A History of Montana Volume 2 (2025)

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A History of Montana Volume 2 (1)[...]oi this volume. t11is territo ry was o rg:um:e<I. T he t,::O\'ernor ~! Idaho
The important task[...]from Akron to daho was commcn~d June r; 1863. In
E ngland. He attended the Sunday School and through[...]uccessfu l seekers arri"cd at the mining e., mp o( Bannad ;, on
in recruiting ind o rg:ltliz[...]d a (Omm~ss1on ~s was the objecth·e Point, and Mr$. Plassmao, in a skttch
lieutenant[...]31 C9nditions pre\'ai~ins i!' this \'aSt
1 tic e.i.rccr of man>· persons 1s often cha~g·c<l by t[...]occurrtnce o f events o,•er whi<'h they exerei5e no con- of Idaho «un-tn<'d Ottcm[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (2)[...]by trcmendou.s consequenct$ (or good, was e,·er done
of the republic, ,Yho had lived in the[...]ime in the very citadel of
rc-spcctabtc clicntag:e. His residence and primiti\•c office its powe[...]raphic: descrip- The first legislath·e as~mbly convened Dc«"mbcr-
tion of his trial ha.[...]and carried on an cxtcnsh•e tQrrespondence in its be·
Profos.sor Thomas J[...]wrote: "'The hero half. In gleaning 6e1<ls for historic materials, he found
of that hour of trial was avow«lly ,v. F. Sanders. Not e,..c.rywherc
A History of Montana Volume 2 (3)[...]ar an<l upw_ards
gate was conducted fro m camp to e,mp, hundreds of of forty years his re[...]cadence., '<vas heard by delighted audiences in e,•ery
discomforts of all kind.$ were wdured. He[...]supreme court. He was ever :i.ggressh•e. and i,,dcpc-nd·
hand,cd in this and later conr[...]P..'()~ulation was flowing northward, and hou$e; his memory of everything was wonderful; and
in[...]<'i:ition~
,~•1th the minority, bu: his inRuen~e in shaping k gisla• wrote: "He was noted fo[...]that 'S:i.ndcrs was the keenest blade he ha.d
,:e3J to foster this institution and adv:ince the e."lusc c,•er crosted.'" Proceedings, Vol. XX[...]divine P9wers., tb3n in estab1ishin,r new
. T~e pu_blic libra.ry of Helena was strengthene[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (4)[...]mbered themsc.ves
a1nbition, a man of initiati,·e power and of g:re3t con• among the pioneers of Van Buren county: Iowa, where
strueti,·e ability, a citizeu loyal and pr~r~s1vc in ~11[...]~ county, Pennsylvania, gave the e.nv1ronment and inftu·
\Villiam Andrews Oark,[...]cnt$ of him whose name he gave cfl'ecth•e aid in intproving and tilling the uw
initi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (5)[...]ross the plains to South Park, Few ha\'e more lived up to the full tension of the
Colorado[...]e great industry of which he was shown ,e:rcater initiative and versatility in progressive[...]ned knowledge and experience that aherward.s scn·e<l the Missouri rh•er, going by .. Macki[...]s elsewhere in the We-s tern States. In 1863, th·e the prmcipal cities i1t the East and South,[...]acific Railroad where he. formed a co.
ations tl1e first summer, and thus formed the nucleus[...]trade :.,.nd the Spring of 1869 a wholC"S.t1e busincu at Helena. In
businesi, ;rnd in les.s th[...]Mr. Donnell. At this time, Mr. Samuel •E. Lara.bit w.as
wa$ ta bring .i load of pro,•is[...]ebaek to Bois.c. ld3ho, where he purchased sc,.•e11.t strongest banking institutions[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (6)[...]ter of has large :tnd valuable real•e.state in,•cstments in Mon•
1876--7. The firs[...]e cxcclled artistic wood-carving and m:irb!e-work, and
Moulton Mining Company, which forthwit[...]n of the railroad from San Pedro
clinc in the pri(e of silver rendered the businc» no longer ha[...]ng a large and profitable busi-
This mine they ha"e been dc,,cloping for several yc.i.rs, ness. Mr. Clark also owns a great amount of stock,
and ha"e reached a depth of 1,50() feet, Mr. Clark also[...]he sole owner, and structh•c and executi\'e power, as well as of his immense
which has °btcn[...]ituMcd, at .i cost of SC\·cr:ll million degr<'e, he has gi,•cn generously of his time, ability[...]l« in length, is a system, and the first e:leetric lighting plant, in Butte,
marvel[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (7)[...]nown
forty miles, as well as Nine Mite e:rcck, at Milltown, six u Columbia Gardens; which[...]g monument to his
He also extended an .e lectric pole-line to Hamilton, sixty gc-ncrosity[...]cctr.ic-light and water syttems, and n~ fornishc~ e-1~ ncction, and 1he following data ~re ta[...]incorpQrated with 3 Board eonsistintt of fi,•e Directors, additional planting of se"crat thouund[...]with ill the substa ntial comforts and parks, th e construction of littlt bridges, anQ t.ndle.ss pat[...]ng the s«ne~ by crc:i.ting
' with a bas.cm e:nt, and was built absolutely fire -proof. The att[...]robes, and ample baths were eSlablished on e,·cry floor. where thousands of Aowcrs, comprisin[...]ason. Also,
equipment. T here is a laf$:e dining room, with a scating- a fi sh hatcher)' ha[...]the Butte Elcc::tric
a deed conveying th e entire property to the Young Railway Compa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (8)[...]ed and well• attaches. UPon the first legisfath,e assembly of the new ·
bch:wt'<l, most of them[...]cans were in a majority, in that body,
manifold e,cac1mcnts of his g reat industri:i.l :i.nd financ[...]ng jn mental powers, intcJlcctual as he would ha\'e be-en to enjoy the full honors of what
capacity[...]pulist mcm~rs held the balance o( power.
of the e3usc of the Democratic Party cannot be impug:,,«1[...]or to reprcse11t the Tc-rrito ry of Montana at tl1e Cen- scnatorfal c::ontcst continued, and at the l[...]rces o f the ter ri- rccci,·cd the support of.011e Populis.t and several Repub-
tory for which he[...]ed Grand Master o f the Grand Lodge of fealty had e<>ntinued without interruption. Mr. Clark
Ancien[...]3Uant orpni• During the legisl.ati\'e session in 1898. Mr. Cfark was
zation to the fr[...]military leaders the country h as known. again c1e<:ted. On his application for permis.sion to take[...]l the ne:xt meeting of the
Industri:AI & Cotton E,cp,ositio n, in the city of New legislatur[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (9)[...]n behalf of mcnt and upbuilding, a nd appredati\·e of th<: c,stttm
the state to the de,·tlopmcnt of[...]it m:1y be s.aid tlmt 3t the opening of the Slate e:i.mp:ti~n
for t11c loc;ition of tM .!itatc capital within its bordc-rs. In in 1900 it was at once e,•idcnt that his candidacy for the
1894, tl1e pcrm.antnt SC'!lt of go,·crnmcnt was to be cs.ta[...]rial supervision, irnmmie sums were ext>cnded, tl1e
o i the ;\ naeonda mincs :i.nd th.at there were m[...]und. his election to that bocly in 18e;)S. The cl«tion o~ ~Ir.
Conccrr1i,1g his efforts[...]is deinr.· :a.tic
)('ading c itit(n of the s1:11e and a$ one of the most com- and 3ff'able nt.·umc[...]y with state an(t national
manding figures of tl1e Wen." iuuc,.[...]"~l r. Clark. though :in unuiually acth·e 111.a.n in 1hc
c.amC$11)• attest to thi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (10)[...]ost dclieatc in :ippcarancc, refined and E. Lachapelle, whose parents. of C,nadian origin, l[...]:-:. Lu: MANTLE. The name of Hon. Lee Mant1c,
6\'e days' constant ira\'el day and night. They :irri\[...]are with its wealth of hidden rnin•
1.ingu:'tg:e, as they did later in Germany, where they[...]le was born in the great manufacturing
these 6\·e years, Senator Clark pas.scd his winters in[...]ldrcn. To be left a widow
Kling, a rcprescnt3th·e lawyer of New York City; the whh narro[...]d in ex•. she then endured, the time e:ame later when life was
tc11Si\•c mining oper[...]wa.S summoned to the life ctcr'n;il in her e,•ery wish. Together they lived in the closest[...].n. February, 1901 1 at the age of eighty-nine >·e;irs,
germs of typhoid £ever, at the International E."hibition this devoted son was at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (11)[...]the Rept1blican
from the cast and the west and th e distinguished guests pa.rty had appc-aled[...]o( Butte a.s a city, he was
witness the historic e\'ent or tile drivjng of the last spike. the fir[...]ment of a daily Republican news-
ment :it home, h e de<idcd to go to Malad City, l d:iho, p:a[...]i th in his own for twenty year-s, e\'cntunll)• b«omins: its sofe owner.
tap.a.city[...]e. and two yc-ars later he
Jdaho, he cntc-red the e.mplO)' of Hon. B. F. Whitt, was chose[...]then enabled him there was gr~t p~e55ure brought to bear to have Mr.
to make friend.s[...]r season. Mr. Mantle wa.s of \'aluab1e mineral land in Montana whkh the com•
an :ipt p[...]rcd which resulted in s.a\'ing ,•ast areas
stag_e line. where he remained fl\·e yc:ir-s. becoming of , •aluabtc mine[...]e many important measures came bcforC the house
h e firs t met many of the most ramou.s of the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (12)[...]ntlc became a c.andidatc !or the twelve e:i.ndidatcs for the legislature, who were
United S[...].\ successful concluaion. In 1903, tl1e . :\fontana legisl3lure h:wi1ig foiled to
The pre[...]clothe it with the proiier dignity and author-
·~e vote of his C)Uty until the s.c»ion closed witho[...]urely technical constitutional Jrro~mds. scn·e withou1 compensation. A Jaw, fr:imed by hjm.
For[...]sewhere, h is sturdy the greatest exposition e\'er witnessed, as well as at
integrity, his firm[...]the confidence and esteem of the senate and ga,·e lar for their time, trouble or personal cx[...]ter Mr. Mantle has built for himscli
As a publ!e speaker i\lr. Mantle has always been amo[...]ericans who have risen to prominence in any
aeti\'e in his behalf and in the Jcgislati\'e session of branch ()f worthy human ef[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (13)[...]he historical archives Robert Bruce, from whom ti.e is a line-31 de.scendcnt. It
of the state.[...](a) and in· public life, same b~ing ~ bmil)' bib!e issued. in the tenth «ntury
Mr. Mantle hns been[...]to A. D. ('Conner) WHhcrspoon, the former a nati\'e of
extend symp:uhy :md encouragement to those who[...]eeable by nature, tenan church and the father has e\'er been a stanch
a wcl«>mc guest on all[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (14)[...]ch he has be«,mc a distinguished f'cprcs.tntMh•e, th_e Americ,:n M~iell Association. He is also identifi[...]stitution which is known as ment.. The e:ampiign of Mr. Wal.sh for 1he pl:aee in
one of th[...]one of the strongest individual factors
cff<:cth·e post•gradu:atc work in the Missouri MediC3I[...]nal sense,
\V:\$ app0intcd professor of opcrath•e and clinical sur-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (15)[...]_e was nonunatcd by acclan~ation. In the general ele[...]e3n I ate of the Rtpublican party, Hem')' C. Smith[...]e a p0tentfol candidate for the of t~e upi:x:_r brand, _of congress with regard t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (16)ee then ,new town of \Vatson, on the
,\bout t[...]\10111:.ma. it was more important whose :a;b~e qualities. as a business man ire cxc<'llcm,
as[...]entered !u~ e:mploy and ~as eve,! since been with the[...]nd i~ one oi the leading concerns in
• the sun·e>·or waJ a fii,at dcterminition of its c.hara.ctc[...]4

e,•idtnce of the character of the bnd, :uid that[...]Fire. lnsu,rance Comp.ant, and has cxtensi\'e real estate
,·iew taken by Mr. \V:alsh was su[...]nulkd. the cxccuti,•e committee of the Polson Ch:imbcr of
Mrs. \[...]the president of 1hc Mon13n.:a. Federation Commerce a nd belongs to the German Luthcr:m church
of[...]of Mr. Stritzel's anc:e.stors: Mr. Stritiel's. gre~t-great•
Jndu! t[...]:.Uld their son Friederic:,h
born in Blindpllen, E.ut Pru.$$ia, Germany, on August Strilt[...]n art garde.ntr ;rnd followed thi$
his practita1 e..:1rcer in the manner abo\'e dc&<rib«I, in profession prnetie311[...]

A History of Montana Volume 2 (17)[...]president and
forern ways for about thirty•fi\'e years he now receives the largest stockholder in[...]o been notable in the found ing and foster ing of e.nter- whose family :,;lso consists of a son and d[...], Ohio, and Bozeman, i\fr. Story :,;nd family ha\'e an e'!uall~ attrac·
is a son of lr;i, and Hannah (Gil[...]busy life Jike ~hat of Mr. Story it would rcqui~e a _volum_e The hanging of George l vcs in 1863, was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (18)[...]m:\ and although the general field on the ,,•e$t. At my left shoulder stood Benjamin Eze-
has ~c[...]«ounts of the settle- 'Alex. C.:utcr,' 'h e replied.
ment of eastern · Idaho, the discovery[...]tbe roof of the cast
stand. Guarding this honora61e court some hundred cabin quickly dis[...]•
us with the prisoner up the road to the e.ast some two "Hunter sprang for[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (19)[...]m leading 10 in difficult to dissip..11e or overshadow; the cloud of bc--
a[...]the ~rst white men to settle in their mid5t. He e.stab-
• Brown. Brown, wilh one tlma[...]was to
1.ion on our p.1rt would ha,,e brought m:i.ny pistols to him o nlr.[...]'These hc-avy rcspansibilitics. proved too much e\·en
They were all hung before $pri[...]ves, Rol>trt tin~1al accomplishment ha\'e erected to him :i. nionument
Dempse[...]dian wom:'ln and little c-lsc of this world's E,."_O:Ods. Sher- 3 nati\'e d<n1ghtcr of the Y:l$t northwest, born at Fort[...]for the Summit, 1884. He seems to ha"e rccci"cd from the father whom[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (20)[...]\•c of pt1re fiction. Montana must e,·cr owe a debt of
3.sscmbl>•[...]of this type still li\'inz in ~ron1Ma is J uds;e Funk H.
J;;l<: i$ a member of[...]Hit#lns, then1seh•es ruti\'CS of the E merald Isle. • state along both[...]the rtgular army. After 6,·c yt.:\l"S of aeth•e SC:r\'i~ in :'ld,·anced social and indu[...]in which he is esscnti:ally a repre:sentati,•e eiti:t:cn, :i.s
with the 8 1:lc[...]t>t<i:ally g:r3tifyi~g to
~t\•e11 the comrnis,sion of c.:aptain in the army :rnd[...]e ~r
when he was assigned to t11e quartermaster's depart• of thi[...]an)•on and stock re-presenting th e Soe:iet.>.: of Frie:nd.s in the earl>•
w~[...]lity ·and stc.a.dfast ch~racter :ind his. active e.,recr was
I) t \/ hiimt-lr to the upbu[...]reare:d to 3dult age:, a nd in the mc.anwhilc his e:duC3.•
• !'\.L built the block tha[...]-.-, wooden block." In SC\'enty, al$o. he e ngaged in the tional ad,·tu11as;:[...]achin,g school in the ca.stern part of his nati,·e:
estate in a nd about Missoula[...]by f:tudibtt: :ambition. by definite purpc;,s.e and to conquer s.as, where. he joined a fr[...]builder, and in the: perspec1i\'e of y~rs none can deny the pl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (21)[...]r. a good pJac:c to make the attempt,
"In the e.uly fall of "1857 two men who had come[...]try ind who had been at Fort
\Valla'\Vall.a. ga,\'e me a glowing aC(Qtlnt of the cou.ntry,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (22)[...]tivc pract.ice but, is also known to be 3S 3Ctl\'e alert
'fhis I ha\'C since learned was the Touche[...]ntl1t1Si;l.;5tic as h is younger confrcres at tl1'e 00.r.
I stopped and let my horse rest and feed,[...]dist:mt, married and. reside, with her fatl1e r and mother in
telling me to go there and stop[...]the summer of 1912, when they returned
journeys e\·er taken by a young tender foot."[...]c.,pt·a incy aJld
tana in 186<>, and during tf1e first decade of his residence assizned to the N[...]handise, ete:., and his ability and Fu.o E. ALBRC(:HT. In Mr. Albrec.ht Montan."\ has
energ[...]arles Albrecht, a n:11ive. of Ger-
count)' and h e was -'PJ?Ointtd to sene the unexpired m[...]their mother at 401) J)e.ubom avenue.
In 1869 Judge Woody was chosen[...]tile Agency, with whom
judicial district, and was e lected b>· a gratifying plu- he was assoc[...]lected to the same offiec.• of Albrecht ga~e up his position with the Agency to e.ntcr
which he thus continued the incumbent for cig·ht re-2rs. the mercant11ee cause:s prc:s'entcd for his adjudication,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (23)[...]c abilit)' and c.itiaclty for detail a prac-- e_rospc:(tors, and to the lcttcn whiell lie wrote t[...]ot partidpat• in the more pr-imiti,·e fabor oi mining, principa.lly as a
inJ in the act[...]after three ycart he 8-1:''C up his position and e1_13aged in
to 1860. Just when his :r.ctual citi[...]ince i1s inct])tion. The
sc:\'er.1n«, brilli3nc:e. and every other admir:&blc trait businc.s[...]dustr)'o Mr. Stuart has been able to gi,·e some time to
farnil)' is of Scottish origin, co[...]'clopmcnt of Virgin.ia until 1837. at hou,e in 1875 :ind 1879, :ilso the extra sessions of th[...]tana As It Is :" a splendid
tcr of 1851, when h e returned to his Iowa home. I n work[...]c:y, about three miles north. of the present vill~e Stuirt, who i.s the author of the first[...]e freakish pranks fate sometimes pla)·S.
which e:tuscd the veritabJe $t3mpede which settled this '61'hc story im•olvcs one Edwin E. Pml)lc:, a New
portion of the eountry. 1n 186;[...]them. During their compilation of the name oJ e, ·ery
result of cancer, on St1>ttmbcr 3[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (24)[...]1$,0. h was in the same yel1ow cnvclOJ?e with the
York City, in 1865. T hey cost the a ut[...]ration Later, ,t sccmsr he mu$t h-a,·e • noti«d a ncwsp:,,,per
to this state. T he cx[...]Missouri, by an ox train how the book e.,me into the p◊$$C$Sion o f the New
bringing th[...]e other t h ree dictionary of tha t lang·u~e, a plan that, as will be
hundrt'd copies remainin[...]rs of the mnth inuant arrived last mail. Jt ga\•ee none. t hings already demibtd in the note[...]e is bfended into 1his portion
Ja mes Reese, Judg:e D;tncc, a nd myself, arc s till rough- of t he[...]Fr:i.ncois Finlay, who had been to Cal•
not he e\'Cr procured 3 copy of the book he did not[...]h an autograph letter fron~ the ~uthor, was .id,·e_r- we went o,•er to Deer I:.odg:c:[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (25)[...]and bqan to pros• account of tl1e pre.sent conditions of the Indian tribes
pect. \V[...]est in the W3)" our Indian
:,.nd one on the west. E:tch ba.sin he describes jn de• affairs[...]:Ui\'C-S 0£ 1he soil. This is. owing.
as to _li\'e in the MiJSis,sippi , •alley and who don't own[...]reduced in num•
scien tious study of the Jangu~e. One of the features hers and 3re alm[...]nd the B:111•
tions :md little besides :t vast e-xi»nsc of rolling plam, n:icks., who form[...]the rc.i<:rwuion to hunt, but li\'e on the eroducts o f the
the administrati[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (26)[...]canlc and m:,ny hor$CS. Owing has e:u1sed the _lndta!'ls to look upon all treaties as[...]lc regularity aod profess to obscr,·e i"t to the letter, a nd should make them do the:[...]crab1c extent. A sm3ll thi,s fair land. 'fhcy ha\'e sufrere~ great injustice 3nd
p.'lrt of them[...]md a m an in advance of his time, is apparc11t on e\·ery
nrc one hundrtd 3nd twelvt acres undtr[...]c-nts, seeds, etc. They seem to fo11y rcali:te th e of much gratiflCition to ~fr. Stuart,. in view ()[...]3t their a$cncics a nd on their rc,crvatioHs is e.aused tile lines, ra.nehing and rc::i.l e,s tate. He is of German
by unprincipled :rnd in[...]stock one of our mO$t admir •
di3ns to lcn\'e their agenc.ies and go _into the Indian able sour[...]rcsp(ct, and is gen-
the unte.asing ,•igilanc:e of India n Superintendent J. H. erally beloved by[...]y which stands :1Jl tests.
suppres.sed, and i.f e roperly sup~rted will soon .suc- By c[...]d was educated 3t U ipsic and
'"Owing to t1~e j udicious. administr~tion of Indian Stutii:;ard~[...]w that we.nt to Ohio, wh ere he li\'e<I until his d'emise. He
h e is using all means within bis power t~ pro[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (27)[...]he free, advcntur'. liter moving to the Hor$e Prairie where Mr. Graeter
ous hfc of tJ1c lumberman . Again he returnc<I to \Var- e,ngi~d in r.l.nc~ing. Fourteen yc:ir$ ago they mov[...]ously resided in this
s.ta ycd but a short tim<:, e re he went on to new s«ncs, (It)'.[...]a felt keenly by all 1hosc who ha.,.e known her since the
ro\•ing, carc'.frcc life,[...]rchan • belongs to it and will cxh.:.1e a lasting fr:.grance. To
disc, r.tnching and rca[...],
being of much influenoc and takins;- an 3.Cth·e part in is C3shie r of the State Bank o[...]of more
r un for office, but Ms 3lw:i,ys rdu!ed, e ven though with than his share of friends[...]mpt.aehable.
inevitable. He consented at one tin1e to ti.II the office
of county commissioner a nd[...]established
bies a nd his d rcams of her futUr e grca111css m agnificen t the first clothillg a[...]Virginia City.
at F lorence, Nebraska, Miss E mily M , Orewcy, became Mr. Cohen w3.S e ne rgetic a nd ambitious, with a keen
his wifo,[...]Bann::tck, ?..fontana, he was united in proved e\'tn mo re successful than he had dared to hope.[...]s of Sorrow at the untimely death r iag:e with M iss Yetta Por.nanski. She was, like her hu[...]the pioneers' meeting, she w.:i.s taktn in e-ompari,ttvc luxury, Mr. Cohen being engaged in no[...].t trouble. In active bus-incss, but <!e.,·oting himself to the looking
spite o( all t[...]serious fin.incial depression eau$Cd him to lo5e heavily.
the family we re present at che bedside when sh e i»ssed About this time the great[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (28)[...]blishmcnt, :11,d with his convention $inc-e his ;idvc-nt in Montana.
former success accumul[...]ch
kind in the state, employing more th;tn fifty e,crsons in and \Vcasc-1 creek From this district he went to New
the establishment, and it is e\·idcnt that Mr. Cohen has Chic.,go, two m[...]for a
During the holid.1,y season of 1990, h e won for his number of yc-ars. He rcc.ent1[...]ponded to the t.all. They org3•
:i.nd one who e:i.rly scr\·Cd this commonwc:dfh by dis-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (29)[...]rants, and thC$C
was in service under him in many e-ampaigns. He is ~risly evidences of the[...]In Salt Lake City, Utah, i11 1877, Colonel ~1or$e was the Platte river the little f)3Tt)· voted to e:ome to Mon-
united i,1 marriage to Mis.s Mattie [[...]ere Mr. Ruffner rcmain('(l
A,1ir:1.l P. is likewi$e married and lives in this pl:tce, for one moi,[...]ng, and at his trade, until the fall of
mcrch:mdi$e businC$S.[...]friend is to his mining days in the lawless e-amp, Mr. Rt1ffner was
be one. He is a m:m of g-re[...]efactor. In th is day, when disinterested citi·i.e11• othc-rs. During the fall or 186~ he outlit[...]Judge Smith, who was making hi.s way out,
cont:1.e:t :md he is sincerely beloved by all his fellow[...]grC'atly in e,·idence, and Mr. Ruffner can recall numcr•[...]lf wi1h all mo,·ements which his judgment g:a,•e returned to Bozeman and li\'Cd in their comfort.a[...]enue. In 1911 they moved
He was bom in Jessamine e:ounty, Kentucky, February to their new home at 3'[...]ly, :1.nd daughter of Jame.s L Switzler, a n:ith·e of Virginia.
