Go West 2010

Magical
NATIVE AMERICAN
HERITAGE
Once home to nearly a dozen Indian
MONTANA
tribes, Montana embraces its Native
American heritage, offering visitors a
chance to experience the culture of
America’s earliest inhabitants. Delve into
the history of the Salish, Pend d’Oreille
and Kootenai tribes at The People’s Center
America’s frontier heritage is alive and well in Montana, where wide, open terrain, Native
in Pablo, where artifacts, exhibits and
oral history presentations preserve the
American culture and ranches and rodeos offer visitors a glimpse of the authentic American West.
tribes’ history for generations to come.
In spring,
Madison River Valley,
view original
Southwest Montana works of art
created by
more than
50 Native
American
artists at
the Great
Falls Native
American
Art Show.
Visit
Ashland to
tour the
Cheyenne
Indian
Museum, experience
the singing, dancing and drumming of
an authentic Indian powwow – one of
the most popular, the Annual Crow Fair
and Celebration, is held each August – or
visit Crow Agency to view the Little
Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, the
legendary site of “Custer’s Last Stand.”
s the fourth largest state in the nation, When it comes to recreation, “Big Sky Country”
A
Montana amply earns its moniker of “Big Sky is an outdoor adventurer’s dream. Home to
Country.” Blessed with majestic mountains, Glacier National Park and a portion of Yellowstone
sparkling rivers, endless plains and lush National Park, Montana offers miles and miles
forests, Montana is the ideal destination of spectacular wilderness terrain for camping,
for travelers longing to experience the untamed, hiking, boating and ﬁ shing. Kayak down the Clark
rough-hewn spirit that spurred the early Fork River. Go ﬂ y ﬁ shing on the Gallatin River,
pioneers westward. one of many Montana rivers known for offering
Visit Billings – Montana’s largest city – to some of the best trout ﬁ shing in the West. Or visit
learn more about the state’s frontier history Montana in winter, when skiing, snowmobiling,
at the Western Heritage Center. Travel deep snowshoeing and dog sledding are just a few of the
underground to view 2,000-year-old cave drawings options for outdoor fun.
at Pictograph State Park, then view famed
explorer William Clark’s signature carved into LEARN MORE: Visit www.travelmontana.com
Pompeys Pillar, a 200-foot rock cropping above the
Yellowstone River that provides visible evidence of
the Lewis and Clark expedition.
DON’T MISS DESTINATIONS
Watch real cowboys in action at the Wild Horse
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Stampede – one of Montana’s many rodeos – held World Heritage Site
in Wolf Point, now part of the Fort Peck Indian
Glacier-fed lakes
Reservation. Travel back in time to the days of
700 miles of trails
the Old West in Virginia City. Ride a stagecoach, BILLINGS
pan for gold, view living history reenactors and
Western Heritage Center
experience what it was like to live in this frontier
Pictograph State Park
Pompeys Pillar
town during the frenzied days of the Gold
Rush. Or travel even further back in time on the
RED LODGE
Montana Dinosaur Trail: View some of the most
Scenic Beartooth Highway
Bear Creek Saloon
complete dinosaur skeletons ever found at 15 stops
Historic Main Street
along this journey through time.
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