Captain Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark Expedition Camped Here.
….This Camping Was After Returning From A Side Expedition That Was In Hopes Of Finding Sacajawea’s People.

…[.“ …. canyon of whitish-tan rock, past some Lewis and Clark caves.…. “ ]….


Near Jefferson Island, MT. But Actually Right By the Jefferson River, At LaHood, MT. The North Boulder River, mentioned in the /\ Above /\ Lewis & Clark Historical Marker Sign, can be seen in Satellite View, discussed SECOND Photo Previous => Where on the Satellite View, The North Boulder River is => North of Jefferson Island, MT, where Rt-2 runs by I-90.
….Zoom-In, and look closely to see that I-90 has bridges over a river, which is the North Boulder River.
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The /\ Above /\ Historical Marker Gives Important Evidence That =>
….The Lewis and Clark Expedition At This Location, Was On Its Way To Find A Passage Further West, And Eventually Find A “ Northwest Passage” To The Pacific Ocean By Way Of The Columbia River.

The Jefferson River Must Be Part Of Their Main Exploration Route Because,
...A) Of the 3 available rivers, the Jefferson leads furthest West, and
...B) Why else would => The Expedition Crew, exert such great effort, at such great peril, to bring their boats up the many Rapids of the Jefferson Rivet. (Boats being their main transport, the Expedition had used boats ever since their start at St Louis.) Thus
..C) From here at LaHood, MT, they could continue to effectively use boats, on the Jefferson, for another ~30 mile further West. And upon return 30 easier miles, going East & back home.
…. On this Lewis and Clark Expedition Map, ~90% portion of the Expedition’s use of the Jefferson River, is shown as the Red ”U” Shape , to left of words “Clark’s Return”.
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ZMM Book Confluences With The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
….Where And How The ZMM Route Overlaps The Lewis and Clark Trail. .
In ZMM, The Only Two Mentions Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition Are =>
..A) The First Mention Is At The Beginning of ZMM Chapter 9, Page 92,
….“ Now we follow the Yellowstone Valley right across Montana. It changes from Western sagebrush to Midwestern cornfields and back again, depending on whether it’s under irrigation from the river. Sometimes we cross over bluffs that take us out of the irrigated area, but usually we stay close to the river. We pass by a marker saying something about Lewis and Clark. One of them came up this way on a side excursion from the Northwest Passage.
,,,,Nice sound. Fits the Chautauqua. We’re really on a kind of Northwest Passage too.“
..B) The Second Narrator Mention Of Lewis & Clark, ZMM Page 235, is
… “ At Three Forks the road cuts into a narrow canyon of whitish-tan rock, past some Lewis and Clark caves..…. “
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Since The Zen Route Extensively Encounters Lewis And Clark Territory, The Thought Arrived => I Should Show You How & Where, One Tracks The Other.

….NOTE1: For Each Of The Following Explanations, Please Observe Correspondingly On => The Lewis and Clark Expedition Map, Blue Link Above.

….NOTE2: For Relevant Place Locations, Current Day Names Are Used.

On This Above-Mentioned Map =>
...1) Keep in mind the key important location of The Three Forks of the Missouri River, which is located at the RIGHT END of the Red ”U” Shape.
..2) NOW, keeping in mind BOTH => i) The Red ”U” Shape, AND ii) The Stretch of Black Line with blue words “Yellowstone R”.
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…..a) In 1804, Captain Merriweather Lewis & Lieut. William Clark Boat Navigated most of the Jefferson River (on Map 90% of the Red ”U” Shape). AND
…..b) In 1805, William Clark, with a crew of men, found his way from The Three Forks of the Missouri River, (along Map Black Line) East along the Gallatin River, went on by Bozeman, MT, and likely over Bozeman Pass, to Livingston MT. Here he somehow found Boats or Canoes to navigate Yellowstone River, all the way by Miles City MT, and then went on to where the Yellowstone River flowed into the Missouri River, near the border of Montana with North Dakota.
…..c) Following in reverse the same “Track” as b) above (along Map Black Line) => In 1968 (following what was later named “The ZMM Route”) => The ZMM Book Narrator and Chris, riding a motorcycle West, came into Miles City, MT, and continued West, along the Yellowstone River Valley, to Livingston MT, leaving the River Valley to go over Bozeman Pass, and going by Bozeman, MT, somewhat followed the Gallatin River, to the Three Forks of the Missouri River.
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..3) Now fix your attention on The Stretch of Red ”U” Shape Line to left of words “Clark’s Return”.

.…e) In 1804, Captain Merriweather Lewis & Lieut. William Clark, after Boat Navigating the Missouri River from St Louis, MO, arrived at The Three Forks of the Missouri River, and there they turned WestSouthWest, and Boat Navigated up most of the Jefferson River.
…..d) Following same “Track” => 1n 1968, the ZMM Narrator and Chris, starting at The Three Forks of the Missouri River, rode their motorcycle WestSouthWest, along the Jefferson River Valley, perhaps half of that navigated by The Lewis and Clark Expedition. The remainder of the Jefferson River, going West after LaHood, MT, has no evident suitable highway or road following the Jefferson River Valley.
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. SIDE NOTE:
For a whole lot more Information & Links Re The Lewis and Clark Expedition Navigation of the Jefferson River, see the SIXTH Photo Previous.
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Because The A&W Root Beer Place In Mobridge MT, Is No Longer There =>
….
…. You Must NOT Pass Up This One, Located In Western Montana!
…….AND If You Had A Late Start From Bozeman, You Could Get Here For Lunch.

