Before ranchers and farmers settled the flat prairie of eastern Montana , it was prime buffalo territory: one early traveler waited three nights while a massive herd crossed his path. Native Americans fought hard to hold onto their land; the crushing defeats they inflicted on the US Army include the legendary victory at Little Bighorn .

The eastern Montana plains are intermittently broken by mountains, of which the most impressive are the icy Beartooth Range , crammed between the town of Red Lodge and Yellowstone. Don't expect much from the region's towns; most are lazy farm-supply centers, and Billings , Montana's largest city with a population of over 90,000, doesn't have a great deal to offer.

Eastern Montana

• Eastern Montana

Explore Eastern Montana

• Billings
• Hardin
• Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
• Red Lodge

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