History
The forest was established on February 22, 1897 as the Lewis and Clarke Forest Reserve under the management of the General Land Office. On June 9, 1903 the Flathead Forest Reserve was added, and on March 2, 1907 the spelling was changed to Lewis and Clark, land was added, and the forest, which was transferred to the U.S. Forest Service in 1906, became a National Forest. On April 8, 1932 the entire Jefferson National Forest was added, which itself comprised the former Little Belt, Crazy Mountain, Snowy Mountains, Little Rockies and Highwood Mountains National Forest. Finally, on July 1, 1945, part of Absaroka National Forest was added.
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