Bitter Root Cultural Heritage Trust

02/12/2022

Go FoFO go!

Adobe, a common form of earthen architecture throughout much of the Southwest, is rare in Montana. So rare that the folks working on stabilizing and repairing the East Barracks at […]

10/31/2021

Good work by all involved! Thank you!

The Ravalli County Museum recently installed new interpretive signs provided by the Nez Perce National Historic Trail (NPNHT) in partnership with the Bitter Root Cultural Heritage Trust.

04/23/2021

It's one of Montana's smallest, but most historically significant state parks. And now, with a major upgrade underway, Fort Owen is finally getting some of the attention it deserves.

04/23/2021

Click the play to hear how to pronounce the new name for the Higgins Street Bridge.

04/20/2021

Fort Owen is one of few sites in Montana on the National Register of Historic Places that has been designated as having national significance.

04/19/2021

“THE GREENEST BUILDING IS THE ONE ALREADY BUILT,” —coined by architect Carl Elefante—provides a concise argument for adaptive reuse of historic buildings. This concept emerged during the energy crisis of the 1970s and, as a result, phrases like “carbon footprint” and “embodied energy” became part of the preservation vocabulary. In the 1980s, the National Trust for Historic Preservation () created this famous poster of an old building in the shape of a gas can to convey that building reuse was a good way to conserve energy. Indeed, historic preservation is the very definition of sustainability—a smart, efficient way to reuse a community's resources and keep its character at the same time. Explore the greener side of preservation and learn how history, sustainability, fairness, and economic vitality can all go hand in hand in these “Green Stories.” https://savingplaces.org/story-categories/green-stories #.YFjiXGRueqA

03/02/2021

The Missoula City Council joined the county in agreeing to support a recommendation to the Montana Transportation Commission to rename the Higgins bridge as Bear Tracks Bridge.

10/15/2020

Very exciting progress!

Improvements are on the way.

09/18/2020

Good News Everyone. The Parks and Recreation Board today approved the acquisition of .9 acres of land to be acquired from the Fort Owen Ranch for the purpose of developing a parking lot to improve public access and use of the Park. They also approved State Parks moving forward with the environmental analysis process to decide on a site plan for this new land to include a parking area, turnaround, fencing and pedestrian walkway from the new parking area to the park.

Thanks goes out to State Parks, the Board, and the owner of the ranch for working together to make this happen. It's a new day for Fort Owen State Park!!!!!

02/04/2020

After three meetings, long hours of testimony and reams of documentation, Hamilton’s Board of Adjustments may be ready to decide on the fate of the historic St. Francis of Assisi