Kendall lies between the slopes of the North Moccasin Mountains. It was once a flourishing community when millions of dollars in gold were mined there, but it is now deserted and is the only ghost town in the world that belongs to the Boy Scouts of America. Because Kendall dates from 1899 to 1920, more recently than some Montana ghost towns, it still retains considerable physical evidence of the town that once existed, and the Scouts have pledged to preserve it. The K Bar M Scout Ranch comprises 489 acres deeded to the Montana Council by pioneer resident Glenn Morton, the estate of Margharite McLean, the Munski brothers Bill, Joe and Stan, and the Methodist Church. The name K Bar M came from K for Kendall and M as a reminder of the four gifts of land. Scouts first used the townsite in 1968, and today the little ghost town comes to life again and again as Boy Scouts camp in its shadows.