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A view from 1939:

GLENDIVE, 38.6 m. (2,071 alt., 4,629 pop.), seat of Dawson County, was named for nearby Glendive Creek (a corruption of Glendale), the name given it by Sir St. George Gore. Formerly the metropolis of a cattle empire, Glendive is now the trading and shipping center of an area that produces sugar beets, grain, and forage crops. The shops and division offices of the Northern Pacific Ry. provide an industrial pay roll. Lignite coal from nearby mines and natural gas piped from wells in the Cedar Creek anticline (arch of stratified rock) 20 miles south, supply the town's fuel.

Hungry Joe (L), a massive butte, was named for an old prospector who once lived on or near it. Its summit, accessible by an easy hike over an old road, provides a view across the weird and bright-colored distortions of the badlands to the south.

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.