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Near Malta in Phillips County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)
 

Cattle Brands

 
 
Cattle Brands Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 15, 2019
1. Cattle Brands Marker
Inscription. Many a dogie # (not doggie - dudes please note) has been decorated with one of these famous Montana irons.

(Click on the photograph to enlarge it and have a closer look at the brands.)

# A dogie is a little calf who has lost its mammy and whose daddy has run off with another cow.
 
Erected by Montana Department of Transportation.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Animals.
 
Location. 48° 21.738′ N, 107° 49.785′ W. Marker is near Malta, Montana, in Phillips County. It is on U.S. 2 near Old U.S. Highway 2, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Malta MT 59538, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Montana’s Missouri River Country. It is also in the American Mountain West, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself
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in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Edward & McLellan Block (approx. 1.9 miles away).
 
Cattle Brands Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 15, 2019
2. Cattle Brands Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2019. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2019, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 759 times since then and 88 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 23, 2019, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
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