Resources of Montana . efound along the streams. Land Values—Land prices vary widely. Irrigated land brings from $100 to $200an acre, non-irrigated farming lands from $15 to $50 and grazing land from $5 to $12an acre. Transportation and Highways—The main line of the Northern Pacific crosses thecounty, and is paralleled by the Yellowstone and Red Trails. Education—Besides the rural schools in the county there are graded schools atHysham and a high school that is accredited for the four year course. Cities and Towns—Hysham, the county seat, is the largest town and the chieftrading center. Other
Resources of Montana . efound along the streams. Land Values—Land prices vary widely. Irrigated land brings from $100 to $200an acre, non-irrigated farming lands from $15 to $50 and grazing land from $5 to $12an acre. Transportation and Highways—The main line of the Northern Pacific crosses thecounty, and is paralleled by the Yellowstone and Red Trails. Education—Besides the rural schools in the county there are graded schools atHysham and a high school that is accredited for the four year course. Cities and Towns—Hysham, the county seat, is the largest town and the chieftrading center. Other communities in the county are Big Horn, Ranchers, Myers andSanders. Special Opportunities—Further specialization in agriculture such as dairying, bee-keeping and seed growing and development of the pure bred live stock business. Climatological—No official records are available for the county showing precipita-tion or temperature. See records of Billings (Yellowstone county) and of Miles City(Custer county.). Ready for a Bia Job 188 MONTANA—1920 VALLEY COUNTY. Date of Creation, March 1, 1893. Land Area, 5,064 Square Seat, County Seat, 2,093. Population County, 1920, 11, County Seat, 1920, 2, Season, 111 Days. General Description—Valley county lies in the northeastern quarter of Montana,the Missouri River marking its southern and the Canadian line its northern boun-daries. The Milk River flows through the county from west to east and when thegovernment Milk River Reclamation Project is completed practically the entire MilkRiver Valley will be under irrigation. There are also a number of private irrigationprojects. Non-irrigated farming is followed on the rolling benches north and southof the Milk River Valley. The county is, 110 miles long north and south and 73 mileswide east and west. Surface and Soil—Aside from several low spurs of hills and the brakes alongthe Missouri River in the southern part of the c
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