Choteau
Travel
Montana
Pine
Butte Swamp Preserve: The Nature Conservancy continues
an ambitious project to protect Montana's Pine Butte Swamp:
the largest wetland complex along the Rocky Mountain Front
and the grizzly bear's last stronghold on the plains.
Choteau
Directory Listings
A view from 1939:
CHOTEAU, (3,800 alt., 997 pop.), seat of Teton County,
was named for Pierre Chouteau, Jr., a member of a family of
fur traders associated with Astor's American Fur Company. Montana
also has a county named for Chouteau; to avoid confusion the
town name is spelled without the first "u." Choteau
was once headquarters for big cattle spreads (ranches) whose
herds ranged over large areas of north-central Montana. There
are still several large ranches near.
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.
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