# Beaverhead Rock

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{{Short description|Historic rock formation in Montana, United States of America}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Beaverhead Rock-Lewis and Clark Expedition
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = "The overland stage road between Ogden and Helena crossing the Beaver Head River at Point of Rocks ... by means of a pla - NARA - 520085.tif
| caption      = [Overland Trail](/source/Overland_Trail) bridge across [Beaverhead River](/source/Beaverhead_River), with Beaverhead Rock—"Point of Rocks" in background (1871).<ref>{{citation |contribution-url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/lewisandclark/site14.htm |contribution=Beaverhead Rock State Park, Montana |title=Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings |encyclopedia=Lewis and Clark: Historic Places Associated with Their Transcontinental Exploration (1804-06) |year=2004 |orig-year=1975 |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001125724/http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/lewisandclark/site14.htm |archive-date=2009-10-01 }}</ref>
| location     = [Madison County, Montana](/source/Madison_County%2C_Montana)
| nearest_city = [Dillon, Montana](/source/Dillon%2C_Montana)
| coordinates  = {{coord|45|23|11|N|112|27|35|W|display=inline,title}} <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|768653|Beaverhead Rock}}</ref>
| locmapin     = Montana#USA
| area         =
| built        = 1805 (expedition)
| website      = [https://fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/beaverhead-rock/ Official website]
| architect    =
| architecture =
| added        = February 11, 1970
| refnum       = 70000359
}}

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'''Beaverhead Rock''', also known as '''Point of Rocks''',  is a [rock formation](/source/rock_formation) overlooking the [Beaverhead River](/source/Beaverhead_River) in [Montana](/source/Montana) protected as '''Beaverhead Rock State Park'''. It is located on [Montana State Highway 41](/source/List_of_state_highways_in_Montana), {{convert|12|mi|spell=in}} south of [Twin Bridges](/source/Twin_Bridges%2C_Montana), [Madison County](/source/Madison_County%2C_Montana). It was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1970.<ref name=npsgallery/> The site may be viewed and photographed from a distance, but is not directly accessible.<ref name=mfwp/>

==History==
Beaverhead Rock is a rock feature identified in 1805 by [Sacagawea](/source/Sacagawea), during the [Lewis and Clark Expedition](/source/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition), as a [landmark](/source/landmark) not distant from the summer retreat of her nation. According to the Journal of Lewis:<ref name=nps/>
<blockquote>The Indian woman recognized the point of a high plain to our right which she informed us was not very distant from the summer retreat of her nation on a river beyond the mountains which runs to the west. This hill she says her nation calls the Beaver's Head, from a conceived resemblance of its figure to the head of that animal...as it is now all important with us to meet with those people as soon as possible I determined to proceed tomorrow with a small party...and pass the mountains to the Columbia; and down that river until I found the Indians...without horses we shall be obliged to leave a great part of our stores...</blockquote>

==References==
<references>
<ref name=mfwp>{{cite web |url=https://stateparks.mt.gov/beaverhead-rock/ |title=Beaverhead Rock State Park |publisher=Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks |access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name=npsgallery>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/70000359 |title=Beaverhead Rock-Lewis and Clark Expedition |work=NPGallery |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>

<ref name=nps>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/bea.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917121213/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/LewisandClark/bea.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2007 |title=Beaverhead Rock |series=Lewis and Clark Expedition |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref>
</references>

==External links==
*[https://stateparks.mt.gov/beaverhead-rock/ Beaverhead Rock State Park] Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

{{Protected areas of Montana}}
{{NRHP in Madison County, Montana}}
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Category:Landforms of Madison County, Montana
Category:Rock formations of Montana
Category:State parks of Montana
Category:Protected areas of Madison County, Montana
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Montana
Category:Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
Category:Lewis and Clark Expedition
Category:Native American history of Montana

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