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William Clark’s 1806 Route
Over Green Mountain Pass,
Gallatin County, Montana
Archaeological and Historical Evidence of a Travel Corridor with at least 5000 Years of Use
With Archaeologist Scott Carpenter of InteResources Planning, Bozeman
A Montana Archaeology Month Lecture
The Extreme History Project Presents
In 2005, historical research and archaeological field
surveys were conducted in the Green Mountain area,
east of Bozeman, in Gallatin County, Montana.
Preliminary historical research revealed that William
Clark’s return route of July 15, 1806, and the Bozeman
Trail of 1864-1868 traversed the project area. Detailed
historical research and archaeological surveys revealed
the locations of prehistoric habitation and tool
production sites, the single-day route of William Clark in
1806, the Bozeman Trail corridor, Fort Ellis Military
trails dating from 1867-1886, as well as late 19
th
and
early 20
th
century wagon and stage roads throughout
the area. This multi-disciplinary project, with geospatial
plotting, documents continuous prehistoric and historic
period use of the same general travel corridor for
approximately the past 5000 years.
Tuesday, April 30
The Bozeman Public Library
6:00 PM
The Extreme History Project
www.extremehistory.wordpress.com