Join us for a buffet lunch and program by Jon Axline, Montana Department of Transportation Historian. Jon will tell the exciting and colorful narrative behind the origins and construction of the Beartooth Highway. The unspoiled mountain scenery along the highway inspired famed news correspondent Charles Kuralt to label it “America's most beautiful drive,” yet the story behind this engineering marvel is largely unknown. It is an epic account of man versus nature to construct a road through unforgiving wilderness. Built during the height of the Great Depression and rising 10,947 feet above sea level, the Beartooth Highway sparked an economic boom in Red Lodge, Cooke City and Yellowstone National Park.

Please RSVP by 6.25.2018