Day 18 Are we there yet?

After spending the night in “the most isolated town in America” or as Conde’ Nast Traveler magazine referred to it as the “middle of nowhere”,  we headed out into more grasslands. Fun fact - Glasgow got its name in 1887 when two local guys spun a globe and their finger landed on Glasgow, Scotland. And that’s how this isolated railroad town, former Air Force base, former WWII German POW camp got its name. At some point, we passed the decaying, pink Sacred Heart Catholic Church, supposedly haunted, located at the edge of the Ft Belknap Reservation. It was built by the Jesuits in 1931 and has been abandoned since 1964. Stood out in an area where buildings were sparse. In Chinook, we drove by the site of the Battle of Bear Paw, the final engagement of the Nez Perce War of 1877. Here, the army cornered Chief Joseph and the remnants of his tribe before they could escape to Canada. Joseph finally surrendered, giving his famous speech, “I will fight no more forever.” Not sure where the Indians were hiding, because all we drove by for 4 hours was flat pasture land extending for hundreds of miles. Occasionally a long train would snake through going past the tiny towns just off the highway. Spending the night in Shelby, MT, a town that is about 6 square miles in size. The most notable event that happened here was a heavyweight boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons  in 1923. For some reason, this event almost bankrupted the town. Spent the afternoon planning more stops. Tomorrow we cross the border!!