Havre billboard goes up near Fort Benton

The final phase of a four-part billboard project by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Tourism Committee was completed recently.

The billboard was placed near Fort Benton with a goal of directing Lewis and Clark tourists north to Havre.

The billboard was done in a partnership with the Community Improvement Association and was also a cooperative marketing project with Russell Country, the regional tourism division of Travel Montana. The Chamber's tourism committee paid 50 percent of the total project cost of $4,896 and Russell Country paid the remaining 50 percent.

The other billboards that wel...