'Mr. Rtiffner haS, two brothe[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (30)[...]a and the P ioneer the fir5,t Curna.ce e.r~ted in the territory. He con•
Society of Call[...]omp:iny, and here w:i.s ere<:ted the first t ih•e.r mill
in 1hc \·an of ad,·ancing eivilit:ition[...]ing the ing C3pitalists ;tnd built •the$e riilroads: Helena. &
territor'i:1.1 .tnd tt:tte e[...]ter he served as nor. After 3. ser\'lC"e of eighteen months he resigned
:usistant enginttr[...]ssouri Pacifie a nd lhc gube rnatorial offie:e., his administration being o ne
Nor1hern l'adl'ie[...]year he call'lc to Bannack, been born_. E llen a nd Simuel Thomas. J r. .The fine
th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (31)[...]wa.s done order and belonged to the St. E lmo Co1runandery,
quickly. The condemned man was[...]Pepin
a thlttc. suddenly pulled him from his hor,e in time was one of the founders of the[...]of its subuqucnl pros•
threw h im uPon his hor$e 2nd st:i.rtcd homewMd :u perit)', :uid[...]d times, and when her $On Simon was four )'e3rs old. The par•
it illustra tes both his kindl[...]usion we will briefly In his na ti\·e town Simon was re:.rcd and educ-atcd
advert to hi[...]:n.nd bcg:m his puc:tic~I career. Without e.3pi1al and
itcd fro m the university of th:it sut[...]na life. He was a large land holder c:i.me e\·tntually pne of the farjl:cst cattle raise.rs o[...]rly with this grt:lt
, Mr. Lovell wa.s a n:i.ti\·e or E-n,:1:1:nd, having b«.n born industr)'. Hi.s expe[...]re on the 12th of April, 18.;o. the eldest of th·e incident and adventure. For fifteen )'ca[...]en•ed as a \Vorld'$ Fair c<>m• his ~ rt.ncr. E. T. Broadwater. whose ():lrt in the affair
m1s.s1[...]founding the town ind getting this ola<:e 3s a di,•ision
A History of Montana Volume 2 (32)[...]tcr•Pcpin Company, which own.s ha,•e fallen from the funds of a $killed cr;,,ftsman wh[...]e surroundinsr district. He is also one R. E. Companion Jol!n M. Ramsey, .P:ist Grand Scribe.[...]A~fSP.Y, Proniincnt :)mong the of his 11e1ghbors, friends and brethren. • • • His
bus[...]1886 that he affili:ued with
c;)tion at his nath·e place, after which he learned the Ash.Jar Lodge,[...]forni:1, ,•ia the isthmus of but an ;ippointi.,.e office therein. When the commind•
P.,nama, but[...]ind and affectionate. husband and father, and tho$e
cng;iged in the cattle businc$$ un1il 18821 ha"in[...]ed, so far 3s J)OfSsible,
in Billings. Jn 1885 he e npged in the livery business, justice wit[...]rtal eyes;
Yellowstone county at the first st:ite e lection in 1889, but the memory of all that wa:s[...]l long remain with this community, an in•
six )'e;i:rs. Th:i.t Mr. Ramsey was htld in the hight.st[...]he Grand ",\s a token of respect to tl1e memOr)' of our bclovc.d
i\fasonic Ch:tptcr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (33)[...]v, •-•70 die Brothers who s\.ir,·i,•e him, es_p«iaHy to those
according t[...]chMity; :t.$ perfection on earth his ha\'e ,:cacl1ed the zenith of our power, and in looking[...]that we h~we lighten.cd the
men ha\'e go11c asttay, therefore we will not withhold load and eric:ouragcd an e rring or di.scoura.ged Brothe.r
· fro[...]their career charac:te.rizcd by the e,ntbusias.m that is the
bonds thnt b[...]the arm of friCnd's~i..P.:' th~ \Y~ lt~ of th'e world, the in•
h:t(i a ll .consf)[...]tic1 law a.bid• your frienc.l :md m~ntor. Let m.e admonish you to
ing :i.nd (•Ons1s[...]er aliena-.
fearless officc-r, ue,·e.r shrinking from danger or pm:a• tion[...]before us ela,d in the tiabilim'tn'"t'S•·OJ tJ1e· ~"'vc. but tliis
unfortunate and[...]will be with us and ·we sh:ill feel his prcscn~e in our
to his. g't11crous n,-turc~[...]\Ve dee-ply, trul)', ::and' sinet"rcly sympatlii7.e witli
St>ir:it-ion, C.\'cr look'inR"[...]a member o! tllc ~a.sonic fraternity, to which l\e, stoticd .urn ha_ve p::a$$cd 3,w:t.y and :[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (34)[...]n businC$S a lone. He mcnt of the stMc e,·er received his su,P.port, and he
is a member[...],,
(K;.lgen) Tweedle. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey h:\\·e had one t8o2 Orimel Gillette, the fathe[...]to New York, where he m:'l.rricd M.iss Julii E. Ferris,,
ored pioneer. He takes a gr~~ interest[...]d hosp11ablc welcome. did his sister, E lita P .. who was his house.keeper and[...]us:i.n (Gormely) Br~wn~ bo~h ploy of E. R. Kc110$'g & Comp:my. wholesale hatter.s
of w[...]in that year h e engaged, in. the same 1.mc of bu$111css _as[...]rl:lnd to Fort Benton. J'wo days later they
fin e ranch of three hundred a.nd twenty. acres situate[...]the party up the r iver, . while son,e_ of the older chiefs
business. For a number of[...]cattle raising, but. some time as.o he withdrew e.ntjr~l)• pleas.cd. The Indians determined[...]going toward Fort Benton, they a r rived there
e xperienced his. foll share of annoya~oc-, ai:id _[...]nfa, Cit)' in 1864 he witneS.SCd the into e3mp. They called the place Camp Jndcc:ision[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (35)[...]owever. remained at the camp until their liclatcd e,·er ac1i,•e in the interests of that organiiation.
supphcs re[...]y. Herc Mr. Gillette purchased a 1911, at the :ia:e of seventy 4three years, eight months
~bin of C.[...]on the disco,•cry of gold in L3st Chance gulch, e,:nbodim~nt of opportunity for a$pirin,g souls Uke[...]experiences and narrow cscap~. be narrat~d i.n t~e follow ing paragraphs, . throughout
He was one of[...]y the darkened home in which he had been shehercd
e,nplO)'ed a 1:argc number of men in the constructi[...]clopcd and stimulated to great attivity by
inost e;(tensive scale, his flocks :weraging from six•[...](d in placer min._-
was. also a member oj the con"e.ntion whic.h framed the mg 10 Alder Gulch f9 r a[...]is oeeupancy of this office he had many claims in
e,·er of ;, helpful order. Mr. Gil1ettc g'.:iined and· re- ~Ider Gui.ch, but ~e was only p:&rtially $UCcessful
tained friends? an[...]moved to Butte, and here be main-
neers. and the e,•ent occ.:i.sioned wide~sprcad sorrow, t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (36)[...]iscl'y in :ill the. refations o{ life. without th e
Butte; and John, ·who wa$ born in Butte on March hope of reward e:<eept in the approv.)l of his own
n, 1$Sz, and[...]in shap:Rg
voted to the fraternity -and took an e:.rnest interest the destiny of the tc[...]sc-d in terri1ori3l times.
wis obliged to lca\·e without finishins:- his coui%.c. B,ll J[...]n.a, from Carolina to Kentucky. at a 1in1e when the fatter St!\tc
1&,)o to 1893, and from[...]ry locality where he practiced, for his extensi,·e
offices :lt 203·4-9 Lewiston. Building, Butte.[...]I)' of EngincC'rs. So<ially he is prominent in th e ceived.., first in the public $[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (37)[...]wn, and which, pr:actic:i.l knowlcd;e :ind grc:it ability. As such he was
but[...]y, and at pr.aetjcally 1he refusal o f e\•ery offi<:e w ithin the gift of
different periods wi[...]N'otwi1hst3nding the exactions of his ~ro(e-ssion. he
the rite of from $200 to. $so<> pu day. Notwithstand- found time to dC\'e lop extensi\'e mining interests~ a nd
ing this large yi[...]su«essful as pro\•isions :,:nd li\·ing e:<penscs were so st:mtial aid to every publ[...]le fortune, he re-
of gre3t exatement. h e halted the expedition at Be.2,·er• tired[...]ost $lle«$Sful of
gulch. arriving in tJ,e first 1>3rty. e3rryinR his faws the pioneer law)'ers. and[...]ed the re-
with him. He and Colo~tl Mc.l.e-,an tos:ether se_eured a spc,ct of his bro[...]css of the people he so faithfully
acti\'e pra.eticc, in fact was not broken until the latte[...]nstitutions to whose creations :ind development l1e
Judge S tapleton was really one of th[...]h, editorially, said o( him in part:
o f e:trly Montana life. pro\'cd of \'Cry gr~t ass1stan[...]rofessional career, :i:nd w;'l,s :also of in~ e.sfccmed by m:mr and respcetea Sy aH.'1
v[...]n tS:;o, Judge St3p1eton was marriea to Miss Cora E.
the practical knowledse he was ::able to brin.s: to bc:ar Mcfntosh. a nath·e o( Missouri. Their o nly son. Guy
in the[...]man played a mo re inAucntial part fo shaping th e in the l:t;w aepartmcnt 'o f the Uni\'e[...].¢ his tenure was first speaker w here h e has since been located. He ser"c-d .2.s co[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (38)[...]· .
Fort were refused aid by tl,.e post commandant, as a r,c... On October 23,[...]from their original purpose, and set out :alone, e:ach 190-1,. Of the :nuriage ceremony a.[...]her r~idcnoc in Butte, whci;e she is rcgardt:4 as (!DC of
sin«: continued to b[...]on the site where they the cit)"'s m 1>st e.stif!lable ~adics. ~he is prominent in !he
camped[...]onncd them of the charitable work in 3 E;fC3t many dar~hons. . .
discovery[...]ich the dccc~ed was held. In spcakmg of ham to
E.arly in life Mr. Ir-.·in formed his first[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (39)[...]no one was acquainted with him wlio did not ha,•e an
Death h:ad no tcrror,s for him; he feared 1t J[...]ver less COO· tics and intellectual e:ndowments.. He crossed the pla.ins
ccrncd for the[...]days and men he had a most intimate knowlc-d.a:e, for be
quarter of a century, and my regre[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (40)[...]pri~tinc:: \•igor ~nd ex.ccuth•e ability,_and managing his
And one ck-3r call for me! v:.nous e!1~erpr1s~ w1_th rar~ t;:OOd Judgment.
, An[...]t one time eminent
C\'Ct be held in atl~1io.-r.,1e memory b>' ;11 tho,c n ow comm.ander o) t[...]pubtie,spiritc-d man and there Mildred E., born in Dillon, is the wife of Leslie A.
is not[...]pcrcg:rinations potatoc.s. He became a e:i,pitalist to the extent of s ix
ceased, for h e came to :\lontana., whose advantagC-S and[...]ountry
freighted from Benton to Helena. He then s.e:nlccl in and h is \'-arious ex[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (41)[...]he was si:ttccn years old, he joined 3 ha\'e dismayed an ordin~uy ,nan, he brushed 3Side as
f[...]t1.1rcs straight toward it. He did not dth•e blindly 3.t it, but
:ind hardsl1ips o( the west.[...]om :in unorganized territory to its
He disehaig·e d the responsibilities of tlu.s trust, and thus[...]l, were
V1rgini3 City ;.nd Salt Lake City for 01,e winter. 31ld more :ittrac-ti\'e to me than I reafo:ed, and I ha\'C re•
then br[...]P~rk. Edg3r, \Villiam R, ~.l3rianna, Clara E., Charlotte
particularly \'31uabh: lode, an exte[...]lath Union. But he w:is soon convinced that su«e.ss 'Ed~ir :rnd \Villiam arc married a[...]Montana it wa.s to take t:lna. He is a 111e1nbcr of the Society of Montaoa Pio•
char[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (42)[...]ucky, 3nd cils, to bring about its succ:e.ss.
though he studied d ili;ently, he found hims[...]7). Member
teaching for a con.sidcnble period, h e was able to council sixth susion 1869•7<>, Member house ninth
e:ntcr Bethany CollC3e, in Vir1dni.a, where .he ap~lied session 1876[...]the best
him qualified to enter upon the- acti\'e practi« of his cititenship of the west, and[...]ber
was in 1863, at a time when MOnt3na· was yet e1nbraced of the law fi rm of Word & Word fro[...]is not
"try out" of the west for Mr. \Vord, and h e accord - often' given men to listen to, an[...]nothini. but they will never forget his ~e-nerosity, his
the market. Furthermore, to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (43)[...]some curious relics that
other w~tw3rd move .ind e:i.mc to the territory of ~lon- date back to[...]und in the mining camps, l»c.k of a p1c<.e of wa.11 ()lt)Cr. In {ratcrna affairs Mr.
save fo[...]new and the noble spirits of · t11e earth, one o( the men who
practically unexplored[...]inspire others to
.Mr. L?we went to work in t~e. mines near Virginia Jive up to their hig[...]by
was l_ittlc else to do in the country. He had e,nough every one shows th3t the !wons tau[...]Quiet and the present e"eu trend of events in the great
In 1881 Mr.[...]western stale.
seul~d ?,t Glendh•c, where h e remained £or th~ rest \Villi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (44)[...]er in 111c rni"ing camp, where he held wi!e and two children, crossed La.kc Michigan by boat[...]of con-
energies to the st()(k business, sheep, e.ittlc and horses ,..cnienc« there were fe[...]It is, necdk.ss to :i.dd th:i.t ;\Ir. Carter has e njoyed a train fo r En.st B:11mack.., territor[...]ation known a,s Elk•
dren. .-as follows: Curie E .• Ada,D., Frederick W., L« hom Ran[...]. is no family better known n.itrdino e<>unty w_Me:h has- recently been made River•
tha[...]ut in May, 1873, with
ing p<>sitions of importanc-e in public and prh·:i.tc life. a four•l[...]came to A meric-a, and gon, over t11e Barlow Pass. in10 the \Valla Walla
some of the.it[...]lg; man he tra,·elcd lived m1til th e spring of 1875. At that time thC)' c.,me
10 Orle:[...]mo,·ed
settling in Pl)·mouth township, where th e rest of his on to l3o7.cman, where[...]11c2r Coulson, now a deserted ,·illaQ'.e about two miles
3, 185,3. arid to this union ther[...]county, Oregon; a nd when the sons e ngaged in the sheeo bus.in<'$!, M r.
Albert, a r[...]1855, was n,arricd. as chai rman of tl1e bo:t.rd up to October, 1829, when he
A History of Montana Volume 2 (45)[...]mer of Plymouth township. I n 1855 he
Hon. Sidney E<lgcrto11, the fir.st govcmor of Montan:,,,[...]M!ehi1r.m, and tnere spen t eight ytars. H e was mar•
kind and usdul deeds, and he may rest[...]ntario, both of whom arc deceased.
riage with Miu E liubcth Matilda Tripp, at Croton. ![...]tana, wa.s joined.
time twentrse,·en yc.trs of a~e; Martha, who died The train broke[...].s ~n closc1y identi• !\ salary of fi\'e dollars per day to his hay_ cun eu and
ficd with[...]r $eythcs, Mr. Newman was
make this one o f the <:e1\ters of industrial .1.cti,•ity in a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (46)[...]deserving of being cLuscd amons- th: progrcss1,·e
sons were engaged in farming there fo r some[...]ublic office. He The foundeu of th e' Newman fam ily in Amcdc-a came
is one of hi[...]an working
bought the o ld homestead, which h e still owns. and in fcJr himself. at cl[...]wayg0
for four years and thc,n returned to th.e. old h.omeste.a~. county, Michipn, to Miss E lizabeth ~btild'a Tripp, a
but in 1903 sold h[...]of Billings; \Vm'.
himseH in ever}• way an e.ffieient official. Mr. Newman )t., a f[...]he
Republican party, its principles and i_ts e3nd1date-5-, _a nd was twe,ntpsc,•en years[...]11cir two children, left Michigan ..ind
P. 0. E. ·[...]eek the Newmans pushed on to Alder
in which )'e3r he moved to Greenwood county, Kanns,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (47)[...]arted northward with 1 four-hone su«e$S comes only as a result of natural capaeity, un-[...]\ Villiam Y. Pemberton is a nati\·e of the state of
going through the Barlow Pnss i[...]tute.lage of his aunt, Mrs. Rcbc«:t E. Willfomson.
of oxen came overland to the Yell[...]ege. He was then sent to the Masonic Col•
e:trs the father and S<lns followed farming there.,[...]once a mart o{ FOwCr and inAucncc and
or fi\·e ye:ar~ he went to Ada, Ohio, where he attended[...]1882 he was elected district 3tlorney of
tina E. (Spencer) Shannon. Mr. Newman, in consc,.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (48)[...]he brought to t he Or. Steele was 011e o f a fami ly of t)'l)ic:il pionec-r pro•
.sup[...]me residents of Mo111ana. T he
the people of the e<>mmonwc::i,lth. His r ulin~s on t he fa[...]institution
in exact :ind cfl'ccth•c l.:mgung:e and showing the bro:i.d he graduated. For[...]n the meantime, haviog
justiC'C'. His term on tl1e St1prcmc bench expired in come to :-.[...]he
1899 and 1hc state will C\'cr owe him a 1ribu1e of re• reading of mc-dic:inc. In 18[...]com~
nght m:rn. After his re1ir('.1'nent from tJ1e b,c:nch, Judge plc1ed .ri 1hrce years· oour[...]lttcntion to stock
slate-. 'fhe p3rty cause h:ti ~e-11 greatly a<k:1.nccd raising.
throug[...]blic .tdvocacr Dr. Steele's rcsidcnc-e in Mont3,113. da,.tes from the
of tllos<: princip[...]was a mere
liam L Stttk To ~y th:'lt he w:is 011e of the most mining camp, a nd th i[...]erahon of Ins :\b1hties .ind 111 the 1-al1(e inttr<'sls in mining propcr1ics in Grixxlv Gulch :lnd
e\·olu1ion of territory and state he played a dive[...]f of lewis and
the county whiC"h •was the sce-11e of his own birth. The Clark county, d u[...]g i\'C up part of his attention to acti"e medical p;:acticc-, al)d in·
the ship," which h:[...]~me ~s candid:uc for governor of the state, but h e de~
matema.1 gr:rndp.,rcn11 of Dr. Steele were na[...]that the Gr.indmother ~ve dignified e\'idence of the esteem in which they held
W[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (49)[...]e\'Cllty•Se\'en an d of him it been rebtiilt or e.nl:trgcd, modern m.ichinery installed
may well[...]Ch:,.rks N. KCS-sler is the president .ind Mr. F. E.[...]sente<I in this city by Charles N. and Fredcric:k E.
