The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25
REQ LODGE.
The Resources and Improvements OF the
nal Metropolis uf Park County.

Of a beautiful valley and the town, a
short distance from picturesque noun
tains on Rock creek. in the southeast
ern portion of Park county, at the
termination of the Rocky Fork rail-
road, and about 5000 feet above the sea
level. protected on the west by lofty
mountains 1t is reached by the North
esn Pacific railroad via Laurel. In the
fall and winter the hunting is very
good, deer. elk. bear and grouse being
driven into the valley in great num-
MIs. by heavy snow Or. the surround
ing mountains. Trout fishing in Rock
geek IS sup,lrb in summer The win
ter climate is a, times pretty cold. The
mountain scenery in this locality pre-
seIIts a variety of grandeur. The town
has an immense territory adjacent.
growing. but the most of the land is on
the pan handle of theCrow reservation.
This agricultural Eden will not long
remain unsettled after congress opens
the reservation for settlement. Irriga-
tiOn will always be necessary, however.
to raise crops and gardens, but wehave
an abundance Of water. supplied from
Rock creek and tributaries. The soil
contains all the properties necessary to
make a grain growing country
The town from its inception is due TO
the Investments of the Rocky Fork
Coal company in the development Of
the coal fields here. The town is favor
ally Situated, and is being rapidly built
and ptopled. The Rocky Fork Town
and Electric company have town Site
Of about 246 acres laid out and pro.
pose to erect Il 23O,COO hotel near the
depot and make other improvements
that are calculated to give confidence and
stability to parties who wish to come
here and make u permanent home. The
energy and determination of its pro-
motrrs give assurance that 1t will he a
town of considerable note and as the
town in the past has maintained itself
on it's own merits it will continue to do
50 in the future.
During the past year Il weekly news
paper has been established in Red Lodge
by Messrs. billiard & Harris, that is do
ing good work in bringing to the atten-
tion of the outside world the resources
and advantages of the town, thereby
hencltting the whole OF eastern Park
county. 1t is a bright, newsy paper,
edited in the original style of its pub
l,shcrs, and if its present standard OF
excellence is maintained its prosperity
is assured by the future and certain
growth Of the town.
l;e.l Lodge mas depended entirely
upon its coal and stockgrowing re-
sources, but there are hopes that good
gold and silver mines will at no dis
tant day figure i'll its resources. 1t is
the opinion of mining men that good
quartz mines will be struck west oftown
that will develop into veritablr bonan-
zas. The town has got no boom and is
not liable to have, but will grow from
day to day upon its owa intrinsic
merits. The town has lourishcd in
spite of all the drawbacks and is bound
to make place of Importance and has
the advantages OF most of towns in
any respect. Its prosperity will not
antagonize nor tletract from any other
town. The prosperity Of this camp
will lie If incalculable benefit to Liv-
ingston. Billings and Cooke City. The
merchants of Red Lodge derive large
trade from Northern Wyoming. which
will increase as our town builds up and
can Ivy proper inducements cause the
farmers and stockmen to come here
and trade The town has about nine
hundred inhabitants and people are
coming all the time. In the spring
several large mercantile establishments
will locate here. For good pure water
and health thetown is not surpassed by
any on the Pacific slope. The school
facilities are not as good at present as
they will he in short time. The town
is composed of a moral and law abiding
people and we have church service by
the Catholic, Episcopal and Methodist