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Domestic News
March 6, 1889
Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
What is this article about?
Promotional Q&A titled 'The Settlers' Catechism' describes farming opportunities in lands tributary to Great Falls, Montana, covering area, acquisition via homestead laws, climate, soil fertility, water sources, and fuel supply to attract settlers.
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THE SETTLERS' CATECHISM.
Some General Facts About our Farming Lands.
Q. What is the area of the lands immediately tributary to Great Falls?
A. At a moderate estimate they may be placed at 30,000 square miles or enough for 120,000 farmers.
Q. How can the lands be acquired?
A. Some ranches (not many) may be bought from the owners but the bulk of the land can be acquired under the homestead and other public land laws.
Q. What kind of a climate has it?
A. The best and healthiest in the United States, like the balance of Montana, cold spells sometimes in the winter, but generally as mild as spring.
Q. What kind of summers have they?
A. Long, sunny days, without excessive heat.
Q. What about the rain fall?
A. It is heavy in May, June and July, but light the balance of the year.
Q. How can a person get to these lands, and what does it cost from St. Paul and Chicago.
A. Any good railway guide will tell you.
Q. How will a person have to do to get along well?
A. He will have to work, economize and be sober, just as in any other part of the country. With this a man can not help but not only do well, but become independent in Montana.
Q. What is the character of the soil?
A. Generally very rich, working up loamy and mellow under the plow.
Q. Can wheat, oats, barley, and vegetables be raised there?
A. Yes, and larger, perhaps than anywhere else in this country.
Q. Is water abundant?
A. Yes, the country is watered by the Missouri and Sun Rivers and by numerous creeks and mountain streams.
Q. What about the fuel supply?
A. There is plenty of timber in the mountains and much of the region is one vast coal measure. The daily output at the Sand Coulee coal mines is considerable.
Some General Facts About our Farming Lands.
Q. What is the area of the lands immediately tributary to Great Falls?
A. At a moderate estimate they may be placed at 30,000 square miles or enough for 120,000 farmers.
Q. How can the lands be acquired?
A. Some ranches (not many) may be bought from the owners but the bulk of the land can be acquired under the homestead and other public land laws.
Q. What kind of a climate has it?
A. The best and healthiest in the United States, like the balance of Montana, cold spells sometimes in the winter, but generally as mild as spring.
Q. What kind of summers have they?
A. Long, sunny days, without excessive heat.
Q. What about the rain fall?
A. It is heavy in May, June and July, but light the balance of the year.
Q. How can a person get to these lands, and what does it cost from St. Paul and Chicago.
A. Any good railway guide will tell you.
Q. How will a person have to do to get along well?
A. He will have to work, economize and be sober, just as in any other part of the country. With this a man can not help but not only do well, but become independent in Montana.
Q. What is the character of the soil?
A. Generally very rich, working up loamy and mellow under the plow.
Q. Can wheat, oats, barley, and vegetables be raised there?
A. Yes, and larger, perhaps than anywhere else in this country.
Q. Is water abundant?
A. Yes, the country is watered by the Missouri and Sun Rivers and by numerous creeks and mountain streams.
Q. What about the fuel supply?
A. There is plenty of timber in the mountains and much of the region is one vast coal measure. The daily output at the Sand Coulee coal mines is considerable.
What sub-type of article is it?
Migration Or Settlement
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Settlers Catechism
Great Falls Farming
Montana Homestead
Agricultural Lands
Climate Soil Water
Where did it happen?
Great Falls, Montana
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Great Falls, Montana
Event Details
Q&A format providing facts on land area (30,000 square miles for 120,000 farmers), acquisition via homestead laws, mild climate, long sunny summers, seasonal rainfall, rich loamy soil suitable for wheat, oats, barley, vegetables, abundant water from Missouri and Sun Rivers, and ample fuel from timber and coal mines.