An amazing sign, easily missed

[Timbermaster]

Not far from the Continental Divide and the border line of Idaho and Montana, if one is keeping a keen eye on the surroundings, this small out of place sign can be found just off the side of the rough high mountain road. It gives notice to passers by that the stream by which it stands is the utmost furthest source of water that ultimately becomes the mighty Missouri River. The scenery is such that a tiny sign of this nature is easily missed among the towering mountain peaks and miles of wild undeveloped valley floor stretching into the horizon. The snow and rain that falls on Mt Jefferson will slowly make it’s way to the stream, named Hell Roaring Creek, and begin it’s nearly 4,000 mile journey to the Atlantic Ocean.

 

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[GoDeep]

Cool find!

 

[Kray Gelder]

Beautiful pic, and interesting sign. The name Hell Roaring Creek, may give some clue to it's occasional nature. Note the wide flood plain. My guess would be that during "hundred year floods" or even "thousand year floods," when a massive snowfall is followed by days of heavy warm rain, that little valley is wall to wall water. In the sixties, my parents built a little cabin along a peaceful stream in central Washington ( middle fork of the Teanaway river ) in a flat little setting very similar, just below the mountains. There were a dozen or so summer cabins along the length of the creek. In the nineties, most of the structures were swept away in a flash flood event.

 

[cyzak]

Beautiful place that is ,I remember reading some Fenny’s blogs and they thought that was one of the places where he had the treasure back in the day

 

[tamrock]

So many had wondered where that mighty river began before Lewis & Clark set out to explore it.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I think that water ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. Gary

 

[HCW]

Cool

 

[tamrock]

I think that water ends up in the Gulf of Mexico. Gary

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