Ennis -Virginia City Trip

On a lark we went on a drive...a 300 mile lark as it turned out. Picked up our lifetime national park pass at the ranger's office in Ennis and continued on... and on... making it up as we went. Ended up in Bozeman for Bison steak dinner ar Ted's Montana Grill.
Hebgen Lake
Hebgen Lake is a reservoir created by the Hebgen Dam, located in Gallatin County in southwest Montana. It is well known for the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake…
Hebgen Lake
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Quake Lake
Quake Lake (officially Earthquake Lake) is a lake in the western United States, on the Madison River in southwestern Montana.
Quake Lake
It was created after an earthquake struck on August 17, 1959, with 28 fatalities. Northwest of West Yellowstone, Quake Lake is six miles (10 km) in length with…
Quake Lake
The earthquake measured 7.5 on the Richter magnitude scale (revised by USGS to 7.3) and caused an 80-million ton landslide, which formed a landslide dam on the…
Quake Lake
The landslide traveled down the north flank of Sheep Mountain, at an estimated 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), killing 28 people who were camping along the…
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