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Quick Action by Group of Enterprising Pioneers In 1880
In 1880 a group led by Howard Sebree bought Richard Deacon’s ranch to secure railroad access and townsite land for Dillon. The 480 acre purchase funded right-of-way, formed a townsite company, and spurred rapid growth with an Oct 1880 auction that drew 300 residents by October. Dillon rose as the Union Pacific line reached Beaverhead valley and was named for Sidney Dillon.
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Edward B. Reynolds
Illon
Beaverhead County
Montana
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Omaha
San Francisco
West
Virginia City
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Alder Gulch
Corrine
Utah
Central Pacific Railroad
Ogden
Franklin
Cache Valley
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah & Northern
DIE Neen
Oneida
Pocatello
Idaho
Eagle Rock
Idaho Falls
Beaver Canyon
Spencer
Red Rock
Dell
Beaverhead Valley
Richard Deacon
Dillon
Deacon
Howard Sebree
L. J. Ruth
Sim
Sidney Dillon
Isaiah Cashmore
Sebree, Ferris and White
Leonard Eliel
L. Kupfer
Corinne
George W. Dart
Kirkpatrick Brothers
L. C. Fyhrie
Pronesys
Dillon City Lot Co
Kupfer Drug Store
Dillon Tribune
Brundage
Dillon Examiner
Beaverhead
Bannack
Territory of
State
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