This town has some very interesting lore and history. According to lore, this town got its name during the era of the open range when one day several cowboys and a cook from the nearby Diamond Ranch outfit were attempting to build a buffalo chip fire. Old Dutch Henry told them, "If you'll go a couple of miles up this creek, you'll find plenty wood." Those words of wisdom were remembered when the town was named.
Plentywood and its neighbors, Raymond and Westby, are the Northeast Entrance greeters to those visiting Montana.
As for history, at the site of present day Plentywood, Sitting Bull and the remainder of his Sioux followers met the military on there way to their surrender at Fort Buford after living for about 5 years in Canada. As for a combination of lore and history, in the early 1900's and until homesteaders tamed the area, rustlers were plentiful. Rustlers ran cattle through the Big Muddy Valley to Canada, and then lore has it that when returning to the states they rustled Canadian cattle to sell in the states. Historical account of this happening is available at the Sheridan County Museum in Plentywood.
Food and lodging facilities are readily available.
Plentywood Museum a sid blair photo
a sid blair sketch
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