Fallon County, Montana 1921
The county has for its eastern
boundary, the South Dakota line, and covers the southern
extremity of the Cedar Creek Anticline. At the northern end is
the Glendive gas field and at the lower extremity that which"
has been developed at and around Baker, the county seat of
Fallon. Both the oil and gas resources of the county are
considered among its greatest assets. Good flows of gas have
been encountered in wells near Baker, and it has beet) piped
into the town for heating, lighting and power purposes.
Fallon County, with its area of 1,685
square miles and its population of 4.548, is just south of the
center of the eastern tier of counties in Montana, and was
legislatively created on December 9, 1913. There are no rivers
of importance in the county, but Fallon and Fennel creeks flow
through it into the Yellowstone. In the broad valleys of these
and other streams is much good land, as well as in stretches of
bench land back of them. There is little irrigated land in the
county, fully ninety-five per cent of that which can be
cultivated being farmed by non-irrigated methods. Most of the
loamy land, which was for years given over to grazing, has been
reclaimed to agriculture, and produces good crops of wheat,
oats, flax, corn and alfalfa.

Last Fallon County Sod School
There are special opportunities in
the county for diversified farming, dairying and manufactories
that can utilize the flow of the natural gas wells. Land prices
vary from $15 to $75 an acre, depending upon location and
improvements.
The main line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway traverses the county east and west,
and the Yellowstone trail also enters the county from South
Dakota. The regular county highways add to these transportation
facilities.
Baker, the county seat, is the most
important town in Fallon County, and is the distributing point
for a large territory. Kingmont, Westmore and Plevna are other
towns on the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway.
Besides the rural schools in the country districts, common
schools are found in the towns. Baker itself has not only good
graded schools, but a high school accredited for the four year
term.
Montana Counties 1921
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Source: Montana its Story and Biography,
by Tom Strout, Volume 1, The American Historical Society, 1921
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