The National geographic magazine . Mountain backbone, we emerge uponthe plain of the Missouri River. 362 The National Geographic Magazine. Flathead Valley. Mission Range in background The Flathead Valley is of consider-able area—open, grassy, and rolling,dotted by ponds and lakes, the largestbeing Flathead Lake, which is about 30miles long, 5 to 12 miles wide, and about2,900 feet above the sea. This region is one of the best in thestate for raising grains and the hardierfruits ; it requires little or no irrigation,as there is an abundant rainfall. It islargely within the Flathead Indian Res-er
The National geographic magazine . Mountain backbone, we emerge uponthe plain of the Missouri River. 362 The National Geographic Magazine. Flathead Valley. Mission Range in background The Flathead Valley is of consider-able area—open, grassy, and rolling,dotted by ponds and lakes, the largestbeing Flathead Lake, which is about 30miles long, 5 to 12 miles wide, and about2,900 feet above the sea. This region is one of the best in thestate for raising grains and the hardierfruits ; it requires little or no irrigation,as there is an abundant rainfall. It islargely within the Flathead Indian Res-ervation, through which we pass enroute to the mountains beyond. TheIndians, gathering from all directions to celebrate the holiday of the Fourth ofJuly in dancing and horse-racing, callto us to stay and pitch our tents in thecircle and have some fun; but on wego, the mountains to the west andsouth—rolling and beautiful—straightup the narrowing canyon toward theMission Range, which rises to the east,directly in front of us. Here are blos-soms and grass in profusion, statelytrees, and grateful shade. The summits of the Mission Ra
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