Bitterroot Valley, Western Montana

Written by Tony Derricott


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Chief Joseph, 250-400 Nez Perce warriors and their families passed throughrepparttar valley in their futile flight to freedom in Canada, in what is known asrepparttar 134131 Nez Perce Indian War of 1877. Their attempt to maintain their freedom and avoidrepparttar 134132 reservation wasrepparttar 134133 only timerepparttar 134134 Nez Perce foughtrepparttar 134135 whites.

Marcus Daly, one of Montana's famous copper kings, came torepparttar 134136 Bitterroot in 1888, lured by timber needed for his Butte mines and our mild climate. He purchased 22,000 acres, establishedrepparttar 134137 Bitterroot Stock Farm, and builtrepparttar 134138 now famous Daly Mansion east of Hamilton. In 1890 Daly brought James Hamilton & Robert O'Hara from Minnesota to develop a planned community. The town was named after Hamilton & O'Hara wasrepparttar 134139 first mayor. Hamilton was incorporated about 1894.

In 1891 Chief Charlo andrepparttar 134140 Salish Indians, who had befriendedrepparttar 134141 white settlers for 86 years now, were forced from their ancestral home. They were one ofrepparttar 134142 few tribes to never do battle withrepparttar 134143 white man. In October of 1891,repparttar 134144 Salish tribe traveled 66 miles north of Stevensville and were settled onrepparttar 134145 Flathead Reservation inrepparttar 134146 Jocko Valley north of Missoula. The valley now belonged solely torepparttar 134147 white settlers. The Salish people still come torepparttar 134148 valley on a religious pilgrimage to visitrepparttar 134149 "Medicine Tree", an important religious symbol for their people located along Hwy 93 south of Conner.

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Top Ten Reasons To Pick A Vacation Rental

Written by David Leonhardt


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4.More than one bathroom. Need I say more? 5.Lots and lots and lots of more room. This is usuallyrepparttar main selling feature. 6.Private pool, in most cases. "Great to swim withrepparttar 134130 sound of insects....fortunately outsiderepparttar 134131 'cage'", wrote one visitor inrepparttar 134132 guestbook of Lesley & Gerry's villa. http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa/?villa_id=15&x=21&y=7 7.Usually cost less than hotels. 8.Store cold drinks, ice creams, fresh fruit or any other snacks you fancy, which is a huge cost saver, suggests villa owner Christine Creasy. And a great convenience, too. http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa/?villa_id=65&x=26&y=7 9.Barbecue any time you want. You can still eat out, but you don't HAVE to. 10. You don't have to take home several weeks' supply of dirty laundry.

There you have it. My top ten reasons to choose a vacation rental. I've written before onrepparttar 134133 benefits of renting private accommodations: http://www.lastminutevillas.net/villa-hotel.html

Of course, I still prefer a tent in a wilderness park, but I might have some difficulty convincing my mother to join us there.

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