Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2025 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Pacific Coast Business Directory Gazetteer & Business Directory of Montana Territory pub. H. G. Langley, San Francisco, CA 1876-1878 MEAGHER COUNTY. Organized in 1866. Bounded on the north by Choteau County, east by Big Horn, south by Madison, and west by Jefferson, Lewis and Clarke. Area, 7,650 square miles. Extent of land under cultivation, 1874, 20,000 acres. Assessed valuation of property, 1874, $585,316. Population about 1,100. County seat, Diamond City. Principal towns: Cafion Ferry, Copperopolis, and Trout Creek, all small places. Resources, mineral, grazing and agricul- tural. The product of the mines, as reported by the Commis- sioner of Mining Statistics for 1873, aggregated $350,000. Rich veins in various parts, particularly upon the head waters of the Musselshell River, but hostile Indians render mining unsafe. The Missouri River runs along the western border, having numerous affluents, and the Musselshell rises in the Belt Mountains, and runs northeast to the Missouri. OFFICERS: John E. Murray - Probate Judge T. E. Collins - Clerk, Recorder, Auditor, and Deputy District Attorney Thomas J. Fleming - Sheriff Charles W. Sutton - Treasurer, and Tax Collector H. C. Graves - Assessor First District A. J. Stephens - Second District D. E. Folsome - Surveyor William H. Sutherlin - Public Administrator Charles S. Kelly - Superintendent Public Schools CAMP BAKER, Meagher Co., P.O. 18 miles east of Diamond City. Gaddis, William - postmaster, and trader Potter, John - grocery, (Thomson's Gulch) Rader, C. T. - liquor saloon Schriver, Daniel - tailor, (Deep Creek) CANTON, Meagher Co., P.O. 15 miles s of Diamond City. Durnan, Edin - teacher McKnight, Patrick - blacksmith Tierney, William E. - postmaster Tierney & Scott - general merchandise Walters, James - shoe maker CANYON FERRY, Meagher Co., P.O. 20 miles n w of Diamond City. Rotwitt, Louis - hotel Stafford, J. V. - postmaster, general merchandise, and hotel CAVE GULCH, Meagher Co., P.O. address, Canon (sic) Ferry Albrecht, Emil - general merchandise Day, Frank - blacksmith Ingersoll, E. J. - general merchandise Lambert, Joseph - carpenter Spencer, Albert - liquor and billiard saloon CENTREVILLE, Meagher Co., P.O. 22 miles s of Diamond City Barker, James - postmaster, and general merchandise Hoover, David - blacksmith McFadden, G. C. - hotel McKnight, Patrick - blacksmith Robinson, J. M. - general merchandise Smith Bros. - general merchandise DIAMOND CITY, Meagher Co., P.O. and County seat, distant 40 miles e of Helena. Present population about 250. The resources of the surrounding country are mining and agri- culture, the mines producing about $350,000 in gold annually. Allen, S. - barber and tailor Brainard, H. B. - liquor and billiard saloon Collins, T. E. - attorney at law Davis, A. Q. - shoe maker Eckert, Gilbert - shoe maker Foller, A. - butcher Folsom, D. E. - surveyor Ford, W. T. - liquor saloon Garrigan, Owen - notary public Haase, William H. - general merchandise Hampton, G. A. - hotel Higgins, Jonas - groceries Howell, Thomas - builder, and cabinet maker Laney, Josiah - livery stable Marks, Leopold - postmaster, and general merchandise McDonnell, D. A. - drugs and medicines Miller, John L. - jeweler and liquor saloon Nolan, John - hotel Parbury, William - physician Ramspeck, Henry - brewery Rian, Whack - liquor saloon Shields, Nelson - stock dealer Simmonds, D. - blacksmith Yancey, C. D. - attorney at law HOT SPRINGS, Meagher Co., P.O. address, Camp Baker Brewer, J. S. - hotel and liquor saloon TROUT CREEK, Meagher Co., P.O. 30 miles n w of Diamond City Cotter, Richard D. - postmaster Robertson, O. A., Mrs. - teacher