Badger Creek Road

Badger Creek

Heart Butte, Montana

Heart Butte US Post Office

Heart Butte Health Center

Heart Butte High School

East View From The Heart Butte H.S.

South View From The Heart Butte H.S.

Saint Anne Church In Heart Butte

Birch Creek Near Heart Butte

Welcome to the Heart Butte, Montana Town Picture Tour

For almost Seventy years visitors learned a little bit about the Rocky Mountain Front by stopping at the Historical Markers from Augusta to Browning along Montana State Route 89/287. Make point to turn off Montana State Route 89/287 and head for Heart Butte, Montana. Don’t worry, you can ride north to Browning, Montana via the Heart Butte Road.

The original 1855 Blackfeet Indian Reservation encompassed most of the northern half of the state of Montana including part of the yet to be established Glacier National Park. The present reservation spans 1.5 million acres, the Blackfeet reservation is one of the largest in the United States.

Recently, the Blackfoot Nation recently made the drive along the Rocky Mountain Front even better. Turn left on to “Badger Creek Road” to see the ten new fantastic Historical Markers. Your eyes are beginning to glaze over… But wait! The road to Heart Butte offers some unforgettable history and incredible views of the “Front.”

March picture of an old Hogan Building in Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

September 2023 picture of the Log Hogon in Heart Butte. Image is from the Heart Butte Montana Picture Tour.

September 2023 picture of the Old Agency sign near Heart Butte. Image is from the Heart Butte Montana Picture Tour.

March picture of the Kennedy Center in Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

March picture of the Heart Butte Health Center Building in Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

March picture of the Heart Butte High School mascot in Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

March picture of the Whitetail Baptist Church in Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

Picture of the Sun River Historical Sign on Highway 89 near Augusta Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

Picture of the Blackfeet and Buffalo Historical Sign on Highway 89 near Choteau Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

Picture of the Old Agency on the Teton Historical Sign on Highway 89 near Choteau Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

Picture of the Dupuyer Historical Sign on Highway 89 near Dupuyer Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

March picture of the Old Agency Historical Sign on Highway 89 near Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

Picture of the Old Agency Historical Sign on Highway 89 near Heart Butte Montana. Image is from the Heart Butte, Montana Picture Tour.

History and The Rocky Mountain Front

We will ride one hundred miles out of our way, to see a single Tepee Ring. Imagine our disbelief and sense of good fortune to discover eight Tepee Rings to the north of the Badger Creek (Pictured Above). We might of missed the old encampment if it wasn’t for the new Historical Markers installed by the Blackfeet Nation.

A second Blackfeet Nation Historical Marker was a welcomed sight. The “Old Agency Site” Historical Marker on Highway 89 told us the “1879 Agency” was located nearby on Badger Creek. The new Historical Markers are located next to the site of the “1879 Agency.” You no longer have to “guess” where the historical event took place.