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America's Best Fishing Bars

By John Taranto

Oct 18, 2007

Best Place to Foil a Heist
New Atlas Saloon, Columbus, Mont.
406-322-4033
In August 2004, two South Dakota men entered the Atlas at closing time-2 a.m.-armed with an SKS rifle and a pistol. They tied up the bartender and the three customers in the bar at the time and fled through the back door with an undisclosed amount of cash, hopping in their waiting getaway car. In the meantime, the captives freed themselves and busted through the front door just as the crooks were coming around the corner; they managed to get a look at the car and its plates. The perps made it just 30 miles down the highway before they were apprehended by the cops. "They'll be in prison for about eighty years," says bar owner Lars Swanson. "But I sure wish they'd have just given them back to us."

So go to the New Atlas Saloon for a few drinks after a day on the Yellowstone or Stillwater river. Go there to check out more stuffed fish and animals than there are in most museums. Heck, go to play a few hands of Texas Hold 'Em with the locals, if you dare. But don't go to the New Atlas Saloon with any ideas of playing outlaw.

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