….“We have lunch of hamburgers and malteds at an A & W place “

A&W Root Beer, Whitehall, MT. The /\ Above /\ Photo might show approximately, what the Mobridge, SD '' A&W Root Beer Place ''could have looked like back in, back in July 1968, when The Narrator, Chris, and John & Sylvia Sutherland were there.
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…. On '' “A&W Root Beer” '' Own WebSite, A Click On Location, Nearest A&W to Whitehall, MT Will Show =>
…1 MIN
One Commercial Way, Whitehall, MT
…27 MINS,
3099 Harrison Ave, Butte, MT
…55 MINS
1550 N. 19th Ave, Bozeman, MT
….1 HOUR 2 MINS
209 N Main Street, Deer Lodge, MT
….3 HOURS 4 MINS
1345 N. 1st, Hamilton, MT
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…DATE-LINE: May 31, 2021 by Henry Gurr.
(ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip), As Seen By HSG in 2002 & 2021.)
…. There was no A&W Root Beer Place In Mobridge, SD when I was there in 2002
…... AND apparently the A&W Restaurant Building (seen in /\ Above Photo taken in June 2002), must no longer be in use by A & W since =>
..A) The A&W Root Beer Company website gives a different address for their Whitehall, MT restaurant, than for restaurant of /\ Above /\ 2002 Photo.
..B) Google Street View for the address, One Commercial Way, Whitehall, MT shows a different building, than for the restaurant of /\ Above /\ 2002 Photo.
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A Western Montana A&W Root Beer Place, Interior View.

….[ “We have lunch of hamburgers and malteds at an A & W place … “ ]

Whitehall, MT. The /\ Above /\ 2002 Photo for Whitehall, MT shows an idea of what the interior of A&W Root Beer Place back in Mobridge, SD, may have somewhat looked like, back in July 1968, when The Narrator, Chris and John & Sylvia Sutherland were there.
….This discussion and the /\ Above /\ Photo are included here so => You as a Pirsig Pilgrim, will NOT FORGET to visit an A & W Root Beer Place, WHEREEVER YOU CAN FIND ONE!!
….AND, if you are anywhere near Whitehall, MT, be SURE.to pull into the A&W there.

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Getting Near the Top.

….“East of Butte we go up a long hard grade …. “

Continuing To Follow Rt-2 Towards Butte, MT, Pipestone Pass, MT. My Rand McNally Map shows Elevation 6,453 ft, and also says this is the Continental Divide. My own GPS gives elevation as 6,455 ft.
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…. Pipestone Pass Likely Got Its Name By Adoption From A 1860’s Town, Some 14 Miles East Of Pipestone Pass. ~
…..Concerning the Name “Pipestone Pass” => This name might possibly suggest the land around here has a certain kind of Easily Carved Red Rock, which was carved by Native Americans into a Ceremonial Smoking Pipe.
….However, as you will learn SECOND Photo Next => There is no “Pipestone” rock, clay, or other similar material anywhere around. => So Google to rescue => The following Montana Standard (of Butte, MT) Newspaper excerpt, in explaining of Butte, MT Mining History, gives the likely steps where the name “Pipestone” comes from =>
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Butte, MT => Mining City History: Pipestone Hot Springs.
…. NOTE WORDS BELOW => “A Law Suit That Was Won By His Lawyer, ABRAHAM LINCOLN” !!
……..By Richard I. Gibson, Apr 22, 2019 1
....Butte’s people found relaxation in diverse ways, but two hot springs, Gregson (Fairmont) to the west and Pipestone, 33 miles to the southeast [of Butte, MT], were among the most popular destinations.
....Pipestone springs were discovered in the middle 1860s by John Paul, about the time gold was found at Butte. Paul was an indentured servant in Missouri who fled to Illinois, where he engaged a lawyer to challenge his indenture – a suit that was won by his lawyer, Abraham Lincoln. Paul worked briefly as an errand boy for Lincoln in Springfield before heading west.
....Paul homesteaded the area at the springs, called pipestone supposedly for clay that was good for making pipes, although there is little material in the area that would serve that purpose. Legend said Native Americans would visit the springs under truce, and that wickiups were still standing there when Paul and other gold-seekers arrived. According to prospector Thomas Seerley’s journal, he probably “made” $206 in gold from Pipestone in six weeks during September and October 1864. A village named Milner’s Store developed to support prospectors, but had no long-lasting life.
....The next known landowner there was Ms. Ollie Barnes, probably a step-daughter of John Paul, with her brother who came to Montana about 1870 and acquired the springs in 1875. By 1879 Ollie was the sole owner and the following year she became the first postmistress for the small community of Pipestone. She constructed a hotel, barn, and guest house. ***SNIP***
…. The Above Is Excerpt From Montana Standard (Butte, MT): Click Here to See Remainder Of Article & Photo Of The Pipestone Hotel, circa 1920.
….Thus historically, from the name of Pipestone Hot Springs, MT, this name likely ALSO was subsequently adopted for nearby => Little Pipestone Creek, Big Pipestone Creek, and the small town of Pipestone, MT. And we can suppose this is where the name Pipestone Pass, came from!
….Similar “got name by adoption” happened in other places in USA. See for example =>
Discussion of How It Seems Everything Around Here, Gets Named after “John Day” !! AFTER page comes up, scroll down to word everything … .


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Pipestone Pass At The Western Continental Divide =>
..A) Water On This (East) Side Of The Crest Runs To The Gulf Of Mexico And The Atlantic.
..B) Water On The Far (West) Side Of the Crest Runs to the Pacific.
….Fog Is Seen Rising From Sun Warmed Pavement That Had Been Rained -On A Few Minutes Previously.

