its way from St. Louis to Fort Union. Smallpox broke out among the crew, but the boat continued to its destination. Contact with the steamboat’s crew during . . . — — Map (db m142945) HM
Glasgow merchants John and Robert Lewis did not face much competition when they opened a bank in a corner of their general store in 1891. Their bank was the only one within over two hundred miles. Despite an initial lack of experience, the Lewis . . . — — Map (db m142933) HM
Near U.S. 2 near Tampico North Road, on the left when traveling east.
Water is the life blood of Montana. During the state’s early settlement, the rivers provided transportation and trading routes; later they sustained the livestock and crops of ranchers and homesteaders; and they still provide Montana’s base for . . . — — Map (db m142926) HM
For thousands of years, northern Montana was covered under massive ice sheets. Glaciologists aren't sure why the ice ages began, but the process of glaciation is known because of the mark it leaves on the landscape. About 190,000 years ago, . . . — — Map (db m142928) HM
On Tampico North Road at Vandalia Road (County Highway 246) on Tampico North Road.
For over ninety years, residents of this area were served by a large steel truss bridge that crossed the Milk River just northeast of here. Built in 1911 by the Illinois Steel Bridge Company of Jacksonville, Illinois, the structure was one of at . . . — — Map (db m142927) HM
On State Highway 70 north of 466th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In 1873 the first settlers, George McKeller and Porter Brown, arrived near the Valley County site which would later become Arcadia. They were followed in 1874 by Samuel Hawthorne, his brother Boone and their families. Mrs. Hawthorne named the . . . — — Map (db m77820) HM
On Bridge Street at Hill Street (Local Route Bridge), on the left when traveling east on Bridge Street.
Three years after the town of Arcadia was platted in October 1885, the First Congregational Church was organized on November 25, 1888, the second church in town. Articles of incorporation were recorded on December 2, 1889, and the building, costing . . . — — Map (db m77821) HM
On Nebraska Route 70, 1.1 miles north of Nebraska Route 22, on the right when traveling north.
On January 12, 1888, a sudden fierce blizzard slashed across the Midwest. The temperature fell to between 30 and 40 degrees below zero. A howling northwest wind swept the plains. The storm raged for 12 to 18 hours and is probably the most severe . . . — — Map (db m238340) HM
