Best Tent Camping by Ken & Vicky Soderberg

Author:Ken & Vicky Soderberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781634040037
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
Published: 2017-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

RESTRICTIONS:

Pets: On leash only

Fires: In fire rings only

Alcohol: Permitted

Vehicles: No restrictions

Other: 14-day stay limit; bear-country food storage restrictions

Camp Creek sits in a quiet pocket of the Little Rocky Mountains, an island range that rises not to massive heights with steep exposed crags like its western siblings but to softer, undulating heights peppered with thick timber and sections of igneous rock. These mountains, which the Gros Ventre tribe call the Fur Caps, were a sacred area for vision quests before the intrusion of gold fever. When the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was originally designated, it included the area around Camp Creek; it would not remain this way, however. By 1895, trespassing prospectors knew there were rich gold deposits beneath the surface, and the native people were no match for a growing nation fed by dreams of great fortunes. The federal government “negotiated” the sale of a 7- by 4-mile section along the south-central border for $360,000, sealing the deal with a revised treaty.

Within this tiny section lay a mother lode that miners had been illegally accessing for years, and after the 1895 treaty, the mining furor increased. Prospector Pike Landusky struck it rich but was killed in his own saloon by outlaw and local resident Kid Curry. Pete Zortman established his mill and the town that bears his name, and soon miners were extracting more than $10,000 of gold a day. World War I and several fires impeded things a bit, but the mines were not totally closed until the mid-1930s.

The historic mining town of Zortman still remains, just down the road from Camp Creek, and is often referred to as a ghost town. In reality, this is a thriving, close-knit community with a general store that serves as information central. Despite the impact of mining, this area still has beautiful mountains filled with big game, songbirds, eagles, coyotes, and beavers. Camp Creek is unexpectedly nestled in the trees and is often used by those seeking an overnight stop as they explore the Hi-Line region of the state, which extends across northern Montana following US 2 and the east–west railroad tracks originally laid by the Great Northern Railway in the 1800s.

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