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Russell County |
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Russell County is named after Charlie Russell who came to Montana as a young man in the late 1800s to work as a cow boy. Soon Charlie's paintings started to portray the rich legacy and ancient history of the county and its people. Treaded once by dinosaurs and ancient inhabitants of the earth, Russell County is the home of fossils of a variety of dinosaurs. Archaeologists and geologists often make a trip to the county in order to search for more interesting facts about the earth. holiday makers from all over the country come here during the summer season to look for fossils
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As an alternative you can also pay a visit to the ancient archaeological site at Ulm Pishkun. Egg Mountain at Russell County may surprise you with its collection of dinosaur eggs, now available in fossilized form.
Several historical trails pass through Russell County. Home to ancient culture of the native Americans, Russell County has attracted many explorers since ages. The Lewis and Clark Trail is the trail that was followed by Lewis and Clark as they discovered the westward plains along the Missouri River. Early explorers to this part of the world used to transport goods from Benton to Canada. Their followed path is known as the Old Forts Trail. The Old North Trail , however, is one of the oldest trails known in the history of mankind. The Blackfeet tribe themselves referred to it as the Old North Trail. This path helped them to commute from their northern hunting grounds to their southern winter shelters. Nez Perce Trail follows a long route extending up to 40 miles from Oregon to Idaho. Along the Whoop up Trail treaded the dons and illegal whiskey transporters. They traveled across the USA and Canada border. Later on however the trail got the green signal from the government to be used as a legal way for export and import business.
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