Southwest Montana

1lincoln_ovando_and_drummond.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:04163YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://www.southwestmt.comSouthwest Montana10001660<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Helmville_Rodeo.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Labor Day Rodeo!Photo courtesy: Pat Hansen</li></ul> Helmville is in the mountains near where Nevada Creek empties into the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=11636">Blackfoot River</a> and is a gathering place for scattered farmers and ranchers in the large surrounding valley. The town was named for Henry Helm, a pioneer settler. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company) The <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=9769">Helmville Labor Day Rodeo</a> is the biggest little rodeo in Montana. The widely known rodeo features, in addition to watching the rodeo events, concessions, children's activities such as sheep riding, wild cow milking, and dancing.<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Seeley Lake, Montana" coords="5,5,97,29" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=302"><area shape="rect" alt="Ovando, Montana" coords="46,34,101,50" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=248"><area shape="rect" alt="Wolf Creek, Montana" coords="198,50,249,69" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=367"><area shape="rect" alt="Greenough, Montana" coords="20,44,43,64" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=148"><area shape="rect" alt="Greenough, Montana" coords="43,55,60,64" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=148"><area shape="rect" alt="Lincoln, Montana" coords="99,63,160,91" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=200"><area shape="rect" alt="Helmville, Montana" coords="47,65,93,83" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=163"><area shape="rect" alt="Canyon Creek, Montana" coords="143,95,195,109" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=52"><area shape="rect" alt="Drummond, Montana" coords="43,99,111,118" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=96"><area shape="rect" alt="Gold Creek, Montana" coords="73,119,124,138" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=144"><area shape="rect" alt="Hall, Montana" coords="34,126,66,139" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=150"><area shape="rect" alt="Garrison, Montana" coords="90,144,129,160" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=135"><area shape="rect" alt="Anaconda, Montana" coords="5365408HELMVILLEGOLD WEST9769Helmville Labor Day NRA Rodeo1MT59843