1Kess1er, sons of N ickolas Kessler, whose death[...]mburg, Germany, ~b)" 26, one of the most extensi\'e pfants of its kind in Montana,
1833, the younges[...]g?n, and at one time worked in the lumber a nati\'e of New York City. whose death oc<urred in
distri[...]over the mate friends and refatives. Few men ha\'e contribu~ed
country, Mr. Kes~ler like m:m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (50)[...]home, but they could not he was born in 184.:i n e.ar Km,c-nny, Ireland, where
realize that his cond[...]d west, striking out
of the best citizens she had e,·er po»csscd. In all of boldly for the gold fie[...]ians overtook
busiM.ss enterprises who rt',1.li:i:e what a loss to the city Mr. Hines and his party o[...].in
fo r tlic enterprise. When the hard times can,e :ind the exchange 0£ shots the pursuers forced t[...]nts secured their cattle, and re.traced
try to sa"e hims.elf by putting his burden on others. their s[...]nd homesteaded land. Embarking then
pioneers m th e st:i.tc, and the :i.ssociation of those old in ag[...]c farmers and ..stock raisers of the county.
rick E., arc numbered among the acti,•c business men D[...]id phlns by re-electing him
Nickolas. Frede.rick E. Kessler married Miss Florence county comm[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (51)[...]at lw1.cm3n and keeps in touch •with
this as an e:-:«lknt business O()PorHmi~>·. which he[...]o fin<l in him a .strong
fifteen years he scr.--z-e d as its postmaster. This r:-tneh and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (52)[...]to bro_ther,. ~fartin M,, :m~ they wc~e fairly successful in
permit only the briefest ou[...]production of cqua1ty va lu- dence at P*-e s Peak , returned to my former home in
able his[...]o much so, in fact, for so much time was spent
H e matured his plnns1 and on the Sth of April, 1854,[...]3d for the United wirytcr, and ,~e decided it wai best for us to leave the
States,[...]nto the lumbering busincs.s on reach-
tr.tin fi,,e me.mbers of his p3,.rty were killed, while[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (53)[...], Mr. Even- son of mill ope.rations, Mr. E\'enson proceeded to Den•
son di~figurcd my face[...]t of the country, result that Mr. Holt·e r finally purchased Mr. Eve1,son's
we were. at a[...]shed in the summer of 1865, and thC same was
Mr. E,•cnson knew a little about blacksmithing, so I[...]storm in tht" fall and hnd sent all the lh•e stock to win•
most of our portable mills, and I ha,·e been informed ter quarters, so in a sho[...], and al,o out of busincu:. My 6:,t mo,·e was to hur·ey
charging an addi.tional three hun[...]shafting which we made out of iron wagon-axles, E\'en- for sluice, flume. and the better[...]dealers.
on c:ich c.nd of the strap, would gh·e a steady, h_ard We" had reduced the pric[...]of Mr ..Rolte,-:s dctcrmi~ed
efforts in the de\'e1opmcnt of the industr11l enterprise.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (54)[...]mentality 3nd fine ~nnruclive and administrath•e pow•
Jn 1$68 Mr. Holter ·and his brother[...]door factory in Montana, and dis;incti\·e public trust.
the pla nt was opc,rit«I by them[...]os:t 6gurts in the lumber industry !or t~e pr}nciptes and policies ~f th_c Republican party,[...]the mos.t im• building. He creeled tl1e Holter block, in which his
J)OrUnt :md extensive[...]re business is conducted, and also hi.s ittracth·e
c-ntire northwest, the trade being both whoJc,.a[...]ity :ind state and is one of the ic:th·c
of thos.e who have done much to further the dC\•clop•[...]local blacksmith ning the fast le-gisfatur-e c-n.acted a b:11 creating the
shop. 'l heS4: primith•e eonduits were fitted into ~ch Sanders[...]olter's natural mecll:anica.1 genius c-:inic into e!foctive and t11cit :appraisal was approved b[...]ficance. · bears. He wedded Mis.s Fforcnc::e Jefferis, daughter of
by reason of its abs[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (55)[...]City. He m:i.rricd Miss Sar:1h S:agc. state. In t~e c.a.sc of l,frs. ;Holter, her life in Mont3n3,
da[...]have four children-Sarah, Elizabeth. Mary, and wo~e~• in Last Chance camp_ she became through her[...]Yed as a member of the legislature of ·his nati\'e dreds of tn$tances those whom she assisted did no[...]w:i.s gr.;1.duatcdl n ---yfilc !nen ,yho c.1m~ hc~e ici the early days arrfrcd with the
University,[...]ost half .i. century Mr$. Holter had pioneers ha\'e. ne\'erthelcss did as much and as great
1ilnde h[...]long bce-n re(Ognized among the J)«)ple who ha,·e "When Mont,ma honors the memory o[...]her benefactions to those with whorn
S, 1867, b e h aving come from Montana to meet h is she wns af[...]her
bride at that point. 1n that ~me ye.u she :i.e«>mp.anicd g-rc-atest nnd be-st work.s done among[...]lent force in the entire community d uring htr li(e~
the new and rough mining country. Coming to th[...], and Mrs. Holter was the mother of -fi¥e children.., wh
n,o ne knew h er but to IO\'e her. As ye3rs went b)', con- with her husband sur[...]ons in H elena changed vastly for thC better. T h e Albert L.{.... Aubrey, and Mrs. H. P. Kennett, oj[...];:i.l aid have ever gone g-r~t, while others ha\·e to achicv.c greatness. Georg~
out from her COl)[...],$01icitcd iid to those who would low rung o f th.e )adder of success.. he has, by close ap•[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (56)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA
born of E nglish parents in this counltf, and spent the[...]until 1882, when he with \V. G. and C. E. Conrad a nd
business as an auctioneer at th3t po[...]ed frorn 1S78 to 1882 as chair•
ree,order s.inc:e its formation in 1888; has t.'1.ken the m[...]y business circles and in public life. E... erywhcrc he is
Gukh, )fonta.na, and of the six[...]Addie Berry, and they h::,.Vc had seven e:hitdren, as fol•[...]te of :Montana, bringing with him only E., born in 1891; Barbara, born in 18s>4, and now a[...]ell did he subsequently manage his affairs that 11e fi eld, Montana, on ?ifarch 12, 1863, a[...]the stite j,h:ascs of we.s tern pioneer li!e. He is the son of Esau
of Missouri during[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (57)[...]riage Mr. James rc.tu.rncd to Iowa the~e he we,!t to M_ontama, and engaged in ranch[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (58)[...]s 3 member of the Benevolent Protcctavc Order o f E l.ks 1mpro,,cd conditions, a nd ll 1s not[...]mfluc.n«: upon 1he oommunit)' in which he "Ji\'e:S nnd
rugged, and takes vast enjoyment in the pleasu res o f mo,·e.s and has h is being."
out door life. He is th[...]smce ?.h.y, _JSS7. . Ju~ge )lurr:i.,· • e.3.~nc: to America
he at one time conduc-tcd hi[...]mo\'ed to New Dn.mswic:k, a nd there som e yea rs of t11e
M r. :and Mr$. J:,,mcs become the parents[...]ni:i. Doctor J:unt$ is ~ g radu:i.tc at 011e time h e a nd his partner Jost their w~y in
o f a number[...]en\'cr, fini shing in J9Q& Im- th e famou s mining men o f the west, came into the[...]nothing in that region
prcseot profcnion. he wa~ e mployed in the operation of any ,[...]len;,i, At Helena Mr. M urraY
this sketch, and h e: has had .11 large and varied cxpcri•[...]varioUs mining locations in
and m:uiy txcitin.g e:icpcricnccs came h is way durin~ 1l1e "icinity aod in 1873: he wJs elected to the offic[...]ishl"'s .
feiti11g hi, life as 1he resu1t of a n e1\com1ter with a 1t was in 1887 that h[...]:<lcd in reaching business, in which h e continued to be profitably engaged
a \'Ulnerable[...]t:mned. i nd it wai in that offic:e under P res.idcnt Clevel:rnd. He a lso
oronounc-c<l at that time 1hc largt$t bear that had e\'cr served as city t reasurer o f L ew[...]re with the Roman Catholic
still takes :in a.cti\'e interest in the ra nching busines3 chur[...]tc rprmng men who h ;we sufficient w1dc~m1ndcd-
11e.s s to _be ablt to ~rasp more than one ide[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (59)[...]whom extended
of :t. circuit judge, and there J1e reared his fa mil)' of mention is made elsew[...].nce, and in hi$ work the son has the ad,·Ml.1-S'e
two years he practiced lilw in that cit>·, and[...]mstante in the making: of a. n.'lme
took :m acti"e .ind cfticicnt p:trt in the 1>0litic.s of the[...]for two years, from •S<l6 to 1 ~ inclusi,·c. H e came Born in Missoula, M,onta na,[...]y of law in Missoula have ,iot b(,e,1) sufficient to bring fa me
his substance to ev[...]as a. Jcgist to this young mant but they h,a\'e been ample
among his numerous bcnefoctions is hi[...]in the cause which r tsultcd in sc• is e,·crywJ1ere predicted for hint, ind Missou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (60)[...]r teacher
congress, the first rg,rcsentati-..•e in congress after the in the public schools o[...]itle 3pplied to him through high and authoritati\'e for that profession which, more than a[...]profession in Burlington) and his dis•
"fo e:ndtavoring to <lo · honor to the me.mory[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (61)[...]s rules-due to i.JOOrane:c of western conditions-
e minent degree the indispcnsib!e faculty of in,piring which then preva[...]e. He was p01itically a.mbi• the peop1e of the state had too profound a n appreciation
ti[...]him being 2. fitting crown to his briltiant e.a.rccr as
itrcn~th ind ...itality ind of tl,e reserves of his great representative of[...]than he had held in the house. H,e was ::m active work-
for delegate in eongre:ss, this bcini th e yc3r prior to the ing member, as a matter[...]close of the Fifty-sixth congress will e,..er be: remembered
year and tb is extinguished[...]in the national house of his cou1'$e ha\•ing gained to him the hearty commend[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (62)[...]ing this bendicient product o f his crt.Ati\'e genius, into
tcr«I by c<>rporatc greed and marke[...]in connection wi1h the dcfc:u in general. T11e law has already amply , •indica1ed 1he
o r the[...]dis- one w hich no power or inlh1cncc can e,·cr repc:11. Its
tinct discnmination :l.g,linst[...]\kKinle)' ,·oluntarilf :ippainted Sen-
th:u 1hc E:i.st w:i.s opposed to the ltgi1im:tte dc1n:rnds o[...]efeat of this bill, apJ)roptiatin~ millions E xposition, in St. Louis, :rnd upan the ammblin~ .[...]r Carter became ch:urman o f the
of its \'3Sl 1ra.e1s o i arid lands. By the action o f Serutor Am[...]r 1he ultinute su«css of the r«larnati01) rno,·e~ Joint Commis.sion$ c-spcci:.Hy charged[...]him before he h3d been able 10 disc.ha.rg:e 1bc duties
haYc been taken :[...]"Appropriations followed, and soon thereafter t11e istic ,,igor and earnestness.
initial[...]iugton Post: "Former Senator C.'lrter was on e or the
Carte r, next to T heodore Roosevelt, must[...]t champion :tnd ach-ocatc of the mo,·emcnt e:xcC1)t by his own s1ron~ principles. He went down[...]nlso the whole coun •
of the other western Sl31e.s combined, and it was throu~h tr>· wit[...]million dollars was Roman Catholic, in tl1e city of \ V:iis.h ington, and, in
rrlade by con,g[...]icr National Park, in Monta11a, T h e remains of Montana's IO\'Cd and distinl;\1ish cd[...]n, \,·a.s fam_il iar with ,their lh·ee tenaciously ~nd
inch of its pro~rw was ,,igorou.s[...]But manfully for the rcward which e:.,;mc to hirii, suffciillg
nothini;: could[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (63)[...]lling to condone a l)Cr$0na.l injury or £orsi-.·e a wrong. His education w-u -attained in the India[...]philosophic calm of is whole career ha$ bec.t1 tl1e fact t h-at rrom boy•
and fortitude -with which[...]cater, in the im- milc:S 3wax, a distance which h e walked every da)',
mortality of the soul."[...]Mis.souri River by steam-
Senator C:trter to Miss E11en L Galen, of Helena. and boat to o ld Fort Btn[...]s a city in 1887, he was elected the 6rtt
her tim e. She is specially attivc in connection with city[...]ri:agc of Mr. Stanton to Miss L ulu Burghardt, of
e loctcd prt.sidtnt of the National Federation of C[...]r ton traveled extensively in Japan, China and th e Philip-
son. was born a t Helena on the 18th of A[...]dge of the Knishl$ of Pythias held at
tifl ctl\•e position as a lawyer and easily stands among the[...]played important eommittc:cs, a nd took an aclh•e p3rt in the
a eonspicuOU$ part, and he has always[...]be oonden $ed in a pe.riod of half a
time oJ th.e Revolution> in which one or more of his ocntury.[...]o during the early sixt!$s were ttic:
old, and h e was still in his teens when left an orphan[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (64)[...]he earlier "In April or May of 1863 they e,a;mc back, seeming
mcmbc.rs of the family ga[...]age of have a population of about fh•e hundred, principally
fifty and the mother also a n:t1h·e of MaryJa.nd died men. among them many tou,gh ee started \Vest, until about 1874 or 1875. T[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (65)[...]laim. "The first government stal{e was put on in the sum-
As soon as a claim was 1[...]ficst winter aftc-r the cstablishO'lent of the
.e.aU«t him out, sa>·ing they wanted to sec him. H[...]industnous ma.n. Wheo the paymaster from the E.l,st
a. miners' mcetiog called. An attor[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (66)[...]NTANA
was nothing for the $tc>ck to cat, and the e3rrying of twelve hour$ ahead of schedule. The rob[...]l P~tello the
that the mules would not be strong e nough to pull robber$ who were hidden in the will[...]ty they robbers they shot O\·cr them omd then t11e highwaymen
were, spic$, These fnd1alt$ hung arou[...]they were about half done they scorched, . He g·e rs named Carpenter escaped without injury!
was ab[...]land returned to Idaho in the spring
and he g:t\·e them to the latter. The Indian gorged of 186.a, h[...]stion. Holliday, .i11d helped to build th e first stage $l3tion
''(n 1he spring Pete ~ldf[...]irst Oakley told Yank 3nd lie WM one of the first e:i.ttlemen in this s«tion
to take the oxen and ha[...]ar su«us in rand1ing he con-
!:mer did not n10\·e, \Ind Oakle)' took him by the lapel tinued to .swc his personal supcrintende,lcc to his large
of the e<>at and jerked him out. The men in the stage inte[...]un and shot tion:,! Bank of Pocatello, In 1!)0$ h e mO\'ed to the
the India.n dcad, Just at that moment the oxen e;'lme fatter city, and took the place of vice pre$ident in
up with th e Jog chain dragtz:iog behind them, ha\•ing the l[...]n after moving to
extricated themselves out of t11e mudhole. Oakley said, Pocatello he was cl«ted as[...]ared he would be robbed and His. r«ord is a 1r1.1e human document, and illustrate:$
hurried t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (67)[...]di:itcly took the train for Frisco n.nd left m e there
Ela Collins Waters was born May S, 1849,[...]York. liis father, Homer to fo·e until I rtto\•ercd my_hc-alth and Slrcngth, whi[...]icut. She wa.s drcd and twenty-fi,·e other men st.uted for 1hc Big
a desct:ndant of Jo[...]cd Horn mountains to gather gold by the e::i.rtload at or
out to 1•·ond du L3c, Wisieont[...]}' T heodore, troops who helped drh•e the Indians off. l was $hot
Ela Collii1s, JoStphinc Ar\'illa, Emma Au,:usta a nd in tl1e l eg a.nd u,kcn W:ck to Cheyenne-., where I re-
H[...]the primnr)' grammar ptr month, and e3me on duty 31 9 :30 A. M. and went
and colkgc cou[...]duty :it J.OC> A . M., getting abou1 five or h\•e and a
etc., but ldt school before gradua ti ng. B[...]home and :ass1st in caring for him, which I did, e:ar•
would not sec. As a bo)' he was somewhat pu[...]rn:idc from $7,000 to $t;),ooo
a ft er assigning e:rcdit to \'arious other men in his regi- per year. In 1882 I went to Glendi,·e, Montana. and
ment "(onch1dcd with the asscr1io1t[...]lso in t he cattle bu~ines.s in the easlcrn part
E. C. \Valcrs of Fond du L.1.c. \Visconsin, sen·ed[...]i.nd Roosc\·elt's c:i.ulc
my companyt 'A' Thirty-e ig hth \Visconsio Volunteer were nm[...]ings., :\fontana, and ran the two hotcJs until th:e
musician and not rC(luircd to bear armJ, he went[...]f:1.11 of 18$5, when my hotel at Glcndi,·e burned, 1 IO.$•
every 6ght and carried a musket[...]25. 1865, when house oi the Monl:ma 1e$0sbture, and durin% that win-
G eneml Lee cnde:l,[...]wn to tht present tim('. In 1887 lie was
:md bra\'e, No one can doubt th:1.t he dc-scrws well[...]portation blUi~e.ss in the Y~Uows tone National Park, this
Ri.s e;trter durin,g the s uccetding years will be told[...]d c,.•entuilly Dart
10 the inter,·i ewcr, s in,e:e his own langua,fe is more in- owner[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (68)[...]ofliccrs of the
secretary of the interior to gi\'e any recognition to United States army c[...]ederal government, whom S«'ms to' ha\'e regarded it as a feature of duty
used their infl[...]Park Association at the Thumb Station, or tH.e L3ke
this old Montana veteran. The lawyer in ques[...]place ~t which Waters ,coul.d secure any e-usenge.rs., this
to 1hc then presicitnt. M[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (69)[...]e ·diffcr~nt Co1Jsidering the scrvic-e it is expected to rei1der, it is
points[...]hon commodious :and well appc,intcd. E\'idcntlr it has been
at the different st[...]s summary c.xpulsion from the
kept alh•e, or it would be de.sttO)'Cd forcibly by his[...]e irrevocable. For
an order should ha\•e been interer«cd by Captain he[...]r or his fortunes would ,be prnctically inlpossib1e.
tion company"'? Vet)' likely he indulge[...]e so severe.
ruin which its e,,forccme,1,t must produce. This may[...]c,·c you to be the
0£ cmploycs to s:h·e him at the hotel the strvicc or \'[...]s, Mr.
had actuallr re(us.ed to rtcei\•e him or the members \V31crs continu[...]approved by Major P itcher. Not until the.s.e p.i.pers !\nd for twel\'e or fiheen ye:i,rs has be-en raising horses,[...]d under license of the go\·crnmcnt for e.arricd into the bay :ina the comp.'lny l>calmc 6.[...]M r. \Vaters of all the sheep which he
~e 1mputts to Cipt~in ·\V:iters. If C\·erythin~ he[...]Conceive ,for a moment what this wou1d ii:wol"e parties in. the Ameri(:\n LMd & S[...]nd other prop. of sheep ~t a little mo,i:e than two dollars per licad .
ert[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (70)[...]to The early Mucation of \Villiam $. E r win was se-
which he Wt!.$ put by Colrrying out[...]conncetcd with Bozeman Lodge. No. 4§3, B. P. 0. E.,
their Po,Sussion when the youngest grandchild w[...]residence in this seetion he has made
brother. TJ1e immediate heirs conte.sted and broke the[...]ts for the betterment of thC 1oc;ality ha\'C
ha,·e been worth $1,500,000.000. Titc children of M r.[...]but comparatively 3 (cw )'C.trs CHARLES .E. C....a.LSON. Among the young legal lights
;i,g~[...]and unprofitable. son to be proud is Charles E. c~ul.son. He posses.SC$ a
Such is the case, how[...]cc and ability., the g rC3tcr Jn 1he few )'e3rs since his 3dmission to the bu ,he ha.s
part o[...]triumphed over ad,·ersc conditions 3nd pre.s.s._e d• forw:ird
S. Erw1t1, who for many years rorr[...]t Albert Lea. Minnesot~•May
No. ~ \Vest Oli,•e street.. Mr. Erwin was born in 3, 1[...]e,ice,
1864, and is a son of George \V. and Agnes E. {Cor- Iowa. He remained in that pla[...]n the Hawkeye state, where tltey Jived e.ight yea.rs. It
in the: publie: school$ of that[...]y or his countcymen., located first
land, which 1-e first devoted to the r.,.ising or corn and[...]arming and stock rais.ing, or sixty-fi\'e >•cars and is interred in that place. Hi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (71)[...]Humboldt high ' kindly conductor in Rockford ga"·e him a ride to Mad-
scboo1 and then matr~culated i[...]at ~lioncapolis, where he pursued a four-year fi"e miles out of the city. The farm was owned by a
co[...]an inspir.ltion to him,
ye~r. Jn April, 1911, he e.1.me to Three Forks1 Gallatin and who has shartd[...]s at•
sch0;0I in Sweden, !i.nd then a$ his old.e r brother was tained a comfortable little fortu ne l>efoi;e He hu
coming t~ ,\;merica., he accompanied him.[...]ce of income. thi,n a ouarter of a centurr uo ha\"e made a place in
He was completely out of funi:1[...]nd work. it "for themselves. There 1s always room e\rerywhere
A History of Montana Volume 2 (72)[...]prise ind c.tpability. They 'arc Ju~e Hcdgcs was a member of the Washburn p:irty
need[...]875 until 188o On July 7, 1856, l,tt48:e Hedges was married_ to Miss
he was prob.,tc jua[...]superintendent of the public schools, and i1,1 e his devo- w:is felt in every circle:, and[...]thu- city, Sunday, there pamd :iway 01,e to whom the l)CO·
siasm. He a,bly ·61ted this[...]r be repaid. Coming to Montana with th~ first
)'e:\rs under his successor, Governor Crosby.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (73)[...]w of the pioneers Sn.tU.IAN FD.so~ Tunt.e. 'Che world instinctively
who had the eduC3tion[...], educated :i.t Yak, he C.'\mC to i.n Ji e ha.s been worthily achie\•cd. who has attained[...]he Bank of Boulder, member
else, lie obeyed the e3,II. But Judgc Hedges ,va.s not from Je[...]Warrc.1\
and his kindly «iun~ls often in thos.e da)·S pre\'tnted county, Iowa, and he l[...]came
um, a judge of c.ourt, the rcpres.c.ntati\'e of the United to Montana in the spring of 1[...]r ranch, 'situated
the background, others ha\·e rtapcd much of the credit one mile from[...]utilic s.cn•ice Mr.
