spent almost 30 years as a
National Monument.
The caverns history is rich, but
only recently has the history
been recognized. That
recognition is This Week in Fish
and Wildlife.
places.
ChetThursdaymorning time once
again for this we can fish and
wildlife out
we're on the road at Lewis and
Clark Caverns staked up Ark
we're at the
visitors entrance it to the
camper to Rhea Armstrong joining
us this morning this is
been your for a long time and
now that's being recognized as a
new district
designation for aRheaYes so in
June of this year we became and
registered on the national
register of historic places as a
district highlighting
some of the buildings and
structures that are in the park
and most of them were built by
the civilian conservation Corps
during the depression era and
this place is
unique and not only is it
buildings but it's on the Cape
it's the milk in the bridges
that go
with making that road and then
there's several buildings as
wellChetI think that's
really interesting Montana's
first state park is Lewis and
Clark Caverns and not
recognizing the history of that
just another interesting aspect
of the gate going into
Montana State partRheaBasically
could go to any portion of the
park and
see something that very first
building in the Montana State
parking and I have a
picnic areaChetAnd I know you
mentioned that the buildings and
asked usually what we
think of in these designations
but again you touched on it Deb
Colbert the water
drainage system if you were
underneath the towel down on
theRheaSo we
incorporated bad a granite as a
part of our trail system so you
can actually go
underneath it and use it up
there and things are going
really well preserved so it's
really
neat to see how long I'll
beChetWhat does it really mean
for a loose this distinction in
having this district
designationRheaYou know I think
the connection to history
but I think that that's trying
to expand it out to everyone I'm
coming in and it's not
just the caverns it's a lot of
things here and in appreciation
for the engineering and that
came out to make it
happenChetArmstrong are joining
us this morning at work and
now I recognize that for the
history that went into making
that and that's this week in
fish and wildlife.
By the way, Lewis and Clark
Caverns became a State Park on
April 22, 1938 and was formally
dedicated on may of 1941.
