The Bitterroot River and multiple smaller tributaries join the Clark Fork on the western edge of Missoula.

Hell Gate Town, the county seat, was located at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Bitterroot Rivers.

These creeks are both direct tributaries of the historic Bitterroot River.

He returned to his mission at Sainte-Marie on the Bitterroot River.

Although the Bitterroot River passes close by to many residential areas, it is an excellent place for wildlife viewing.

The song "Bitterroot" by the Indigo Girls is about the Bitterroot River.

Despite that advantage, the Bitterroot River is already on Montana's list of "impaired streams," for several reasons.

Then in 1994, when we were looking to leave Portland, the opportunity arose to buy a 10-acre farm near the Bitterroot River at an affordable price.

It lies along the East Fork of the Bitterroot River at the west end of Ross Hole, a wide valley surrounded by mountains.

Among the works here is "The Bitterroot River," 1995-97, a sequence of 24 separately framed black-and-white images.