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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.
http://mtstandard.com/special-section/local/rediscovering-the-old-vigilante-trail/article_ffe764c3-a139-505d-bbf8-260a2db295e7.html
Quote from: NE2 on December 31, 2012, 02:36:53 AM
http://mtstandard.com/special-section/local/rediscovering-the-old-vigilante-trail/article_ffe764c3-a139-505d-bbf8-260a2db295e7.html
From this link:
QuoteIn 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.
Looks like it was named after him in 1922: http://www.google.com/search?tbs=ar%3A1&tbm=nws&q=%22pipestone+pass%22+harding
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.