…. [ “ ….go up a long hard grade, .. “ ] “ cross the Continental Divide, …. “ (Cont next)

Pipestone Pass, MT When driving “ …. up a long hard grade, .. “ I could see that a railroad also comes through here, but at the top of Pipestone Pass, the tracks are not seen hereabouts. Thus there must be a tunnel way-below this pass. And, indeed, this Railroad and Its Tunnel can be seen in both of the following Maps.
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...A) RIGHT Click & Select New Tab To See A Topo Map With "Pipestone Pass, MT (6,453 ft)” At Center. And indeed also see “TUNNEL”. AFTER Map Come Up, Immediately Click Upper Left, Symbol For FULL SCREEN. Then A) Wait about 30 seconds for the load of the Topo Map to fill your whole screen. B) A lot of annoying advertisements will be gone. C) DO NOT Click on the BIG GREEN START if this shows.
….You can see the Continental Divide is marked, which can ALSO be seen in Satellite View as a Road & Trail, B) next down.
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…B) RIGHT Click & Select New Tab To See A Satellite View of The Mountains Around Pipestone Pass. AFTER this Satellite View Comes Up, Please Notice: =>
…..1) Red Pinpoint marks Pipestone Pass.
…..2) Route 2 markers, which here mark the ZMM Route.
…..3) From Pipestone Pass, going Northwest => Notice all of the Twisty Curvy parts of Route 2, which nicely fit the ZMM Narrator’s definition of a Good Road (Quality) Experience!
......4) Below Route 2 markers, see a weaker line. This is the Railroad which
……..a) Because it is in a tunnel => The Railroad can’t be seen, for a small distance
………..before & after Pipestone Pass.
……..b) At upper left in Satellite View => The Railroad turns and goes
……….straight North to Butte, MT.
…..5) On both sides of Pipestone Pass (Red Pinpoint), you see a trail (also a road?), which must follow fairly closely the Continental Divide, which can be seen in TopoZone View, A) next above.
…..6) On Trail of 5) Above => Get Out Of Your Car, And Go For A Walk!! This Trail, either South Or North, is a good place to really explore and enjoy the scenery, as is done by the ZMM Narrator!!
…..7) This Wikipedia Page Extensively Discusses the RR at Pipestone Pass +Photos,
…..8) According To this Wikipedia Article … On This (North going), Continental Divide Trail there is … “A trail running race currently takes place annually on the Continental Divide Trail between Pipestone Pass and Homestake Pass. Hosted by Butte's Piss and Moan Running Club, the Wulfman CDT 14 kilometers [8,7 miles] is held on the Saturday closest to the Summer solstice.”
……9) Homestake Pass (mentioned above) is some 8.7 miles Northeast, and an excellent Tourist Attraction, which Googling Will Reveal, as follows.
……10) \ Excerpt From Article About The “Singing Rocks” At Homestake Pass, MT Says =>
….”Heading east on I-90 weaves one up the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains and peaks at 6,329 feet at the top of Homestake Pass. On both sides of the road are eye-catching boulder fields, a strange landscape that looks as if a giant dumped his rock collection into piles. This is the Boulder Batholith that formed millions of years ago as magma was rapidly forced upward. At extreme temperatures, it partially melted and thrust aside the surrounding native rock. Pleistocene periglacial freezing and frost-heaving eroded away the soil and exposed the massive boulders.
….[Drive up here] to see a wonderfully weird phenomenon: the Pipestone Ringing Rocks. Upon approaching the Ringing Rocks, it appears that the giant left behind another pile of unwanted stones. However, these are special rocks. So special that there are only four other areas like it in the world: Mexico, England, Western Australia, and Pennsylvania. These rocks ring like a bell when lightly tapped with another hard object. They will chime with different tones and pitches. Bring friends and you can literally jam out with your own “rock band.” … “ [End Excerpt.]

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…. Route 2, Continuing From Pipestone Pass, West Towards Butte, MT, Is Very “Twisty Hilly”, And Thus Fits The ZMM Narrator’s Definition Of A Good Road! You Should Be Pleased Use It!!

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Does The Road Cut at the Crest Expose “Pipestone” Rocks?
….NO! These Rock Are Just Very Well Weathered “Boulders” Of Granite: This Granite Is Called “Boulder Batholith”, On Account Of Its Rounded “Boulders”, Which Are The Result Of ~75 M Years Of Weathering.
…. NOTE1: BathoLith Literal Translation, Simply Means Deep Rock.
…. NOTE2: See Last Paragraph of Wikipedia Below => For Explanation Of “Weathering” & “Boulder”.

