We left the Medora Campground and headed for Fort Peck MT. It's a Corps of Engineer Park and it certainly lived up to it's reputation! We love camping in the corps parks, because they are so clean, with large sites and always by water. This dam is unusual, in the fact, that is the largest dam of its kind. It was built in 1933-1940, with 51 people dying in the process. It was a boom town back then, and in 1934 they built a beautiful theater that ran movies 24-7 for the workers and their families. Today that building still stands and they have live performances there in the summer time. We missed it this trip, but we'll try to get back sometime to see a play. The area is quite remote with nothing much going on here. They do have a very nice Interpretive Center that belongs to the Corps and it is worth a stop and see. We watched the movies there that covered the building of the dam, one on Lewis and Clark Expedition, and one on the Charles Russell Wildlife Refuge. There is evidence of the occupation of dinosaurs, and remains have been dug as recent as 1991. There are several skeletal forms on display in the Interpretive Center. We end our stay here on Thursday, when we move to Havre MT.
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