community and turned my face westward to Miles City, the oldest town in eastern Montana, where General Miles was at one time stationed, and from whom the town received its name. It has been for years the greatest cattle shipping town in the state, and also an important depot for the shipment of sheep and wool. Here is located the State Reform School, and two miles west is the Government Post, Fort Keogh.
I never shall forget Forsyth, on account of the intense heat while there. I just fanned myself all the time and while traveling through this stretch of country I took night trains, it being cooler. Forsyth is a railroad division point and a thriving town, having extensive stock interests.
Billings is the western terminus of the Burlington Railway system, and is
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