….[ “ …. cross the Continental Divide, “ “ then go down …. “ ] (Cont.next)
Pipestone Pass, MT. ….. Concerning the Name “Pipestone Pass” => As you learned in the SECOND Photo Previous, there is no “Pipestone” rock, clay, or other such material any where around. Pipestone Pass likely got its name by adoption, from the 1860’s town, some 14 Miles East By Northeast, Of Pipestone Pass. This is the town of Pipestone Hot Springs.
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….The Rocks Of The /\ Above /\ Photo Are Granite As Explained In This Wikipedia Article.
AFTER this page comes up, click on the Wikipedia LEFT Map Image, and then expand the image to largest view. You will see that Butte, MT is at the Southwest end of the “Boulder Batholith” formation. Pipestone Pass, being close to Butte, is still in the area of this formation.
Here Is What Wikipedia Says.
….The Boulder Batholith is a relatively small batholith in southwestern Montana, United States, exposed at the surface as granite (more specifically quartz monzonite) and serving as the host rock for rich mineralized deposits at Butte and other locations. The batholith lies roughly between Butte and Helena, and between the Deer Lodge (Upper Clark Fork) Valley and the Broadwater (Upper Missouri) Valley. The volcanic Elkhorn Mountains are a large mass of forested lava associated with the batholith.
....The batholith is composed of at least seven, and possibly as many as 14, discrete rock masses called plutons, which had formed beneath the Earth's surface during a period of magma intrusion about 73 to 78 million years ago (Late Cretaceous time).[1] The rising buoyant plutons resulted from subduction along what was then the west coast of North America, which was near today's border between Montana and Idaho. Regional uplift brought the deep-seated granite to the surface, where erosion exposed the rocks and the extremely rich mineral veins they contained. Hundreds of millions of dollars of copper, silver, gold, zinc, lead, and other metals have been mined from the batholith, both using underground mining and pit mining.
....The Butte Granite makes up the bulk of the batholith (about 70%), with additional named intrusions along the periphery consisting of granodiorite, monzogranite, and minor syenogranite. The batholith intruded into Mesoproterozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, including the Elkhorn Mountains volcanics. The origin of these igneous rocks is related to subduction and continental magmatic arc processes associated with the Late Cretaceous western margin of North America. Later hydrothermal vein activity along fault and shear zones within the Butte quartz monzonite and its contact with adjacent rocks, resulted in major ore deposits of lead, zinc, and silver.[2][3]
....The Boulder Batholith was named for the prominent rounded boulders that typify its landscape, the result of spheroidal weathering of fractured granite. It measures approximately 75 miles (121 km) north-south by about 25 miles (40 km) east-west, rather small in comparison to most batholiths.
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Going Down, After Pipestone Pass, We Find An Opening Between The Trees => ….Standing On Road Edge, And Looking Way, Way, Down Into The Blacktail Creek Valley Below.
...Click Photo To Get Largest Version & Look Closely =>
…..FIVE PAVEMENT SECTIONS OF THE TWISTY-CURVY ROAD AHEAD, CAN BE SEEN.
..1) Beneath The Road Cut At Photo Center, You Can See A Red Car On Asphalt Pavement.
..2) Then Five Car Lengths Ahead, See The Continuation of Pavement Tight Turn Right And Curl Around The Mountain Slope.
…3) + 4) + 5) Look Higher In Center of Photo To See Three More Sections of the Road, Smaller and Smaller Into the Distance.
….You Can Imagine The Valley Road In The “V” Cut in The Trees, Continuing Into The Larger Bluish Valley, Seen Just Below The Horizon.

….“ …. then go down into a valley…. “(Cont.next)

Several Miles West of Pipestone Pass, MT. To understand the /\ Above /\ Photo, please REMEMBER THE TWISTY-CURVY ROUTE 2, SHOWN in the TOPOZONE MAP (or SATELLITE MAP) in TWO LINKS given in THIRD Photo Previous. RIGHT Click & Select New Tab => IF You Want To See these TWO LINKS given as mentioned just above.
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Since This Road Is “Twisty Hilly”, Down To Blacktail Creek Valley, It Fits The Narrator’s Definition Of A Good Road! =>
…..You Should Be Pleased To Use It !!
(ZMM page 005)
…. " We have learned how to spot the good ones on a map, for example. If the line wiggles, that's good. That means hills. If it appears to be the main route from a town to a city, that's bad. The best ones always connect nowhere with nowhere and have an alternate that gets you there quicker."
(AND page 003)
…. "It is a kind of nowhere, famous for nothing at all and has an appeal because of just that."
(AND ZMM page 004)
…" Plans are deliberately indefinite, more to travel than to arrive anywhere. We are just vacationing. Secondary roads are preferred. Paved county roads are the best, state highways are next. Freeways are the worst. We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with emphasis on "good" rather than "time" and when you make that shift in emphasis the whole approach changes. Twisting hilly roads are long in terms of seconds but are much more enjoyable on a cycle where you bank into turns and don't get swung from side to side in any [automobile] compartment. Roads with little traffic are more enjoyable, as well as safer. "
The ZMM Enthusiast Would Find Added Enlightenment By =>
…. Reading again all of ZMM page 001 through 006, to renew their understanding and appreciation of “more to travel than to arrive anywhere.”. + “The hereness and nowness of things is something they know all about.”
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Butte, Montana Airport Is in a Wide Flat Dry Valley.
“ cross the Continental Divide, then go down into a valley. …“

Near airport, several miles East & South of Butte, MT. Although the ZMM Route necessarily goes through Butte, MT, it is not mentioned by the narrator.
….The narrator often avoids mentioning big, noisy, congested “no quality cities”, which he doesn’t like. …. This lack of mention also seems to hold for anything else along the ZMM Route that he (or Author Robert Pirsig) happens to dislike!
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…. Satellite View Of Butte, MT, Showing Deep, Huge, Mining Pit (Black area at Red Pinpoint Viewing Stand.) RIGHT Click & Select New Tab => AFTER this satellite view comes up, notice that the mining pit & waste dumps are as BIG as Butte, MT => ..
..A) Whitish-Yellow Mine Dumps, North of Butte, MT, and
..B) Blue-Greenish “Yankee Doodle Tailing Pond”, also a Mine Dump.

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Looking South: Evidence of Many Years of Copper Mining.
….To Take This Photo, I Climbed Up To The Top Of A Mine Dump Hill On The North Side Of The Highway.

