Oct 2, 2025
Monuments on Marias
These images were made at Marias Pass in Montana; Glacier National Park lies to the north of where the Great Northern Railway and later Highway 2 were laid down over the pass.
In the first image we see the John F. Stevens Memorial Statue. Stevens was the civil engineer that "discovered" the pass over the great divide for the Great Northern (while the Blackfeet people used the pass for centuries prior to this). The first trains for the GN were rolling over the pass by 1893.
The second image shows the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Monument, adjacent to the statue. Built in 1931, this sixty-foot high obelisk celebrates Roosevelt's commitment to conservation.
Two photographs by Richard Koenig; taken September 16th 2025.