Location: Hwy 200 at Milepost 70; 80 miles from Missoula. Elevation: 2,480. Population: 992. Visitor information: Plains-Paradise Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 714, Plains, MT 59859; Phone (406) 826-3662.
The rolling terrain and pleasant growing season spawned the name of Wild Horse Plains in the early days. That name still applies to the town library, County fairgrounds, town park and swimming pool and a nine-hole golf course.
