The Historic Preservation Board of Gallatin County will host its 7th Annual Historic Tour on Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 10AM -4:30PM.

For 2018, The HPBGC invites people to spend a "Day in the Gallatin Canyon" to view the Forest Service CCC Camp in the north to the Taylor Fork area (lecture on Tie Hacks of the Gallatin) in the South.  

There will be 10 sites for participants to visit and they will provide their own transportation. 

Tickets / brochures are $10.00 each with children under 12 free.  Tickets and brochures will be on sale after July 23 at the following places:  The Gallatin History Museum, Lewis and Clark Motel, Belgrade Chamber of Commerce and First Security Bank in Big Sky.   People can also buy tickets at any of the Tour sites on the day of the Tour. 

Sites for the Tour will be:   "Shenango" Ranger Station and CCC Camp(squaw creek) ,  Transportation in the Canyon and its significant Bridges (lecture at the CCC camp site)  Rock Haven Church Camp and Chapel, The Karst Ranch,  Soldiers' Chapel and Cemetery, Lone Mountain Ranch, Ophir School, The Crail Ranch and Forest Service Ranger station at Porcupine Creek, Tie Hackers at Taylor Fork. ( lecture at the Taylor Fork turn off. ) 

 

Lectures given will be by the HPBGC board's anthropologists:  Shane Hope and Elaine Skinner-Hale. All other sites have guides/docents to show people the areas. 

The tour is a yearly fundraiser that covers preserved buildings, oral history and preserved heritage in areas of Gallatin County.  Profits from the tour are returned to the residents of Gallatin County in the form of small grants for Historic Preservation purposes.