Garfield County High School - Remuda Yearbook (Jordan, MT)

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Environment Garfield County interesting? Yes, as I found out recently, Garfield County is very inter- esting. I have to give credit where credit is due. If it hadn't been for Gary Peterson, this article would have been very short. He had access to the information I needed. Statistically, Garfield Coun- ty ranks seventh in the state of Montana. Our elevation is 2626 feet. According to the 1980 census, Garfield County has a population of 1656. Our county covers 3,169,280 acres. Six- teen per cent of this land is land controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, 68°Io of this acreage is deeded acres, 7°]o is water acres, 4% is Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, 4°lo of this land belong - ing to the state of Montana, and l 7ois used for county pur- poses , such as school and town sites, cemeteries, and right of ways. Believe it or not, our county has about 290 species of animals. Fifty species are fish, 6 are amphibians, 13 species are rep- tiles, 55 species are mammals, and incredibly enough, 166 species are birds. 26

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MEDICINE direction of Mrs. Ann Rich. Its purpose was to earn money to keep the hospital open or to buy needed equipment, as the Hospital Board thinks necessary. Wide publicity, both on television and radio made the auction a huge success, bring- ing in over $25,000. Another first, a CPR course was held in all the health classes here at GCHS. Mr. Hayes, along with the help of Ada Weeding, April Milroy, and Clifford Highland, turned his students into Basic Life Supporters. Shown at left and above: Bobby O'Connor, Administrator Gregory Hemingway, Doctor Fred Hane, Lab Technician Maxine Sickles, Head Nurse Darlene Shawver, Nurse Jana Olson, County Nurse Sheila Johnson, Aide Deanna Stanton, Aide Kathy Hayes, Aide June Nelson, Aide Lillian O'Connor, Clerk Jackie Currey, Clerk Jim Gibson, Janitor Grace Euell, Head Cook Volunteer Ambulance Drivers Shown: Jim Rvan, Jerry Johnston, John FitzGerald, Bernie Hildebrand, Clifford Hiqhland, Rickey Mart, Rocky Nelson, April Milroy, and Ada Weeding. Not Shown: Irl Stanton, Ansel S. Krum, John W. Mumion, Diane Vollmer, P. T. Cremer, George FitzGerald. 25

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Environment Geologically speaking, there is something interesting to say about Garfield County. This source of interest lies about 8 miles due west of Jordan. You guessed it, our county's own landmark: Smoky Butte. It is said that pioneers travel- ing tire Green Trail west to Lewistown could see Smoky Butte for a considerable distance. This butte is situated on private land. I have mentioned the land that makes up the county, some statistics about the countv. the animal population, and something unique about the county; however, I would like to say it takes some wonderful people to mate a nice envir- onment to live in. 27