Fairview

Lewis Newlon, was the founder and promotor of Fairview. He was born December 15, 1878 at Lincoln, Nebraska, but to him, Montana was his home. He came to what was to be Fairview in 1903. He built a claim shack which was a bit larger than most claim shacks. It had five rooms and was built of sod. It was the first house built on the townsite of Fairview.\Various lines of industry were begun in the Fairview area before the coming of the railroad, which brought a real boom to the area. Mr, Newlon gave a gift of 96 acres of land to the railroad to be used as a right-of-way.

January 4, 1912 the first steel was laid into the town of Fairview. Within a week traffic with the outside world was carried on by rail.

In the year 1913 the city of Fairview was incorporated and Loius Newlon was elected the first mayor and served in that capacity for three years.

Fairview grew rapidly during the time and had two doctors at one time, a dentist, lawyer and a thriving drug store along with other business places.

Industry had a part in growth of Fairview as well. The Gedney Pickle Company was established there in 1925 and a creamery and cheese plant in 1924. Blue Rock Products also started in Fairview in 1913.