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Culbertson

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Culbertson Directory Listings

A view from 1939:

CULBERTSON, (1,921 alt., 536 pop.), is a grain-shipping point, as its large elevators indicate to newcomers. It is named for Alexander Culbertson, who in 1839 succeeded Kenneth McKenzie as factor at Fort Union. In 1879 his son Jack established a ranch near here. Just when or how the town came into existence is not known, but the theory that there was a town gained currency between 1888 and 1892. In the latter year, however, a certain Lucy A. Isbel stepped off the train and spent some time looking for it. Two log buildings were not regarded as a town where she came from.

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.