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23-622: Arlee is in southern Lake County in the Jocko Valley. U.S. Route 93 and Montana Highway 200 pass through the community together, leading northwest 10 miles (16 km) to Ravalli and south 17 miles (27 km) to Interstate 90 at Wye . Polson , the Lake county seat , is 43 miles (69 km) north of Arlee via US 93. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Arlee CDP has

46-423: A 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) concurrency. MT 200 leaves Sydney and travels northeast for 11 miles (18 km) to Fairview , where it turns east and crosses into North Dakota . MT 200 follows the following MDT corridors: Today's Highway 200 is part of a four-state chain of such routes, but it did not begin that way. It was assembled from other state and federal routes over the years. The status of

69-614: A few miles south of the current town of Arlee. This forced move stemmed from the efforts of a congressional delegation led by future president James Garfield to negotiate Salish removal from the Bitterroot Valley . The town and post office were established in 1885. Arlee has an annual summer pow wow celebration, the Arlee Esyapqeyni. Montana Salish is taught at the Nkwusm Salish Immersion School. Salish

92-603: A total area of 6.5 square miles (16.8 km), of which 93,452.27 square feet (8,682 m), or 0.05%, are water. The Jocko River passes through the northeast side of the community, flowing northwest past Ravalli to the Flathead River at Dixon . Via the Flathead River, it is part of the Clark Fork and Columbia River watershed. As of the census of 2000, there were 602 people, 235 households, and 161 families residing in

115-668: Is a Christian radio network based in Twin Falls, Idaho . KAWZ, 89.9 MHz , in Twin Falls is the uplink station, feeding over 350 broadcast translators and 51 full-power radio stations across the United States, including Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands . CSN is a non-profit organization and operates non-profit stations. KAWZ began broadcasting on April 3, 1988 ( Easter Sunday ), with Pastor Mike Kestler as its founder. The network

138-546: Is a Class B school. They are known as the Warriors and Scarlets. Brothers on Three, a New York Times Bestselling book in 2021, is a non-fiction account of students from Arlee and their families. The Valley Journal provides local news to Arlee, Charlo, Pablo, Polson, Ronan, and St. Ignatius. The radio station KJFT-FM is a Christian FM station licensed in Arlee. Montana Highway 200 Montana Highway 200 ( MT 200 ) in

161-613: Is also the longest route signed as a state highway in the United States. Highway 200 helps to connect many small towns located in central Montana and the vast plains area of eastern Montana , to larger western Montana cities such as Great Falls and Missoula . At its western end at the Idaho state line, MT 200 follows the Clark Fork River at the feet of the Cabinet Mountains eastward for 85 miles (137 km) until it meets

184-637: Is spoken in Arlee. Art is popular, and there used to be a gallery that displayed art work. In the 1970s Agnes Vanderburg ran workshops where she passed on Salish culture to younger generations. Rodeo has been a significant part of the area culture, with Native and non-native contestants competing. The annual Arlee Rodeo and Pow Wow is held on the 4th of July weekend. Numerous tribes participate in Native American regalia with dancing, singing and drumming. The Arlee Joint School District educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Arlee High School

207-670: The Calvary Radio Network the following year. Board members of the Christian Satellite Network (CSN) and its parent company, Christian Broadcasting of Idaho, are Pastor Mike Kestler and Ariel Kestler. Mike Kestler is pastor of The River Christian Fellowship, a nondenominational church in Twin Falls. CSN International airs a variety of Christian talk and teaching programs, such as: A New Beginning with Greg Laurie , Jay Sekulow Live , Family Talk with James Dobson , Love Worth Finding with Adrian Rogers , Thru

230-672: The Flathead River at MT 135 . It then follows the Flathead River east for 25 miles (40 km) to Dixon where the Flathead River turns north. MT 200 continues east following the Jocko River for 6 miles (10 km) and borders the CSKT Bison Range until it intersects with US 93 at Ravalli . The two highways share a 27-mile (43 km) concurrency and travel south I-90 , where they head east into Missoula . MT 200 follows I-90 through Missoula for 14 miles (23 km), with US 93 departing and US 12 joining

253-599: The CDP was $ 11,558. About 37.6% of families and 34.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 51.2% of those under age 18 and 21.1% of those age 65 or over. Arlee was named after the Salish leader Arlee. In October 1873, he moved a small group of his people from the Bitterroot Valley , which was designated a "conditional reservation" in the 1855 Hellgate Treaty , to the Jocko Agency (later Flathead Indian Agency) located

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276-449: The CDP. The population density was 92.8 inhabitants per square mile (35.8/km). There were 268 housing units at an average density of 41.3 units per square mile (15.9 units/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 45.85% White , 50.00% Native American , 0.66% from other races , and 3.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.15% of the population. There were 235 households, out of which 37.0% had children under

