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RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA

RAVALLI COUNTY is also known as the Bitterroot Valley. It was named for a small pink flower, the Bitterroot, which is the state flower of Montana. The flower received its name from the Indians who harvested its starchy roots as part of their diet. The valley was a travel route for several Indian tribes as they traveled to the eastern plains to hunt bison, but only the Salish-speaking people (Flathead Indians) considered the valley their home.

The Bitterroot Valley is located on the western edge of Montana, in a protected north/southvalley located between two mountain ranges, the Sapphire Mountain range on the east and the Bitterroot National Forest on the west. The elevation ranges from 3,200 feet at the north end of the valley to 10,157 feet on Trapper Peak in the mountains at the south end of the valley. The elevation at the Hamilton airport is 3,638 feet and the Stevensville airport elevation is 3,620 feet. The Bitterroot Valley is 96 miles long, 25 miles wide and is 2,394 square miles of land area.

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RAVALLI COUNTY DATA BASES

BIOGRAPHIES & OBITUARIES	MONTANA GENEALOGY SOCIETY
CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS	MONTANA USGENWEB
RAVALLI COUNTY FUNERAL HOMES	BITTER ROOT GENEALOGY SOCIETY
RAVALLI COUNTY GENEALOGY RESOURCES	RAVALLI COUNTY MUSEUM
RAVALLI COUNTY HISTORY	BITTER ROOT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RAVALLI COUNTY LIBRARIES	CALENDAR OF EVENTS
POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE VALLEY	RAVALLI COUNTY SCHOOLS
RAVALLI COUNTY QUERIES	PHOTO GALLERY
MARRIAGES, ANNIVERSARIES, NEWS ARTICLES	MONTANA CITY DIRECTORIES
U.S. CENSUS FINDER	TOWNS in Ravalli County - see Ravalli County History
MONTANA CENSUS FINDER	US NEWSPAPER LINKS

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I am a RAOGK (Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness) volunteer and post those requested obituaries plus many other obituaries which I find in the newspaper files at the museum in Hamilton. I was born and raised in the Bitter Root valley and have known, or have heard of, many of those people whose obituaries appear on the pages of this site. As the host of this site, I feel a responsibility to continually add information to the pages to help those who are seeking information about their ancestors who lived in Ravalli County. As I have the time to transcribe obits and other information about the valley, that information will be added to the pages. I welcome obits and other information donated for addition to the site, but I do not expect nor depend on donated information to expand the site. Check back periodically to see what has been added.

The Bitterroot is Montana's State Flower. The photo in the MtGenWeb logo was photographed by Ann Telling.
Ann has generously allowed it's use in our logo. You can see this and many other beautiful Montana photos at her website
The Telling Page

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This page was last updated August 6, 2007