Canyon History
Please submit your old photos, historic records, any stories about your cabin, the area near your cabin or the canyon, and we will include them on this page.

photo provided by Pioneer Museum

Then & Now Canyon - Photo Series

Sagebrush Point
Old Man of the Canyon
Cascade Creek Cabin
First Bridge Over Gallatin Near Cave Ck
Castle Rock

Interesting Reading on Canyon History
A Brief Chronological Sketch of the Gallatin Canyon
By Merrill G. Burlingame


photo provided by Pioneer Museum


The Pioneer Museum - Gallatin Historical Society in Bozeman offers a variety of changing exhibits portraying earlier days in the Gallatin Valley.

Book Available on History of Gallatin Canyon:
Montana's Gallatin Canyon: A Gem In The Treasure State
by Cronin, Janet & Vick, Dorothy
Mountain Press Publishing

With the upcoming 200th Anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a lot of events are planned along their route. Not too far up river at Three Forks where the Gallatin river joins with the Jefferson and Madison to make the Missouri, Lewis & Clark left their mark in history.
The following list of sites provide interesting historical and geographic information,
200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition- Geocommunity site
Lewis and Clark: Corps of Discovery- Marcopolo site
EXPLORE! The Big Sky" events at Great Falls/Fort Benton Montana in 2005
Lewis & Clark 200 - Geography & Change
Lewis & Clark's Lost Missouri- National Geographic Site

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