Central Montana

1highline.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:04288YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://www.centralmontana.comCentral Montana10002960<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Rudyard_MotorsMuseum.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Hi-Line Vintage Motors MuseumPhoto courtesy: Hi-Line Vintage Motors Museum</li><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Rudyard_Museum.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE>Depot MuseumPhoto courtesy: Depot Museum</li></ul> Rudyard is on the Hi-Line between <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=59">Chester</a> and <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=159">Havre</a>. It is said that it was named for Rudyard Kipling. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company) The area now is predominately wheat farms. The railroads were a catalyst for developing the towns along the Hi-Line. Rudyard is a shipping point for the wheat grown in the area.The town has a wonderful, well-appointed museum in the old train depot. The <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=13711">Depot Museum</a> features local history of the area, including a depot, working windmill, schoolhouse, outhouse, blacksmith shop, tar-paper shack, garage, farm implements and archives with photographs and family histories. A Museum of the Rockies affiliate and a member of the <A HREF="http://mtdinotrail.org">Montana Dinosaur Trail</A>, the Depot Museum's features a number of permanent and changing dinosaur exhibits.Also while in Rudyard visit the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=16879">Hi-Line Vintage Motors Museum</a> where vintage automobiles ranging from a 1915 Model T car to 1976 Cadillac El Dorado and 1926-28 pickup trucks are yours to wander around.<map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Whitlash, Montana" coords="69,5,109,28" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=357"><area shape="rect" alt="Sunburst, Montana" coords="8,10,53,28" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=322"><area shape="rect" alt="Oilmont, Montana" coords="21,46,61,65" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=242"><area shape="rect" alt="Shelby, Montana" coords="10,90,64,123" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=304"><area shape="rect" alt="Galata, Montana" coords="67,84,90,105" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=131"><area shape="rect" alt="Ledger, Montana" coords="15,132,56,147" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=196"><area shape="rect" alt="Conrad, Montana" coords="6,148,70,167" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=73"><area shape="rect" alt="Brady, Montana" coords="8,168,46,182" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=39"><area shape="rect" alt="Lothair, Montana" coords="92,89,115,103" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=209"><area shape="rect" alt="Virgelle, Montana" coords="202,178,246,192" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=344"><area shape="rect" alt="Dutton, Montana" coords="4,204,35,221" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=98"><area shape="rect" alt="Power, Montana" coords="5,225,36,242" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=264"><area shape="rect" alt="Loma, Montana" coords="179,193,216,205" href="/categorie687124RUDYARDRUSSELL13711Depot Museum1MT59540