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Hay farm in the Big Hole Valley in Southwestern Montana is nearly surrounded by the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. It is the highest valley in Montana, with the Big Hole River, winding about 150 miles, internationally famous for trout fishing. Known as the "Land of 10,000 hay bales."
Douglas H. Orton
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