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excellent ice cream. The
Slipper Lounge
(608 Main St., 406/487-9973, 5pm-9pm Tues.-
Sat., $7-24) offers sit-down meals (and unfortunately a casino) in the classic supper-club
tradition.
Outlaw Trail Café
(15 Main St., 406/487-2722, 6am-8pm Mon.-Fri., 7am-4pm
Sat., 9am-2pm Sun., $5-14) is a great family restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner,
including pizza, barbecue, and burgers.
Nestled on the banks of the Missouri River, and located on the Fort Peck Reservation, Wolf
Point (population 2,646, elevation 1,997 feet) has been many things over the course of
Montana history: a fur trading post, a cow town, a refueling stop for wood-burning steam-
ships, an Indian trading post, and, more recently, a community hub for the Fort Peck Reser-
vation and an important storage site for much of the region's grain.
The community is made up of roughly equal numbers of tribe members and nonmem-
bers, just as it was in the early 1900s when the U.S. government opened the reservation
to white homesteaders. The Native American population includes primarily Sioux and
Assiniboine people.
Festivals and Events
Among the most celebrated events in Wolf Point is the
Wild Horse Stampede
(Marvin
Brookman Stadium, 0.25 mile east of Main St., 406/653-2200,
www.wolfpoint.com
)
,
Montana's oldest pro rodeo. Held annually the second weekend in July, this event has its
origins in Native American celebration and is still an opportunity for participants to show
off their equestrian skills. In addition to three nights of spine-tingling rodeo, there are daily
parades, a carnival, the famous wild-horse race, and street dances.
The other major event for Wolf Point is the
Wadopana Celebration
(406/650-7556),
the oldest traditional powwow in the state, held annually the first weekend in August. The
event includes a special day of activities for young people and an annual community feed.
Accommodations
The Homestead Inn
(101 U.S. 2 E., 406/653-1300 or 800/231-0986, $60-105) is clean,
comfortable, and affordable, and they offer free coffee and doughnuts every morning.
Right
downtown,
the
Sherman
Inn
(200
E.
Main
St.,
800/952-1100,
www.shermaninn.com
,
$77) offers 44 rooms, all with queen-size beds.
The Meadowlark
(872 Nickwall Rd., 406/525-3289, $65-110) is a cozy spot 16 miles
out of town on the Lewis and Clark Trail. Options include a cabin rental, a daylight base-
