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Dillon's Rise with Union Pacific Rail Line to Montana Town
The text chronicles the late 19th century railroad push from Utah into Montana to serve mining camps. It details the Beaverhead valley site selection, land purchases, and the decisive move to Dillon as a townsite, its 1880 land deals, inaugural buildings, school funding, and rapid growth from a village to a city by 1884 under leadership including B F White and L C Fyhrie.
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Ion Pacific
Central Pacific
Omaha
San Francisco
Helena
Virginia City
Bannack
Corinne
Utah
Montana
Union Pacific
Utah & Northern
Nnelda
Pocatello
Eagle Rock
Idaho Falls
Beaver Canyon
Spencer
Red Rock
Dell
Beaverhead Valley
Preson Barratt
Richard Deacon
Dillon
Howard Sebree
Sebree
Ferrin and White
Leonard Elfel
George W. Dart
Kirkpatrick
L. C. Fyhrie
L. Kupfer
Corinnea
Dillon City Lot Company
Court House
Kupfer
Metlen
Kel Brothers
Poindexter
Orr
Joseph B. Crow
B. F. White
G. W. Dart
L. Eliel
C. L. Thomson
William C. Orr
Board of Commissioners
Hardy Trail Blazers
Montana Street
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