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Amazing Movement to Montana Farms
James W. Scott reports vast eastern settler migration along the Great Northern line through Montana. He describes 25 to 30 million acres of arable land and 5 to 6 million irrigable acres attracting farmers from New York to the south, igniting town growth from Cascade to Havre and prompting new rail branches and road-building plans.
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James W. Scott
Montana
Standard
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railroad
Middle States
New York
New England
Mondak
Troy
Butte
Setlemienta
Cascade
Helena
Great Balle
Lewis and Clark
Cascade Counties
Great Northern
Craig
Great Falle
Auguaeta
Chateau
Great Falla
Havre
Shelby
Choteau
Teton
Great Falls
Ita
Washington
Oregon
Alberta
Canadian
Billinga & Northern
Fresno
Kremlin
Chester
Rudyard
Dunkirk
Gildford
Rocky Mountains
Flathead Reservation
Flathead
Lincoln
Kalispell
Libby Eureka
Tobacco Plaine