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A Photographic Journey up the Missouri River - Into Montana

Photographs of the Missouri River in Montana

These photos provide a visual journey up the Missouri River. The pictures are arranged in approximate upstream order and dates and locations are given when known.  These photographs may give you a glimpse of the sites Lewis & Clark saw and also serve to illustrate the history and development of the Missouri River.

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Missouri River looking downstream from left bank, near Culbertson, MT, bridge

August 1, 2004

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Missouri River looking upstream from left bank, near Culbertson, MT, bridge

August 1, 2004

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Fossilized tree trunk on a ridge along the Missouri River, near Fort Kipp, MT

August 1, 2004

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Missouri River looking downstream from right bank, southwest of Fort Kipp, MT

August 1, 2004

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Active bank erosion on right bank of Missouri River, southwest of Brockton, MT

July 30, 2004

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Beaver lodge on bank of Missouri River, near Poplar, MT

July 30, 2004

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

Survey pack train along the Yellowstone River in Montana

Photograph by William Henry Jackson, official photographer for Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden's Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories

1871

Credit: Library of Congress, The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920

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