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| Long Description | <DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Ashland_CheyenneTrailriders.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Cheyenne Trailriders</p><p class="fotocred">Photo Coutesy: Cheyenne Trailriders</p></li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Ashland_Museum.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Staint Labre Mission</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: St. Labre Mission</p></li></ul> <p>Ashland is on the Tongue River at the mouth of Otter Creek. The post office was established under this name in 1886; previously it had been called Birney and Strader. Ashland is division headquarters for the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=704">Custer National Forest</a>, and it is possible the name comes from the abundance of ash trees. The town is a trade center for a group of cattle ranchers and for Indians from the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=740">Northern Cheyenne Reservation</a>. (from Cheney's <I>Names on the Face of Montana</I>, Mountain Press Publishing Company) Lame Deer is tribal headquarters and home of the Cheyenne Powwow.</p><p>A historical buffalo jump, burial sites of Indian chiefs, Custer's last camp before the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=3124">Battle of the Little Bighorn</a>, the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=3597">Saint Labre Mission/Cheyenne Indian Museum</a>, Saint Labre Indian School and the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=13363">Ashland Labor Day Powwow</a> are of special interest in the Ashland area. Cheyenne Trail Rides are available through the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=10263">Cheyenne Trailrider</a>. |
| History | |
| Id | 10 |
| Map | colstrip_and_forsyth_area.gif |
| Created By | TRAVEL_MT |
| Date Created | 12/22/2004 11:43:04 AM |
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| Locator Id | 10000100 |
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| Map X | 1210 |
| Map Y | 679 |
| Name | ASHLAND |
| Region | CUSTER |
| State | MT |
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| Zip code | 59003, 59004 |