Welcome to Moore, Montana

Moore was named after a Mr. Moore of Philadelphia who rendered financial help to Richard A. Harlow when he was building the "Jaw Bone" Railroad from Harlowton to Lewistown. Later Lady Catherine Harlow Moore of Wateringbury, England, visited this part of Montana, indicating a relationship between the Harlows and the Moores that may have been personal as well as financial. The Moore brothers operated a large ranch near here in 1884 and may have been part of the same family. (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)

Moore is located in the Judith River Basin surrounded by five island mountain ranges. This is the country that Charlie Russell painted and loved so well. Near Moore, between Stanford and the Little Belt mountains, ranged the Judith Basin area's notorious White Wolf. There he reigned supreme for over fifteen years, preying on calves and eluding the cattlemen trying to track him down. As his fame grew, hunters from all over the United States came to try their luck at trapping or shooting the legendary White Wolf. When he was finally killed, locals found that the White Wolf as large as had been reported, weighing 83 pounds and measuring, including the tail, six feet long.

South of the Big Snowy Mountains, there are camping and hiking opportunities at Crystal Lake, 20 miles south of Moore. Ackley Lake State Park is southwest of Moore. Ackley Lake, named after an early settler and frontiersman, offers diverse water sports opportunities. Stocked with rainbow trout, the lake is often good angling for 10- to 15-inch fish.