1harlowton_and_whitesulpher_and_melville.gifTRAVEL_MT2004-12-22T11:43:04303YVISITOR INFORMATIONhttp://www.centralmontana.com10003070<DIV class="cityaspfont"><ul class= "fotocolumn"><li class="brewfoto"><IMG SRC="/Pictures/Cities/Shawmut_Montana.JPG" BORDER=0 WIDTH=222 HEIGHT=140 ALIGN=BASELINE><p class="fotocap">Scenic View</p><p><p class="fotocred">Photo courtesy: Donnie</p></li></ul> <P>Shawmut was part of old Meagher County when the post office opened in 1885. The town is named for a local rancher and was once a station on the Milwaukee. It it now a country store and post office between <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=155">Harlowton</a> and <a href="/categories/City.asp?CityID=289">Ryegate</a> along the Musselshell River. (from Cheney's <I>Names on the Face of Montana</I>, Mountain Press Publishing Company)</P><P>Nearby <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=2010">Deadman's Basin Reservoir</a> is well known for camping, fishing boating and swimming.</P><P>The <I>Avaceratops lammersi</I> dinosaur was discovered in the Shawmut area and it is now housed in the <a href="/categories/moreinfo.asp?SiteID=1&IDRRecordID=11056">Upper Musselshell Museum</a> in Harlowton. This two-story limestone building, constructed in 1909, is filled with treasures that belong to the people who lived in, worked and developed the Upper Musselshell River country.</P><map name="nearbycities"><area shape="rect" alt="Melville, Montana" coords="108,163,162,187" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=223"><area shape="rect" alt="Wilsall, Montana" coords="55,179,102,196" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=361"><area shape="rect" alt="Clyde Park, Montana" coords="61,198,113,212" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=65"><area shape="rect" alt="Springdale, Montana" coords="111,236,164,248" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=314"><area shape="rect" alt="Ryegate, Montana" coords="218,126,249,145" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=289"><area shape="rect" alt="Shawmut, Montana" coords="167,116,205,132" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=303"><area shape="rect" alt="Harlowton, Montana" coords="160,93,243,114" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=155"><area shape="rect" alt="Judith Gap, Montana" coords="168,61,206,82" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=185"><area shape="rect" alt="Garneill, Montana" coords="168,39,211,55" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=134"><area shape="rect" alt="Buffalo, Montana" coords="153,22,186,37" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=47"><area shape="rect" alt="Moore, Montana" coords="178,6,212,20" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=231"><area shape="rect" alt="Hobson, Montana" coords="144,6,177,19" href="/categories/city.asp?CityID=169"><area shape="rect" alt="Utica, Montana" coo787524SHAWMUTRUSSELLMT59078