THE LANDS OF MONTANA 

 ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD ENTRIES IN MONTANA 



11 



1882 



1883 (2) 



1884 



1885 



1886 



1887 (3) 



1888 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



1921 



1922 



445 

 569 

 548 

 460 

 455 

 437 

 509 

 564 

 559 



-T9r 



1,663 

 1,571 

 1,155 

 1,212 

 1,399 

 1,239 

 1,502 

 1,652 

 2,230 



4938 



682 

 213 

 821 

 591 

 633 

 461 

 697 

 407 

 246 



entries 119, 

 248, 

 237, 

 167, 

 177, 

 211, 

 187, 

 223, 

 240, 

 328, 



2Tr 



279 

 248 

 358 

 892 

 473 

 148 

 541 

 512 

 437 



7S§,il^ ac. 



12,597 



17.844 



20,662 



16,146 



14,486 



15,197 



9,429 



5,462 



7,802 



5,433 



4,970 



3,600, 

 3,996, 

 4,429, 

 3,500, 

 3,318, 

 3,471, 

 2,124, 

 1,314 

 2,095; 

 1,573 

 1,441, 



260 

 358 

 616 

 268 

 450 

 286 

 092 

 235 

 510 

 149 

 175 



186,463 



443,324 



625.292 



1,112,140 



911,574 



2,536,037 



282,597 



462,428 



481,816 



522,980 



587,262 



631,868 



326,114 



418,302 



683,617 



341,229 



699,318 



889,894 



1,158,294 



1,359,696 



1,354,222 



1,533,205 



1,052,994 



1,086,290 



1,782,279 



1,218,780 



1,494,052 



2,460,905 



6,616,734 



1,187,312 



742,230 



2,342,923 



3,485,067 



3,994,418 



2,815,378 



3,817,933 



3,564,300 



3,446,336 



3,401,399 



2,387,625 



2,521,788 



74,635,925 

 72,765,307 

 72,327,101 

 71,762,087 

 71,432,917 



67,963.057 



65,803,307 



61,439,514 



57,885,663 



56,455,435 



55,748,400 



51.398,631 



49,799,514 



46,532,440 



42,900.229 



36,015,943 



32,030,646 



29,053,995 



21,542,853 



22,237,660 



19,065,121 



16,649,725 



11,818,414 



8,201,019 



7,133,594 



5,973,741 



5,720,125 



5.659.879 



Grand total 



145,427 

 .221,259 entries 



35,175,691 

 47.882,838 acres 



(1) The Utah Northern R. R. was built into Montana in this year. 



(2) The Northern Pacific R. R. was completed across the state in this year. 



(3) The Great Northern R. R. completed as far as Great Falls in this year. 



♦Lands embraced in U. S. Reclamation projects are not included. 



Under regulations of the Federal Government, most of above lands are used for agricul- 

 tural and commercial purposes, and for public enjoyment. The state also receives a share of 

 the earnings from the National Forests, Public land filings, oil and mineral leases, etc. 



