Bad Rock Canyon
N 48° 23.123 W 114° 06.231
11U E 714415 N 5363188
Quick Description: Historic Marker along US 2
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 8/11/2008 10:37:15 PM
Waymark Code: WM4EAQ
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Long Description:From the somewhat faded marker: "The Flathead River enters the
valley through Bad Rock Canyon. Old-timers aver that a Blackfeet
war party from the plains surged over the divide years ago seething
with ambition to corral a choice assortment of cayuses and maybe a
scalp or two from the unsuspecting Flatheads, who claimed this part
of the country for range and bed grounds. They came with stealth
and breezed out with haste and horses.
"This foray put the home folks on the prod. They lined out on
the trail of those vanishing intruders, determined to reclaim their
mounts and their honor.
"The departing Blackfeet anticipated some such caper so, cunning
and agile as squirrels, they took to a projecting rib on the canyon
wall and laid for the irate oncomers.
"It developed into quite a disturbance. Many a warrior joined
his fathers in the Great Beyond that day. Sorrowful relatives
thereafter referred to that ill-omened citadel as Bad Rock."