Drummond bills itself as the home of the "
World Famous Bullshippers". Down by the railway tracks one will find their haunt, the corrals of the Bullshippers, sporting a big sign reading "
Used Cow Lot".
In Drummond one will find a grocery store, two gas stations/convenience stores, a quilting store, three motels, two bars, three restaurants, plus a drive in. Amenities include an impressive library, a health center, a bank & post office, fire department and ambulance as well as a senior citizens center.
It's more likely, though, that one will find the town's water tower first, though, if they approach the town from the south. It happens to stand beside Old Highway 10A, which enters the centre of Drummond from the south. Not very tall but very stout, the tank and supporting structure are all steel, save for the centre section, which appears to be of poured concrete. On each side is the town name as well as the school mascot, a Trojan.
If one happens to be passing by on the July 4th weekend they may participate in the
Kiwanis Bullshipper’s Rally & Rodeo, the town's biggest annual blowout. Next year (2017) will the the staging of the 74th annual rodeo. Drummond is in a predominantly agricultural area, so an annual rodeo is to be expected of a small town like Drummond. Up in the hills, both to the north and the south, the major activity until recent times has been silver mining, with old mines and ghost towns sprinkling the high country.
A long stone's throw north of the Clark Fork River, Drummond was named for a trapper who operated a line of traps in the area and camped about where the railroad station now stands. The first camp at this site was established in 1871 and was called Edwardsville for John Edwards, a local rancher. It was renamed for trapper Hugh Drummond in 1883. When the post office was established in 1884 the name was shortened from Drummond Camp to Drummond.