The temperature was 63f when we got up, and cloudy. We slept in a little, ate a light breakfast and hopped in the truck to see what we might see. The very first stop was the Railroad Museum and Havre Underground - they're lacked the very same building. The tour of Havre Underground was prepared, so we joined another couple and took it. In late 1904, downtown Havre suffered a major fire that destroyed the entire downtown. In order to continue any sort of service at all in a location that has no lumber to start with, they took extreme steps. They cleaned out their basements, roofed them over if the floor of the building hadn't endured, and knocked down walls between basements downtown. They likewise dug tunnels underground from one block to the next. This created the very first "shopping mall", underground. People pertained to downtown, went downstairs at one of a number of areas, and walked underground in comfort, doing their needed business.

Business underground included groceries, butcher's shop, post office, car repair work (they drove the automobile down into the underground center to deal with it), bar with card room, a bordello, the dental expert, and numerous workplaces. There's likewise a mortuary, complete with wicker hand-baskets that were used previous to body bags to carry the remains. This was the source of the term "going to hell in a hand-basket". This continued into the next summer season. A few of the structures were rebuilded (of brick or stone, this time), however lots of were left underground. In truth, the underground was improved with lighting from above through glass obstructs installed in the pathways. The underground functioned for a couple more years. It slowly fell into disuse and ended up being a place where merchants threw discards into, and filled with garbage. Some bright person recalled this in later years. The Lions supported it, got some contributions, and rebuilded one short block of it.

They used the very same stores, but the new street out front had damaged the underground "walkway", so they needed to move that in and develop brand-new front walls. The stores were brought back using original items if possible, otherwise equivalent products (like radios of the times) were substituted. It's quite a sight, and really shows the resourcefulness individuals have in difficult times. We came out from underground at the opposite end of the block, having actually passed under numerous operating shops and the bar with the oldest back-bar in Montana. Then we entered into the Railroad Museum. This place has a lot of published photos and articles about the Great Northern, and has a large HO gage model railway with models of Great Northern vehicles, buildings, and web page engines. There are presents offered here, but nothing interested us at the time, so we went on. We had meant to do the regional historical center, however that was closed.

The tour of Fort Assiniboine, normally provided daily, was fully used up by an elderhostel group today, so that was out. We drove 20 miles east to Chinook and went into the Blaine County museum. We were just in time for a multi-media discussion on the Bear Paw Mountains Battlefield of the US Army and the Nez Perce Indians. The museum shut down for lunch break, so we went to the battleground, 15 miles south of Chinook, and walked the annotated path with a small printed guide brochure. This battlefield was completion of the trail for the Nez Perce. In 1877, one year after the Custer battle, the Nez Perce were on the reservation in Eastern Oregon and Washington and western Idaho. Then their treaty was re-written, and the size of their booking was decreased and moved into Idaho. While being taken there, some of the tribe rebelled and drove off their escort.

Some 2,000 Nez Perce decided to make a break for flexibility and to join Sitting Bull in Canada. They went over into Idaho, then the Bitterroot part of Montana, then into southern Idaho and east into what is now Yellowstone Park in Wyoming. Along the path, they had skirmishes and minor battles with the tracking soldiers, losing individuals (both warriors, and women/children) in each. They turned north and reached the Bear Paw mountains with 750 staying. Here, Colonel Miles overtook them with 400 soldiers, originating from what is now Miles City, Montana. In late September, he attacked the Nez Perce as they were huddled in the bottoms of Snake Creek, protecting themselves from a cold north wind and rain. The attack recorded or eliminated a number of the Nez Perce, most as they were trying to avoid their horses being taken by the soldiers (the soldiers got them). The rest combated hard, and put the soldiers back onto the high ground with death.

The very first stop was the Railroad Museum and Havre Underground - they're run out of the very same structure. The tour of Havre Underground was ready, so we signed up with another couple and took it. They likewise dug tunnels underground from one block to the next. The services underground included groceries, butcher's store, post workplace, auto repair (they drove the vehicle down into the underground center to work on it), bar with card room, a bordello, the dentist, and numerous workplaces. Some of the structures were rebuilded (of brick or stone, this time), but numerous were left underground.