Vigilante Trail

[Billy F 1988]

Courtesy of the AARoads.com shield gallery Montana section

If anyone is able, I am seeking some information about the Vigilante Trail, where it started and ended and a map of the approximate route.

[NE2]

http://mtstandard.com/special-section/local/rediscovering-the-old-vigilante-trail/article_ffe764c3-a139-505d-bbf8-260a2db295e7.html

[The High Plains Traveler]

http://mtstandard.com/special-section/local/rediscovering-the-old-vigilante-trail/article_ffe764c3-a139-505d-bbf8-260a2db295e7.html

From this link:

In 1924 a new highway, dedicated by President Harding, was built crossing the continental divide at Pipestone Pass.

I would love to see pictures of that dedication, since Warren Harding died in 1923.

[NE2]

Looks like it was named after him in 1922: http://www.google.com/search?tbs=ar%3A1&tbm=nws&q=%22pipestone+pass%22+harding

[Billy F 1988]

Looks like the Vigilante Trail predates US 10S/Montana 2, 41 and 287 if you can trace the approximate routing. I think it started along US 10S then traversed to Virginia City. If you head down modern day Montana 2, travel east, make a right at MT 41, follow it down to MT 287 to Virginia City, you get a pretty good idea of the travel path of the Vigilante Trail.

That could be the original path, though I can't be certain.