Three Forks

[Ptah]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Forks,_Montana


Three Forks is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
The population was 1,728 at the 2000 census. Three Forks is named
because it lies near the point, in Missouri Headwaters State Park,
where the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers converge to form
the Missouri River.

The three rivers, west to east, were named by Meriwether Lewis in late
July 1805 for President Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State James Madison,
and Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin.

Honored in Three Forks, the Indian woman Sacagawea is best known as the
interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In 1800, she was
captured by the Mennetaree tribe near the present site of Three Forks. She
later returned to this area with Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery.
A statue of Sacagawea now sits in a park off Main Street.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Ptah!

I had never heard of this town, till you mentioned it! It looks very pretty and historical.

:hi:

:hug:

[Ptah]

2. Well the Missouri River has to start somewhere.

:hi: :hug: