Montana rivers with the Big Hole in the southwest
Brad Platt of Anderson and Platt Fly Fishing on the Big Hole River Fall of 2006, Photograph by Corey Kruitbosch The Big Hole River is a tributary of the Jefferson River, approximately 156 miles (251 km) long, in southwestern Montana in the United States. It rises in the Beaverhead National Forest in the Beaverhead Mountains of the Bitterroot Range at the continental divide along the Montana-Idaho border in western Beaverhead County. It flows northwest and north, past Wisdom and between the Anaconda Range to the northwest and the Pioneer Mountains to the east. It flows around the north end of the Pioneer Mountains, then southeast, past Wise River, where it is joined by the Wise River, and along the east side of the Pioneer Mountains. Near Glen, it turns northeast, joining the Jefferson just north of Twin Bridges. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 501 pixelsFull resolution (1325 × 829 pixel, file size: 269 KB, MIME type: image/gif) Rivers in Montana generated by National Atlas, a United States government agency and then annotated by poster in March 2007. ...
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The Jefferson River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 207 mi (333 km) long, in the U.S. state of Montana. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area Ranked 4th - Total 147,165 sq mi (381,156 km²) - Width 255 miles (410 km) - Length 630 miles (1,015 km) - % water 1 - Latitude 44°26N to 49°N - Longitude 104°2W to 116°2W Population Ranked...
Lemhi Pass in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is the largest of the National Forests in Montana, United States. ...
The Bitterroot Range is a range of mountains along the Montana and Idaho border in the northwestern United States. ...
A continental divide is a line of elevated terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that water falling on one side of the line eventually travels to one ocean or body of water, and water on the other side travels to another, generally on the opposite side of...
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Beaverhead County is the largest county by area in the state of Montana. ...
Wisdom is a census-designated place located in Beaverhead County, Montana. ...
The Anaconda Range is a group of high mountains located in southwestern Montana, in the northwestern United States. ...
The Wise River is a tributary of the Big Hole River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southwestern Montana in the United States. ...
Twin Bridges is a town located in Madison County, Montana. ...
The river is a popular destination for fly fishing, especially for trout. It is the last habitat in the contiguous United States for native fluvial arctic grayling [FWS 2004; Munday 2001]. The valley of the river is also used for raising livestock. Dewatering of the river by irrigators who grow hay has pushed the native Big Hole grayling toward extinction. Fly rod and reel with a wild brown trout from a chalk stream. ...
Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Biwa trout, Oncorhynchus masou subsp Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ...
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Binomial name Thymallus arcticus (Pallas, 1776) The Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is a species of freshwater fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. ...
History At the time Lewis & Clark "discovered" the Big Hole River watershed, it was a buffer zone between several rival Native American tribes including the Nez Perce, Shoshone, Salish, and Blackfeet. Lewis & Clark considered navigating up the Big Hole River, but chose the slower-flowing Beaverhead River instead. Trappers from both the Hudson's Bay Company, the North West Company and the American Fur Company exploited the region from about 1810 to the 1840s. Miners and homesteaders settled the area between 1864 and the early 1900s. Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, of the United States Army. ...
Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, of the United States Army. ...
In 1877 the U.S troops under John Gibbon fought the Nez Percé Indians along the Big Hole River, during the Nez Perce War. 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
John Gibbon John Gibbon (April 20, 1827 – February 6, 1896) was a career U.S. Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. ...
Nez Percé warrior on horse, 1910 The Nez Percé or Nez Perce (pronounced as in French, or ) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the Pacific Northwest region of the United States at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. ...
The Nez Perce Wars were a series of wars between the Nez Perce and the United States government. ...
The establishment of Butte, Montana as a mining center and the coming of the Northern Railroad in 1871 assured Big Hole ranchers and farmers of a steady market for their beef, horses, mules, hay and dairy products. As a great improvement for preserving the wild hay for winter feeding of cattle, Herbert S. Armitage and Dade J. Stephens patented the "Sunny Slope Slide Stacker" in 1909. This device, commonly known as a "beaverslide" remained popular until the 1990s, when it was largely displaced by mechanized equipment for producing large round bales. Uptown Butte 1942 view of the city Butte is a city in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ...
In the early 1960s, the US Bureau of Reclamation proposed building the Reichle Dam near the town of Glen along the Big Hole River. Conservationist George F. Grant, Trout Unlimited and local ranchers combined forces to oppose the dam, successfully defeating the proposal in 1967. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
Today, fewer than 2500 people inhabit the 2,800 square mile (7,250 km²) Big Hole River watershed. Because of irrigation withdrawals by ranchers to grow hay, Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation declared the river chronically dewatered in 1994. A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
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References - FWS (2004). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Form for fluvial Arctic grayling (distinct population segment of the Upper Missouri River), commonly called Montana Arctic grayling. November 30, 2004.
- Pat Munday (2001). Montana's Last Best River: The Big Hole & its People (Guilford, CT: Lyons Press).
- Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation (1995). "Measuring Devices on the Big Hole River" (Helena, Montana: Department of Natural Resources & Conservation).
See also Battle of the Big Hole Conflict Nez Percé War Date 9 August 1877 Place Beaverhead County, Montana Result slight U.S. victory The Battle of the Big Hole was a costly battle between the Nez Percé and United States army during the Nez Percé War of 1877. ...
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The following is a partial list of rivers in the state of Montana in the United States. ...
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