1scoby_and_wolfpoint_and_plentywood.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:0443YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://missouririver.visitmt.com10000440<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Brockton_Overview.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Scenery</p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: Sten Iversonr</p></li></ul> <p>Brockton, thirteen miles east of Poplar, has been described as a "wind-swept village on the prairie." A few miles north of Brockton are the Twin Buttes, named because two of them rise dramatically from the flat, rolling plains below. The buttes are a famous landmark because of the battle there between Crow and Sioux Indians. (from Cheney's <I>Names on the Face of Montana</I>, Mountain Press Publishing Company)</p><p> The town of Brockton is located on the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=739">Fort Peck Indian Reservation</a> along the Missouri River. Sioux and Assinniboine live on the reservation, which encompasses more than 2 million acres of land just east of Fort Peck Lake, almost to North Dakota, and from 50 miles south of Canada to the Missouri River in the south.</p><P> Brockton is the site of the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=11446">Badlands Celebration</a>, a powwow celebrating native culture and traditions through dancing, food, crafts, and fellowship with one another. The general public is welcome to participate or watch.</p><map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Vida, Montana" coords="37,206,77,221" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=343"><area shape="rect" alt="Wolf Point, Montana" coords="29,169,121,192" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=368"><area shape="rect" alt="Poplar, Montana" coords="90,153,119,169" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=262"><area shape="rect" alt="Brockton, Montana" coords="132,158,177,173" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=43"><area shape="rect" alt="Bainville, Montana" coords="204,144,241,166" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=14"><area shape="rect" alt="McCabe, Montana" coords="185,127,227,143" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=218"><area shape="rect" alt="Froid, Montana" coords="174,107,202,125" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=129"><area shape="rect" alt="Medicine Lake, Montana" coords="121,85,183,98" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=220"><area shape="rect" alt="Dagmar, Montana" coords="188,77,220,91" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=84"><area shape="rect" alt="Reserve, Montana" coords="141,69,183,79" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=276"><area shape="rect" alt="Antelope, Montana" coords="184,45,215,62" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=8"><area shape="rect" alt="Westby, Montana" coords="212,11,238,32" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=351"><area shape="rect" alt="Raymond, Montana" coords="11381192BROCKTONMISSOURI RIVER11434Fort Kipp Celebration111446Badlands Celebration1MT59213