299-570: The Sidney to Fairview segment. By 1969, the entire MT 20 had become MT 200 and included the former US 10A from Idaho to Wye, and following US 10/93 through Missoula. MT 20S became 200S. Montana Highway 200S (MT 200S) is a spur route of MT 200 that branches off the main route near Circle and has an interchange with Interstate 94 shortly before terminating at the I-94 business loop in Glendive . MT 200S

322-440: The U.S. state of Montana is a route running east–west, across the entire state of Montana. From the starting point at ID 200 , near Heron , the highway runs east to ND 200 near Fairview . It is part of a chain of state highways numbered 200 that extend from Idaho across Montana, North Dakota , and Minnesota , totaling approximately 1,356 miles (2,182 km) long. At 706.272 mi (1,136.635 km), Montana Highway 200

345-406: The United States. In 2007, an agreement was reached between the Twin Falls, Idaho based network and parties associated with Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa where the Twin Falls, Idaho based network kept 424 of the network's 457 stations and translators, but could no longer use Calvary Chapel branding. Most of the stations received by the parties associated with Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa were sold to

368-419: The age of 18 living with them, 42.1% were married couples living together, 20.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 26.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.14. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 32.4% under

391-458: The age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 104.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 21,188, and the median income for a family was $ 22,125. Males had a median income of $ 25,500 versus $ 19,167 for females. The per capita income for

414-511: The interstate and travel south for 12 miles (19 km) to Great Falls . In Great Falls, MT 200 and US 89 leave I-15, where they become concurrent with MT 3 , share a brief concurrency with I-315 (I-15 Business), and merge with US 87 , following 10th Avenue South eastward through the city. The four routes of US 87, US 89, MT 3, and MT 200 share a 23-mile (37 km) concurrency from Great Falls to Armington Junction (near Belt ), where US 89 heads south and

437-775: The route along the way, leaving the interstate near Milltown . The highway runs parallel to the Blackfoot River and is subject to hazardous driving conditions in the winter, particularly due to black ice . From I-90, the road travels 74 miles (119 km) east to Lincoln , and another 39 miles (63 km) where it crosses Rogers Pass on the Continental Divide . It continues east for 21 miles (34 km) to Bowman's Corner where it intersects US 287 , and then another 30 miles (48 km) to Sun River where it merges with US 89 . The two highways travel for 8 miles (13 km) east to I-15 near Vaughn , where they join

460-517: The routes and route segments that became Highway 200 in 1937. By 1941, US 10 Alternate (US 10A) had replaced MT 3 as part of an alternate route from Wye to Spokane via Sandpoint and was now concurrent with US 93 to US 10. Between 1948 and 1959, many construction projects and route redesignations with concurrencies made MT 20 from Bonner to Sidney the baseline for today's MT 200. MT 23N replaced MT 14 from Sidney to Fairview and MT 20S replaced MT 18 from Circle to Glendive. In 1960, MT 20 picked up

483-979: The three remaining routes continue east for 65 miles (105 km). At Eddie's Corner (near Moore ), the routes meet US 191 where MT 3 and US 191 share a common alignment to Harlowton . US 87, US 191, and MT 200 share a 14-mile (23 km) concurrency to Lewistown, where US 191 heads north, and US 87/MT 200 continue another 34 miles (55 km) to Grass Range . At Grass Range, MT 200 and US 87 end their 135-mile-long (217 km) concurrency and MT 200 continues east for 98 miles (158 km) to MT 59 in Jordan . MT 200 continues 68 miles (109 km) east to Circle where it intersects MT 13 and MT 200S (an auxiliary route that connects MT 200 with Glendive ). It continues 71 miles (114 km) east until it intersects MT 16 and MT 23 , where MT 16 and MT 200 head north into Sydney and share

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506-611: Was launched on April 26, 1995, broadcasting Christian radio over satellite from KAWZ in Twin Falls. The first satellite-fed translator to begin receiving the network from KAWZ was in Yucca Valley , California , and within six months the network had dozens of translators. It was originally known as the Calvary Satellite Network. By 1999, the network had grown to include 153 stations and translators, and by 2004 it had grown to approximately 400 stations and translators across

529-425: Was originally part of MT 18, renamed MT 20S when MT 23 from Circle to Sidney was renamed MT 20 and received its current name when MT 20 was renamed MT 200. In the state road log, MT 200S picks up the mileposts from route N-57 (C000057) from mileposts 279.109 to 323.472, for a total of 45.280 miles (72.871 km). Major intersections CSN International Christian Satellite Network (CSN) International

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