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Frontier Gateway Museum       TALKING TRAIL

Welcome to Glendive, Montana
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Welcome to Glendive, Montana

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​360 - Frontier Gateway Museum

Welcome to the Frontier Gateway Museum! Take a step back in time, and explore... (read more)

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345 - Margie

Did you know the Frontier Gateway Museum is located on the Montana Dinosaur Trail... (read more)

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346 - General Store

Because the settlers lived in rural areas, general stores were born out of necessity... (read more)

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347 - Golden Valley Schoolhouse

Welcome to the Golden Valley Schoolhouse–one of three original buildings... (read more)

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348 - Windmill

One of the perks that goes with a local history museum is the unexpected... (read more)

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349 - The Hagen Site

Before the 1800’s, most peoples living in what is now Montana patterned life... (read more)

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350 - Camp Canby

Following the defeat of George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry Division at... (read more)

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351 - Early Glendive Churches

While the Western Frontier is often viewed as a masculine territory, thousands... (read more)

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352 - Charles Krug House

Rancher and banker, Charles Krug, came west from Ohio in 1878, searching for... (read more)

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353 - Bell Street Bridge

As you take a walk across the 1,352 foot span of the Bell Street Bridge, you might... (read more)

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354 - Steamboats

Had you been standing where you are now before or shortly after the turn of the... (read more)

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355 - Willard Park

So why is there this small park with a fountain, where Bell Street, Douglas Street and... (read more)

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356 - Makoshika State Park

Welcome to Makoshika State Park, what many consider to be “the jewel of Eastern... (read more)

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357 - Catharine McCarty

Catharine Calk McCarty, born into an aristocratic Kentucky family, followed relatives to Montana... (read more)

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358 - Pamela Harr Statues

Listen as artist and sculptor, Pamela Harr, shares her story about the incredible bronze... (read more)

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359 - Clark on the Yellowstone

On August 1st, 1806, a yachting party consisting of Captain William Clark of the... (read more)

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361 - Native American History

The Crow and Hidatsa are Siouan people who traded with each other along the... (read more)

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362 - Merrill Avenue and Historic...

Glendive took root as a steamboat landing on the Yellowstone River and as a railroad center... (read more)

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363 - Railroad Meets the...

Former Confederate General Thomas L. Rosser was the chief engineer for construction of... (read more)

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364 - The Cannon

Nestled here at the corner of the Frontier Gateway Museum land, is a large piece of... (read more)

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Welcome to the Frontier Gateway Museum and community of Glendive, MT! Take a step back in time, and explore a variety of entertaining and educational exhibits spanning from prehistoric to modern day. Get the chance to uncover the rich railroad history of the Northern Pacific Railway, with a caboose and other railroad memorabilia found throughout the museum.

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