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By Ann Kooistra-Manning

Early Laurel, like many Montana frontier cities, used to be formed via tenacious settlers who struggled to carve a dwelling from a harsh, usually unforgiving panorama within the wake of the Indian Wars. Laurel all started as little greater than a railway station and a handful of companies serving railroad employees, farmers, and ranchers within the early Eighties. Irrigation initiatives quickly remodeled the dry, dusty prairies alongside the Yellowstone River close to Laurel into efficient farmlands. Homesteaders flocked to the valley. through 1908, Laurel had grown right into a bustling transport and servicing heart for 3 significant railroads and boasted the most important rail backyard and roundhouse among Seattle and St. Paul. within the Twenties, it grew to become a jumping-off element for travelers destined for Yellowstone Park. A decade later, Laurel staked its declare within the region's rising oil while the Laurel Leaf refinery was once equipped. This small, unassuming city has performed an important position within the improvement of the Yellowstone River Valley and beyond.

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