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| Long Description | <DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Grassrange_CityPark.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Grass Range City Park</p><p div class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: MTOT</p></li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/GrassRange_LittleMTTruckstop.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Little Montana Truckstop</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: MTOT</p></li></ul> <p>Grass Range existed as a village, post office, and trading center before the Milwaukee Railroad made it a station on the branch line to <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=363">Winnett</a>. The post office opened in 1883 with John Chamberlain as postmaster, with the name spelled Grassrange. The town grew up in the middle of some of the finest open grassland used by the early cattle polls and was named for this range grass, which was eventually turned under by the homesteaders' plows. Elaine French of Grass Range summed up the story of many dry-land families: "People came to Grass Range in 1913-14 and went out broke." (from Cheney's <I>Names on the Face of Montana</I>, Mountain Press Publishing Company)</p><P>Grass Range is east of Lewistown in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains. A short drive will take you to the headwaters of <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=2181">Fort Peck Reservoir</a> and the picturesque Missouri Breaks.</p> |
| History | |
| Id | 146 |
| Map | lewistown_area.gif |
| Created By | TRAVEL_MT |
| Date Created | 12/22/2004 11:43:04 AM |
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| Locator Id | 10001490 |
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| Map X | 859 |
| Map Y | 397 |
| Name | GRASS RANGE |
| Region | RUSSELL |
| State | MT |
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| Zip code | 59032, 59441 |