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Fallon

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A view from 1939:

FALLON (2,251 ait, 200 pop.), was named for Benjamin O'Fallon, Indian agent and army officer, nephew of William Clark, the explorer. His report of the slaughter of 29 members of the Jones-Imenell party of the Missouri Fur Company by 400 Blackfeet, in May 1823, presents one of the most vivid pictures of Indian warfare in the West.

About 1900 grain raising became important in this area, gradually increasing until the late 1920's, when mechanized farming was at its peak. Some farmers planted 1,200 acres of wheat yearly. Diversified farming replaced specialized grain production in the early 1930's.

Buffalo grass, which once nourished millions of bison, is the natural vegetation of the region. Its destruction began when cattle and sheep replaced the buffalo, and was completed when the rich topsoil, no longer held by fibrous, slow-spreading roots, blew away during the drought years.

Source: Montana: A State Guide Book; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Montana; September, 1939.