![]() ![]() Square Butte, Musselshell County, Montana, el.Square Butte, Hill County, Montana, el.Square Butte, Glacier County, Montana, el.Square Butte, Garfield County, Montana, el.Square Butte, Daniels County, Montana, el.For a view of that painting showing the butte, click on the footnoted source. As an example of the placement of the Chouteau County Square Butte in a Russell painting see "The Tenderfoot", which has the more compact Chouteau County Square Butte in the background. Russell and His Friends" has the Cascade County Square Butte in the background. side, the fort mountain bears North Eaast, and appears to be distant about 20 miles." įrom that pass on a clear day, the Cascade County Square Butte can still be seen, not at the 20 miles reported by Meriwether Lewis but about 40 miles (64 km) out in the eastern Montana grasslands.ĬMR and Friends with Square Butte in backgroundĬharles Marion Russell, the noted western Artist, utilized both features as background in his paintings. from this gap which is low and an easy ascent on the W. passing the dividing ridge between the waters of the Columbia and Missouri rivers at 1/4 of a mile. From that pass on Jthe explorer Meriwether Lewis (of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803-1806) returning eastward from his journey to the mouth of the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean, saw Square Butte on the skyline of the eastern Montana prairie stating in his journal: Lewis and Clark Pass crosses the continental divide at the crest of the Northern Rocky Mountains which lie to the west of the Cascade County Square Butte. To the west of Square Butte is another topographic feature, Crown Butte. It is also visible on the southern skyline while traveling on Montana Highway 200 in the vicinity of Sun River and Fort Shaw. It is a prominent feature on the northern skyline as a motorist travels along Interstate 15, west of Great Falls in the vicinity of mile marker 264. Square Butte is easily visible for many miles around. The highest elevation of the Cascade County Square Butte is 4,728 feet (1,441 m) Square Butte in Cascade County, as seen from Interstate 15
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