….“ Later we pass the great stack of the Anaconda smelter, …. “ (Cont.next)

Approach to Anaconda, MT. Most of the green grass covered hills are “copper mining waste dumps” that have recently been “reclaimed”, which means leveled a bit, and helping grass to grow. Eventually, this may be grassland for cattle.
…. I stopped to take this photo of “ the great stack of the Anaconda smelter “, and upon leaving my car, I saw in the ditch along the road.=> Copper green colored rocks. The green may have been a copper deposit from water run-off from the dump piles or actual pieces of copper ore.

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For Me the Rain Clouds Clear At Sunset, So, Thankfully, I Had Good Camping That Night.

…. [we] “ ….turn into the town of Anaconda and find a good restaurant with steak and coffee.“(Cont.next)

Approach to Anaconda, MT. Rt 1 here is huge, with 4 lanes like an Interstate Highway, AND it goes straight through Anaconda, MT, where you should slow down enough to observe that a favorite color for the houses is Copper Green!
….Since night was rapidly upon me (and thus it was time to start looking for my next campground in the mountains ahead), I did not stop here to take photos or research possible ZMM Restaurants. Does anyone have information (or photos) to contribute? Please send email to => HenryG __USCA.edu.
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.In This Area Of Montana, Rt-1 Is Shown On Google Map As =>
…..PINTLER VETERANS' MEMORIAL SCENIC HIGHWAY.
… “This 64-mile drive goes from Anaconda, one of Montana's most historic towns, to Georgetown Lake, Philipsburg and ends in Drummond. The road travels through both conifer-clad mountains and sage-covered hills following the Flint Creek and is a wonderful alternative to Interstate 90 when traveling between Butte and Missoula.
..Special attractions include historic:
…. Anaconda
…. Georgetown Lake
…. Philipsburg
…. Granite Ghost Town
Gem Mining, Fishing, Skiing, Camping, Hiking, Boating, Biking, Wildlife Viewing.
FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit Montana Dot Com, VisitMT.com, 306 East Park Street, Anaconda, MT 59711, 406-563-2400
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Tourist Page “SouthWestMT.com” Has Summary and 6 Very Nice Photos.
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This Super Excellent Tourist Page “EnjoyYourParks.com” Has Extensive Discussion, 18 Great Photos, and Map. With the exception of the the “great stack of the Anaconda smelter” => Of course NONE OF THESE Excellent TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, are mentioned by the ZMM Narrator!

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After Anaconda, The Road Heads Back Up Into the Mountains.
…. Looking Southwest Over Silver Lake (6,434 ft) To Mountains Forming South Side Of Valley.

….“East of Butte, we go up a long grade that leads to a lake surrounded by pine forests and past some fishermen who push a small boat into the water.“(Cont.next)

On A Side Road, ~30 ft South Of Rt 1 Silver Lake, MT. The ZMM Narrative factually and exactly fits what the Pirsig Pilgrim will see here. For example in /\ Above /\ Photo.
…. From the camera location of /\ Above Photo, Silver Lake continues for ~a mile West, and may possibly have its waters raised by a Dam, at both its East & West ends: The Dam at the West end is seen in NEXT Photo.
….The valley here is level enough (as seen on TopoZone Map), so Cable Creek, coming down from the North, can form associated swamp, before turning East to flow into eastward flowing, Warm Springs Creeks, which further East. also comes down from the North. Then the combined waters flow ~40 miles toward Anaconda, MT & Butte, MT.

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AN INTERESTING ROADSIDE GEOLOGICAL & GEOGRAPHICAL PHENOMENON, WHICH HAPPENS HERE WITH THIS LAKE & WESTWARD SUBSEQUENT CANYON WITH WHITEWATER RAPIDS =>
…. HERE ARE SEEN => LONGITUDINAL RIVER VALLEY FLOOR TERRACES, WHERE THE STEP-DOWNS (“NICKPOINTS”) ARE AT THE EDGES OF STRONGER ROCK =>
….The /\ Above /\ Photo Introduces What You Will See Happens Repeatedly In Montana => When Road Traveling Along A River Heading Downstream. (Another example was previously discussed at Jefferson Island, MT.)
…. The river valley terrace traveled, is at first level and relatively wide, with the river a meandering still water. Ahead you can see the valley land is narrowing, then ends with the road disappearing into trees. As you enter the trees, you see the River is now descending, with white water rapids, and the road is likewise descending, on its own bulldozer cut, taken from the side-of a steep tree covered canyon. The road, typically cut into the steep sides of the canyon, winds down until it begins to level out.
…. At this point, you emerge from the trees, into another level and relatively wide valley, much like the previous, with the river a meandering still water river! You are now travelling practically level wide flat fertile valley land, which will repeat the narrowing tree covered narrow canyon, all over again.
The Geological Cause?
….It seems that the first encountered level, wide valley land (at its tree covered end) is held that way against the river erosion, by relatively harder more durable rock ridge (or rock layer), the drop-down edge of which is called a “Nickpoint”.
….This harder “Nickpoint” rock is preventing the land from eroding down to the same level as the lower, wide, flat valley terrace next below. Saying it differently, this strong “Nickpoint” rock has kept the upstream valley land level, and all its beautiful, fertile farming, just the way it is, for a very long geological time!
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Looking Back, We See the Road, the Stream, a High Concrete Dam, AND a Huge Iron Banded Wooden Water Pipe (Aqueduct), Which In A “Local Water Planning & History” Document Is Called “A 60 Inch Wooden Stave Pipe.”

