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MONTANA TRAVEL GUIDE 2017

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:12:00 +0000

The Blackfoot backroad starts just east of Missoula, at a site that exemplifies this landscape’s remarkable evolution from pristine to despoiled to pristine again. On the south side of Interstate 90 at Bonner (pop. 1,663), where the Blackfoot empties into the Clark Fork River, is a wide plain of stumps, gravel, and debris, with a river running through it. A few years ago, a small reservoir backed up behind the Milltown Dam here, accumulating mining toxins that arrived from more than 100 miles upstream at the Warm Springs Ponds near Butte and Anaconda. The Milltown Reservoir complex was the largest

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South Dakota Guide for Tourist

editor — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 23:20:00 +0000

South Dakota cultural contributions As testimony to the Latino history of the state, many places in South Dakota have names of Spanish origin, including Fort Manuel, named after Latino explorer Manuel Lisa; Hermosa, which means gorgeous; and Boneita Springs, a corruption of bonita; and Bonilla, believed to have been named by William Kelley, division superintendent of the Milwaukee railroad, in honor of General Manuel Bonilla, who was the president of Honduras at the time. According to one version, the town of Delmont was derived from Delmonte (from the hillside), which was a popular chain of cafes in the country at

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