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A view from 1939:

ABSAROKEE, (4,000 alt., 353 pop) is in a dude ranch area. There is fine trout fishing in Stillwater River and in mountain streams nearby. Country dances are held every Saturday night in summer. The town and the Absaroka Range bear the Crow's own name for themselves, the exact meaning of which is not known. According to some interpretations, early French traders erred in translating the Crow word "Apsaruke" as gens de corbeaux (the raven people). The older Crow declare it was their enemy, the Sioux, who perpetuated this error and fastened the name "Crow" on them.

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.