FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

12-8-06

BOZEMAN, MONTANA - Hall and Hall, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of the Jerry Creek Retreat located in Silver Bow County, approximately 30 miles from the city of Butte. The 41+/-acre fishing and wildlife retreat is one of the last properties in a mountain meadow valley along a road that dead-ends into adjoining two-million-acre Beaverhead National Forest.

The ranch was offered at $1,200,000 with Hall and Hall's Dave Johnson representing the sellers in the transaction. "The Jerry Creek Retreat has a beautiful 6,200 sq. ft. home and adjacent apartment over a horse barn that sits on the edge of a meadow along a year-round mountain stream," said Johnson. "Access to one of the most famous blue ribbon trout rivers in Montana, the Big Hole River, is just three miles away and the services of Wise River are within four miles."

Founded in 1946 as an agricultural mortgage company, Hall and Hall has become the largest full-service rural real estate firm in the Rocky Mountain West and Great Plains regions. A leader in its field, Hall and Hall manages over 500,000 acres of land, services a loan portfolio of over $400 million and produces annual sales in excess of $240 million. A unique partnership between its eight offices in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska and Colorado ensures that each client receives local knowledge and personal service as well as the international perspective needed to make informed decisions regarding any aspect of the purchase, sale, financing or management of a farm or ranch. For additional information about Hall and Hall, contact the company's headquarters in Billings, Montana at 406-656-7500 or visit www.hallandhall.com.

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