Sepia photo of the Blackfoot river full of logs zig zagging through a canyon
[Postcards]
THE OLD WEST
INDUSTRY COMES WEST

Industry Comes West / Old Meets New / Lumber

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Sepia photo of a river of logs zig zagging through a canyon
Front reads "Logs on the Blackfoot River. Bonner, Mont. 4"
This is the same photo as the header strip above.
Monochrome photo of a heap of logs across the river from the mill
Front reads, "Logs and Mills of B.B.M. Co., Bonner, Mont. 5 Miles from Missoula, can be seen from Train. Scenes Along the C., M. & P. S. Railway Between Butte and Seattle."

This is the Blackfoot River that Norman MacLean wrote about in "A River Runs Through It"

Reverse of the above right postcard reads, "Pub. by John H. Murphy System, Minneapolis, Minn. Press of O. H. Peck Company, Minneapolis, Minn. U.S.A."

Sepia photo of the lumber mill in Bonner on the Blackfoot River
Front reads, "Blackfoot Mill Bonner, Mont."
Postmark on reverse reads May 3, 1910.
Monochrome photo of vapor spouting buildings near a river full of logs
Front reads, "The Mill and Logs, Dayton, Montana" and "Publ. by Somers Drug Co. Somers, Mont." Nothing on reverse, never mailed, no date.

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