CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



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Main Street, Barnesville, During the County Fair 



Barnesville 

 Barnesville, the second city of the 

 county, is located in the southern cen- 

 tral part on the main line of the Great 

 Northern, of which it is a division 

 point. A second line of the same rail- 

 way system extends north through the 

 Red River Valley. The rapid devel- 

 opment of the agricultural resources 

 of Southern Clay and Northern Wil- 

 kin counties has been a great boon to 



Barnesville. Many industries have 

 been built up during recent years, 

 largely due to the fact that the city 

 is the market for a wide territory that 

 includes hundreds of prosperous farm- 

 ers. 



Barnesville enjoys the distinction of 

 being the first city in the state to own 

 and operate a municipal telephone sys- 

 tem. It also maintains a municipal 

 opera house. The city has its own 



New High School, Barnesville 



