Own an Entire Montana Town Near Yellowstone

So you have always wished you could own your very own Montana town? Well, get to digging through your couch cushions. The tiny town of Pray, Mont., is for sale for $2.6 million.

Pray is parked in Paradise Valley, about 45 minutes north of Yellowstone National Park. It includes a store, a post office, a home and some rental cabins. It’s the very thing you’d require in order to live your Montana dream of being the grumpiest small-town mayor in history.

The current owner is ready to let go and well, frankly, we hope it goes to someone who can say “Absaroka” without making an utter mess of it. According to Cowboy State Daily, the property took in around $300,000 in rental income last year, most of that from cabins built by the Amish. Rock-solid, straightforward and strong. It will make you say "they just don't make them like they used too."

Now, here is the part that’d put any Montanan on edge. Being near Yellowstone, I’m guessing every out-of-stater with a trust fund and a Patagonia jacket has its eyeballs on it. You already know the Instagram captions: “Just bought my own town! #Blessed #MontanaVibes”

Locals are just hoping that someone from Montana hauls ass about now, before they’ve got another overpriced, tourist-trapped oat milk latte stand and your bear spray costs $80.

Sure, owning a town sounds like it’d be fun, until you realize you have to shovel driveways, chase cows and tell guests, ‘No, we don’t have Uber here.’

But still, if you have the cash (and a little humor), Pray can be yours. Buy it, run it the right way, and keep Montana … Well, Montana.