This report is an overview and assessment of the cultural landscape of the Tongue River Valley, its historic themes and cultural resource site types. Designed to accompany other project deliverables (the video documentary and map-based digital archive), the goal of the project is to demonstrate the national, state and local significance of the layers of prehistory and history located in one small corner of southeastern Montana.

Christine Faith, NCPTT Heritage Education Coordinator, visited Alder Gulch and Virginia City, Montana, in March to study heritage education programs in the area and discuss possible collaborations.