Clark's Fork Valley

Many of the great icons of western American history left their mark on Carbon County while living in or traveling through the natural byway that is Montana�s Clark�s Fork Valley. The Aps�alooke, or Crow, people called the valley home for centuries. The Lewis and Clark expedition recorded and named the valley�s river in 1806. In 1807�1808, John Colter, the discoverer of Yellowstone Park, explored the southern end of the valley. The Rocky Mountain Fur Company and adventurers like Jedediah Smith, J