….“ …. that the morning is almost ended.“(Cont.next)

A bit more West of Silver Lake, MT. The dam in the distance would seem to provide water for the pipe which we might assume is for agriculture irrigation and city water for the towns further West. By appearances, the pipe seems over ~100 years old and no longer seems to be carrying water.
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Why Was This Huge Pipe Placed Here?
….To find the answer I of course Googled For => …. Silver Lake, MT. Iron Banded Wooden Water Pipe, Agriculture Irrigation ~100 Years Old Not Carrying Water.... I found no useful results, after much unsuccessful effort. :-( :-( :-(

.… Eventually Inspiration Strikes => ….Look At A TopoZone Map !!
INSTRUCTIONS => On the Blue Link Below => RIGHT Click & Select New Tab => To See A Topo Map With At Center "Edge Of “Georgetown Lake, “Pumping Location, and indeed also see “AQUEDUCT”. AFTER Map Come Up > Immediately Click Upper Left > Symbol For FULL SCREEN. Then=> A) Wait about 30 seconds for the load of the Topo Map to fill your whole screen, AND B) A lot of annoying advertisements, will be gone. AND C) DO NOT Click on the BIG GREEN START, if this shows.
NOTE: The same click-point, will “Exit Full Screen”.
….You can see marked the Dotted Line for AQUEDUCT”, which can be followed along road, up the canyon to Silver Lake Dam & Lake. (This also can be seen in SECOND Blue Link next down.)
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YES! VOLA!! There, sure enough, you can Zoom-In to see a dotted line marked “AQUEDUCT”, that at first seemed to go to no useful place, … until you look closely => And see the “AQUEDUCT” dotted line, goes West, and continuing along the edge of Georgetown Lake, and there ending at a Dot = “Pumping Station”. VOLA!! WONDERFUL!!!
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…. RIGHT Click & Select New Tab => To See Satellite View of Same Silver Lake Area (centered at Pumping Station Location, along edge of Georgetown Lake Anaconda-Pintler-Scenic-Hwy) as was discovered on above-mentioned => TopoZone Map Showing “AQUEDUCT”.
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….To find Answer Continued => I Googled For =->… Silver Lake, MT. Iron Banded Wooden Water Pipe Pumping Station…
….. And thus found The Silver Lake Watershed Project Description: And there in, was the official name for (and most likely explanation of) the Steel Banded Wooden Water Pipe.
….. It is called a “60 Inch Wooden Stave Pipe”, and historically was part of a Huge Water Supply Project, that original purpose was to provide water `for-mining, smelting, and other industrial .purposes. ….Well over one hundred years later, the. SLWS remains a critical source of water for its industrial customers as well as for the .aquatic health and wellbeing of Warm Springs Creek and the Clark Fork River. And supplies water to the towns of Butte, MT, Anaconda, MT, and other local towns.
….. See NEXT Photo for Document Excerpt.
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A Huge Steel Banded Wooden Water Pipe, The Stream, And The Road
….Together Wind Down The Steep Walled, Deep, Narrow Canyon.

….“ …. and I see by the angle of the sun …. “(Cont.next)

Just West of Silver Lake, MT. Look closely in the center of the picture. =>
….Just below the bare earth, you can the cut for the water pipe. This will be seen more clearly in next photo. …
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…. An Excellent Annotated Map of the “Silver Lake Water System” => That ILLUSTRATES the BELOW Paragraphs of =>“Project Description and Benefits To Restoration:” Plus Even MUCH More.
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PHOTO:
….THIS “60 INCH WOODEN STAVE PIPE”, IS A HISTORICAL PART OF A HUGE WATER SYSTEM, THAT STILL IS A VITAL PART OF THE ECONOMY OF ANACONDA & BUTTE MONTANA:

Project Ti1le: Aquatic Improvements to Silver Lake Watershed.
….Project Description and Benefits To Restoration: (Start Excerpt of Text.)
…....The Silver Lake Water System (SLWS) is comprised of a complex network of man-made ~reservoirs, natural lakes, creeks and tributaries, diversion structures, pipelines, and pump stations, that are used to manage the surface water resources of Warm Springs Creek watershed in Deer Lodge County, Montana. The system is owned and operated by the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow (BSB) and is managed for~ the purposes of 'providing water to a variety of industria1 customers located within Deer: Lodge and Silver Bow Counties, as well as providing In-stream fisheries flows. Initially conceived in the late l800's, the Silver Lake Water System’s original purpose was to provide water for-mining, smelting, and other industrial .purposes.
….Well over one hundred years later, the. SLWS remains a critical source of water for its industrial customers as well as for the aquatic health and well being of Warm Springs Creek and the Clark Fork River. The primary industrial customers on the SLWS are currently Montana Resources (MR), for use in its concentrator .and its mine permitted area in Butte; Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) formerly ASiMi, for use of its silane manufacturing plant in the Butte Tax Increment Financing industrial :District (TIFID) Northwester Energy (NWE), for use at the Mill Creek Plant; and ARCO Environmental Remediation Limited (AERL), which uses SLWS water to provide stream flows in Warm Springs Creek and the Clark Fork River.
….The SLWS consists of a network of diversion, storage, and conveyance facilities reaching from the upper portions of the Warm Springs Creek drainage basin to the Town of Butte, approximately 40 miles away. Figure I provides a more detailed overview of the SLWS showing the primary facilities in the system. As can be seen in Figure I the SLWS begins in the Twin Lakes Creek and Storm Lake Creek basins, both tributary to Warm Springs Creek. These basins provide much of the water supply for the system. Diversion facilities from these drainages transfer water to Silver Lake where it can be stored and released to meet downstream demands. Historically, water could be released through either the Silver Lake East or West Dams. Water released through the West Dam could be temporarily stored In Georgetown Lake prior to being pumped back to Silver Lake using the Georgetown Lake pump Station and Pipeline. However, the Georgetown Lake Pump Station is currently not operational. Water released from the East Dam flows within Warm Springs Creek to Meyers Diversion.
….At Meyers Diversions, water is diverted into the 'transmission pipeline’ for conveyance to the industrial customers in the vicinity of Anaconda and Butte. Under current operating conditions, at low flows, water can be delivered by gravity to the industrial customers in the vicinity of Butte and the TIFID. At higher flows, the TIFID pump station is required to provide additional head to lift the flow for delivery to the TIFID. Similarly, the Ramsay Pump Station allows delivery of higher flows to MR. (End Excerpt)
….(See NEXT Photo For MORE Re => “60 Inch Wooden Stave Pipe” )
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… The ABOVE Discussion Is An Excerpt From A Very Extensive & Very Valuable Document, Full Of Charts, Tables, Diagrams, & Drawings.pdf => “Aquatic Improvements to Silver Lake Watershed. .Project Description …..“ Click Here.
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Three Minutes Later We See That We Must Go Down Through A Deep Canyon
….With A Sizeable Road Cut, In Order To Continue On Down The Canyon Side.

