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After the meeting at Birdtail Bridge, the participants gathered on the bridge for a photo. Notice the wear on the timber road surface. Left to right: Jim Cornelius, Will Barrett, Joe Barrett, Zack Wirth, Steve Balgeman, Rob Bean, Carol Stewart, Mary Kyler, Pam Cornelius, Barb Warnick, Art Thompson and Tom Rolfe (Lewis and Clark County Commissioner).
There is a piece of history that meanders from Cascade County into Lewis and Clark.
Part of the old Mullan Road, it was once the main road from the river town of Fort Benton to Helena.
In the old newspapers, it goes by several names: The Benton Road, South Birdtail Road, Birdtail Road, Birdtail Divide Road.
I had never ventured into the area, but after getting a call from area rancher Joe Barrett, I recently made the trip to Birdtail.
Joe Barret had given me a call a few days before a meeting that was to be held at Birdtail bridge, a span across Flat Creek that was constructed in 1901.
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