work was his pride. Abo\'e and beyond all, Judge l'uttlc ret[...]ed engaged in
Hedges wa$ a loyal Monl::mian. }{e went through the the conduct of its[...]good time:5 and the hard ones, and never did J,e l0$C the interest of F. C. Beherendcs[...]of the st.-tc and its fuu1re. As and has e\•er since been identified with its affairs, having
it was with the na1e, so with his adopted city. Helena, 3 con[...]rld, and he was the w1i.1ch emphasii.e and exert marked influence in con•
friend of[...]l prc.stige
"Thoughtful, kind, eharitable1 e\•er re3dy to heed the of Jcffer$0n county[...]cgis!:1turc and l)is services {or his
and ga\·e to Montana."[...]• of the st:ttc of Missouri. Mrs. 'tutt1e was bom on a
bilities. He \V3S born a!_ Helen[...]:\t the high school in Ann Arbor, Micl1igan. He e.n~ been bom ten cHildrcn, eigh[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (74)[...]the com()3ny of wife 1855. at which tio1e he retun1ed to lowa. There he
and children, like[...]age of tweh-c years his prmcipd ;.lmbition in li£e he conduc1ed a dairying enterprise, clo[...]o Pleasant Valley where, in a beautiful mod~rn
to e-..·erybody. ~e.sidenc:c__, he continued to rtside throughout his[...]purpose ·of carrying on mg years.
the lh·e stock business, the subject formed a partner•[...]n. i\Jon• many yC3rs a school tn1s1c:e:. He w:\s alw3)'$ a hard
tana. The tttate w:i.s t[...]hly honor.cd in h.is con-
county.,s rcoresent:Ui\'e citi7.c-n!> and builder'$, no one is nect.ion[...]e of advanced in the )'Car J8S() to tl\e Royl'l.l Arch dcgr«-.
the eminently successful r[...]and di,·ers loc-alitie:s during his fu11 life of e1ghty•six w3s later merged with the Mystic[...]he young and scrowing Montana. H is parent$, rep1:e• until tHe close of his lift. He was s[...]The companion of•Mr. Jordan's m.,tur:e life was Cathe-
qois whkh is known as ''En"pt;" a[...]to Iowa. In the last..n.amed state tticy lh•e<l for a coQ·
Morgan a,,d Colonel John J.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (75)[...]ad in significant town, but which possessed a lh·e and hust•
Plc.tsant Valley. The fami ly of H:[...]rld and his present wholesale
• and enduring in commerce and government. Possessing and retail[...]he h:u al;>ly with similar concerns in any e ity of the world,
alwa)"$ maintained a p[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (76)[...]Mr. and i\.trs. there on June 11, 1864. With E. H. Lockwood hebougln
Parehcn h:11\'C four childr[...]d in 1865, Mr. Beck went along. But the continued e<>n-
by their f-athcr. Sc·vcral years :igo t\fr.[...]here he
J'):\ins to make their st3}' most agrecab!e. They ex- found himself in debt. Thereaft[...]ndering him
JO$tAII Fa11xc1s BtcK, one of the e::arlicst settlers of a wcalthL man at the time of[...]a family. \'Otc his tio,e more folly to his re31 e1tatc 'interests. .
Frank Beck, as he w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (77)[...]which he was death he owned this cxtcnsh·e ranch of 1,6oo acres.
. the first master elected[...]in Butte on April 28, l!)OCJ, and is of tJ1e owner of that property, for it was counted one[...]s. Teb.,y bc-
state, but wa.s a rcpreseotative o( E nglish families. e~me the P3ren1s of thr« children, a.II of whom we[...]a.nd there resided until eighteen years
Salt L31<e
A History of Montana Volume 2 (78)[...]orm!l_l school. When eighteen
SC$sing cxcc.·uth·e ability, tireless energy, Cl'lginccring years of[...]Missouri Md then c:c:pcricnec in mercantile life. E\'en durinJ{ his bor
took a higher cour[...]ears. a.s cfork in a score in Missouri, ind at an e.arly the freedom and inspiration of those dreams.[...]d him in such good stead. rclah\'e, ·sa,•ing :all th.at he co~dd of hi$ meager wa[...]Ohio by rail for SL Joe, Missouri.
ciples he has e\'cr believed. He has ever held himseH There he jo[...]the four-yoke o,c
the welfare of the cause and h.e i.s decidedly influen• team most of the dinancc[...]y 1, 1883, the m:aiden name of his wife being for e\'cry letter he ea.rricd in or out. When the longe[...]his
sons as he who led her from a wild mininf cam.e to a own mine he was able to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (79)[...]ucation, to be li\•in.s: arc Mrs. J. E. Morse, of Dillon, Montana,
a tnduate o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (80)[...]ime was tspccially active in the interests o f th e par ty,
Jersey. but of latCr years h is e\•t.r growing business interests
His death o[...]tcr, Montana. The wife th~ union, barring none. H e has made numerous t rips
and mother, who w:i,s a[...]the country.
is a rcs1dcnt of Rochester, PaNhall E. is married aod On Much· 31, 1891, Mr[...]-)nish Fork \1t1til he was about six year$ •of ~e is a graduate of the San Diego Nor-mal C[...]ers o f Montana has been that of the oldest
W h11e has stnce ttiat time 6ccn a resident of the state[...]istcncc, and as a consequence assoc.iatcd with th e prOOuction o( the p recious metals of
such educa[...]ve a n\ofe
of his own ambi1ion and initfative. H e was fortun- appr~riatc and n:itural place at the[...]hshmc-nt of a manufacturing jeweler. Bu·t .some
e.harac!er1sties have cn~Mcd him to acquire a fa ir[...]itant.s o f Mont3na the men who m:i.dc
educat1on-e,·cn .surpassing that which other youths the firs[...]r :i.nd h3d it wrought
has .alw~ys been a. dc~ot~e o( good· literature, and into .shapc.s o{ servic[...]year$. In 1889 following his A nati\'e of Germany, J oseph Carl Keppler was bom
s«qnd[...]k raising in Madison GalcO:a, Illinois. There· h e· began learning the ' trade
county, He[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (81)[...]t<> the businCS$ world on h is own account
in t11e coumry c,·er cngngcd in. In the spring o f 1$.68[...]re he cng3.gcd two men which he went e:i.st for 3 short period.
as guards for his wagon,[...], and has con- (?blig:ed to ~,•e up, this time with a large stoc-k of
ducted one o[...]n 1873 he opened a banking house and
to honor 3nd e:stccm.[...]h be was
with. He is prominent in Masonry and the E.'\stcru elected president. fw<>[...]1hc Ancient Order of United \Vorkmcn and the
ha"e no children. •[...]at restinJ place as :i.t ~3lcn::1, l!lino.1s, whc:e though he was :,,~ one time urged to nm for s[...]. Nick Roth, of Gakna; a nath·e of lowa ::md :\ daughter of \V. A. Cooley,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (82)[...]and of Twin Bridges,
provoked1 whieh thinketh 110 e,·il." He exercised a and is at prcsc.n[...]om business of all kinds, his
from an instinc,ti\'e homage the world awards men of office on[...]and East•
do right wa.s lhe paramount inccnth•e, and he counted ern St.u, ;1;nd has serve[...]n end. . At Deer Lodg·e. in Stptembcr, 1912, he was elected
A cherishe[...]rom the state o{ Iowa. Two children h::wc
Juoc-E MORTIMER H. Lon is a pioneer of i\fontana.[...]ry danger o the
board, having rc,igned m 19u, not e3ring to feel the untroddtn wilderntss, rc[...]and one of her most honored and respected citit.e.1u.
Judge Lott was born in Lottv1l1c, \Varrcn[...]es 0£ travel and 1nany da)"S of hard work o n
by e,arly p~tblic s~hool training and a s~ial academic[...]was ·thir ty years old when he de- sta~e 9f Iowa.. They came overlal'\d by wagon, and
cide[...]gt.d in mining .,•tnturcs. On Ju_!y 10, 1862, h e \ Ydham H., born in Iowa and.!to w a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (83)[...]souri town in which he had been born and came
h e brought his family, the two younger children of[...]industries m this regio,!,.. :ind he e)(pcrienced 311 the
town of Big Timber to engage[...]In 1900 he became a part• and cau1e man, including Bannack, Dfamond City,
ncr of hi[...]served as vice prcs.idcnt of the se,•e.nty-si:<. He is buried in Livingslon, where he[...]Sul-
tbc Congr~tional eliurch on Sunday, Rn·. E. A. Cook phur Springs.[...]f Newton and &r:th (Sim- throu,E:h school in the winter. During the entire time[...]cDruary 18, 1~"7,0. of but four c:ltt1e companies. :When he C:\me to this
From the age[...]ed in 90litiC$, l,{r. \Voods lfas given
Dr. \V. E. Moore at Bise Timber, :and $0 well did much. hJ!'e to the interests of the Rcpt1blican ~arty
he ad[...]:its people render him especially tifted1
acti\'e in politics in Sweet Grass cO\lnty. and was elect[...]or this pOS!, whose duties he dischargc.s with f..e3,r.
count'y tre-asurcr, a55uming the !duties of[...],yet< in sclioo1
Montana, to Mi$$ l\fary Flo.r,,e11ce Bia~~ d ie daughter One daug[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (84)[...]t:ands how to make agricul- a te of th e Cl1ic~o Edectic: COtlcg,c, arid now a p{3e-
ture a paying busine:ss. All of the children wer[...]1873, Mrs. Su$3n La,•ina (Sweeney) Hol-
old-tim e disciplini of that communion~ which forbids[...]of n:iturc to lc:i,·c this mundane sphere for an e nd•
dt:aracte.ritcd by Dr. Whitford's .-i:dvcnt[...]ave we lcrt undone those things which
Butte, wher e he has c:ontinued•in practice to the pre[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (85)[...]the remains of the one so dear to Ha\'e our joys bctn mingled with our $0rrows and
us ahd[...]ing \ Vhat thought, what sense and what r,e3son c.an there
over the loss o( her <0mP3nionab1e husband. Soon be
the family t[...]ave be.ing unknown. make us no better.
Tl1e sun•iving sister and a brother live near Red[...]nature; ' Where the thunderbo1t is attracted ther,e it won, in the language of the poet, Robert Bu[...]youthful. happy day.s, months :and )'ears when .w e
or fi r,e-, r,egardlcss of the S\1pplieauon to the unknown[...]the penalty of his
:i.ddress was published in tb,e bioi(aphieal sketches crime by dangling in the air at the end of a rope:, the
in tl}e 'Historv o.f Montana/ ;f you will indulge[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (86)[...]our 'Sl3r spangltd btmncr in radi:ning cfful$:c1H:e in to Jct t he scnntion of humanity intere[...]nfortuna te hu a,n
exttuted except upon positi\·e evidence, but we d rew inalienable right to your kindness abo\•e all. \Yipe
3. line o{ demarcation for the suspi[...]Let t he distressed virt ues
obc:yed. Thus ha,•e the pioneers of Montana played fall[...]the governins- power of man m:1.kc$ e<>untlcss thousands- mourn; whic-h should
1hc uni[...]no distine11011 between a.ppc:iJ 10 t~e. sympathies of My who n lucs li(c as
the benefic[...]icc is
out the uni\·ersc. In the ctcrn:tl cycle e\·cri•ttung t~c t~vin to a miser, wh[...]cnttmcnt :rnd C\•ery beginning hun in e\'el")• clement of gratitude, rendering lu.s c;.[...]the
be immort:il spirits, for no power of death e:in break g~d and the _true, nor :,; sen[...]the immutable order of things,
''Now I ha,,e a few thoughts s.torcd in my mind I whc-[...]OYed th:it w ill il_lumina~c om: vO)'?S'e to our eternal ycstful Sleep:
I can stand erect[...]. Herc i n . thi~ society the door of pri\•ileg:e is
h<-alth, for what worth is m:in withou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (87)[...]cattle business. In 1903 the business had r e.ached gen•
Dr. O'Dillon \.Vhitfordts life h[...]vice. president, a nd Mrs•. Isabelle Green, tl1e mother,
his imPortant contributio,1 to medic;:i.l[...]Company, in which h e holds the position (?f trtasurer.
CHAJt.J.t:S[...]rated in 1893, has t.ikt n an :and is now a e211didate for re-election. He is a mem•
aeti\'c[...]11t. All his life Fort Benton to Miss Lottie E.. Smith, the daugh ter of
Mr. G reen has bttn in[...]· ing, and few men did mo re than h e in the development
John Ji. Green, 1hc third[...]d 5_o_pl,ia
came to Virs;inia City, Montana, and .e1lgaged in ,the C'Wcmott) Esler, were both[...]ity. He was one. of the Painter and d«orator, He e ngaged as a merchant at
o rgi.ni1ers of the St()([...]s, st.ation-
a director of the bank for- years, H e died in Fort ery, etc., and was so eng[...]both being accompanied by their wl\•cs.
Frances E., all of whom 3rc as.so,c:iatcd to;cthcr i'n the At tl\c end of fi"e month s they: reached their dcstinati,on,
enterp[...]- Bannack, and there they (ti'vidcd their e!Ttcts, ?.-tr.
\Vhc11 Charles 'ij. Green was a[...]gerton gave tiim the>-ap•
Rock Creek, and ther:e was started the mammoth .stock pointm ent of just[...]ith this office and
busiocss which • reached g·e nc.rous proportio11s during by kegi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (88)[...]ep interest. On J:1nuary "29,
ca$t, and thence to E-uropc to a smc1t~r. His showfng of 1874,[...]the
taken out a ton and a. hal{ of silver the m1!1e gave out, wife of Harry E. Woodm3n, :,. business: man of Helena.
nod the freights were so high it was im~ss1b1c to ma\c,e :in.d they ha"c two children,-Richard E1 who died
it pay, with the ore the mil'l.C was pr[...]quiet tastes, retiring
su«es:s, and at one ti'!l,e was io._teres~ed in the. Par~ol in manner, b[...]pioneer in a
rnints, and became interested 1n a d,e:i\ looking to tb.e number of imp0rt:ant districts in the stat[...]h which he
a great amount of m.oncy (,;om the m1!1e, th.c C1?ntroU1ng has passed and the numerous na[...]up w1lh giaut powder, and the n:ug,ers \'e.JOJ>Cd from the wildtrnt-.$$. Mr. Morrow is a nat[...]ured. Two of ~r. Es:1.cr's btothcrs \\'tre 1n tJ:\e mill
at the time. One was tak,cl) prisoner and th[...]r., Esler bad been His father, :1tso a nati"e of CQnad:1, came to the United
firm and rC$Olutc[...]in 1879
tions. They had praet!~lly con:iplet.ed a e<>nccnt_r2tor located in Fort Benton, where bis[...]do, and in tb:ll
publicans in the house_. and. 1h,e laws passed by citr attended the p[...]n ran no little risk in being a Re- peering to so~e extent, but was. f\1~inly identified w~th
e._ublfoan, and it required a deal of cour3.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (89)[...]he fort was of mud, the most J)rogre$sh•e men 1n a progressive state, and has
and wa.s lo[...]e more in America than in their nMh·e land, and that they
schooling, but they were ric[...]y which fact he :ilw~ys considered g;h·e him authority over
25, t87S, to Miss Mary Ann Tr[...]nton, and now engaged in listed in tJ1e lrish Brigade which was under the
t.hc drug- bus[...]e,,ent in his life occuired. He was at the time in[...]no bullets were flying the safety :wcnt1e, and adjoining the b,akoJJ,y whcrco!' President[...]expre$SCS it ".:is much cord,ahty and pleasur:..e as 1f
the whole sta.tc to a member oJ the sJate[...]st and dear friend.'' Just another in•
1-Ie caQ\e to Montana when . there was little to ~ se[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (90)[...]is, pr-omised to give his is-
alread>· had thr<:e years of the hardships of an army sist[...]t and of citizens, not as some. ha\·e supposed for the sake
his frie.nd made arrangeme[...]lowed . the other end of the building; e\·erywhcre a.re men, failed
PJatte r iver to.F,o[...]crowd, throwing his arms
cautions, it would ha\·e btcn a simple task for the In· about to[...]dians to have taken diem by surprise and to ha,·e be controlled, or with the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (91)[...]erve that there was a man who was eating
fiture, e.xdaimcd, "You .a.Tc pretty good boys and 1 will[...]murder which had been committed
Heldt mif ht ha"e it if h e wanted it. Being j ust out of b)· George M.[...]no difficulty 1n rinding them. and the li"e.s if neeessary. The next morning the horses were
four Of us we.nt to the polls. I never will_forget ' t~e allowed to walk, and' for about twel[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (92)[...]i11, was the prairie was lack with th,e huge, $ha,ggy beaSts:
Mr. Heldt. He had met Gener[...]Potorna<', a nd when he offered 10 scr\'C for th-e lndi.:m had a h3irbreadth cs.c.,pe. He wounde[...]~rty forming a feat th.:i.t would ha,..e made him worlh mUeh
below zero, and the march to[...]Jnd1ans money to P. T. Ba.mum, could he ha"e been a witncu,
w~s made through the snow and by n[...]ddition to his other vanish.
duties thos e of postmaster, s-tage a.gent and cxprtts[...]secretary. One of
tween one and thr«, to retti\'e the mail and express his chief tre,uure[...]s C\'Cn a wl1ispcr of bribes. ·If :my o ne w:i.s e,·cn sus• great p3rade, in which · the cente[...]avalry. The youngest
the Gilmer and Salisbur)' s1~e to Helena, where they daughter, ]~rane[...]ing which time he has held h i$h rank in busi1~e.ss, pt1b~
J).e<:l,Of w:indc:nng around on the prnme all mg'ht, w[...]· Lindley was born
the: bride and groom :trri,•e:d at Fort Shaw having be.en Au,gu$t 6, 1&40,[...]nioon · that was a bit mo re . thrilling_ _than e"en they n.ltivc oJ New York, who died[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (93)[...]tcc,t the frontier Infantry. Adjutant E nglish was killc<l at the battle of
from • dep[...]zatio11, which is preserving for pos•
terrific e.ngagement at \Vilson's creek, Mr. Lindley re-[...];:tdc the $Ctt.lcment of this sec~
been un3blc to e.x.1rac:t. \Vhile in the Gt-nernl United[...]associated~ in some capacity or another, wi1h e\'ery en-
Returning to Kansas, he was employed as[...]his a(ter life was given to agriculture on the
l3e:nton and Helena. In ,1865 he a.blndoncd this ente[...]in B01.crn:m, Mr. Des Combes r:«e.ivcd bis education in the public
known as the Lin[...]bu'rial vaults. 'fhc factory is situatc<I. at tli'e blJ,l not foresCC'i ng the c-i~y•s futu[...]Plop<:rty at pricticalh; what it cost. · Thei:e he also
at No. ~S East Main street.[...]widow of Capt. h. C. Miles. She Of t~e S!a'tc until 1SSQ b~ t ne.,·er .eroved very !~~C[...]offle of the bcit mines in the st:He. In 1888' 'l,e re:.