….“ [ …. morning is almost ended.]“ (Cont. next)

Just West of Silver Lake, MT. The Creek drops here into a very narrow and deep canyon. The road, needing a lesser rate of drop, winds down a large cut in the steep sides of the canyon, until it again reaches the lakeside, at an elevation ~54 feet lower. All the way down, the dense trees block view of the creek. At the bottom of the grade, the road and creek, although still in a narrow canyon, now travel practically level until the canyon opens to a wide, flat, fertile valley.
….On both sides of the road => Note 45 degree slope of the strata of the rocks. This rock is likely part is the same tough, resistant geological formation (“Nickpoint”) that has prevented the creek here from eroding down to the same level as the valley below.
….Saying it differently, this strong rock has kept the valley up stream and all its beautiful lakes just the way it is. Note also the wide parking lot at right of highway. This is a good place to stop, rest, and review notes for ZMM Reading/Research.
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…. An Excellent Annotated Map of the “Silver Lake Water System” That => ILLUSTRATES the BELOW Paragraphs of =>“Project Description and Benefits To Restoration.” Plus Even MUCH More.
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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PHOTO:
….THIS “60 INCH WOODEN STAVE PIPE” IS A HISTORICAL PART OF A HUGE WATER SYSTEM, THAT STILL IS A VITAL PART OF THE ANACONDA –BUTTE MONTANA ECONOMY =>
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Project Ti1le: Aquatic Improvements to Silver Lake Watershed.
….Project Description and Benefits To Restoration:
In 1997 and 1998, the users of the Silver Lake Water System, ARCO, Tax Increment and Finance District (TIFID), REC (formerly A-SiNfl) invested nearly $12 million in the Silver Lake System repairing the most critical elements to restore the system’s functionality. Improvements were made to Storm Lake, with minor improvements at Silver Lake Dam and pump station, replacing .approximately 20,000 feet of 60-inch wood stave pipe, constructing the TIFID pump station and installing the TIFID pipeline. In 2011, TIND invested approximately $1 . million to replace-approximately 17;000 feet of the Twin Lakes Creek Wooden Flume.
….In 2011, BSB prepared a Master Plan for the SLWS. The Master Plan included several subsections pertinent to this Grant Application including a Basin Yield Report, Water Rights Summary Report, Source and Use Report and a Capital Inventory Replacement Plan, …
….(End Excerpt)
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(ESPECIALLY NOTE => Above, are the words => “60 Inch Wooden Stave Pipe”, which is evidently the official name of this kind of Steel Banded, Wooden Water Pipe, as seen in the Previous Two Photos Re Silver Lake, MT. )
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… The ABOVE Discussion Is An Excerpt From The Very Valuable Document.pdf => “Aquatic Improvements to Silver Lake Watershed. .Project Description …..“

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In the process of Finding “Iron Banded Wooden Pipe” Answers, I ALSO Googled For
..A) Silver Lake, MT. History Aqueduct ~50 years old Deer Lodge County
..B) Pumping Station Aqueduct Georgetown Lake Montana.
…..Google found many interesting and valuable discussions of Water Rights, Water Usage, and Water Systems in this area of Montana.
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…..You could try these same Google Searches or send an email if you want to know more about what I found..

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Eight Minutes Later, We See The Road Levels Out In A Wide Valley With A Large Lake.

