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Great Falls, Montana, Market and Distributing Point for this Inland Empire
A fine promotional map of Great Falls, published by Oliver M. Holmes, Secretary of the Board of Commerce for Great Falls.
The map emphasizes the importance of the Hydroelectric power in the Great Falls area. The area is crossed by several railroad lines and a Great Northern Trunk Line to Lewiston then under construction.
Fort Belknap and Fort Assiniboin Military Reservation are shown in the Bears Paws Mountains, as is a soon to be opened Fort Peck Indian Reservation further east.
The map meticulously identifies the different types of land and economic opportunities in the region around Great Falls, including:
- Gold
- Gold, Copper, Silver, Petroleum and Iron (Glacier Park and Black Feet Indian Reserve)
- Farms
- Timber
- Coal
- Gypsum
- Zinc
- Marble
- Lead
Oliver M. Holmes
Oliver M. Holmes was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, April 16, 1861. He was educated wholly in private schools, and for years followed journalism as a publisher.
Holmes came to Great Falls in October, 1891, and shortly afterwards commenced the publication of the Great Falls News, a weekly newspaper which he published for ten years.
In about 1902, he sold the publication and went to Helena to take charge, as chief clerk, of the bureau of agricultural labor and industry, and during the latter part of the term of the office he was acting commissioner, and converted the bureau into one of publicity as well as of statistics. At the expiration of his term he was appointed deputy state auditor and insurance commissioner, which position he filled for four years. In 1910 he returned to Great Falls and became secretary of the Board of Commerce.
Rarity
OCLC locates only the example in the University of Montana, Mansfield Library Collection.
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