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A view from 1939:

CHINOOK, (2,310 alt., 1,320 pop.), seat of Blaine County, bears the Indian name for the winds that, by melting the snow in January or February and letting cattle through to the rich bunch grass, have saved many a stockman from disaster. It was Charles M. Russell's postcard picture of a starving range cow, Waiting for a Chinook (The Last of Five Thousand), that first won him recognition as an artist.

The Public Library, Ohio Ave. and 6th St., contains reproductions of several Russell sculptures. The Municipal Swimming Pool (open July-Aug.) is at Pennsylvania Ave. and 8th St.

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.