The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-01-06
GET RIGHT on GEOGRAPHIC MONET CL AZURE
. OF MONTANA; Government TELLS You HOW

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ITO this board shall be referred all |
unsettled questions concerning geo.
graphic names which arise in the de-
partments, and the decisions of the
board are to be accepted by these
departments as the standard author
ity in such matters. The members of
the board shall serve without addi-
tional compensation, and its organiza-
ton shall entail no expense on the
government"
The 1921 report of this board is
volume of 492 pages containing over
10000 geographic names and des-
criptions. Many of these relate to
Montana and in addition to the Clark
Fork designation, the following are
reproduced from the report:
The Absarokee Range
ABSAROKEE RANGE: Mountains
in and near Yellowstone national
park, Montana and Wyoming. mot
Shoshone, Snow, nor Yellowstone.)
ADOBE: Town, Madison county,
Montana. mot Adobetown.)
ANACONDA RANGE: Portion of
the continental divide extending from
a low pass a few miles southeast of
Anaconda, westward and southwark
to the divide which forms the west
ern boundary of Montana. (Not Saw
tooth range.)
AVON: Valley separating Garnet
range from continental divide, Powell
county, Mont. (Not Blackfoot coun-
try nor Nevada valley.)
HAMMOCK: Precinct and village,
Beaverhead county, Mont. (Not Ban
mack, Bannack City, nor Bannock
City,
BEARPAW: Mountains, Blaine
county, Mont. mot Bear Paw nor
Bears Paw
CASTLE: Mountain, Meagher
county, Mont. mot Elk.)
DEER LODGE: County, Montana.
(Not Deer lodge.)
ELKHORN: Peak, Jefferson coun-
ty, Mont. mot Badly, Big Badly,
nor Elkhorn Baldy.)
| FATT1G: Greek, west of Mussel-
shell, Musselshell county, Mont. mot
Thaddy.)
FLATHEAD: Lake, northwestern
Montana. (Not Pend d'Oreille, nor
Selish.)
FLATHEAD: River, Flathead co.,
Montana, and in Canada. (Not Flat
head river, North Fork, nor North
Fork Flathead.)
GALLAT1N: River, rising in Gal
latin lake in Gallatin range, Yellow
stone national park, and emptying
into Missouri river, Gallatin county,
Montana. (Not West Gallatin.)
The Garnet Range
! GARNET: Range between Black
foot and Clark Fork rivers, in Gran
lite, Missoula and Powell counties,
Mont. (Not Blackfoot nor Drum
m0nd.)
HALFBREED: Creek entering the
Musselshell river at Roundup, Mus
selshell county, Mont. (Not Half
Breed nor Wild Horse.)
| JACKSON: Creek, rs. / and 2, S.
Rs. and E. Tributary to East
Gallatin river from northeast about
two miles west of Bozeman Pass, Gal
latin and Park counties, Mont. (Not
Middle.)
| JOHNSON: Creek, tributary to Lo-
gan creek in 26, 81, "a west, Flat
head county. (Not North Fork OF
the South Fork of saltwater river.)
JUDD: Creek, tributary to Bitter
root river from west, RavalN county,
Mont. (Not Baker nor JUDI
KALISPELL: Town, Flathead
county, Mont. mot Calispel nor Ka-
lispel.)
| KIP: Creek, small tributary to
North Badger creek, Pondera county
Montana.
| KOOTENAI: Pass, over Continen-
o,r1y
LEWIS AND CLARK: County
(Not Lewis and Clarke.)
LIMESTONE: Creek, east of Lone.
some creek, tributary to Big Badger
creek from south, Pondera county
Mont. (Not Dancing.)
Little Elk Creek
!. LITTLE ELK: Creek, heading In
6 N. R. II E., and flowing northeast
to Musselshell river, Meagher anG
Wheatland counties. Mont. (No
, Fawn nor North Fork Little Elk.)
LITTLE HORN: River, tributar,
to Big Horn river, Montana, and Wyo
ming. (Not Little Big Horn nor Lit
tile Bighorn.)
: LITTLE JOE: Creek, tributary tt
st. Regis river near st. Regis, Min
eral county, Mont. (Not Little st
| joel
LITTLE ROCKY: Creek, tributar,
| to Peoples creek, T. % NJ, R. "a E.
) Blaine county. (Not South Forl
: Peoples.)
LODGE: Creek, southern Albert;
J and Saskatchewan, Canada and Mon
| tana, flowing into Milk river nea
: Chinook, Mont. mot West Fork no
West Fork Milk river.)
Al Logan Creek
: LOGAN: Greek, 20 and 80 NJ, R
e "a W.. tributary to saltwater rive
from southwest, Flathead county
t mot South Fork of saltwater river.
Il LQNESOME: Creek, east of Soutl
: Badger creek. tributary to Big Bad
a ger creek, from south, Pondera coun
q lty. mot Shelly
b LOWER STILLWATER: Lake, IL