,

A History of Montana Volume 2 (94)[...]"It wa.s one of the ~ -s t in the
and is a de.sc.e.ndant or a line or illustrious ancestors[...]Albany, New York, to Mi1s Emma D. \Veeks, a nati\'e
meritorious service under General Sherman at Atl[...]and a.giin at ber of the \Villiam E nglish Post, Grand Army of the
Ch:a.necllorsvill[...]CnusTOtUER H . \VATUMAN. The da)'S of the e:.rly
Corp.s under General Hooker, and ~rt[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (95)[...]3ilcd on \'CSSels running out tha.t tin1e infested with hostile Indians, and when the
of[...]erine and \Vm. \V.; and Charles R., born 111 M1dd~e what this mea~t to. the ca~e'fu_lly nurtured, gentle
Creek Gallatin county[...]Mrs. \Vatc.rman did not ·see .
i859 Chaplain E. N. Sawtelle, United States chaplam to[...]ted State.s the ccremo.ny was rel)C3ted e:onsl:a.ntly on the lookout. 0n one O(<:a$i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (96)[...]wnrn them so that t hey might flee those e.arly da)'s, a nd the trip was made in per fect
t[...]the they 5,pcnt the summer of '66. Their next mo"e was
c3ndidatc of his part)' for rcprcs.enu.tivc[...]), was celebrated the golden wedding- anni- of th e early pioneer times until within the past lc\V,[...]ighly es- I n J875, Mr. , veydert g.1\'e up prospecting and mo\'Cd
teemed pioneer coupk$. to a ranch fi\'e • miles from Helen:,., located on Ten[...]ces i n the Judith Ba-s in, continued
a h cr he e3me to America he ga\•e his undh•ided 3t1Cn• to be the home o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (97)[...]and lived in the Pine Tree State all his li(e. He fo l•
an infant in his mother's . a rms whe[...]Hc.nry C. when 3bout sc\!enty-fl\•e years old. These fine people
1:1c1chcr and the mo[...]M rs. Gc<>rgc J. \Vicdcman, of Lewistown; Augusta E.., were six children in the elder Coo[...]taking him away from home a great deal. The lad r e-
of the pirty, he was nC\·er a;n office seeker. He w~s ceived h is e.irly education ir1 the district schools of
deeply[...]111 Maine and then entered Oak Gro,·e Seminary at Vas-
the ear-ly days was a trustee o{[...]nditions alwa)'S being studies there, e.ntered college at Providence, Rhode
marked bf the[...]s been mas•
CRAlU.F.$ \ V. Coox. Born in New E ng land, tha.t ter of the blue lod[...]ctwc a'!d usefol :ictivc and effecti\'e part in politics., his word being of
yc3rs. He is[...]e.mber 22, 1864, and it h_as been his good fortUJ1e office of county cominissioner to the sa[...]s broug~t holding the office oontinuously e\'Cr since. Among his
him so near to death that he[...]check his courage never faltered. His has been t~e men to discover Yell~w.stone Nat[...]d mountain and thor•
Montan a and has extensh•e ranching interests, his large oughly e[...]·sc.hold by his u1,1fon with Abbie W. Kcnni-
th,e te:i.m aod hired o ut to an outfit to come to ?.~[...]Abbie \V. I<ennicott,
his duties being to dri\•e o ne hurtdred and twenty•fi~:e their marriage oe<:ur-ring 1in Helena,[...]us of w~at having b«n a n:\ti\'e of Rhode b land. He traveled[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (98)[...]d itself, and, no longer
this the b-cst trade he e,·er made. pleased wi[...]the largest
ing in stone work. At this place h e hnd many inter- and most comprchcnsJ\'e department stores in the
c.sting experiences, a[...]Lehman, for a consideration, death th e entire town of Lew,uow.n felt a scn$C of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (99)[...]0

man returned to 1hc w e&t with his bride, m1king the in Virg[...]ip on the Sih•cr Sow, the Flowerrc:e w.u one of 1hc m0$t disting1.1is.hcd and s~c•
o[...]a ll in chuge of v-:trious departments of e.,nhly earcc:r he had confined his attentio!'ls al[...]as he was d inc, in some measure. o f t1,e )lont:ma ciule businus,
chosen to that o ~ :it th[...]1,a.
(Caldwell) Howcrrct, the father :a n:i.ti\·e of Virgini:.. Tn 1858 Mr. Flowerree was unitcd in m:i.rrilJ::e wilh
the mothtr of Kentucky, and in their ancestr[...]reat Falls. Mon-
Kemp Flowcrrce made his ad\·e•tt into the state of tan.a; Annie M[...])'Car 1833, and there for m:iny years he E udora, now Mrs. J. ]. Gray, of Chicago. Jllinoi!t[...]a el.:i.ntcr, and he: died in that state in E liiabe1h. the wife of William Wallace, Jr., of He[...]pioneer ti:31hcred in Helena to pa,• 1ribu1e to 1hc mem-
Montana. He made the trip across the[...]man, on No\'ember 28. 1912, when the last
when tJ1e path o f the tra\'clc:r was bcset by manifold[...]were obtcr\•td. T he funer.il was held from tl1e
haurtls, the country being ali\'e with Indians, many o[. home o l ;[...]

A History of Montana Volume 2 (100)[...]22, 18®, and died in J9()4. T he)'
m,obtrush·e and silent; yet there is good there, there[...]des<:ribc-$ the trip thoroug hl)', but will pro,·e an
mensions, he was open-handed and unselfish.[...]d ready. "My Otar Young Friends: You ha,·e all rt-Jd and
As a father, husband and friend h[...]o f us newly-married, just
borrowed $400,000 in e.-,sh from a Chic:ago comn,ission l>tginning[...]emigrant cars such as they h:t,\'e for homc-sc-ckers 'now,
T he func-r-al of Mt[...]gotten can1ping trip across the plain&.
sun·i,·e : John: N icholas,. who is t-ng.1;ged in ttie fou[...]arge and well-pro\!isioncd
<I"' :1nd loc<>rnoth·e business at Des Moines, Iowa ; and the wc.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (101)[...]arty tasted the
a camp o( Pawnee llldfans, th e first I had ever seen. water :i.nd fou nd it scal[...]itc :i. distan« in order loaded in tllis w:t>·, e\·cryonc walked to lighten the load,
to let t[...]ger if we found a nice place. T ~c
grass. T l1e horses were eating q_uit'tly when I lay down time[...]l in doing. The men
afraid of that unloaded r e,·ol..,cr and, hcs.itating but . took what were l[...]and we were \'Cry lhMk•
There were days and e\·en weeks when days and nig'.hts fol. 0 1t the F[...]ut fiyc hundred miles
we-re a nxious to mo\·e on and get under a roof some• from wl1crc 801.c[...]nition; we could not go back; "
lunches a nd e\·Cry c.tmp kettle was being used in the our team[...]tender. t think Bridger. guiding them ~ck to the e:tst The party
some of our ~rty lost t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (102)[...]le and plea$3.nt blue eyes. He was drcucd in rcpr_e~cntati\'C$ of that clau of sturdy men and \\'Omen[...]his long hair. He looked as if he and through who1e efforts the prophecy of Bridger, as
had li\'c<l o[...]to be fed. Ho:-:. RoDl!n $. 1:ostJ>. \Vhi1e Robert S. Ford has
Then, in his pleasant voice he[...]Falls fo r mOte than twenty
you have bcc.n bra,·e enough to get this far, I believe yc.ars, and amo[...]this was our last bad place. \Ve were soon ha,•e added to the material importance of Montana he
1n[...]mber, father died when Robert S. was a b:d of fi,,e >·cars, in
186,1. There were no kind friends to[...]ver. and was ad,·anc<:d in the following
and ha\'e been a. g reat hdp to us.[...]f Helena, Virginia City,
big camping trip. I ha,·e gone on the Pullman cars, Bannack and Deer Lodg~[...]. she having returned
mon c.ars, but nothing h:l$ e,·cr cOmpared to my camp• to the South during t[...]y and sold at a good profit. T hus
places r h::wc e,·cr seen. \Vhile there I c.ame across encouraged[...]it was. I was so glad his remains wintered in t87E at the mouth of the Sun river and
were lyint,: in[...]which he has
a«umulated three thousand acres on E lk creek, and been president ever since, and offi[...]es, but since 1905 has b«n living a rctircd ' li(e, large measure of nati\'C thrcwdness and b[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (103)[...]eniences, 3,nd here he has since mainta ined
ha,·e since resided. Five children ha,·e bcecn born to his home, ha,•ing re-si[...]Of his 1)3.rty's principles,
te~th legisla.ti,•e as.scmb1y. He has manifested an whil[...]Han(()Ck. He wa,s elected as :i. rcprcscntath·e of GaUa-
citizenship, and has been alh·c to the[...]1893, ind was a working mcm~r ').nd one whose 3,b!e
has ~ken an active pan in brin_ging about reforms[...]wed by his actions 1hat ther were
Hos. J,ou~s E. MAR'flN. Prominently connected th[...]lc~islature from
:t leader in it$ progrcs.si,•e citizenship for more th3n his county, :ind[...]n as Ins own succc-.s•
thirg y~rs., Hon. James E. Martin, president of ,the sor, having[...]ve served as foundation stonc.s on which e,·el)· effort in 1he house was directed to the c[...]public and pr-i\'atC-, he has retained
:tn<S was e lected the first president of this institution,[...]. Fraternally
the policy of which he has directed e\•er since. James he is known as a prominent Mason, having held me-m•
E. Martin is a nalive of Howard count)', Missouri,[...]r1in wai ttiere
gran dparents were Da,·id G. and E liiabcth (Lamb) n.iarricd, July Z];[...]unty. Missouri, a nd there ~c.,me t11e f).'lrents of five children, of whom two died
die[...]i1J infa~cy, w~itc thr survivors a rc: Roy E., who mar•
in Kansas a few )'C'atS prior to her[...]in 1810. fa_ther's farm; and James E., Jr.; and Julia E., living
:tnd was about two years of age when he[...]nine yc.irs of age. of t~e mOS! progressi,•e and enterprising business men
Th~ e~t•e=ttion of James E. Martin was stturcd in of his local1ty,[...]ls of the' vic,initr of his father's farm :in e:<:amplc o f self-made m..-i.nhood that 1s worthy[...]td performer on the violin. In 1861
yens of age J1e e:trned his first dollar and assumed his[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (104)[...]uall>· t raded one actor in t h0$C prOCC$SCS and e\'ents which bec:ime the
bull team for a log house[...]orthier by cba.racter and achievemtnt of the
thrc-e yurs of a.sci was engaged in freighting bctw«n p[...]• A native of \Vales, in JS~ at the a~e of twenty.four.
com~. ied his puents overland to[...]ted out to Illinois. It is important to know
tono e,,1o<rot, at old Virginia. City, and was later wit[...]f 18SJ went to Butte Omaha, which h:i.d but twch·e hund red inhabil.1nts. .
and with his twc brother[...]lso 'there w:is m:1.dc up a train of sixt)'•fi\'e wa1011s, some
o~ncd a roller skating rink. !I.fr.[...]ts and mca.sures and licenses. and was license we(e encountered, but all o r them were fricodly. A t[...]h of t he music.,! talent men. Each man during t11e haiardous trip had to take
o( his 1f:i,1her and g[...]u, empty distinction to taru In the history of tl1e state's dc\'clopmtnt as- re,.
h:.wc li\'t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (105)[...]"In this wa)' over fifty•six years ha\·e cfapscd since
An·onia Elizabeth Vaughn, her only[...]pioneers.. "Tl1e broad cxp;msc before. m~ lies,
His own story[...]c\·enings. God be with you, good•byc.'
abo\'e ;:II to (c.1r Cod.
"I leh home whe1l I w.u be[...]desire to lc.,rn to SJ?eak Eng- Ii I e:ver view her silent gr.\VC,
lish; therefore I we[...]leaning ag;i.inst a g3lc, which 100 to tl1e meadow, with
I was oo the oc:ca11 twel"c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (106)[...]Would get them there much sooner. ,,e11tion as well as discovery, as, like others who b[...];• fights they had with lndi2.ns, tl1e new conditions -and compelled by necessity to ove[...]r and cold. the wild :i.nd primitb·e life they lcamcd the wonderful[...]d nc:3r the camp fire Wc:i.ver h:is e,·er rCtamcd the deepen interC$t in the
While dr[...]griculture 3nd both he and his wife
It cost tweh·e hundred li.,.(s or more continued to r[...]side. Jacob '\Vca,·er was 011e of three brothers who c:ame[...]thing better. hr w:u induced to e s ehangc for Continenl:tl currency,
A History of Montana Volume 2 (107)[...]land and part!,y in "All lands lyin_g e~st of the Yellowstone river were
Pennsylvania, a[...]ylvania. had purch.a$Cd property from T. E. Stcvc1,s. Through
They_wcrc the parents o{ Jacob[...]er of D~vid this action on the part of th e govcrnn,e,nt I lost sax
B. \Vcavcr, the Montana pioneer. A[...]lroad Com• and measures meeting th e approv:al of his ju&,nent.
pan>•· ?.fr.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (108)[...]e hunting :md fishing. This is where t~e city of Hclen:a lS now b.ualt. 'The fifth mining[...]. They .settled at 0:wco•
, •ania; \Villi:,m E., who rtsidcs i11 New York City, wed• port,[...]He built and owned busines.s property in Da\'e:11l)l)rt and
From :i.n article wriuen[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (109)[...]st mcm()rablc one a.nd worth. ~_ing t~e Butte Butchcrins Company, which concern has
relat[...]hatf•bro1hcr, Conrad. Kohrs, in an extcns1,·e C3ttlc busi-
' 1The Bcrtrant" up the Missouri r1\[...]h Josep~ foon!eY, and they developed, in this Ji1\e,
submit to the incon"·cnicncc of camping twenty[...]c.n grcatc;
wondered at that Mr. Bielenbcr~ has e,•er since had :m 1mJ')el1.!S .to ?,n[...]when p.,,ssi,,g one of the river ncss e,a~city and foresight. Interested in an)' movcn,cn[...]d to con.sider his immediate future. His objccti\'e the type. of rncn, who have not only li[...]d depletion bcc:aus.c of the exi• ha\'e largely contributed to the transfonnation.
genc[...]cted the boat's steward to Prog-rc.sSi\'e movement, and at once took a prominc'n t
supply[...]g then The principles of the P rogrcssi"e party we:re 011ly those
loodcd his belongings o[...]his two brothers agreeing 10 g:reSSl\'e Com·cntion at Chica.go in AuJutl, 1912, that
.[...]Miss Annie Bogk, a nath•c of Osh•
with th e line of business that started him on the road[...]\Visconsin to the Deer Lodge Valley in the e~rly days,
cattle for the Chie3$:0 tnatk(t. whi[...]ing, :md Mr. and Mrs. Biclenl>cri ha\'e been the parents of five
there shipping by rai[...]~,
growth of the business was substantial, and e,•entually 18So died on Januar[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (110)[...]the T uolmc Mining Com• :i few mo~1ths of this e,xciting experience, for his father
pany, and is a[...]only as t~en li,;ing ill _Louisville, Kc!)tucky, ~e arr;\llgcd for
regards t11c acwmulation of proper[...]uos ri\'er, thirty-five miles from Cal,;ut011
fi\'e years. Few men in this section of Montana arc bet[...]red upon an active spcc,u•
lution from frimiti\'e wildness to orderl>• ch•ilitation, fatin[...]of
c,;ery class o pioneers leaves more aggrt.ssi"e claim to the state. Ranching also interested him[...]- desirable candid:ite for important public offi<:e, being
tors Lea,•iu, Glick: Steele, i\fa\1pin,[...]ead Hughes Mitchell. A leader joint rcprcsent3li\'e from T\llare and Fresno counties.
in p\ibl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (111)[...]c:ouneil, as «iuncilnu 1n for throu$h his early. e,r~rts :ind his rcm.ukable forc.si. ght
the dist[...]He was elected on the Democratic ticket and abo...ee111ion as a
grc;1t monument to his ext:cutive pc>[...]B. F. Pott.s, in 1S75, the official position whos.e notify Mr. Cleveland of his nomination. In J&)a M[...]Coincidtnt with the numerous inlerests abo,·e· noted,
Mitehcll· in recognizing the grc:at va[...]ion in mining enterprises con•,
a nd eur.ith•e pro,P:trtics of the waters o{ \Varmsprings tinued[...]c3SC'.Se of course, his
of small buildings suiub!e for the comfort and best i1wcttmcnts foiled to re[...]dually grew. The r.,nch, presence o{ the G~nd Loo;e of Mont:ma, then in SC$•
prdcn and stock farm a[...],•c gone far toward making w ith the degrees o{ E. A., F. C and M. M.. under a
this one o{ the mod[...]ns of its kind in thc special dispcns.ation or th ee was lived i t
tl1at time the owner$ ha\'C de,·o[...]erty to their requiremtnts. The. nage Miss Mollie E. lr"inc-a daughttr of TI1om.as
original !Yroup o log and stone buildings first con• E. lr\'ine, of Richmond, Kentucky. Dr. and M[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (112)[...]nd started on the tedious over-
by the Rc\·crcnd E. G. Prout, and were acoompamcd lan[...]ack. At \Vcstport they Jomcd ::t party of Santc l;e
dC$cribablc cltmenu of person.11ity whic-h m.ike[...]-y set out all
Of comrade so inelfobly precious., e\'en in memory. His together across the d[...]lndian tribes, most of whom 1i>tlonged to the
:c\'e.:'lhng i1seH so wonderfully at a patient's netd i[...]d entity, to the world •in the bm111e with whieh they had, :I.I times. to battle and
wl[...]1atio11 to join their own c<>lony already e.stiblishcd:
of French descenl, thOUJth bo1h his f[...]s the only
was a tiller of the soil_. but the IO\'e of romantis.m 3nd g~l.
ad,·cnturc so stro1[...]by side, t:trninz on .i,, 3\'Crage of 011e hundred dollars
occurred September 21), 19r2, at[...]mc-nt. Eight~n
fami ly o( ten children, would ha\'e been a delight to thousand men left Ca[...]pealed e\'en more strongly than had the gold, retur[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (113)[...]ndi3n Creek but was Helena Christi.111 e.hm·ch.
soon engaged by the New York Mining :rnd[...]churc.h in Bilhn,gs. when he 3c«ptcd a e31J to bt."COmc
where he started a trading post,[...]them ob1ig:ttl to C3tion to the mund;in e hfe. Single-minded in his idt'als
di$COntinuc th[...]every phase of the life of B111tc and of an e,·c-n wider
c:ounty. ,vhen the quartz mines were[...]twowedly religious or nomioally secular, ha\•e sou~ht
even then 3ll goods had to be h:wlcd by w3[...]Jn 18SJ Ol!r p ioneer mittct: in 1912.. T11e Mont,·111~ Christia11 Endcoh'Or Union
merch:un d[...]ng from the state. He scr\'cd
but neither a lod,g_e mcm~r nor a (>01itician. He nukes :as ch[...]buildmg, the upper stories met in the new e3pitol, and offered the first i1woca-
of whieh he[...]dan (nee Jeannie Coe) is :i. d::tus::h•
hig~cr ~e.,ming which is knb,~·n as Dr:ike Uni\ ersil>· a[...]where he 0<:cupicd a position of resp«l a.nd e-stccm.
ministry. In the winter of 1889-90 he enga[...]ourse at Cotner Uni\'CNit>', from T h e ln·ine family is of Scotch-Irish extracti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (114)[...]Minneso1a, where they rc:mainc<1 until tl1e later 1·caf!
ritd N.anC)• Howard of Jlourbon c[...]tucky, a d:uaghtcr of eight)'•fi\'e ye:ir.s. His wife, whom he marr ied in Jn.
Cot Ri[...]ines in the city, where he remained for 011e )'c.ir, followed by :a period
and where he finall[...]and csl:tblished the business which h3s held his
E., the widow of Or. A. If. Mitchell, who is men•[...]at characteristic of his nature becoming 31>•
J~e, Monta_na, where she died; E lita, who ,narricd parent in his )[...].'ltt eng;'lgcd in the mercantile business in one e-ap3city
with his fomil)' and emigrated to Missour[...]i$ :tffiliatcd with
time pre\'iously. Tn 1865 he e,,me to Mont:'l.n3 (where y:1int C reek[...]of the Society of
is buried 3t Oeer Lodge. His wi(e died J:muary ·24, '.\font:ma Pion[...]hC son is now married :ind 11\'c:S
1-115 home was e\'er noted for the genuine o ld southern[...]. He was Cusros A S1.0.,x. An acti,·e and highly pros(>Crous
a h1~hly rcspcete<I 3nd es[...];\ , H. Sloan. h e was born June 15. 1856, m Clmton
Jonx A. Sttxc[...]hilipsburg. :\ronlaM, is :'I r<'f)r<'se111ati\'e business A }I S loon w as born in Ol1io, i[...]y. His idcntifiC'ation with the life and e:i,l'pentCr's 1ude when young, he followed it in M[...]1888. He married Man:in Douglass,
burg, and sinc-e that ye;,.r has been engaged in the im•
plemcnt[...]ow fo·ing in ~lonta~~.
Mr. Spencer is a n:ui"e of lndi:tn:t, born in Boone her[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (115)[...]r; :,,nd Mrs. F. C. Bcrndics, of George E. is the immediate subject of this rc-\'iew j
Sea[...]private· schools o V1rgm1a City, George E.: Gohn, of
Industrious, economical and :m excell[...]and c3rricd on the livery alone for acti"e fotcre$t in all that affects the gencr,al welfare[...]r. Gohn was united
;\(r. B)'ers, Mr. Sloan again e ngaged in the livery busi- io marri:.gc to[...]th the Elks. the Eagles and the
lent Md Protccti\'e Orde~ of E'lks. Society of Mon[...]ng and driving, devotes a gie:it deal
Gtoict; E. GonN. In \'icw of the nomadic spirit[...]ther, it is mos.t grntifyin,I{ 10 co~c nati\'e s~te. Dut in all e:i.ndor and honesty my opinion
in contact with a[...]y, Color3do. She died in Virgini;i. City. ~is ~wn e.fforts. The story of the poor boy becoming
)lonta[...]during most in ) _fonlana for over forty•fi\•e )'Cars, and in his strug•
of the remainder of h[...]ch
eternal rest, in Miuoul:a, in 19()6, aged SC\·e1,ty:1wo 3n extent that he has won the admi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (116)[...]grand ma.Ster of the order from 1904 to 1905. H e has
settled in Canada, in the province of Ontario[...]entered u pon immcdi• Missouri, on t11e 28th day o r January, 1832. T he fa-
atcly 3'tcr[...]and a fondnt.S$ for change. He rc• )'e.tr ISHO, at the patriarchal age of one hundred an[...]John P. Barne:$, wa.s the younge.st
sippi was tl1e grc.i.t highway of t r-a\'el for t he \•alley,[...].ge sen·cd
3nd the steamboats were wh:it in 1ho$e d:t)'S were in the \Var of 1812 unde[...]e i~ mrdicinc:, and w:i.s for m:u!y ye.us e'ngagcd in pr~c•
month$ to complete, for he bade[...]ns. with \·arying success. l'lc was able to Sa\·e quite bc:th R., Margaret J . :tnd i\fory.[...]tim-
Benton was heller suited to his purposes he e,3mc: ing him one yt.ar later, when h[...]ted until t he outbre~k o ( the Civil war,
Tl1e name of Jere S ulli\'illl bc(;unc: noised nbroad 3S when he promptly offered J1i1n~H to tl1c southern e."tuse
that of a n ltoncst, capable business. man,[...]ermit of travel, he seemed a pas.s (rom
for tweh'e years held the office of justice: of the J[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (117)[...]Lewiston and ttclcna lo"agcs of the order.
