Decision Point

On June 2, 1805, Lewis and Clark had their first encounter with the Marias River near present-day Loma. The instructions they had gotten from the Mandan tribe in North Dakota made no mention of the river. The waterway was especially confusing because of its size.

Earth Science Museum hosts a wide collection of gems, minerals, fossils and Native American artifacts discovered in the area. The town of Loma served as a stop for the Great Northern Railroad beginning in the late 1800s.

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