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Sixty Billion Feet Of Montana Timber Stirs Old Feuds
Montana's vast timber stands across 30 million acres fuel a sprawling lumber industry. The northwest region around Kalispell, Libby, Eureka, and Bonner hosts large mills and thousands employed, while historic conflicts in Cramer Gulch reveal early resource wars, brand wars, and a temporary truce between Hammond and Thompson outfits.
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Montana
Missoula
Twin Cities
Coast
Kalispell
Columbia
Flathead Basin
Lincoln
Flathead
Sanders
Mineral
Powell and Ravalli
Granite County
Yellowstone National’ Park
Park
Sweetgrass
Bonner
Missoula County
Northwest
Lincoln County
Libby
Eureka
Warland
Flathead County
Som
Ers
Father de Smet
St. Mary’s Mission
Bitter Root
Stevensville
Ravalli County
Father Ravalli
St. Ignatius
Hell Gate Canyon
Canada
Wisconsin
Maine
Hell Gate Trail
Northern Pacific
Hammond
Big Blackfoot Company
Clark’s Fork
Bill” ‘Thompson
Butte
Silver Bow
DeLong
Cramergulch
Thompson
Arthur L. Stone
James D. Corbett
Bob Coombs
Coombs
Dudgeon
Corbett
Clark
Bill Harris
Rock Creek
Cramer Gulch
Stone