This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Rise of Sugar Beet Industry in Montana
The article traces sugar beet farming tests from 1896 to 1904 in Montana, notes early support from Dr. Harvey Wiley and local figures, and highlights Clark and Daly backing beet projects. It describes rapid progress, state tests in Gallatin Kalispell Missoula and Yellow Stone valleys, and the 1906 Billings factory as the turning point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Billings
Bulletin
Young Commonwealth
The
Agricultural College
Bozeman Agricultural College
Utah
California
United States
Colorado
Billings Mill
Gallatin Valley
Livingston
Kalispell
Missoula
Yellowstone
Bozeman
Washington
D. C
8. M. Emery
Clark
Daly
Marcus Daly
W. A. Clark
McKinley
C. F. Saylor
United States Department of Agriculture
Saylor
S. M. Emery
Bozeman Experiment Station
Billings Plant
Monatna Sugar
Emery
Union
Sidney
Chinook
Bozeman Station
F. W. Traphagen
Co. C. Willis
Horse Plains
Oliver Scow
Manhattan
A. Truman
Spring Hill
Nelson Lundwall
G. L. Gordon
Willow Creek
GC. L. Til
Monana
Department of Agriculture
Essa
Pageville
H. J. Badger
H. Willis
C. A. Lynch
H. Utley
Clark’s Fork
Bridger
Gebo
Hamilton
Missoula County
Cascade County
Park
Flathead Counties
Says & Y
Great Western Sugar Company