It rises in the Bear Paw Mountains in western Blaine County and flows southeast, joining the Missouri in the Missouri Breaks approximately 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Winifred.
The U.S. claim to NW Montana, the area between the Rockies and the N Idaho border, was validated in the Oregon Treaty of 1846 with the British.
Montana also contains a number of rivers, many of which are known for "blue-ribbon" trout fishing, but which also provide most of the water needed by residents of the state, as well as being a source of hydropower.
Montana was the scene of the Native Americans' last effort to keep their land, and the last stand of U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer was fought near the present day town of Hardin.
The cow camp job was, and is, still the most desired job of a cowboy, but only the most senior and lucky ones get to do it.
The historic cow camp was usually small, with no more than one or two cowboys in each camp, except in the fall when the cattle needed to be round up and taken back to the home ranch.
But the cow camp job still exists, and the cattle still have to be round up and driven home in the fall.
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