Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory: Montana
Signs, Statues, and Markers
By Kristopher K. TownsendUS National Park Service (LCNHT)
This page is an inventory of sites commemorating the Lewis and Clark journey in the present state of Montana. In late April 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition first entered Montana after leaving the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. They would spend the summer towing their boats up the Missouri, portaging the dugouts around the Falls of the Missouri, and finally changing over to horse and foot travel east of Lemhi Pass. In 1806, Lewis returned to the Missouri via the Blackfoot River, and Clark returned via the Yellowstone River.
In 2009, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail of the U.S. National Park Service conducted an inventory of Lewis and Clark-related interpretive panels, signs, markers, and some statuary. The results of that survey have been compiled into a database and presented here by Kris Townsend. For other regions, see Lewis and Clark Trail Inventory. If you have more current photos and new sites to include, please contact editor@trailresearch.org and we will update this inventory.