Ingomar Montana

Our June HOG Chapter meeting was held in Ingomar at the Jersey Lilly Saloon.  I have never been to Ingomar and didn't have a reason to stop there.  The Jersey Lilly Saloon is world famous for their beans and good food.  Now I can say that I have been to Ingomar and the Jersey Lilly and don't need to go back.

We met at the dealership at 10:00 am and then left for Ingomar.  With the HOG group we never take the most direct route to anywhere.  On this trip we left the dealership went up Zimmerman Trail and made our way to Broadview/Lavina.  From there we turned and headed to Roundup. 

We gassed up in Roundup not knowing where the next gas station will be.  Usually on this trip after meeting in Ingomar would go into Forsyth to gas up.  Due to road construction we had to head back to Roundup.  This stretch of road is 100 miles from Roundup to Forsyth.  Ingomar is about 70 miles from Roundup.

There are several small towns along the way, but not knowing if there is a gas station we filled up the tanks to almost overflowing.  The towns along the way are Musselshell, Melstone and Sumatra.  There is a gas station in Melstone but it was closed on Sunday and the pumps didn't have the new technology to take credit cards.  Also we had wind the whole way.

I can see why I have never been on this road, there is nothing here.  Melstone is the only town with any sign of civilation, meaning school and gas station.  Sumatra is just a spot in the road and Musselshell is off the main highway a couple miles.

We arrived in Ingomar and I am wondering what on earth is keeping this establishment open.  Apparently the local farmers and ranchers and some tourists who take a wrong turn.  The only thing around here for 100 miles is the saloon.

As you can see by the pictures, nothing here just the saloon (I got these photos off the internet and forgot what site to give credit.  These are not my photos).  The people were real happy to see us and with prior arrangements had food ready for us.  We had a short meeting, then on to eat.  The food was good, we had roast beef, scalloped potatoes and of course the world famous jersey beans.  We were charged $7.50 for all we could eat.  The food was good, but I didn't thing the beans were that outstanding.  I could make them myself.  Just before we left, the owners wanted to get a group photo of us in front of their establishment.  We had fun with that because they had a big cardboard cut out of John Wayne and he posed in our photo with us.

The history about the Jersey Lilly was interesting, however no public bathrooms.  I should take that back, there are public bathrooms but they are outhouses.  I waited until we got back to Roundup.

I was able to highlight a new highway on our map this year.  When the road construction is finished we are going to have to go to Forsyth to mark off the last 30 miles on this stretch of highway.