…. [ “ …. morning is almost ended. “ ] (Cont. next)

Southeast Edge of Georgetown Lake, MT. ( GPS = 46.16753 -113.21607 ) As discussed in the Previous Photo => The Creek from Silver Lake, MT dropped down through a very narrow and deep canyon, winding down a sizeable cut in the steep sides of the canyon.
….At the bottom of the grade the road and creek, level out, as they approach the lakeside, at an elevation ~54 feet lower. Now traveling practically level, the road goes into a wide lake filled valley.
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…. To See A Google Street View (GSV) of the /\ Above /\ Photo Scene =>
….You Will See That Google Street View (GSV) Has Many Advantages, Since => In Addition To A 360 Degree Full Circle Panorama, It Offers The Ability To Magnify And Better See Distant Details, Such As What A Distant Sign Says!! To Go To This Google Street View, Click Here. And AFTER the page comes up => Click the Google Street View Image => WHERE you want the “VIEW” To go. => Thus you can Successively Click-Click-Click = “GSV Drive” the street you see on your computer screen. You can even click on a Side Street, to “GSV Drive” there, when available.
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SIDE NOTES:
….Despite the fact that Rt-1 runs along the edge of Georgetown Lake, I somehow failed to come home without a photo of the lake. And this is even despite the fact that I made a GPS WayPoint = 244 here!
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….And, as is done in previous such cases, Google Street View (GSV) to the Rescue!!
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….Not having a photo here is ultimately of no importance, because this lake is not mentioned by Narrator. Perhaps this lake is not mentioned because Georgetown Lake is too much like a Tourist Attraction. And, as is discussed in previous similar cases, such tourist attractions do not get mentioned in ZMM?

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Forty Minutes Later, Red-Winged Blackbirds Welcome Me To a Storm Filled, Lush, Green Valley.
….Despite the Approaching Storm, Red-Winged Blackbirds Stay On the Electric Wires …….And Ever Cautious, Cry Alarm At My Presence.

….“ We pass through Phillipsburg …. “ (Cont. next)

In the Flint River Valley, Philipsburg, MT. Ever since Georgetown Lake, Rt-1 ZMM Route, traveling North approximately 42 miles, stays within two miles of the Flint Creek (now more like a river) all the way to Drummond, MT and I-90. There the “creek” water joins the Clark Fork River, and with I-90, goes West.
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From Phillipsburg, MT, Where Do The Routes And Rivers Go?
…A) From Phillipsburg, MT and then Drummond, MT => The water of the Clark Fork River, continues West close by I-90, to go through Missoula, MT. And thereafter, the Clark Fork water goes to the Pacific Ocean by way of the Columbia River, then flowing along the Oregon-Washington border and going by Portland, OR to the Pacific Ocean. See Wikipedia discussion Next Photo.
..B) By contrast, Interstate-90, starting in Anaconda & Butte Area (~30 mi SE of Here), follows the Clark Fork River, Northwest to St Regis, MT, there separating from the River, and trending West by NorthWest, staying well North of The Columbia River, as it goes to Seattle, WA.
..C) From Phillipsburg, MT, the ZMM Route travels North approximately 27 miles to Drummond, MT and I-90. There, the ZMM Route enters the Clark Fork River Valley, and with I-90 goes West, continuing to Missoula, MT, and there separates from the Clark Fork River, and goes generally Southwest to cross the Bitterroot Range at Lolo Pass, and there go into Idaho. The ZMM Route then travels through Oregon, Northern California, and soon thereafter reach the Pacific Ocean at Crescent City CA.
….We notice how, in traveling the Clark Fork River Valley through Missoula, MT, the ZMM Route again encounters Lewis and Clark Territory.
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These Topics Continued Next Photo, In Which The Camera Turns Right ~45 Degrees.
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At Top Center Of Photo: A Red-Winged Blackbird Comes Close To Cry Alarm.
….And Chase Me Away. This I Do Quickly After This Photo Is Taken.
…….Ahead Are Seen The Houses Of Philipsburg, MT.

….“ …. and are off into valley meadows. “

Valley of Philipsburg, MT. As you can see in the photos, the narrator again accurately captures the change in scenery. And like the narrator, I experienced strong wind here!
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Concerning The Clark Fork River, Wikipedia Says:
….The Clark Fork, or the Clark Fork [River] of the Columbia River, is a river in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho, approximately 310 miles (500 km) long. The largest river by volume in Montana, it drains an extensive region of the Rocky Mountain
….The river flows northwest through a long valley at the base of the Cabinet Mountains and empties into Lake Pend Oreille in the Idaho Panhandle. The Pend Oreille River in Idaho, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada which drains the lake to the Columbia in Washington, is sometimes included as part of the Clark Fork, giving it a total length of 479 miles (771 km), with a drainage area of 25,820 square miles (66,900 km2).
….In its upper 20 miles (32 km) in Montana near Butte, it is known as Silver Bow Creek. Interstate 90 follows much of the upper course of the river from Butte to Saint Regis. The highest point within the river's watershed is Mount Evans at 10,641 feet (3,243 m) in Deer Lodge County, Montana along the Continental Divide.
….The Clark Fork is a Class I river for recreational purposes in Montana from Warm Springs Creek to the Idaho border.
Wikipedia Continued:
. ….The Clark Fork Valley … was explored by Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition during the 1806 return trip from the Pacific. The river is named for William Clark.
….NOTE: The Lewis and Clark Expedition on their return trip, navigating up the Clark Fork River, and then on the Warms Springs Creek to the vicinity of Anaconda, MT, which would have been ~80 miles West of The Three Forks Of The Missouri River. Depending on how well they could have known their earth position (or find information from local tribes), it would be a not so difficult traverse to the Headwaters of the Missouri, and by this big river find their way home. At least for Merriweather Lewis.
Wikipedia Continued:
….The Clark Fork [of Columbia River] should not be confused with the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River, which is located in Montana and Wyoming.

Click Here To Read Remainder of Wikipedia, which has a Map & Photo of Clark Fork River at Missoula MT..
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I Too Have to Slow Down, But For Me It Is Some Really Heavy Rain!!

…[.“The head wind becomes more gusty here, ….“ ].“ …. so I slow down to fifty-five to lessen it a little. We go through Maxville …. “ (Cont. next)

Maxville, MT. Like the ZMM Narrator, I had to slow down!
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