Missouri River Country

1wolfpoint_and_scobey.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:04127YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://missouririver.visitmt.comMissouri River Country10001290<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Frazer_RedBottom1.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=117 HEIGHT=187 ALIGN=BASELINE>Red Bottom CelebrationPhoto courtesy: MTOT</li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Frazer_RedBottom2.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Red Bottom CelebrationPhoto courtesy: MTOT</li></ul> Frazer is between <a href="/search/QuickSearch.asp?SiteID=1">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=368">Wolf Point</a> on the Missouri River not far from <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=3154">Fort Peck Dam</a>. It began as a Great Northern station and was named for the foreman of a grading crew when the railroad was being built through here. Towering grain elevators indicate it is now a grain shipping center. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)Frazer is located on the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=739">Fort Peck Indian Reservation</a>. The reservation is home to <a href="http://visitmt.com/Places_To_Go/indian_nations/nakoda-dakota-fort-peck/">Sioux and Assinniboine</a>, and it 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.<a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=11439">Red Bottom Celebration</a> is an annual powwow that takes place in Frazer. It is a celebration of native culture and traditions through dancing, food, crafts, and fellowship with one another. All members of the general public are welcome to participate or watch.<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Vida, Montana" coords="128,203,167,220" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=343"><area shape="rect" alt="Wolf Point, Montana" coords="118,165,213,191" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=368"><area shape="rect" alt="Brockton, Montana" coords="222,153,249,169" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=43"><area shape="rect" alt="Poplar, Montana" coords="179,150,207,165" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=262"><area shape="rect" alt="Frazer, Montana" coords="76,163,105,181" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=127"><area shape="rect" alt="Nashua, Montana" coords="46,147,84,163" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=234"><area shape="rect" alt="Fort Peck, Montana" coords="18,166,53,192" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=122"><area shape="rect" alt="Culbertson, Montana" coords="196,135,249,149" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=81"><area shape="rect" alt="Saint Marie" coords="22,83,68,96" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=292"><area shape="rect" alt="Medicine Lake, Montana" coords="208,82,248,95" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=220"><area shape="rect" alt="Reserve, Montana" coords="228,65,248,77" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=276"><area shape="rect" alt="Plentywood, Montana" coords="187,42,248,61" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=257"><area shape="rect" alt="Opheim, Montana" coord1242211FRAZERMISSOURI RIVER11439Red Bottom Celebration1MT59225