York, E.ldotado and Helena di.stricts, in (<)mp;tny with[...]O$Ctl:t L (L:acklind) 8eeding. Site w:ts :, 1\nth-e
Clarke a nd Alexander Kemp, he· constructed the[...]the sawmill bu$mCSS John ~.; M:irtha E., the wile of Joseph Wandcrlin;
near Helena a nd[...]1$74, when lie Larson bee.lme his wife. Sl1e was bom in Lindty,
purchased a t':lnch o n the S[...]Although Mr. Barnes ha$ re.,Ched a pl.'t¢e o[ no
nold $Old their mining propcrtiC$, M ~. Ar[...]which he ha.s been found .
year with his son, C. E. D;.lrncs, he bought the re-
111ii1~ing h alf in[...]ton the Judith & B:isin Milling Compan)', which h e son of Richard and Elizabeth (Ulin) Hamilton, na[...]ay April, J8s8, !>ting in her
Mr. Barnes was e,·cr a strong Democrat a nd has thirty-fifth year. Of tht'ir two daughters a nd four
b,e,tn :i.n active factor in the ranlcs of the p.ut y[...]e United States as a yOung
'missioners to organii.e Mtagher c.ounty, including a ll man. w .1s mMricd[...]the pioneer !lg:r-ieulturists of Richland
1868 h e was chosen one of the first members of the county, where h e 4pcnt the Jast years of his lift. The
legislatur[...]n's life were. sptnt in stock r:aising and
offic-e (or three years, or until the first electi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (118)[...]e busi• 1
twch·c consecut1,·c years, when h e• retired f~om .offi~. MS.S in which a ny[...]physical condition would per•
• Alicia Florcm:e Youn_J, who was born in Lucas county, m[...]in various parts of the ter·ritory, but was n e\•er lucky
r nath•cs of Kentucky, both o f wh[...].d eight children,. of whom Mrt. H;'lm1lton was t~e the huard of the mining business and beli[...]b-
Lucas county and subsequently bee:-.31ne 011e of the Ji~hed a g~ncral sto re _in t11c[...]by Mr.
"'a dherent of the faith of the Methodist E piscop.,l church. Conr3.d, until he disposed o[...]le :1nd
Oiesna, the wife of Lester Davis; Leal E.; E,·ercu A., upright busineu methods. He was appointed pos,..
who married Polly Holton; Erlicc E.; and Gail M. master at Marysville[...]foremost position among the leading dailie$ of t11e state,
Mr. Conrad was born in Jen11ings coun[...]in Caldwell county a nd adheres to th e church o r that parent. F ratcm:1lly ~fr.
in Ham[...]o h.indicap
break of the Ci,•il war Mr. Conrad e nte red the commis• to him, rathe[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (119)[...]Mr. \Vork started a.cros.s f)..,ying the: e lder man's fare back to Missouri with a
the plain[...]to the fall of r863. Clark's 1:1.neh, :ind e,·cntually lost all but fourteen head
He then soe[...]who had the. e<>ntrnct to {uroish wood fo r Fort Ellis,
John[...]ook up what is at this hme
1851 he began to drive e3ttle from different point$ in known :\S[...]r- Black Mills -with a oarty of sixty•fi\'e prospectors, and
land to California, with[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (120)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA
the destruction of the e.;'l.mp by :tiding in the packing caused by th[...]ry county, Ohio, far from the din .:md turmoil
)'ecommerce
2883 he accepted i nd fulfilled a sub-eontuct wi[...]t while many of his assodate.s were
quite cxtensi"e interescs in the Yellowstone \'allc)' to[...]c, who owned steamboats on the
prisc-s which ha,·e had for the.it object the betterment Ohio r[...]locating in Des Moines, Iow3, in 1861. Herc
Mary E\'clyn Stone, wl10 was born in \Vorth county,[...]went to Omaha. Nebr.tska., where he
Elmer, ~fary 'E,•elyn, Alpha :.nd ]la. Jeremiah R.[...]oceupation which he followed 1865, J1e was made capt3in of one of Mr. Creighton's
until 18$3. He then c:.une to Montana and e11pged in trains of sixty wigons, which[...]of men who became sell, :ind within a. year e:arricd $6o,oOO worth of gold
identified with the[...]e could be revc:dcd county, in the s1a1e of his adoption. Presently he
a more disti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (121)[...]the dignit)' of statehood, August
he came to Bun e and organized the Butte Hardware Z◄, 18;8P., no[...]the second brick residence in Buu e, on the northwC$t
Some years prior to comins[...]eled
too imJ)Ortant to be overlooked. l n 1867, h e built a the house, ;i.dding a second stor[...]o:id w:is building through this explosio n in a.n e nte rprise i11 whieh Mr. Largey was a
territory,[...]istance.
Through them he acquired a.n cxtcn.sh•e and a«urate \ Vhen he wa.s thus assa[...]ns. He was elected its president munity. With a J:e,nms for aff~irs of magnitude and
:\nd controlled its t><>liey, augmented its usefulness. the e nterprise a nd ability to conduct the,n to sue«u[...]isdom and of s rcat ad\'antage to the insti- ner, e ntertammg Ill oon,·crsatcon by reason of wealth[...]a hand C\'er rc:tdy to supply public needs, h e secured popubr m en in the state. He was the life[...]L,ugcy also founded the B1,tlc Inter• or to t11e g reat Northwe:st :is a whole.
M oimtoi11, a da[...]-
dc,u of the compan)' which conducted it. Like e\'c.ry- torially upon his untimely de:ith, said: "[...]y is i1westfil in a score of enter•
effecth•e expressions of public opinion in the North• pri[...]rn of their t leven q uiet humor endeared h im to e\'erybodl·· He had op-
chi1dre n. He was m ar[...]()lh of ponents but the)' were not h is enemies; ,e had business
April. 18;7, to Miss L ulu Seller[...]s, T he $p('(Ulator, a large dh•ide1Hl
nMi\·e of Pcnnsyka nia and is descended from o ne of pay[...]bstantial support, oracticC$ that
ceived _his e<lu~ation at the Univtrsitf of :\.fichigan. is have· been ~ontinucd by tl~e f~mily-a chapel for St.
now ,·ice pre[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (122)[...]ss o~ Mr. ,Austin is dir«tly
His operations h:i"e been on a large and generous :ittnbut[...]i31 and financial c:onccrns in the town of Cascad e, the mining regions. wra.pJ)Cd in a blanket[...]e father was a merchant tailor S:irah E. Hough, daughle r of Joseph Hough, a nati"c[...]our children were born of their
in his 11.:1.ti\'e city and there l)Jsscd h is. life,. his d~th
occ[...]with a tc-.am as far as Salt Lake. there he r1ah"e son.
bought a s;,,ddle horse :ind packed him and[...]hat section settled in \Vickes, Montana, where l,\e embarked in bu~i-
fo r two years, when he gave[...]M r. Cooney,
c.xp."lnding his interests wilh th e passing of the ycan 01arles M. Webster and J. \V.[...]d to the position of J)O$tm:as.v·r
Land .& Lh·e Stock Company, 3 la rge and prosperous of Great F[...]t body from Cascade count)'; he wai
dent, and h e is also the president of the Casc.idc :a.l[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (123)[...]f the early days in Last Ch:incc Gulch :,
Bia.ck 'E:,.gtc Commandery No. 8 of which he is east[...]__p:ut exalted ruler 3.nd grand reprcsent·:ui\•e of in the evening Md as they we.nt to Mather & Crackers
Cre.-t Falls Lodge No. 214, B. P. 0. E. • billiard ha11, his p.1r[...]e he was employed in :a gro«ry store in e\'cning before.''
53n F rancisco. Mr, Bose liked C[...]t~is being the only tonic that would help him, h e being Hill excitement took a. gr~t many away[...]Sometimes. in the spring, as ma ny as 6\•e large Missouri
Portl:and. After $13)·ing[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (124)[...]fo 1SiO ?.fr. R.~_mond tnrged in a wholCS31e merein-
dan, Montana, has t:tkcn from ,is one of[...]-ence the 28th of February, 1676, to Hann.:,, E. Batem:in, :1
in 1hc ( itck of men who were makmg[...], :ind the ye.us 1mmc• girls, Delil:ah E. and Mary, arc both at home. He •had
diately pr[...]ck, in Vir(!inia, in 1$37. His wife was a n:1.ti\'e of the about 1hc town 1he da)' before. lte[...]ri-
31 Belmont Park, Momana. in 1&;)6. :it the as:e of eithty• d:m ceme1ery were mut[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (125)[...]rch 9, 1869.
them should this pa.rt of the s-t2,1e be more grateful than to Emm., Iofa Cook~ dau[...]sch Swcct, who, :,. veter-an of the Mary E. Cook, a nd who was born in Kalamazoo, Mich-
Civi[...]The.re he passed his mother was Mary E. Vinig. and she wa$ a sch ool
boyhood and youth,[...]enlisted in 1hc navy on the t;\ln• Blanche E mma, May E iub-cth, William Tecumseh,
bo.at Gazc1tc. comman[...]arc dcccand, namely: Nellie Bly and Blanche E mma.
s1artcd with the intention of joining[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (126)[...]Lar:amie river and into Alder Gulc.h,
whose li,,e, bave been filled with honest industry. and where[...]n.
worked :i.t bb.cksmit11ing in Oregon. In the s.e ring of His lire bas been crowded ful[...]t up the Columbia ri,•cr to the F1orenee always e.njoyed the life and opportunities g iven him.
min[...]these with no trac.c of that offensi..-e ostentation that ha.s
About this time[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (127)[...]ving been th_• he ~orkcd this pl:l.c.e. : He ga,·e it up to enter the meat
mother of one ch:ld, Lib[...]ll two years conducted the three .e_laccs.
hu been 01,c of \'ar-icd c:Xptricncc a nd[...]1cnt of. postmaster, and this is a tribute to lus e.tr,-
the time he farmed. One summer he worked for an e.itncy 3$ a. public offici.iPas well as to his ,po[...]part,r. :.- , ..•e\
was twe.nty-fh·e dollars a month, ~md "haf\'CSl wages,"[...]ll h:is "'adc a r¢«1rd more than once on ''pie<:e their c-ffocts. \Vhcn they rc.1[...]ork with which he was most 1l1e interc.sting · but rather grewsomc object> :a sC[...]creek. Ida Maud• is now Mrs. Frank E. Hou_ ghtol'I,
or this $ketch, i[...]hop. His dau3h-
t8i6 M• . McC.-tll conducted t11e C,cntenni31 boarding •tcrs arc Ion[...]ctor for the Northe rn· Pa.~ lic az:1,d have one e:hild,
wood alone and :u I.hat he was able to hand[...]Railw:i)·: They have one child, a baby,. E rma. The
If \'OU can," ' . daughter at home is, Miss• E t hel Lucife· McCall, · . ,
In 188o Mr. McGa[...]Mc•
the Little ·P.ipcstone,, so called .bcrou,e it·stood ju5H,a1f Call ~:is fouJ![...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (128)[...]o California, but remained in that
in 1904, at th e age of sixty-6\'C. Her husband' sur\'h·cd[...]n A. Featherman con- twinkle of utisfattion in th e eye of e\•c:ry man...
sistc:-d of such ad\·3ntagcs a.s[...]ther and at odd times, associates., J. \V. Blair, e rec-ted the Pala« Hotel. one
when employed by o[...]ch his
wild Md woolly in the southwc:st in those e:u1)· d:t.>'S and father h:td engaged, and also t[...]oot. he ,vas surrounded by four Indians on n:1th·e city, in which he served as a lderman for a perM>[...]:ir\.._rtnder«l
He knew it meant death to g:h·e up his wcap0n, so tried public scr\•1ee[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (129)[...]thods and proccsscs. in the . manl~. ~e h:ts. po\lrcd out without stint his. energy
b:akc[...]til July of the followinft )'Car, when he again r e- great fortunes from the rugged mount[...]his line, and he had likewise made an cxtensh•e :aequ;i.int- mines. In his. home cit,y, Hc:J[...]shop in the Diamond block, h:,.,·e amounted to more: than half a milhon dollars, and[...]ge ovens and not u good as the :n-t.rai:;e.
bakery pl3.nt. T he building is thirty~fiw:. by[...]two years fa1er was was his favori~e: pursuil, a,,d this he followed with fair
reele[...]lacer
president of the council for the fast fi,.,e years of his mining in Alder Gulc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (130)[...]t rtics a nd hi$ acth•ities arc such as to cxci1e the admira• · Kelle>·.' wa,s born in Virginia[...]istin<:t credit as well as grc:at bcne• four >·e.t.rs. Jn 18-52 he was editor of the Dtmperalic
~[...]e beg1nmng of the _Civil war, when hc•join~d th'e GOn-
b3nl.:u11: business in addition to the sa,•ings dc~rtmcnt fcdcrat.e a.r·my, ,er,•ing as a ea.pc.,in u.ntil 1863, ,[...]ock-raising, ~nd he is the bc:rton, rcma1mng fi,·e yean, At the end of this time
own er of one of[...]p~ny. . T~e K elley Hog;'ln . and Company proJ)Crty at[...]n,enl 1s the cornet. He is a pop'ular
oncl Cn.i~e m:\intains a very dose sup<-f'·ision of his cx-[...]rt:tkC'S. . ·
tensi\•e intcrcsts with the s.ame rare. judgment th.u
eh[...]1ion.s of a: qu3rtcr of a LT.w~s C<>t.'e)CAN'. In re,1iCwing the life of this Mon•
«n[...]re st3tc, and few arc lh·ing tod.-y who Lodge, a e;1tu:cn of the h13hc~t type and an offici;al of[...]an::i, biit dmin.t" .the autumn of chc IIOllSa ha"e[...]pioneer, but •his progenitors through fh·e' gencr.t•[...]county Ohio in
the ~ me town, spcciafo;ing i n e.i\-il engineering. He t\fay o f 1$.s2. \Yhcn he ![...]iKhargc<l :it Fon Le:wen-
Lodge : of the M. of E.; of the- M. \ V. of A., and secre• worth i n t[...]Mr. Coleman's first acth·ity after the tfo5e of· the
of the P re:Sbyterian church:[...]Wh,lc do!ng this work ~e s11(ce_c<le~ in finding , time
of Judge Willia[...]t1eal .studies m a night school
children h:,,\'e been born o! this union: Margaret, now o f the Ci[...]chow. of Chicago;. \Varrcn L .. as- Montnna, w.hc~e he fi rst located. at Virgini.a dty. Thenc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (131)[...]as his home from tbat time lic offK:e was farther :rngmentcd b>· his splc1idid :ibilit[...]d away by them. The
in its important administra~i~e activities un.til the time younger sister soo[...]ted 'in m:1rriage to Miss Cynthia J. Kantner. . S~e herbs ndded to the high esteem in which s[...]n years of traversed . an cxtcnsi,•e part of southem Ohio. It was
:age. Her mother rem[...]emaining amo ng htr rcspc<:tfo1 and
\,Villiam E. Coleman was born June 22, J872. He co[...]great c.xtent ::ts guide. S he it was who ga\'e the new
man who was able tO break up the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (132)[...]marriage to Muy Boyer took pbcc on Thomas & F:mn1e (Hornsby} Burden. Six cbildru bavc
Apnl 15, 1835[...]~nc Mont.in.a dyrng rn mfancy, and the other fo·e ar< as follows:
pioneers, thus c,ontinuing the f[...]at it has btcomc during tJic good school :and hom e ad,·antagcs, and now occupy use•
era when mmc[...]very :ic-
fa,ctor m helping to create. Mr. McR:1.e knew Virginia tivc intere:st in the lo~l ttnd gen[...]his home of the school board at Stone for many )'e.:&N. Frater-
town, w~cre he has Jong been one of[...]in February, z845, educated in the McR.,c. He is e.spccially fond or fishing. and every
common schoo[...]ars a month. Most of thfs sal- Mr. McRa.e's father, Duncan McRae, was a native of
:tr)• h[...]sa,•ed enough to cn:iblc him Christi.an, acti\'e in the Presbyterian church, and d id
t9 st.irt Ou[...]ear their old
~Vith Ocn ...cr as his obj«ti\'e point, he traveled by home in Can:,da. 0£ the el[...]s, and were soon again
In the years that ha\·e elapsed since then he has h:'ld prosperous a.nd h[...]ittle city where ing the public surveys in nearly e..,ery county 1n the
he now has his reside.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (133)[...]rc3rcd in the at Twin Bridges; Mary E. married Dwight Bllshnell,
state of their birth a[...]858, to April, 186z, in extending the public sun·e)'S of tana, March 4, 1878, and he is a son of[...]3ken prisoner :and Etling: started a e.,ttlc, horse and sheep ranch and this
I.anguishe[...]excclled success. Mr. Buford
Isbnd during a ,,•e.ary period of fourteen months, being was a[...]in getting the Orphans Home for Madison county. H e
bringing with him a tr:ain of merchandise. He ha[...]f the public schools
ville was founded by Mr. P~e. and the Post office of of Virginia Cit[...], of ginia Belle. Mr. and i1rs. Buford ba\'e no childrffl.
whom brief mention is made as follows: Helen E.. ~fr. Buford is a stalwart Democra[...]undoubtedly he has · not been with-
they li\'e at Plains, Montana; Mina E. is the wife of out that honorable[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (134)[...]ogress and improvement. became 011e of the leading industries of i1s kind in the •[...]he has nt various times b~n
tana," who, duiing th e many r.ears of his rc-sidentt near hono[...]l COJWtntion in J~, and has $-tr\'cd
he ~c.hic,•e4 not onl)· in showing the way for futllrc[...]and Billings Lodg:c:, No. ~94.
gerous expedi1ions e\'er undertaken ii"l the slate. \Vith B. P, 0 . E.
a. p.arty of hvcnty-tight men they embarked in M[...]e Yellowstone mick. Fivt- children ha,·e been born to this union:
and in the heart of the[...]10 the
1ion. The next >·ear United States troops e:1mc to their n:1hon the \'ahant servic[...]· Miles City and ci:,g:tgcd in gen• of t))e Amerie~m republic, his p:irents. Patrick a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (135)[...]in the dirc:c1ion until 1812. T he ~per e,•c-i1tually b«amc lite
siege of Yorktown and t[...]the ranks of the Bc:nedicts, marrymg Louise E. ~fann.
