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Chinook Beacon of Montana Sugar Beet Boom and History
Chinook in Blaine county emerges as a hub of irrigation driven growth with a $1 million beet sugar plant, large land tracts, gas fields, banks, and a strong commercial club driving agricultural expansion. The piece surveys early Blaine history, settlement, and the town’s rise.
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Chinook
Utah- Idaho Sugar Company
Montana
Bowes
Cherry Ridge
Blaine County
Missouri
Yellowstone
Rock Creek
Milk River
Great Northern Railway
Fort Belknap
Great Northern Railway Company
Dawes
D. R. McGinnis
Bear Paws
Joseph
Nez Perces
Nelson A. Miles
Snake Creek
A. S. Lohman
L. V. Bogg
J. W. Stamm
C. F. Hopkins
M. P. Jones
Sam Houston
A. W. Ziebarth
Marshall
Fort Browning
Peoples Creek
Little Rockies
Sandusky
William Cochrane
John Dillon
O. B. Nevins
Adam Armstrong
Fort Benton
Harlem
Zurich
Ziebarth
Salt Lake City
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Milk River Valley
Ing
Billings
Helena
Fairview
Bear Paw
Hill County
Havre
Wiota
Great Northern Railroad
Fairvein
C. AW. Gustafgon
Tillamook
Oregon
Bliss Triumph
Louisiana
Acre
Nebraska