IT’S ABOUT TIME: Digging deep into local history ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG ON THE WHITETAIL UNCOVERS THE PAST

Thousands of years before there was a Jefferson County, there were people traveling what is now the Whitetail Road. That much is for sure.

A recent archeological dig along the route has verified human activity there going back as far as 6800 years, and indications are that the area could have been occupied as far back as 10,000 years.

Finding archeological sites along modern roads is not unusual. In fact, it is so common that the Montana Department of Transportation employs an archeologist to oversee those sites that might be disturbed by road construction.