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| Mineral
County, Montana |
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| Mineral
County is full of opportunity. The people are friendly
and the climate is mild. Mineral COunty is located in
the Northwest section of Montana and is bordered on the
West by Idaho. There are several seperate, but intertwined
communities within the county. The West End (Haugan, Saltese,
DeBorgia), St. Regis, Superior and Alberton. The county
contains 1,223 square miles and a population of 3,625.
The majority of the land surface is contained within the
Lolo National Forest and located through a narrow valley
separated by the Clark Fork and St. Regis Rivers. The
Clark Fork River carries more water than any other river
in Montana. The entire county is heavily forested with
ponderosa pine (the state tree), lodge pole pine, fir,
larch, white pine and cedar. The area is high in minerals
and contains many upatented mining claims. Mineral County
became an independent county in 1914, with Superior as
the County seat, and boasts a lively history before and
since. It hsa hosted a gold rush, seen the building of
two transcontinental railroads, experienced tha trauma
of teh 1910 fire, and witnessed the destruction of several
floods of the St. Regis and Clark Fork Rivers, as well
as being the home to many Civilian Conservation Corps
workers during the Great Depression. The historic John
Mullan Road was builth here in 1859-60 and the Yellowstone
Trail in 1917. The Historical Registry lists three county
buildings Savenac Nursery Compound (1907), DeBorgia Schoolhouse
(1908), and Superior Schoolhouse. |
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