Editing Flaxville, Montana (section)

== History ==
"Flaxville was originally founded as Boyer, about 2.5 miles southwest of where the town is now."<ref name = "sangres">{{Cite web
| title = Flaxville, Montana
| work = Sangres.com
| access-date = December 6, 2013
| url = http://www.sangres.com/montana/places/daniels/flaxville.htm
}}</ref> It was named after "the Henry Boyer family at whose home the early railroad construction workers were fed."<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Flaxville, Montana
| work = Ultimate Montana Towns, Ultimate Montana History, Ultimate Montana Attractions
| access-date = December 6, 2013
| url = http://www.ultimatemontana.com/sectionpages/Section10/flaxville.html
}}</ref> The current town was founded in 1913 following the arrival of a [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] [[branch line]] that eventually ran from [[Bainville, Montana|Bainville]] to [[Opheim, Montana|Opheim]]. "The first post office was established in 1914 with Martha Bledsoe as postmaster."<ref name = "TravelMT">{{Cite web
| title = Flaxville Montana Travel Information
| work = TravelMT.com
| access-date = December 6, 2013
| url = http://www.travelmt.com/mt-cities-Flaxville.html
}}</ref>

The name refers to the abundance of [[flax]] grown in the area.<ref name="MT Place Names">{{cite web|title=Montana Place Names Companion|url=http://mtplacenames.org/|work=Montana Place Names From Alzada to Zortman|publisher=Montana Historical Society Research Center|access-date=May 9, 2011}}</ref> There are [[grain elevators]] beside the railroad tracks running through town.<ref name = "sangres"/>

The town was incorporated in 1955.<ref name = "sangres"/> It is home to the Daniels County Chapter of [[Pheasants Forever]], The Barn Theater, Country Roads [[Miniature horse|Mini Horses]], and the R-Y Trail Bar.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Flaxville - Daniels County - 517
| work = Pheasants Forever - Montana
| access-date = December 6, 2013
| url = http://montanapf.org/MTPF/mt-chapters/flaxville-daniels-county-517/
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Barn Theater - Flaxville, Montana
 |access-date  = December 6, 2013
 |url         = http://www.montanahi-line.net/Images/Web/HiLinePages/flxvl.htm
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724224935/http://montanahi-line.net/Images/Web/HiLinePages/flxvl.htm
 |archive-date = July 24, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Montana Country Roads Miniature Horses
 |access-date  = December 6, 2013
 |url         = http://countryroadsminihorses.com/
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130922183050/http://www.countryroadsminihorses.com/
 |archive-date = September 22, 2013
}}</ref>

Printmaker Don Bunse (1934 - 1994), who taught at [[University of Montana]] and developed [[collagraphy]] with a group of artists, was born in Flaxville. "He was a delegate for the University of Montana in the first academic art exchange between the United States and the People's Republic of China."<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Don Bunse
| work = Saward Art Collection
| access-date = December 6, 2013
| url = http://www.kpchr.org/research/public/sawardart/Bunse.htm
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
 |title       = Don Bunse
 |work        = eMuseum - Tacoma Art Museum
 |access-date  = December 6, 2013
 |url         = http://emuseum.tacomaartmuseum.org/view/people/asitem/B/6?t:state:flow=121a4c9c-5cc7-4b32-8488-41844bed6acf
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212193815/http://emuseum.tacomaartmuseum.org/view/people/asitem/B/6?t%3Astate%3Aflow=121a4c9c-5cc7-4b32-8488-41844bed6acf
 |archive-date = December 12, 2013
}}</ref>