Black Otter Trail (In Swords Rimrock Park off Airport Rd.) A scenic drive starting from U.S. 10 at the east end of the city, the former roadway passes Boothill Cemetery, climbs Kelly Mountain and follows the edge of the Rimrocks, where it descends to the valley. Today the short road can be traversed with a fourwheel vehicle, but is better explored by foot or bicycle. Black Otter trail is named after a Crow chief who was killed there by a Sioux war party.
the images of shield bearing warriors, human like figures and animals painted on rock walls by aboriginal people. The caves offer visitors a glimpse of life thousands of years ago and the interpretive center offers insight into artifacts from the early days of civilization.
Interpretive Center at Canyon Creek battle Site
Chief Joseph outsmarted the U.S. Calvary at a site about 15 miles west of Billings, reached by driving west on Grand Avenue. Here, along the Rimrocks above Canyon Creek, the Nez Perce Indians out shot and out maneuvered Colonel Sturgis’ force of 400 men. Chief Joseph Historians report that a group of with a small band of warriors and Crow Indians were camped on a following of elders and children this high cliff above the pinned down the Army with Yellowstone River across from the gunfire on a bright September Black Otter Trail, awaiting the day in 1877. The Canyon Creek return of a war party. When the battle was one of 11 engagements warriors returned, they found which the retreating Nez Perce their village decimated by fought. The wayside interpretive smallpox. Among the warriors shelter tells the story of the battle. were two young men whose families and friends were among the dead. To appease the gods and halt the smallpox, the two young men blindfolded their (914 Division St. – ponies and rode them over the 406-256-5100) cliff.
Sacrifice Cliff
Moss Mansion
Pictograph Cave State Park (Coburn Rd.) One of Montana’s most significant historic landmarks, Pictograph Cave State Park bears
Moss Mansion
Pictograph Cave State Park
Designed in 1901 by famous American architect Henry Janeway Hardenberg, the Moss Mansion is an exuberant mixture of various architectural styles. From the ornate Moorish entry to the Shakespearean library to the formal French parlor, the Moss
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