Glendale and Mah•crn Hill. He was next[...]_ges,
From Malvern Hill Gcncr:)I McClellan , \•e,11 to Fort• the Republican candid.at[...]lle, to re.inforce General Pope-. sc:cuti\'e terms-a fact sing11larly indicative of trust and[...]constitution of Monlan,:t.
pan)' lost twcnty-fi,·e per cent of its members, h e himself a.nd took :in aeth·e p:u t in its proceedingt, It will c,·ct
being pr[...]was withdrawn acr0$S s-cnatc and hOu$e, He successfully abolished the Indian
the Rappaha[...]his northern raid, lead.int: the .:t.d\'ance that e\'CflC• rnrncd O\'Cr to'the slate. The other[...]se at Fort Hurison, in
tht: regiment was :icti\•e ly engaged at Man!'t$U$ and the u t:i[...]was made the tio,,. He w-:i.s acth•e ' in the pis.sage of land :,nd tiinbtr
most fatal[...]through congreu. and undtr it all tl.?e railways in the
pating in the battle of Bristow S[...],~hich tool< p:,,rt in the battles «mc,e.ry at Cettpburg, the Soldier's Home in \Va[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (136)[...]L3t.1mie, on one loni .stretch of 6\•e hundred mifcs not
og-niz.cd as one of Montana's '[...]nard, howC\'tr. h:ad a $pirit made of "ster·nc,r
E li~b,cth (Benedict) Barn.ud, 3nd in early childho[...]offer of lands During the time when no e~plo1mcr:t was to. be
10 scttltrs who woukl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (137)[...]h:is bccn urgent- valley, where durinst the e.,.rl)' days he met with numer•
ly solicited by[...]idate for maror of Butte but Indians coming up tl,e ,•.\lie)', killed three white set-
has always refused~ foelin~ that he can best scn•e !>)' tlers. Mr. Clarke's wife and l)..,by being h[...]t known whether
mcnts to which he belongs, lo<lg:e. chapter, council and Mr. Clarke was the fir$t to[...]f Ashlar Lodge
:md development of this s.«:tion e,·er since the Indian A F. & A. M .. in which he[...]s engaged in farming as Cfarke a fa_mily of twcl\'e children haxe bcc,n born, all
the proprietor of[...]ried John Sparling, of Roundup; Geor1e, a resident of
Tcnnc,.scc,, he became an extensi"e owner of reai Bend, Orcton; Mary,. the wife of Wi[...]h1rt~·-seven years of ser\•ic~ is still in the e-mp!oy of order, but it ranks, no higher th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (138)[...]daho . December ,3. 1863, died
M:tine, where h e engaged in the log 3tld lumber business in Helena[...], born De-ccmbcr Jt. 1873,
the s.pring of 1847 e,·en before the di,<0very , oi gold a t· Helena,[...]d after two years there took Up their abode in 11,e
not, however, hngcr long, but took ttp his rc.[...]tt branch out alone in
c.i.ntilc or producti,•e undertaking which gave employ• the cattle trade[...]ove the dominant 3 characteristic of hiS race. Md e,•c-r since
community. In addition to his ·in[...]Gurnett's fa,·dritc
wa.s like himself a nati\'e of Erin, and (amc to America ways o f empl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (139)[...]H:umibal, Mis-
111 . her r3tbcr's office. F loyd E. is attcr!ding high souri, where he arri\•[...]ened
ment and prinCiple, greatly benefited by tl1e discipline a merc.intilc e.stablishmcnt :tt Clancy, which he con·
which .[...].\nd position for himself 1n the world of busi• e\'cr, to the present time, and since his first app[...]and :t
No\'cmber '¥/, 1843. }:Iis father, James E.• Crane, was K11igh1 of Pythfas. A Rcoublican i[...]when as one of Fort Benton's most rcprescntali\·e men.
he was taken to Champaign county, Illinois,[...]ny I oi the Jr., Miss ]ulia I. and. Miss Florence E .• living ;:ii ,the
:rwcnty-sixth Regimc-nt, Il[...]., ;all of whom .arc attending the Fort
out d1C·e.ntire ~ riod of the war.' In the long Ii.st of Be[...]ivities in
aoo.1.discharged as a tlon-commis.sion.e d · o.ffic-er. Mr. ytars, and wlierC he h[...]a .~Uant ~l)d faithfo! soldier, esteini and COnfi.denec of hi$ fellow men. Mr. Hirsti-
and rtcetvcd[...]n, Germany, on. Januai-Y., -28, i&i7,
He was of t~e type oJ soldier that formed the backbone a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (140)[...]ew York to Miu on the ban.ks of tl1e. Jefferson ri\'Cr until 1866. 'th:tl
E:'Ya Davis, who was born April 1, 18 1. She died i[...]cr of :\Jont:tna, and a well · known e1a.ted only with lcgitim3tc tr:tns.,ctions have co[...]Democrat,
been born to Mr. and :Mrs, Hirshberg, E,·a, born at and f t3nds. f11gh m t~e counsel.s of his p:irty in P."trk
• ;\lissoufa[...]dustna1 and ~ark, the BruffcyJ)Ostoffie:e was established and named
commcrcia importance, t[...]ffey, w ho c-3mc as a times to ha.,·e the best intc.rest of his commullity at
pionc:cr[...]- Vore) Ridlen. Mr. Ridltn, a n3ti\'e of Maine, came
ginia, in 18o8, and is a youth lea[...]im until Gra,•ley; Fatima, the wi e o( 1•r:ank E. Skillman:
18!)1, i nd was the mother of ten children, of whom three Memrous, who ma rried E lla Bouche; Elz:in:t, wifo o(
sur\'h•e: George A.: 1\fary, the wife of Jefferson Kil-[...]was the custom of farmer$' boys of his day, Gcor~e accident.
A. Bruffey worked on th[...]
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A History of Montana Volume 2 (142)[...]ry Gulch, and tics of the progrmi,•e men who ha,·e contributed to
after a short time he was engaged[...]of Thomas Lewis, a well known retired cititc.n of
e$tab1is.hed a wood )'ard, in which he continued fo[...]rses, after which he passed :,,w:t)' at E mporia, K:ans., s. After the mother's
devoted him[...]determined to try his fo rtune in the west a nd
e.ight shots into their mid.st before he w:is compe[...]disco,·crie.s there. T his did not prove
time h ee was
the first steam launch, and it was used as a[...]then m,:rkcd by only ;\ few lo~ c,bins.. ln the
e xper ienced ::my measure of fin:mci:\I prosperity[...]ill and at other work until
h.is touch in the )'e3.rs that have passed, many of wluch the f[...]rain for the firm of Rich & \Villson, with whom h e
downs of western life, has had his successes an[...]erest in the mcre.antile
the Civil war. ha ving e.nlisted o n January 4, 1864, in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (143)[...]pioneer was. the youns;est of this l:iri;e household cir•
. nes.s until the su«cc<lin[...]is arri\'al in ' this
- A $lanch and .,cti,·e DcmQ<'r.1t, Mr. Lewis h:as held
\'3rious posi[...]since been prdi•
integrity, and ftO!ding t11e unquestioned confidence of dent of thi[...]c.redit. He is a member of
rc~re.sent.:lli\·e citiac·ns. .[...]Martin, daughter of /ud,sc J osCf)hus e<>11mu1ivc terms h('hl 1he office of trtasure:r. :[...]married MiS$
St:ite Normal School at San Jos.e, in the publiC schools R::u:hel Kaufman[...]f romance has hovered O\'Cr
graduatcd from 1l1e Uni\'ersity of California with high th[...]hough 10 a con.sidc:rablc brother, Charles E. G;onrad. The: ramifications of his
de[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (144)[...]e Hud.son Bay Com91ny, the sale biing .concluded
e,: ulr settlement of the Old Dominion. Colone) Con- in London. Before the e.nd o f that year they had also
rad m:,.rricd Mis[...]John Ashby, a lo)'al subject of King o,arlcs l of E_n$:- well as in Canada, and were the posse[...]d of the firm became s:o cxtens.h•e. that Mr. Conrad de-
John Ashby, wns with Genera[...]Firn National Bank of Fort Denton, of whkh h e was
officers throughout the Revolutionary war. C[...]ldren, who h.a.d preceded them to of th e bank. At the end of two ye~rs Mr. Hatcher
this s[...]mannt.r. He was in White Post, Virginia, at th e time,
district school perf«ted h imself in his[...]tary Livingston. He is presidt1lt o{ th e Conrad-Stanford
a nd Indian suppli.c.s and furni[...]~he l\·terchants Natio nal Bank. a nd is
l ines e>:tendcd almost the entire extent of the territory[...]d exactinir d,uti~. His opcra.tiOl)S in the sph:c(e
steamboats on the Missouri river and se"ernl Can[...]sisted o( an ordinary business of no gr.e.ater magnitude
conductin(? the business w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (145)[...]u countr when federate army under General Rob<-rt E. Lee. He became
b.ucly of agc1 and held the off[...]twenty-
he h.a.s b«n f:worably mentioned as a e.1.ndid.ate for four mule :trtd ox-teams and thirt[...]m•
(~OPPC!) Bowe.n, of Virgini3,-Miss Fannie E. Bowen. . ploymcnt in the planing mills of De<ker & Ev:ms in
:F'wc c~ildren ha~·e been bor~ to them. . The>• ;arc Maria Sa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (146)[...]. Brnsscy arc members of the Episcopal
Mrs. Rose E liubcth (White) Ne.al, o{ Maryland. Abner[...]g 1hc past, for he is a represent-a,ti\·e Montanian, whq-sc eyes
oldest wJ1itc resident[...]o.st of the prominent citi•
the first school e\'Cr held in F<"rg,,s cou1l\y a1ld so hu ~ens. of[...]· father, Philip E. Evans, was a prominent far-mer and
Born in[...],
lnmb(r busi,,cs.s and spent a ll his life in E1'.gland. m1med1ately after the dose. of the late[...]. Bras.scy eame to America and spent Mrs.. Philip E,·ans, his wife, still li\'es, a joy to her
th[...]. In 1 ~ he Thus the son, John M. E\•a.ns, the 5ubject of this
made the trip frO[...]taught scl1ool in the winter. T he prc,encc o( an E ng• fellow men, to work toward the bcttcm1ent o[...]mi lies and many a child received a to their na1i"e state for the completion of his cduca•
grade[...]out in the- wilds which was not · ti_ori. J:lcn(e.. t1,e following autunln, he left for Colum•
3fterw[...]e institutions' of culturtd and b13, M1ssour1. to e111cr the state uni,·ersity situated
settled c[...]office he filled for li\·e years :i.nd might tiave hc1d for
On. Christ[...]is profusion, gathering
Ch.artcr :ind \V1lliam E., makes his home with his par• up '.v1thout d i[...]of i1s hc:i.ds. ThC>· knew that he would bend e\•ery
3 member .of the city col,lneil of Lewi[...]for eight ye:ars and C'lty gO\'ernme-nt. This t1m~e, the peop~e triumphed
1 s now Justice of peace. In ad[...]se pub1k over a11 political m:idtincs 3nd John M. E\•ans was
• offices, Mr. Brassey was at[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (147)[...]on. the S1ssmawa. i\found Colleg:e in WiK'Onsin durin_g
Shortly after «>ming to[...]Dakotas. T ins wild life on the p13ins ap-
Mr. Ee --go"ernmcnt a nd pri,·atc ~rtics for
eight year[...]years, finally joini~ :m cxpc(lition that
Mr. E,•;m s' chicl interest at the present time, asid[...]of goods to deliver, he added freighting
structi\'e ability and far-re:,.chinj:: .enterprises :ire co[...]Power conceived the idea of bui1din; steamers to e1,ter
:rnd was from th:u time on identified with i[...]with a will :i.nd 3 He.lena was very c:,;tcn.si'"e, eseccially during the au•
determination to exc[...]number of rnmcrs lc.h for the eastern
scn·ed to e.arry him to the lughest pinn:icle of success. st3[...]iel \V. Power, was born in Ireland, a.nd eff«th·e in a.II directions looking to its ad,·ancemcnt.[...]StMes when a boy and settled in substantial a nd e ndurinJ busi1\ess blocks whicl\ ar-e
in Iowa, at that time one of the fron1ier disttic[...]interested in some of
childre:i,: J ohn W.: Sarah E.: Mrs. T. L Martin, of the best equipped s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (148)[...]the c:Jdcr Gormley family, t11c subject of th is
e:indid:ucs for the office of U mtcd Statc.s .senat[...]cd to do dfecth·c ser,•icc 3nd to cour$e, i:;radu.i.ting with the el:l.ss of 1891 . After[...]loyalty to his native ·sta te knew no
Power aeh1e,·ed d1s.tmc-hon, but 1n the co~nmon· aff:urs[...]da and came to ~fontaua in
shiriing mark," ::md h e was in the ,·cry pnme of hfe 1863, loc[...]Juli.a (Cook) Gormley, whose maiden nam e was Margaret S titt, suf'\•n•cs a nd
F[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (149)[...]ty-6,·c years that have elapsed gath er some e hips a t the back of the c.abin. She was
since[...]nature as Indi:ins on the opposite shor e of the river, h idden in the
surely as they ha\[...]h him, and while it would be impossible to g i,•e at the first shot, 11pon which the rest o[...]s
the \•icissitudcs and hardsl1ips of early h!e in a new had P-'YCd for the scalp of M[...]le.wing beside their dc.,d, wagon
A natl\'e of Norwa>•, Hah·er 0. Lyng, w.,s born in[...]e in his \'Oung life and reared a fami ly 0£ fi\'e fully eisrht months not a week passed b[...]he !hc,t j\1mped _into the ri\'cr 2nd ma4e gooc1 his escape
went down the llissouri river[...]namC$ of
the r ive(. It was in t872 that he c3n1e to Benton and reptltable witnesses for[...]Tn t8Ro Mr. Lyng wa.s united in m:uriaO'e with Miss
enterp rise to the present time, and[...]olds h is cllief interests 0£ wh:1tc\'er n:1tur·e. dren have been born to them: Hilman C.[...]ther, at the end of which time Mr. thrt>e. is yet in the parC'ntal home.
l ...ynA' sold hi[...]so Jon~ represented their home.
1873 he dro,•e sl.t~e between Sun Ri\'er and Henton
for three month.s,[...]man. C. Houck. who has rc$i~ed within tl)e OOund:tr-i~ of
Amons: his many encounters[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (150)[...]ldren.
tilc Company, the largest cstabhshcd bus111e.s.s here; 1s Glancing at Mr. Houck's[...]nd high princietes.
Montana, re.aching here on Ju~e 12, 1867. He found_his They reared t[...]en and women of
tcred the State Norm-1.I· Co11c;e at Millei'svi le, that the state.
sta[...]and has
say that rio m~tter where he might h~,•e l~atcd he taken a prominent place[...]ecome a lc.3ding c1t1zcn, for mining e1rdes of Montana: He enjoys the highest es-
he .p[...]green and fertile field, a solitary rcpresent3th·e
ever since and h~s steadily progrcssCd. until he[...]the Judith Club. He h:ts a number of enthusiams. ~e was in command at the battle of Ge[...]icalll: "I have been in Montana •forty•fi\'e years.- he rccci"cd., a sev[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (151)[...]"alley, and worked there 1mp0$$1b!e for him to engage in :i.etivi1ics of any kind ,[...]a\'cd a con• J)Ones.sed of a relt:2U}\'e memory, he has 3 large fond
sidcrablc sum[...]th his lift. This ocwrrenee took of th_e Bitter Root \':tlle)', \\!here he is engaged in[...]bus.i•
On D«:~mbc:r 15th of the same )'eE \·cr)·whcre, the better cfoss of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (152)[...]Yc:ar's day of the year 1867, :rnd th:at twcl\'e month was
spent these ,fifteen y('ar, in b[...]n cxp~rirnent. . Shecp•raising was a
s ·e ptcmbcr, 189$ to Miss Belle Freal$,. daught~~ of[...]as the
OA\'ID J.-IIL<iCM, In almost e\'ery new c<:>llltn\111ity there commercial oeme[...]r of Lewistown. Mont.ina. his home e\·cr since. \Vhen the four years o f his scr\'•[...]real C$tatc busi•
he came here to Ji\'e. Rcaliling th3t no towo, no matter nc[...]or
grow without railroad.s he put forth e\'CfY effort to some time before it[...]y
munitics or t,he \Vest. and in the Ca$e of Mr. J-hlgc, him, and he h as bee[...]follow the paternal example and 10 lca"\'e a new field
been :t state for less than[...]st of the commercial
tr~ns escorted the e.migrant.s through· what they feared[...]udtnce 3nd foresight combined with his initia.th·e
H! g r, who was fonnerly a resi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (153)[...]ly, 3nd when die first county A nati\'e of C:i.11ada., Duncan Dingw:ill was born
central[...]of John and Catherine (McGruer) l)ingwall, the
tl1e c:hairm:i.nship of the first Democratic municip:i[...]ning in the public and high schools of h is n;Ui\'e
Lewistown Lodge ?lo. 456, and he was district dep[...]industri:ll efficiency, of which he is himstlf an e:c• Benton, and from the latter place O\'t[...]ena for six months,
No sketch of Mr. Hilger's e;ir«r would be complete working in a saw[...]e and money to him. He served as a rcprcsentath•e his nttcntion to ranching and stock-ra[...]was sold out. six years l:tter. This expcr·icne-e was wh:lt
a. most import:int srnd intcrcttint per[...]organited in 1912, and is also a member
was under e01lStruetion, Md deYoted much of his time[...]in public affairs he does not have any desire
t11e n.criod that the hbrarv bnildin~ w:i.s under con- for the honors or e.moh1ments of pub1ic office of :my
struction. At t[...]factors. Camping-out has its attractions for Mr.
E. T,. Norris on the consen•ation of our nitural[...]you have ambition in your system and the c:our~g:e to
difficult one, and in the solution of the nm1y[...]Dinjt'w:ill wat unite<! in m:uria~e to Miss Lodema Bin'!•
finest gencr.al[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (154)[...]y )'Cars. and has .seen that
life in his native J0e3lity, where he attended the pubhc city g[...]P. Reins was the younger of the two children
>•e:ir 186$. For thr« )'Cars Mr. DinS;'vaH w~s emplo[...]ement. H,s s~ucntly he joined the E ighth Cavalry, under General
home ranch at New C[...]f
wall's p:arents were James and Amuda Pnce-. wh~e • his right tyc. In 1867 he remo[...]. and a ~aughte~, ha~c ln 186S Mr. Reins e.amc to Deer Lodge, Montana, by
been born, namely:[...]rc:st in Repub1ie3n f)O:litics, 3,nd hi_s sterhng e1tu:en• lines, being hea\·ily intcrt.stcd[...]ss1oner smcc business.. But duQng his e.ntirc business career in
1908 and is now chairma[...]Monun.,. Pioneers. Th~,ugh most. of E. Rumins, or Miuou..ri, who died in 1894. Tiier we[...]l the pirents or a daughter, Mary E., who dfod May 18_;[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (155)[...]n1ry W:t$ paramount and he desired to march 10 th'e
ability ha\·c g:1incd for him ~ forcn,ost _P<>s}[...]but ~e was not p,e:.n.nitted to remain in the service owing
Rc1s[...]m the time he first entered the confines ~f t~c t~e,r business. to ~s Vegas, . New Mexi('(). By .this[...]d a most dependable and :i.bk man a Sood knowleds;e of the r.,rocery business and felt able
to respon[...]'ered all of the settled p0rtions.. His exccuti,·e lished a record that is unsurpassed in the annals[...]of extraordinary mold. Hjs tinucd to grow w1th1th.e e3ss111g years and cst:.blishQd
e.ntire interests exttttded over se,·etal $t:i.tet[...]he firm had thirtcc.i separate and dis-tinct stor.e:s in dif-
tht'ir establishment upon sound princip[...]ends
Hano,·erian birth, and the fatter a nati,•e of Prussia. and where Mrs. Kleinschmidt m:ike-s a[...]ys
determined that she and her children would ha\'e ~ advocated the principles of that party, ahhotig[...]nd she po-s• the principal eastern cities while e.ngaged in business
usscd the true Sp:lrtan spirit[...]y landed. in the city of l~rgely for his cxtensi\'e trnde in l\tont.,na. H,_ e found
B.i.himore in 1856 and soon after began fan[...]ily re- · pany with his wife the greater part of E urope and en•
moved to Hermann, Missouri, and r[...]ame state. Herc Mr. Klein• also visited a nd th.e Midwinter Fair at San Francisco :i.nd
schmidt 3tt[...]ustrious in the Rocky Mountains. most extenti\'e copper mines in the world. He assisted
He went tO[...]a short time and on re• greatly in locating th e ~rmanent capital at Helena and
turning to[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (156)[...]1rc on among his many large customers is tl1e Aniconda
Main street. He is 3 conspicuou-, figur[...], rcprc-- Charles Kilburn, al.s? a t1ati,,e of Ma.ssachusctts and
scnts th:&t type of the wel[...]of
in 18:7, and ·after a long :ind :ictivc c#re'e r, he died Butte. He fre<1uently COntributc[...]took Messrs. Char les \ V,, J . Pred. and E . \Vatter Gamer,
p3ssagc for New York. He soon fo[...]to the >·oung man of merit as there i re in Butt e had a chain of stores located at ~riou.s[...]On his arrival there. ).fr. Schiffman scc:urcd e mploy- and he kept the shoe stores stocktd w[...]and Hc-lcn:l in i\fonlana. on every o«:asion the e.stab--
as one of the succcs.sful confcc:t1oncrs o[...]nd a.gain souri. to Miu Fink, a.s pr.e,·ioushr mc.ntioncd. She was
~ng:tJed in the conf[...]rip to Hdena wa... made
re-signed his position to e ngage in the mcrc.;lntile busi- o ,·erland[...]e time fa tcr, wh en o r:.c was discovered
As e3rly as tf¼)~. Mr. Schiffman h ad ~Ome int[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (157)[...],·cd a great 1881 and 18$2 he dro,..e the stage between Helena and
su«css, filling 3 w[...]but in
named: Milton A., Charles W .• J. Fred, E. \Va.her', the:. latter_ yc:tr b~me[...]a,•ing Suits.
li\'ed in the s.:im eE.. :ind Boum:rn Lodge No. 6..$ Woodmc-n of the
Cha[...]fe, dying in
Monaghan, Ireland. Patrick Callaghan e:1me to this 1877_, m the fa ith o[...]e». ried Hattie Lyons; \Villiam E., who married Mary
He died in ·1859, at the age of fifty•fh•e years!, ha,'lng McAtcc; a nd Margaret, }.far)', Agnes, E ugene-, l.3.w•
b«n the father of eight childre[...]s.idcnt of Seanle, Mrs. Calllghan E\"a.£TT Hta,.)t BauNDAC:&. Among the meo who
wu m[...]tober 2 ;, 1910, when she was a lary;e measure of public e.stcem, not alone on account
cis:hty•four[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (158)[...]years. lit first settled in lndi;i.na. He e:i.mc to this state in 1863,
188o. ·Mr. Brundage c:i.mc to Dillon and he has b«n here and has e,·cr since bttn in the west. During lndfan
ofl' a[...]hcn became an Witor, a11d maiden name w:is E lizabeth Holicla)', married in Penn-
for three ye[...]mainder arc loc.ated as follows : John is mar-
O. E. Morse. Upon the demise of Mr. Mors.e he de• ried and resides in Bcavcrhe.[...]from a little
has also :a special dep.lrtmcnt for e.abinet workf~ming, countr)' school in Mic.hi[...]is interests, :at which time the firm St)'.lc was e:hanged
mc-nt arc ,•cry app.ircnt, for he[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (159)[...]ring the building of son, was killed .i.t d,e l»ttlc of Churubusco, in the M'.cxi-
the tr.'li[...]s. Mr. Buck c.a.n re\•iew a long and 3Ctive li£e. Wc.k mcnt in 1824 a nd con1inued until 1830,[...]ing :a«eptcd the office of secretary
Miu Oara· E.. Elhott, of Hamilton, who died March[...]; ~cw York
28, zSQ;, te,win_g two children, Fred E.. and Clarence City, but in 16;1 returned[...]e and in z&$o wu c lce1ed probate
rcpresentati,•e and efficient rncn, and :is the community j ud~c.[...]y c:irried through all
there come forward from tl1e m3S$e~ men of pcculiat the responsibilities he a,sumcd[...]ffman, srrandfathcr of Senator . Hoffman.., ~liss E fo:al>cth 8 . Penfield, who is a daut<htcr of Gcor,12e[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (160)[...]taff of Gover• country nume,·ous changes ha\'e taken pfacc-, and he has
nor Lttlie, and w-:is[...]ollows : Sylve$tCr, Beersheba, Louise, David,
h e cnterpris.ing and industrious, 1s. loath to t~irn[...]born in Vermilion county, Illinois, ~e of this ~o!umci E mma Belle, the wife of Charles
October 1, 1837,[...]ploy of the Milwaukee Rail-
farmer of Vermilion e<mnty, Illinois, from whence he road.
