Southeast Montana

1colstrip_and_forsyth_area.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:0410YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://www.southeastmontana.comSoutheast Montana10000100<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Ashland_CheyenneTrailriders.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Cheyenne TrailridersPhoto Coutesy: Cheyenne Trailriders</li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Ashland_Museum.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Staint Labre MissionPhoto courtesy: St. Labre Mission</li></ul> 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 Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company) Lame Deer is tribal headquarters and home of the Cheyenne Powwow.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>.<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Sonnette, Montana" coords="206,198,249,210" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=313"><area shape="rect" alt="Otter, Montana" coords="161,234,194,247" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=246"><area shape="rect" alt="Ashland, Montana" coords="138,164,171,184" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=10"><area shape="rect" alt="Birney, Montana" coords="108,211,135,231" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=30"><area shape="rect" alt="Lame Deer, Montana" coords="87,154,132,177" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=193"><area shape="rect" alt="Colstrip, Montana" coords="81,105,153,138" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=68"><area shape="rect" alt="Busby, Montana" coords="42,178,79,193" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=48"><area shape="rect" alt="Crow Agency, Montana" coords="4,152,49,175" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=80"><area shape="rect" alt="Hardin, Montana" coords="5,131,39,149" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=153"><area shape="rect" alt="Hysham, Montana" coords="24,22,56,41" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=176"><area shape="rect" alt="Bighorn, Montana" coords="5,43,27,60" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=28"><area shape="rect" alt="Sanders, Montana" coords="62,19,97,39" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=298"><area shape="rect" alt="Rosebud, Montana" coords="125,43,161,58"1210679ASHLANDCUSTER2311Red Shale Campground12623Cow Creek Campground12824Western 8 Motel13597St. Labre Indian School & Museum16280Whitetail Cabin16341Ashland Ranger District113363Ashland Labor Day Powwow114433Blacks Pond Picnic Area114434Holiday Spring Campground116724Diamond Butte Lookout121571Tongue River1MT59003, 59004