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Ismay and Terry Spark Montana Westward Town Boom
Immigrant settlers pour into Ismay and Terry as the Milwaukee line reaches eastern Montana. Ismay, between the state line and Terry, grows into a bustling town with a $50,000 store, banks, school, hotel, and electric lights. Terry rushes from a village to a thriving center with mills, coal and water power, multiple buildings, and a weekly paper, signaling a broader wheat belt expansion.
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Ismay
Montana
Milwaukee and
Northern Pacific
Terry
Yellowstone Valley
Milwaukee Railroad
Everett
Seattle
Great ‘Wheat Belt
Ming
Ela
Biery
aRenan
Ismayite
Sandstone Creek
Adams
Little
Missouri
Miles City
Isaay
Milwaukee
Great
Yellowstone River