Don't Fence Me In Run Trail Run (Helena)
(May 10, 2008)
Montana Territorial Gun and Antique Show (Deer Lodge)
(May 16-18, 2008)
Great Divide Orchid Society Show and Sale (Helena)
(May 16-18, 2008)
Komen Montana Race for the Cure (Helena)
(May 17, 2008)
National Folk Festival (Butte)
(July 11-13, 2008)
Today, Townsend is filled with recreational opportunities, filled with trees and parks. Lakes and the Missouri River surround the town, and the Big Belt Mountains shelter and protect. Townsend is in great hunting country.
Townsend was built in anticipation of the coming of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The town was named after the wife of Charles B. Wright, the president of Northern Pacific; her maiden name was Townsend. A $10,000 hotel was built. Land lots sold for $5 a piece.