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ty jail, a building on the National Register of Historic Places.
Several other buildings on the campus house a variety of exhib-
its, including the taxidermied body of Steer Montana, at almost
4,000 pounds, the largest steer on record. Baker, the only incor-
porated city in the County, takes its name from A.G. Baker, an
engineer on the Milwaukee Road. With the creation of Fallon
County, four communities vied for the privilege of becoming
the seat. That honor originally went to Ekalaka, but a drawn out
and particularly bitter campaign ended when the State Supreme
Court ruled in favor of Baker. Today, the city is home to 1,802
residents, almost 60% of the County's people.
Plevna, the only incorporated town in the County, lies twelve
miles west of Baker on Highway 12. Another child of the Mil-
waukee Road, the town got its name when a group of rail work-
ers from Bulgaria named the town for a community in Bulgaria,
Pleven (Плèвен), today one of Bulgaria's largest cities. Ironi-
cally, the name comes from the Slavik word for 'barn.' I would
guess that our Plevna is the only Montana community with a
Bulgarian name.
Five other "unincorporated communities" are scattered
around the County. Today, these are little more than wide spots
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