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Deer Lodge Montana 59722 the Clark Fork
River runs through it and there is great
fishing in the middle of town. The
county seat of Powell County and the home of
Powell County High School, "The Wardens"
reside at 709 Missouri Avenue Deer Lodge, MT
59722. The Montana
State Prison is located in the Deer Lodge
valley about 3.5 miles west of Deer Lodge.
The institution is designated to maintain a
population of 1300 adult male offenders and
there are about 600 Montana State employees
of which over 300 are uniformed staff. The
Montana State Prison is managed by a warden,
deputy warden and two associate wardens.
The prison has three
compounds which are contained within a 68
acre double fenced perimeter. Outside the
fenced perimeter is an eighty bed work dorm
that houses minimum custody inmates that
work on the 35,000 acre prison ranch
operated by Montana Correctional
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Deer Lodge and Powell County,
Montana - where the real west lives! Come
explore the storied past of Deer Lodge.
Visit the Old Prison Museums and the
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic site
under the snow capped peak of nearby Mount
Powell. Drive the scenic back roads and
fish the crystal clear waters of the Clark
Fork and her tributaries. Deer Lodge and
Powell County offers you a vacation you will
never forget!
Deer
Lodge is on
Interstate 90 between Butte and Missoula.
The delight you can have in Deer Lodge and
Powell County is inexhaustible - museums,
hiking, riding, snowmobiling, cross country
skiing, fishing, hunting, pack trips,
golfing, and photography at their very best.
Ours is a magical land of "Big Sky",
primeval forest, gleaming mountaintops and
abundant wildlife!
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