The Nakota, Lakota, and Dakota peoples inhabited the Glasgow region until 1888. In 1887 they signed a treaty surrendering 17,500,000 acres. They were relocated tot he Fort Peck Indian Reservation and all tribes removed from the Glasgow area. At one time this area supported huge herds of buffalo and other games, as reported by the Lewis and Clark expedition. The last native American buffalo hunt held here occurred in 1885.

If you would please pardon an anachronistic bit, Kid Curry, part of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, robbed a train near Wagner and got away with $40,000. This was July 3, 1901 (in about six years).

Havre, Montana, originally known as Bullhook Bottoms. The wahkpa Chu'gn buffalo jump is in Havre. Over 2,000 years old, it is on the the best preserved buffalo jumps anywhere.

Nearby is the Bear's Paw Battlefield where the Nez Perce were attacked and defeated by the US Cavalry. Chief Joseph surrendered with his famous statement: "From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."