Ennis
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| Ennis & The Madison
Valley |
The
fly fishing capital of the world. Ennis is the center for
activities on the Madison River, which is renowned for its
first-rate trout fishing, The town is also the home of the
Ennis National Fish Hatchery.
Ennis is surrounded by three beautiful mountain ranges:
the Madison Range, the Gravelly Range, and the Tobacco Root
Mountains. In addition to its majestic mountain view, Ennis
also offers access to some of the finest river locations
in the state by way of the picturesque Madison River. Also,
just west of Ennis lie the famed western towns of Virginia
City and Nevada City.
Ennis is a good-time western town and
is full of cowboys, anglers and outdoor recreationists.
The Western flavor is for real and there's plenty of action
along the boardwalk on weekends. Visitors will find nearly
3 million acres of publicly accessible national forest
lands surrounding Ennis as well as access to one of Montana's
best-known trout streams, the Madison River.
The Ennis National Fish Hatchery propagates
six strains of rainbow trout that produce 23 million eggs
a year for stocking throughout the United States.
The Madison Canyon Earthquake Lake Visitor
Center is just south of Ennis on U.S. Highway 287. On
August 17, 1959, an earthquake slid half a mountain into
a canyon, creating a giant dam and Quake Lake, an eerie
reminder of nature's violence.
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Yellowstone
National Park |
Yellowstone
National Park is the world’s first National Park,
also the largest in the United States. Yellowstone was
designated the world’s first national park on
March 1, 1872, with the area remaining largely in the
same natural state as it was more than 123 years ago.
Yellowstone
contains more than 2.2 million acres of steaming geysers,
thundering waterfalls, crystalline lakes, and panoramic
vistas. The world’s most extensive area of geyser
activity, harboring more than 10,000 thermal features.
Yellowstone is the greatest wildlife sanctuary in the
United States, encompassing 3,472 square miles of wondrous
beauty.
Every visitor is welcome to share the
natural phenomena, and enjoy it’s pristine loveliness,
so generously lavished over mountains, forests, meadows,
streams, and lakes.
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Virginia
City |
This
section of Gold West Country offers many opportunities
to relive the adventure of gold rush days. Many of the
towns were founded during that famous era and are rich
with history and lore. Virginia City in particular is
known for the notorious sheriff and highwayman, Henry
Plummer. Visit the surrounding towns to get a well-rounded
vision of early pioneer life, and be sure to take in all
of the local attractions.
The restoration of these towns began decades ago, and
the state of Montana recently purchased both Virginia
City and Nevada City so that the preservation can continue.
Some interesting things to do in Virginia
City include:
Heritage Days & Victorian Ball:
a celebration of the Victorian era held in August. Events
include a Grand Ball where guests attend in period costume.
Classes on customs and the dances will be provided the
afternoon of the Ball.
Opera House: the Virginia City Players'
variety productions in the style of 19th-century entertainment
amuse and delight visitors. Virginia City offers the
oldest continuously operating summer stock theater west
of the Mississippi. Check with the Chamber of Commerce
for a schedule of shows.
Brewery Follies: relax with a libation
at Montana's first brewery, the H. S. Gilbert Brewery,
and enjoy a performance of the Brewery Follies Players.
Museums, shops, accommodations; in Virginia
City, you can shop, dine and sleep without leaving the
atmosphere of the 1860s. Dine in the Wells Fargo Coffee
House or the Star Bakery and bend an elbow in the Bale
of Hay Saloon or Gilbert's Brewery. Modern, overnight
accommodations in a charming, 19th-century atmosphere
are available. You will find fascinating nuggets of
history and memories to treasure.
Alder Gulch Short Line: take the train
to Nevada City on an authentic narrow-gauge railroad.
Travel between the two mining camps on the Alder Gulch
Short Line Railroad. At the Nevada City end of the line,
visit the Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum
with its collection of equipment and stock from railroading's
gold rush era.
Virginia City was born with the discovery
of gold in Alder Gulch in 1863. A ‘boom town'
of the post Civil War era, Virginia City served as the
Montana Territorial Capital for 10 years, until the
gold ran out. Just a mile away lies Nevada City, a western
town created from a collection of buildings from other
ghost towns. Both towns have been largely restored and
preserved as they once stood; living examples of the
real Old West. One hundred fifty buildings have been
certified authentic by the Montana Historical Society.
Original buildings, dating from the Territorial days,
are filled with merchandise and implements used when
gold camps flourished in the West. Boardwalks, mechanical
music machines, a penny arcade, antique automobiles
and even a two-story outhouse add to the Old West atmosphere.
The majestic Madison River Valley, just
west of Virginia City, features some of the world's
finest trout streams, as well as a beautiful mountain
backdrop.
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