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Narrated by The Drifter 204 km · about 109 min · 20 stories

Where the plains break against the Rocky Mountain Front: the Corps of Discovery's month-long portage around the falls, the Hi-Line homesteaders, Ivan Doig's landscapes, and the Niitsitapi — the Blackfeet — whose sovereignty over the Backbone of the World is the road's real subject.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Great Falls, Montana

    The Power of Black Eagle Dam

  2. 2
    Great Falls, Montana

    The Great Portage of the Missouri Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  3. 3
    Great Falls, Montana

    The Great Portage of the Missouri Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  4. 4
    Power, Montana

    The Great Portage of the Missouri Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  5. 5
    Power, Montana

    Engineering the Sun River

  6. 6
    Power, Montana

    Homesteading the Montana Hi-Line

  7. 7
    Dutton, Montana

    The Great Northern's Montana Expansion

  8. 8
    Brady, Montana

    The Bynum Irrigation Project

  9. 9
    Brady, Montana

    Whoop-Up Days in Conrad

  10. 10
    Conrad, Montana

    The Voice of Wylie Gustafson

  11. 11
    Conrad, Montana

    The Vanishing Ledger Post Office

  12. 12
    Valier, Montana

    The Waters of Lake Frances

  13. 13
    Valier, Montana

    The Landscapes of Ivan Doig

  14. 14
    Valier, Montana

    The Waters of Dupuyer Creek

  15. 15
    Valier, Montana

    The Niitsitapi and the Plains Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  16. 16
    Valier, Montana

    The Niitsitapi and the Plains Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  17. 17
    Browning, Montana

    The Niitsitapi and the Plains Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  18. 18
    Browning, Montana

    The Sovereignty of the Backbone Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  19. 19
    Browning, Montana

    The Sovereignty of the Backbone Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  20. 20
    Browning, Montana

    The Sovereignty of the Backbone Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.