Montana Fish and Game Hunting: Rosebud
Local activities include antelope hunting on the flat grassy plains and trout fishing or boating on the Yellowstone River. The town of Rosebud also has a golf course and a casino, for those who don't prefer the hunting scene. Rosebud is famous for becoming Custer's final resting place following his crushing defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn. The nearest towns to Rosebud are Forsyth (about 20 miles west) and Hathaway (about 20 miles east). The nearest big city is Billings, about 150 miles to the southwest. ************************************************************ Although Montana is most often associated with (and named for) its mountains toward the west, about 60% of the state's land is actually prairie, dotted here and there with small mountain clusters known as "island ranges." Another 25% is forested land adorned with ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, larch, fir, spruce, aspen, birch, red cedar, ash, alder, rocky mountain maple and cottonwood trees. FUN FACTS ABOUT MONTANA: The average square mile of land in Montana contains 1.4 elk, 1.4 pronghorn antelope and 3.3 deer. In 1888, Helena Montana had a higher percentage of millionaires than any other city in the world. Montana has 56 counties. The state has an average population of about six people per square mile. Montana was once solely inhabited by the Lakotas and other plains Indian tribes. Montana has seven Indian reservations.
AUTHENTIC PHOTO OF CRAZY HORSE
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