

JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



Jefferson county is located in the west central portion of the state. It is 

 approximately sixty miles long by forty-five miles wide, and embraces 1,650 square 

 miles. The elevation runs from 4,100 feet in the Jefferson valley at the south end, 

 to 4,900 feet at Boulder, the county scat, with several mountain ranges reaching an 

 elevation of 7,000 feet. The population is approximately G.500, and assessed valua- 

 tion $6,S63,679. The principal industries consist of farming, stock raising and 

 mining. The central and northern portions are given largely to stock growing and 

 mining, while the southern portion is engaged principally in the agricultural 

 industry. 



The Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- 

 ways, three transcontinental lines, pass through this county. The Alder branch of 

 the Northern Pacific, also runs south from Whitehall. 



The old stage road from Fort Bonton to Salt Lake City passed through this 

 county; and the present Yellowstone Trail or highway traverses the southern por- 

 tion thereof. The famous Morrison Cave or the Lewis and Clark National Monument 

 is located in the extreme southeastern portion of the county; and, though not yet 

 open to the general puhlic, is pronounced by many to be one of the most beautiful 

 caves in existence. 



Oats, winter wheat, rye, potatoes and hay are the chief crops. Irrigated oats 

 yield from 25 to 50 bushels per acre and a bushel often weighs 44 pounds. Winter 

 wheat and rye yield from 30 to 50 bushels on irrigated and lroni 15 to 40 on non- 

 irrigated land. 



Native grasses make excellent hay, and alfalfa yields from 3 to 6 tons to the 

 acre. For butter, eggs, vegetables and fruits the many mining camps supply a 

 market. Diversified larming is pursued by many and dairying is profitable. Hardy 

 apples produce abundantly. Excellent opportunities are present for the farmer, 

 fruit grower, dairyman and gardener as well as for the capitalist, who will help 

 to develop mines, and the stock grower. In addition to precious metals are deposits 

 of limestone and cement rocks. The excellent granite that was used to construct 

 the wings of the State Capitol was quarried in Jefferson county, only ten miles 

 from Helena. 



Boulder, the county seat, has a population of about 1,000 inhabitants. It is the 

 home of the State School for the Deaf, Blind and Feeble-Minded, one of the lead- 

 ing institutions of its kind in the northwest. 



Three health and pleasure resorts are located in the county; the Boulder Hot 

 Springs, Pipestone Hot Springs, near Whitehall, and Alhambra Hot Springs at 

 Alhambra. Other towns of the county are Clancy, Basin and Corbin where mining 

 activities predominate. 



Jefferson county is favored by its close proximity to the markets of Butte and 

 Helena, the latter being the state capital. At East Helena a large smelter handles the 

 ores from the mines of Jefferson county. 



Whitehall is the center of the agricultural community, and because of the 

 agricultural development, and the sugar beet industry, is having a rapid growth. 



School facilities are unusually good in Jefferson county. There is a county high 

 school at Boulder. 



Jefferson county is engaged extensively in dairying. The southern portion of 

 Jefferson county is the home of the president of the State Dairymen's association; 

 and the home of one of the leading Holstein Dairy associations of the state. The 

 Pipestone Irrigation Project, recently completed, has brought 8,000 acres of rich land 

 under irrigation. And the Whitehall Deer Creek Project just north of Whitehall, 

 now being constructed, will add approximately 5,000 acres more to the irrigated 

 territory. 



A large sugar beet factory is now being constructed at Whitehall. 



Land Area — Jefferson county, which is in the Helena land district, embraces an 

 area of 1,642 square miles, including 342,3^8 acres of public land available for entry 

 and 26,134 acres of state land. 



For further information regarding the county, address the secretary of the 

 Commercial club at either Boulder or Whitehall. 



