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teachers in the public schools, is located at Dillon. The college possesses a well 

 merited reputation for the success it has achieved, many of the most efficient 

 teachers in the public schools of Montana being graduates of the Normal. 



Other towns include Lima, an important shipping point in the southern part of 

 the county, and Wisdom, an inland town, in the heart of the famous Big Hole 

 basin. 



The population of Beaverhead county in 1910 was 6,446; the present estimate 

 is a population of 10,970. The assessed valuation is |9, 921, 164. 



LAND AREA — Beaverhead county, which is in the Helena land district, embraces 

 an area of 5,632 square miles, including 409,302 acres of unreserved and unap- 

 propriated public land available for entry under the homestead law; 163,414 acres 

 of state land, and 1,401,618 acres of national forests. Of the total area of the 

 county, 538,604 acres are privately owned. 



CROP PRODUCTION— The following gives the estimated crop production for 

 1915: wheat, 375,000 bushels; oats, 1,100,000 bushels; barley, 20,000 bushels; 

 potatoes, 250,000 bushels; hay, 185,000 tons. 



In 1915, the assessor's rolls showed the following livestock: Horses, 13,078 head; 

 milch cows, 1,551 head; other cattle. 64,136 head; sheep, 157,744 head; swine, 

 1,318 head. 



The Beaverhead commercial club recently issued a map showing the exact loca- 

 tion of vacant public land in the county. For a copy of this map or for other 

 information regarding opportunities in this county write W. T. George, president 

 Beaverhead commercial club, Dillon, Montana. 



BIG HORN COUNTY. 



Big Horn county, one of the youngest counties in Montana, was created 

 January 6, 1913, under the provisions of the act providing for the creation of new 

 counties, as the result of an election held by the qualified voters residing in the 

 territory embraced within its boundaries. 



The principal geographical feature of the new county is the Big Horn river 

 from which it is named. The Little Big Horn river also traverses the county and 

 its source is followed by the Burlington railroad. On this stream is the Custer 

 Battlefield National Cemetery, in which have been built monuments to the soldiers 

 who fell in the disastrous battle of the Little Big Horn, commonly known as 

 "Custers Massacre". Big Horn county includes nearly all of the Crow Indian 

 reservation and a part of the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation. 



The development of the county as a farming region dates from the opening to 

 settlement in 1906 of a part of the Crow Indian reservation, and it is expected that 

 further cessions of Indian lands on the reservation will be made before many years, 

 as the amount of land included within the reservation is much in excess of the 

 needs of the Indians. In addition to opportunities to obtain ceded lands, Indian 

 owners under certain conditions may lease their tracts, and from time to time sales 

 are made of lands that belonged to Indians who have died. 



The industries are stock raising and farming; but there are many other sources 

 of wealth in an undeveloped state. Coal has been found in numerous places, and 

 ranchers near Hardin get their supplies from convenient coal banks. Much is 

 expected from oil and gas development now in progress in this county. The Big Horn 

 river is a rapid stream having many falls and is capable of furnishing hydro- 

 electric power in large quantities, one proposed project alone providing for the de- 

 velopment of 210,000 h. p. 



