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A view from 1939:

PRYOR, (4,140 alt., 150 pop.), with a SUBAGENCY OF THE CROW RESERVATION. It was name for Sergeant Pryor of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Here, besides the trader's store, is a two-story log cabin, the FORMER HOME OF PLENTY COUPS, the last of the great Crow war chiefs; he always maintained friendly relations with the whites. In 1921 Plenty Coups represented the Indian tribes of the United States at the dedication on Armistice Day of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery, Va. His short speech on war and peace has been regarded as a masterpiece of Indian oratory. Plenty Coups died in 1933 at the age of 84.

Pryor and its vicinity give the impression of a lazy backwater, where only the arrival of a stranger creates an occasional ripple of interest, and community gossip is exchanged almost without words. A familiar figure in its streets is Will James, the cowboy author and artist.

Source: Montana: A State Guide Book; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Montana; September, 1939.