Returning to US 85 from the Geographic Center, we stayed on the highway for only a short time as we turned up Albion Road, which headed northwest toward the metropolis of Albion, Montana. Quite soon, we reached the fenceline that marked the Montana line - and drove from South Dakota into Montana - from the south. This is the only place where this is possible, as the southeast Montana corner is about 1/2 mile east of the tri-point. How deliciously dorky!
A short walk along the fenceline (the Montana side is public land) brought us to the tri-point, first surveyed by Rollin J. Reeves in 1877 "under serious threat of Indian attack," as stated on the plaque near the monument. The present monument was placed in 1904, replacing the monument that now resides at the Tri-State Museum back in Belle Fourche.
