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Facts about the city

Fairfield is a town in Teton County, Montana, United States. The population was 708 at the 2010 census. Fairfield is the self-proclaimed \"Malting Barley Capital of the World\" with 83,000 acres (336 km2) of irrigated cropland and 56,000 acres (227 km2) of non-irrigated cropland in production for the purpose of raising malt barley in the vicinity.Fairfield began as a station on the Milwaukee and is between Great Falls and Choteau and near Freezeout Lake, (from Cheney's Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company) where as many as 300,000 snow geese and 10,000 tundra swans gather in March. Fairfield serves as a trading center for the farmers of Greenfield Bench. Irrigation now assures crops, but in earlier days a dry summer made the grass scarce and the name \"Freeze-out Bench\" was applied to the area. \"Greenfield Bench\" and Fairfield are now descriptive of the hay and grain fields surrounding the town. (from Cheney’s Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)Even though the federal government had opened this area of Montana to homesteading in 1862, not until 1909 did settlers really come into the Fairfield area when Congress liberalized this act allowing the settler 320 acres of free land instead of 160. It became apparent, however, that the small homesteads, 160 or 320 acres, made little sense in the vast and dry landscape of Montana. After the Bureau of Reclamation conducted a survey that showed a dam could be built in the Sun River Canyon and water for irrigation in Fairfield area would be feasible were many more settlers attracted to Fairfield. The Gibson Dam was completed in 1929. Today, Greenfield Irrigation District delivers water from Gibson Dam to approximately 83,000 acres surrounding this community.Fairfield is the \"Malting Barley Capital of the World\", a trade center for the farming community as well as being home to Busch Agricultural Resources, 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative and Sun River Electric Cooperative.

Fairfield Obituaries

It was written by Tri-City Herald on July 9th, 2017 that Roger Lee Dirkes died in Richland, Washington.  Dirkes was 64 years old and was born in Fairfield, MT.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Roger Lee's life.

It was reported by The Columbian on August 1st, 2015 that Nels Leonard Hollo perished in Vancouver, Washington.  Hollo was 78 years old and was born in Fairfield, MT.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Nels Leonard's life.

It was noted by Great Falls Tribune on March 19th, 2015 that Dale Stewart Bakken passed away in Fairfield, Montana.  Bakken was 70 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Dale Stewart's life.

It was written by Great Falls Tribune on January 18th, 2015 that John Henry Grissom passed away in Fairfield, Montana.  Grissom was 76 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor John Henry's life.

It was disclosed by Great Falls Tribune on April 27th, 2014 that Elwood Lyle Sr Webb died in Fairfield, Montana.  Webb was 90 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Elwood Lyle Sr's life.

It was revealed on March 17th, 2014 that Edith L Musick (Crady) perished in Medina, Ohio.  Ms. Musick was 96 years old and was born in Fairfield, MT.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Edith L's life.

It was revealed by The News Tribune on October 27th, 2013 that Vernon R Hansen died in Seattle, Washington.  Hansen was 81 years old and was born in Fairfield, MT.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Vernon R's life.

It was noted by Great Falls Tribune on April 2nd, 2013 that Clayton Esquivel passed away in Fairfield, Montana.  Esquivel was 54 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Clayton's life.

It was disclosed by Great Falls Tribune on March 23rd, 2013 that Eugene L Andrus passed on in Fairfield, Montana.  Andrus was 86 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Eugene L's life.

It was disclosed by Great Falls Tribune on February 19th, 2013 that Hugh Walter Sr Maxwell died in Fairfield, Montana.  Maxwell was 80 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Hugh Walter Sr's life.

History

Fairfield is a town in Teton County, Montana County, Montana, United States. Fairfield is the self-proclaimed "Malting Barley Capital of the World" with of irrigated cropland and of non-irrigated cropland in production for the purpose of raising malt barley in the vicinity. The population was 659 at the 2000 United States Census census. . .