272 MONTANA 19U 



Musselshell County 



Location — Central. 



Area — 4,GoG square miles. 



Elevation at Roundup^3,184 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913)— 9,690. 



Assessed valuation— $10,G0G,132. 00. 



Principal industries — Farming and coal mining. 



Principal crops — Wheat, oats and flax. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 987,438 acres. 



Amount of State land— 98,375 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 162,052 acres in Billings land 



district; 244,270 acres in Lewistown land district; total, 406,322 acres. 

 Amount of land in national forests — 24.480 acres. 

 Railroads — Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Great Northern. 



County Seat— Roundup: Estimated population, 1913, 2,200; assessed valuation, 



$760,000.00; bank deposits, $600,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $70,000.00; 



number anu grade of schools, graded and high school; number of newspapers, 2. 



Roundup is an important coal mining center, supplying coal to the Chicago. 



Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. 

 Other Towns: 



Ryegate — Population, 325. Center of rapidly developing agricultural country, ship^ 

 ping 400,000 bushels of grain annually. 



Musselshell — Population, 150. Surrounded by good farming country. Three stage 

 lines connect from here to Fattig, Kelly, Winifred and Flat W^illow. 



Melstone — Railroad division point and rapidly growing farming and trading center. 



Lavina— Surrounded by good farming country. 



General Remarks: The diversified resources of Musselshell County insure its 

 continued prosperity. The soil is good and large yields of all staple crops are made. 



Opportunities exist to buy good land on easy terms. 



For information regarding opportunities in Musselshell County write to the 

 Secretary of the Public Service Committee at Ryegate and the Commercial Clubs 

 at Lavina, Melstone, Musselshell and Roundup. 



Park County 



Location — Southern. 



Area — 2,675 square miles. 



Elevation at Livingston — 4,510 feet. 



Population (estimated, December 1, 1913)— 12,250. 



Assessed valuation— $10,312,918.00. 



Principal industries — Stock raising, farming and mining. 



Principal crops — Wheat, oats, alfalfa and vegetables. 



Amount of land in private ownership — 637,218 acres. 



Amount of State land— 42,320 acres. 



Amount of unappropriated and unreserved public land — 75,261 acres in Bozeman land 

 district; 24,551 acres in Helena land district; total, 99,812 acres. 



Amount of land in national forests — 898,382 acres. 



Railroad — Northern Pacific. 



County Seat— Livingston: Estimated population, 1913, 6,500; assessed valuation, 

 $3,350,690.00; bank deposits, $2,525,000.00; municipal improvements, 1913, $23.- 

 335.00; number and grade of schools, 4 graded and high school; number of news- 

 papers, 2 dailies. Livingston is one of the most important railway points of the 

 State; is a division point on the Northern Pacific and also a junction point for 

 the Yellowstone Park branch. 



Other Towns: 



Clyde Park— Population. 400. Growing rapidly. 



Wilsall— Population, 100. Trading point for large farming section. 



Gardiner— Official entrance to Yellowstone National Park. 



General Remarks: The recent opening of the Shields River Valley by a branch 



line of the Northern Pacific has resulted in the development of one of the richest 



farming sections of the State. Many of the prize grain exhibits from this State are 



annually secured from the Shields River Valley. 



For information regarding opportunities in Park County write to the Secretaries 



of the Commercial Clubs at Livingston, Clyde Park and Wilsall. 



— Womanhood is honored and protected in Montana. 



