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This is the Stillwater County Jail which no longer houses prisoners. They stopped using the facility in 1999. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

The movie "Horse Whisperer" was filmed in Big Timber, MT and just out of town up the Boulder River Valley. The Flying J Motel was where Robert Redford's love interest stayed with her daughter and their horse before driving out to the ranch. 

This library is located in Big Timber, MT. The building is a beautiful one, hope you can see it in the dark. It was built in 1914 and actually stayed open late at night to hopefully give people an alternative to the bar life of that era. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

Dr K Swanson built the first earth home in Stillwater County. This one is located by the cemetary in Columbus Montana. It use to be in a cow pasture but is now surrounded by a subdivision full of energy guzzling houses. It is also for sale. Jitterbug and Horseman 

We had two sirens posted in our community. They use to blow every day at noon but have not for the past two years. They are still used as fire whistles to call out the volunter firefighters in our area. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

Our community has two buildings listed on the Historic Registry. This one is the Cobblestone School House and it was listed by our Superintendent of School's on May 12, 1996. The building is our community's first high school and was built with donated funds raised by dances and bake sales and one large grant in the amount of $40,000. Finished in 1912, it was a fully accredited school with three full time teachers, until the new more modern high school was completed here in 1990. POS 1912-1990. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

This Barn shaped Birdhouse was created by Willie Gauthier when he and his wife Pat lived on the family ranch north of town. When the ranch sold they brought a few mementos into town with them. Horseman and Jitterbug205 

The Absarokee Huskies girls Volleyball team headed out to the State Tourney this morning with fire truck horns screaming and police sirens wailing. We take our sports seriously in Absarokee MT and here is our "A: Hill. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

This tractor is part of a collection owned and OPERATED by Dan Milton in Absarokee, MT. He annually drives about 5 antique tractors in our local parade and comes up with the trophy every time in the classic vehicle competition. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

This is Absarokee's Boy Scout Cabin. It is used for special event meetings and camp outs. Located on the edge of our community near the Rosebud River. Jitterbug205 and Horseman 

The Oliver H. Hovda House is located in Absarokee, MT. Eleven days before the Crow Indian Reservation territory was formally opened to settlement here (October 15, 1893), Sever Simonson and his family claimed squatters rights here in the valley located between the Stillwater and the Rosebud Rivers. Oliver Hovda his 25 year old nephew soon joined him and they established a trading post that was soon to become the Absarokee Cooperative Trading Cmpany. Hovda also buildt a saloon, livery stable, hotel and blacksmith shop. He became the first postmaster in Absarokee and took Belle Wilson for his wife in 1903. The home you see was commissioned in 1903 and finished in 1904.
It's period of significance 1904-1941. The home is currently a restaurant, hostel, and trade store specializing in hand woven rugs and goods from Kurgestan. It was placed on the Historic Record in 2003. Horseman and Jitterbug205 

This is the larger than life "Tire Man" at LP Anderson's Tire Factory in Billings Montana. He is larger than life and, strangly, always in a good mood. I think I would get tired of holdin tires all day. He is a Billings Icon. 

Just Northeast of Bozeman Montana William Clark journaled about a large road that passed through the low plains from the Madicin(sic) River. He camped there and also wrote about "the sqaw(sic) referng to many buffalo that use to roam these hills. The Shosoni Indians occassionally came out to hunt them but rturned quickly to the mountainous areas because they were fearful of passing into the plains west of the mountains.