Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-11-01
BOHEMIAN AND TIE RICH VALLEYS SUR
ROUNDING 1T,

or MIN miles wide, level, and With the ea
ception of Il few spots where the rocEy bar
come to the surface, is good agriculture
lands. A large area Of it is dght 10 teI
miles from timber, and perhaps or this rea
son, it icing more expensive toinprove. j
remains unclaimed. Out upoi this plail
one has a good view of the couilry. / fint
that the valley here is much higher than
had supposed, and | regret thai [ am una
Die to note the exact altitude. In sighting
over a level upon the ground pointed to-
wards the northwest, l noticed hat the line
touched high upon the mountall above Hell
ena, and probably five hundred feet above
the Prickly Pear and Missouri valleys. So
it appears that the finest what growing
country in Montana, and I well may claim.
in North America (for I know d none supc-
rior) is upon the highest yalleyn Montana,
and but q few hundred feet lover than the
summit of the Rocky MOUNTAINS. Who
could desire a better home tina is to be had
here upon land that produces 0 to 40 BUSH
els Of wheat and go to so ibushls of oats to
the acre, in sight of beautifi mountains
from whose depths are continually coming
millions of gold and silver ollars? Ger
tainly no one IN want Of hore could ex-
pect more. 1t is true many ofhe best loca-
tons have already been takn; what |
mean by the best is those alonj the foot OF
the mountains, where timber or building
and fencing purposes is conveient. Some
Of them | noticed along here eNended q CON
siderable distance up the slope,f the noun
tain. One of these is possessed by Charles
Lcverich, and is as pretty q ocation for q
mountain home as could be foud. 1t is one
OF the choice winter wheat faris of this sec
ton, and being against the mtd,ntain, it, IS
protected from the morning SUI. and conse-
quenfly less apt to injury from{rosts than
some other farms.
The same may be said of MaDn Flahar-
ty, whose home is near Mr.Leverich's.
lie has recently bought q new Sam thresll-
err, and is associated with "A. Wbwitzer. of
Madison valley. He is doing large bust
ness among the farmers in this entity.
From MI. Fiaharty's down Bozemm
the distance. is five or six milesand is one
continual cllain of fences, enclong some Of
the finest farms have yet seem the couii-
try, prominent among which Sc the ,faras
owned by S. Ruffner, Ellis & b., and WI.
s. Mckenzie The last namedgentleman
lives within 4 short half mile otia city and
has q most excellent place. lis 81 Bro.
live a little further back upoltlle ridge.
and have a n]no can't ~ and \ yyo1 ;.,,no,.n1 I
farm. Their. oat crop this seas, was very
large and the first to go into m;iet at two
cents per pound. Mr., Rufus home. l
which is on lower land and nea Bozeman =
creek, is one OF The cosiest | havseen. The !
great variety of house plants al blooming
in and about his houselnade the G
place particularly attractable. a
Bozeman, the county seat Ga]Iafin 9
and the metropolis OF Esscrn Mon {
is most beautifully locat upon, the n
eastern edge Of Gallatiralley. Its $
close proximity to Fort Ellis, SITUATED its a
growth into .city-like proportis several q
FEARS ago, and, thought has ninnroyed !,
much the past three years, it apprs to be
loldlng it's own remarkably vi. | have e
a town in M~ontana~thatas back L
d up by better, prospects of l"bstantial el
prosperity than it Is. Besides tfi,ninense 10
rade Of the Gallatin valley, the .untrv on AZ
he east side Of the mountains VIII is con pl
increasing in population dwealth. III
q vast amount OF trade iiei 1t may
be termed the Agricultu City of ST
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l%ontana, and its permanency certain.
he vast plain which stretches otor many no
lilies from it, spotted here and ere with to