Montana and the Northwest Territory: Review of the Mercantile, Manufacturing, Mining, Milling, Agricultural, Stock Raising, and General Pursuits of Her Citizens ... Historical Sketch: The Counties and Towns Alphabetically Arranged
Montana and the Northwest Territory: Review of the Mercantile, Manufacturing, Mining, Milling, Agricultural, Stock Raising, and General Pursuits of Her Citizens ... Historical Sketch: The Counties and Towns Alphabetically Arranged
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...of the Territory, was erected by the Legislature, February, 1879, and named in honor of the lamented Gen. Geo. A. Custer, the hero of the Little Big Horn. This county is 330 miles long and 137 miles wide, containing 45,210 square miles. The famous and navigable river, the Yellowstone, flows through its center, and the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...of the Territory, was erected by the Legislature, February, 1879, and named in honor of the lamented Gen. Geo. A. Custer, the hero of the Little Big Horn. This county is 330 miles long and 137 miles wide, containing 45,210 square miles. The famous and navigable river, the Yellowstone, flows through its center, and the Big Horn, Powder, Tongue, Rosebud, Little Horn, (Shields, Custer, Little Powder, and Little Missouri liivers are within its borders, with the Muscleshell River forming a part of the northwestern boundary, while traversing it are the Big Horn, Wolf, Panther and Powder River ranges, giving an abundance of scenery to meet the varied tastes of all. The valleys are numerous, rich and fertile, and will average under 4,000 feet in elevation. Timber is plenty, such as cottonwood, box-elder, pine, hemlock, spruce and cedar. The hunter's wants, be they ever so varied, will here be fully met, from the largest to the most diminutive--buffalo, elk, black and white tailed deer, bear, mountain sheep; among the feathered tribe all that his fancy could expect, while the rivers are full of trout. Coal has been found in many localities, it needing but a cheaper mode of transportation to bring it within the reach of all. From Bozeman to Miles City the country is rapidly settling up. Vegetables and grain are thrifty, and find a ready market in either direction. In following down the Yellowstone River a great change is noticed, the climate gradually becomes milder, and corn, fruits, and others of a more tender variety are noticed. As yet farming is in its incipiency in this county, but the developments thus far made prove the soil capable of great production and most easily worked. Population, about 1,600. Lately relieved of the hostile Sitting Bull and his murdero...
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