UM Geography's 'This is Montana' Celebrates 100 Columns (Part Two)

Editor's Note: This is the second part of a column celebrating 'This is Montana,' a University of Montana program delivered to an estimated 80-plus high schools and newspapers. Enjoy!

Although Montana's history may be young, it certainly is deep, and much of its evidence is written on the land.

Knowing that an old trail – the Mullan Wagon Road – followed the Clark Fork River, explains scars along...