DescriptionThis photograph taken on the Red Lodge - Cooke City Highway depicts a winding gravel road pointing towards Index and Pilot Peaks. The road is lined with boulders, low grasses, and conifer trees. The road runs next to a running stream bed on the left side of frame.
Caption on the reverse reads: "Pilot Rock and Index Peak/Montana, the Treasure State. Prominent Landmark seen from Beartooth Highway when entering Yellowstone Park from the northeast."TypeImageCreatorFar West StudiosGenrepostcardsDateCirca 1959SubjectWilderness AreasMountainsRoadsContributing InstitutionYellowstone National Park Heritage and Research CenterTime Period Represented1959Digital CollectionYellowstone National Park PhotographsDigital Formatimage/jpgPhysical CollectionYellowstone National Park Museum CollectionPhysical DimensionsH 9.0, W 14.0 CMDigitization SpecificationScanned at 1200 dpiDate Digitized2017Photo NumberYELL 199613Contact UsFor more information contact Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center: yell_heritage_center@nps.gov / (307) 344-2264.
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Far West Studios, Index and Pilot Peaks postcard (4) (Circa 1959). Montana History Portal, accessed 19/01/2026, https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/129396