removed in 1849 to Garden Gro\'e, Decatur «>unty,
Iowa. He wu o ne of the first[...]865, 186,i, a son of Dr. Thomas ;:ind Mari E. (Ch;:irlcs)[...]r. Thomas Reece was born in \Vales in 1833, and h e
still livmg, as foflows: Uriah M. ; \Vec.kford;[...]in h ard work on his fathe r's farm. He was twel\'e sold his pract:ce and c:los.cd UP. hi[...]ith the family to Iowa, c:,,me to Amcr1e:~. The followmg year he established his
and liv[...]fe l,ut enjoyed His Masonic
Diamond City. Ther e he was engaged in cutting hay[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (161)[...]the New York, in 1813, a nd muned S:11tah E. McGillvra,
United States bind offi~. :u,d when[...]emigrated with his family, consi$11ng of wi(e and four
ne<tcd with the inttrprct:i.tion of thes[...]ec county, Michigan, and there his death
For fi\'e years, :\Ir. Reece was a justice of the pc.1.cc[...]riet court at When he was ~jght years of ag:e, s.hortly :ifter the
Hclen.J.[...]Elk$' Club. the Fra• Michigan, to li\'e with a maternal aunt, his mother sub•
tern.al O[...]ss he ha$ gh•en consider:,.ble twel\'e years of age: ran away to make his own way, in
.l[...]g Lc-avenworth, Kansas_.
l:\rld, who was a n:ith·e of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. 1n the mon[...]f until February,
dence pri Benton a,·cnuc in 11.e!ena. 1859, when he jo[...]he became a mem•
\V,ALT'U. CooP&lt. Since e;,.rlic.5t Youth, when as a lad bcr of a n cxp,c:d[...]\Valter Cooper, one of the most p:ominent (i.giJ~e:s in the mountains, but failing in the object of[...]Virginia City. in Augu.st, he diSl?(>Scd
Sarah E. Cooper, of Argyle, \Vasbington county, New of hi[...]as nominated for
)·cars, and then Joated a.t t e town of Hebron, \Vash- ma)'Or of the City in 1888[...], and in 1789 again settled in Was.tung . at larg:e, and was made chairman of the committee on
ton[...]re died R,;ghts of Suffrage and ::i member of the e<>mmittec on
in 181:i, aged eighty-nine y[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (162)[...]rc.sided at Boieman. Mr. and Mrs. C0<>pcr h;l\'e been
served on the committee on crMcntiaJs, ;i;n[...]fie~ wit~ l?C3I JOumalism practically
~gisb.th·e A'nembly from Gallatin county. -'-' the only[...]o_f t,~s. com,m~nily _throug~ the, COiumns of t11e
n\3dc p0ssible the crcc1ion and equipment of the[...]Arts. In 18oz he was made !he suec:e.ss whic~ c,rowns his dforts in a business way
a member of the first exccuth•e board of this institu• 1s. t~e more _grabfy1n.g to contemplate. I.n addition to
tion and sencd six years in that capacity. In 1910 h e his interest Ill the newspaper busine[...]he
the city of his adoption by !)rstaniz:inlt' t~e B!'.>zeff!3..R date o~ his nativity _being'[...]undtr bis d1rcct1on a~d w11h t~e ~xcepbon of s~ven years he has p3Sscd
caused the[...]doubtless rank 3mon_g the most iroporta.nt achic\'e• Uf!til Apnl1 1865, which date marks h[...]also 1nstru.ment-al in orginl%1ng and ~e is stilJ a n active n'!d capable eitii:en io spit[...]f the 9f his vci:era.bl~. :agc of e1ghty•threc years. }le is
farg:e1t nouring mills in the state, of which firm he wa[...]fairs · which agi- nta1de!1 name was Martha E. T. Borrell, was likewise
t.'lted the state in[...]limin:ary contest b:,• whiC:h ~\. is th_e i.mmedi~te subject of this review; Mary F . ·[...]ontrol of the 1s the wife of George E. Gohn 311~ they li\•e ~n :Virginia
stale convention, and was made its[...]hairma..n of •the State fornia; Ntllie E. is the wire of l!.uther ~. Buford and
C[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (163)[...]buaine.ss during the greater ~rt of his acti\'e career.
tranung, which discipline was l:t.tcr sue[...]nt and r:ineher and makes his home at i\lissoula;
e ntered the pmuing business. In the spring o 1&)6[...]d1K1plmc he has since supplemented w11h cxten$i\'e
in this conn«tion is· the fact that this ""P3,p[...]which the fi.rst p:\~t in Montana, the th e age of f'iheen years, , when he began to work in[...]:trtner and rnn the p!.'J)Cr alone month. J~e ha$ .always bc~n interested in the. gcncml
for th[...]bu.smess a1'c.J m 1911 ,came to Ra\'alli to
to tl1e T imes Pubhshin; ComJ)any, of which prominent[...]to spend nll Ins leisure time rn his attr:tet1\'e home in
time-honored Maso11ic order, being a past[...]orn and reared in Indiana but who came to
which h e is a charter member. In p0ht1C'$ he 1s an[...]reat i~duf• state rcprC$cnt..·tti,·e, now serving his SC\'Cnth wntinuous
tries is unli[...]must be
dc\·otcd to the careers of representath·e citi1ens 01 mentioned, has two[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (164)[...]Mr. Schvay is on.c of Beaverhead county's na1i,·e- sons. John Le.valley was born on the Is[...]s brought to America, ::ind his tduca~
ceivcd his e:irJy education in the county public S<hools[...]its honorable histOt)' and held it$ e1,1:uc, and ne\'er rode on a steam-boat, r:ailroad[...]1822. lived lo be se\·enty yea.rs
politks ;1.nd e\•c:.r since (a.Sting his maiden \'Ote he h as[...]btti, a fighter in the ranks and taken an acti\•e pan in follows : Dan, John, Thomas. Jennc[...]type. He was first elected to Lit.:e many farmers' sons o f his day and locality, Dan[...]mendh)g the latter until he was
senate:. He was r e•tlcetcd upc,n the termination of his ~i[...]s he worktd in the lumber ca.mp.s, then
c.ffttti\'e in brin,gfog about considerable wise legislation.[...]ra5ka, where. ht spent a short
h is probable th;u e\·c:n hi3her preferment lies before timt[...]ting a Mason, an a puty of ten or twc:h-e mtn, ha\'ing a small mule tc.\m
E lk and a member of the Be.1.verhca.d Club.[...]way in Wisconsin and it sidcrab1e trading with the Indians. His next employ•
wu s[...]but with the ad,·ent of the sheep htrders J1e sold Ins
lli$.$Ouri, Decc-mbcr 30, 1891 his chosen lady being tattle and l{a\·e his attention tntircly to the shctp
Lill.ian M.[...]f h.is community, and can be relitd upon to t;:h·e
this line. a_n d is now widel)' k:oown in the shc[...]ses to be for the
indu, try. Mr. Ln:allC)· JS an e.x«llcnt type of the public welfare,[...]•.•
sturdy, indu$.trious clas, of men who ha\'e brought the · On December $, 1[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (165)[...].nd thre:c sons con- Upon the death of Mr. E. W. Toole, Mr. Wight l>c<:a.me
trib~ting much t[...]and has 1n 1hc yc:us _1hat h:,,..:c E. Pew m 1907, under the firm name of 1V1ght & Pew.[...]C. J'. Christensen, ~frs. Ella Borst, Air$. 'E. M. Chene>·,
Rudolph Horsky is the .son of Joh[...]c was united in mun:age to Miss M~tJOr1e T ipton, a
t.1.mc to Amcric-,1. in 1$6.i, locat[...]phur Sprinp, MontaN.. Mr. a..nd Mrs. . Wight ha~e
home co:1tinuously ,since th,t time. The marrt![...]ving
Rudolph Horskr :1.s ,. boy 1tten4cd 1l~e s~de ~nd who bore conspicuous parts[...]ty :it Hclt11a. from wh1<:h tic '~'3$ o,1e of the g rand old me1, of l\101\laN. He $tood sid[...]the firtt ~"Car
or two of uf)•hill work was o,·e-:. he has made luge and frontier advi[...]farm :it about twcnty-6,•c. cent$ a day ga,•e lum his
b!oc:k, and i s the owner of :in e:octcnsl\'e :.11d ,·aluablc first e:aming:s. Then u he bee.a.me older he found cm•[...]he Hudson nvcr.
the Bcne-,.·olent and Prottcti\'e Order of Elks 2nd the :and to New Yor[...]twenty.five ye31"$ old, :'lnd by tr:,'.Un1ng. and e_x •
Club and is an enthus&ashc $portsma.n. Au1[...]s rc:ady for the C3rtcr that awaited h1i:n
is or\e of his f:l\'oritc diversions. . He is :..ffili:it[...]e carcfl.ll 111 busi-
the Republican party :,,nd e:1.sts his ,-otc. m the intet• ness ,,cnturu, and to sec cl~r to the end' of c,·cry
e.sts of th:tt t)ltty, but further th~n th:at he does not go mo\'e. To thi$ has been due his sutCC$$ in material
in[...]nt occupations durin,: the rc,t
riage with Annie E. Brooke, the daughter of pr. ~en•[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (166)[...]. Gwin embarked on a steamer · Jonx- E. FORREST. 'th,frc· arC comparativc1)· ·re,;
at[...]lden achv1Ucs of that state until of John E. Forrest, 8uttc-'s well-known groccrym:m, is
JS6S[...]n. 1SiO he st:'lrted out as proprietor of a st:i.~e sta•
along the rO\llC o{ the Union Pacific Rail[...]Deer Lo-dge count)'
mines of that territory. Wh i1e :tr Ophir. Ut~h. h·e scr,~d and known as Forrest station. Mr. Forre[...]merch:md1smg. etc. He now g1\'C.S wi(e. is a«ounted one of the lc.:tding stock-raiseN
o[...]rn in Au-
Mr. Gwin as ::'I Democrat took an ac1h·e ·pa.rt in poli•· gust, 1843. and was tak[...]l in 10<'.al :md ,::encr;al public John E. Forrest was born at Germln Gulch, . Mon•
affai[...]ine of whO$C livC$ h:ts just been sketcht<l.
when e:ach contest was dc,cidcd they shook h3nds ind[...]ii w:is :m unorg3ni1.«l Murrin. a. nath·e of Sheffidd, En.gland, but of Scotch
territory, M[...]the state. descent. her parents being nath·e.s of Glasgow, Scot·•
He says: •·1 love Mont[...]1!)0.l, howe,·er. he decided to
Many men ha\'e cause for prac,ti~I gr:ititudc to the ,na[...]d:wghter of ducted 11ndcr the cxce;uti\'e o'ian:agemcnt of Mr. For•
Christop~er Jo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (167)[...]well u- ':"irgi_nia City, where:- he e,stablishc-d the first signal sta•
soncd stot-k[...]a trustee, a nd is a generous oontribt1tor to th e o f ) fines. In p,ohhc,s Mr. Kmsht was[...]any ch,1ritabtc sta!wart supportc~ o f tl1e principles a nd policiC"S ror
ind bcnc,·olcnt t:[...]l)endent Order o f Odd Fellows, o f which e"c:r on t he :alert. and enthu.siasticall>· in sy[...]:ill mc:-uures p rOJected fo r t ht good of tl1e gcnc:r:i.l w el•
in t he council o f whi<11 he[...]·
mcmt>crs of t he c~e<:uth·e committee o r t he Butte At But[...]t was united
Merch::uus A$SOCiMion, ready 10 g-i\'e his support to in marrfog:e 1,0 Mi$S Maria P. Purmort, a descendant
:tll ,nc;[...]an~ t1ic fo rme~ of .whom was a n:tth·e o { Ne,~ Ham~[...]Knight
i n c,,cry ®mmunity some few mc:-n lta\·e an indelible is a devout member o f[...]:ommunity and upon
the memories of those who ha,·e known them b>· t heir Ho:-.. Lt.[...]·\·en as his fath er
3bilit y 10 fis ht 3nd win e\·t n as::-ainst g rea t odds, :ind Col. James E. Callaway, is regarded with pride bf
by that kind[...]. w:is -.,nc of his :i.dministrath•e abilit r and his judic:-ial acumen ha"e
those. ) fr. K night came 10 Mont:ina. m 1870, an[...]ther interc:-sts in this state mg 1mpor1:111c:-e as a naitcsm.an is here an licip,ated. To
from th[...]3 man of speak of his in,medi:u e prog<:1titors at knStth is per•
brood :ind nobl[...]e. Mary (Link) Cana,.
A n:tti,·c o f the fin e old Empire sta te of the U nion. way, were l[...]l cra inins: in the oublie schools of his n:iti,·e H is earh· cd~1cation wu th:,,t obta ined f[...]schools of Vir,::inia Cit>·, and was suc:-cc:e,dcd by two
he w a ,1; m,u ricub.tcd as a s.tudc-n[...]onal horixon t.he life o f books. :ilone. E \·ery ph:isc o f practical Jilc
W3$ duke nc:d w[...]boy. bting tinder age, in Comf)any tl1e spring :ind summer mon1hs. :ind by the time he
E . Elcvcmh l ndi:ina Vol untee r Jnfa ntr}', under[...]l the round-ups
mand o f Gen, Lew \ V:ilb.c:c. H e served throughout t he At the_ age of[...]mi,::ht be fi nanci;&lly
ity course-. as abo,•e noted. From the time o f his g rad- mdcf)[...]e•
uation until 18;,) Mr. Kni8ht was variously e
A History of Montana Volume 2 (168)[...]arc to be found in Volumes 28 to 31, inclush·e, of the
a few months later.[...]ing to be merged into th.at or his public ~f\•i<e,
whC"re he conducted a six wttks' c.,.mpaign for[...]tweh-c out o( seventeen hundred Miss E llen N. Badger. the dauJthtcr of Baker W . a nd[...]two sons and two d3ughters,-)liriam, James E..
counh· attorney in i8¢. by 3 m3jority of one[...]iring penetration and force. Or the mMy e:icceptional dignitr. In the Maso11ic setics he is[...]de-nee in the Grand Lod~e. a p0st which he has held
In J9(>0 a new hon[...]f Virginia Cit)'. A second time present e:rand scribe of the Grand Ch.apter of the It
a nd[...]t of which Judge Callaway ha$ met tl1e oubhc he has re•
Montan:,., pursuant to an act[...]and ·at a .
judicial com•e-ntion. composed or the delegates from Ro,mn E. GRIJWtLr... • Business enterprise has m:.rkcd[...]e car«1' of Rohn, £. Gruwell, a represcn1:.th•e busi•
Jefferson and Beaverhead, he was rc•no[...]ncss m:m of Billings, Mo,,tana, C\'er s.i11(e his sthool
the office of dis.trict judge by acda[...]trong race, westcm range.s. He is 3 nati\'e o f MontaM, born in
bcinp; one o( the leaders up[...]ndson of Roben and Melissa· (Da\•is) Gruwell.
e,,n ticket. At the e:<piration of his term of office he In[...]rhe Gruwell family. The: men o f this name ha\'e nc,·cr
as the state; even now it$ probable tran[...]with Rudolph on which a part of the e:ity of Quine)', 1lli11ois. now
V:.n Tobcl and Da[...]red b\' JudRe Callaway in
his formulating. with E. B. Howell of Butte. of the Angeles ov[...]k raising. in JS61 acquiring .in excellent farm 1\e.ir
of district judge he has bttn twice ca[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (169)[...]bcr 22, 1900: Mr. Gruwell wa.s m:trried to
Robert E. Gruwell. is wc:11 known to t~1e pc~plc of M iss Hcfon Orrick. and they have four[...]ings, one of the cit>•'s most sub• Protcc1i,,e O rder o Elks.
$(:mtiat citizen$. He was born on[...]n he sold it, settling in Newark, where h e followed the trade 0 £
afterward drh·irtg his s[...]-tn :i. v·cr)' useful, public-spirited and aeth·e citi• sen•cd for se\'entcen months under Gene[...]treatment, that hc ·had to spend two.months 1n.t~e
which Jic decmtd rn!ncficia1 to his constituents[...]ar,·. 1900, wa,s the wife o( Dr. Johnson: Robert E., learned the p lumber's trad~, but r~eived only[...]tr)". with which orgam7.atton he c.tmc
Robc:n E. Gruwell was gi\'en exetllcnt edu<'ational to reg[...]a prospecting tour. He comrades, l~ca:tin~ n~ar 1~e 1own o( c;:as(·:tdc: E ngag•
remained in the fa r north for a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (170)[...]5cquc:.ntly located in Alder Gulch, wl1erc he was e n•
During the fall of 1&Sr 1:e ~turned 10 New ]erst>', gaged in[...]and the same yc;ir came to Gallatin
that he had e-tlrned a n $t. he sold this establi$hmcnt[...]ail;', Mon1.ana, a nd has a son, ha\'e been born to this union : George, Arthur J.• Em[...]r. \Vcllhouser's liie is $lrikingly illustr.l.li\'e of the 1889. In po.litics Mr. Herbc.rt is an[...]•·s oukd, big-hearted man, thorollghly
bra,•e and g:allant soldier, so .he became a good and lo[...]of those c:har-:ietc:r-i.sties
i$- honored and e$tcuncd as a man who has not hved of bre.a[...]n of a man who was for yc:1r5 identified
. GE01t4E Htl.11.ER'f. Ont o! the old and honored rc:si•[...]cs-
career experienc(d the vicissitudes that ha,·e attended t-nt position with that comp3.n)' befog[...]n 183~ in Frank1in count)', Pennsyl\'an,a. bu sin(e filled with a high degree of c.ffieiency· and wi[...]a.t Dcc:r Lodg~. Montam, May 24, 187t, Shelbl•
E'!S'land respectively. . . Irvine i5 the son of Edwin H. and Anna E. (Forbis
Mr. Herbert secucd bis ·education in the pubhc Irvine. The father was a natj,•e of Kentu.clcy, born in
schools and worked[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (171)[...]to the last few years of tiis c-.at«J in 1l1e public schools of t;crmany, and when he
life. He[...]possessed. He owned ;\ one-third interest in the E,·c• he first settled in Cook «>uni)'. lllinoi[...]ycii--, but left the farm to go
:moth<:r mining e11terprisc of note in 1hc d.iiys pre\·ious to Bu[...]most . He was He renuincd thus employed .until 11,e winter of 1Sj0,
one of the founders of 11,c Chris[...]an c:irnes.t rnembtr of th:.t bod,y in D«r Lod1;:e work in the mine$. He worked in the mines for two[...]; parties bound
drcle of old-time friends . .Anne E. Forbis. his wife and for the Blatk Hills. His su[...]pector was
the mother of the subj«t, was a nMh•e of Kentuc-ky, Jike · rri/, and in 1879 he return[...]meister was willing to retire from acti\'e business. and
Shelby ln•inc w:a$ educated i[...]Mr. Burmeister owns considerable real e5tate in
cst:ite and mining: business with his fat[...]tcr. In
honored father, 3nd his sturdy Sco1ch anc-e.stry stands 1903 ).Ir. Burmeister sold his ranch[...]A(>ril 12. 1893. Mr, Irvine was united in marria~e SJ,>Cnt in California, Los Angeles and San· Dies[...]many a plt3sant .spot-, Montan.a .still rc~ins h e1'
Two childrm have been bom of their union. \Vill[...]One of the strol'!_,g :md rc$0urcc-
HENRY Bv1n,1e1STU. Although Htnry Bunndsttr fol characters which ha,•e been so distincth•ely in evi-
had bctn a reside[...]ate, sheep raising being his determine opportuni11e,s :md ad,·antagcs and to make
main :ic.th·ity,[...]rom businC$S and such use of the S.\me as to gi,·e him consccutiYc .advance-
makes his home in Great Falls, where he is the owner ment and to place him e,·c-nt1.1:ally :imong the substantiar
o f[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (172)[...]ous efforts to deve:lop the same ioto a producth·e farm.
in the c~nty part of the eighteenth centur[...]714. The)' b«:nnc. three suceessi"e )•ears and the financial resources reached
sub[...]the n3me were found enrolled as t~e )'oungc.st <?f the three sons, ~ssistcd in provid[...]her of the s ubject of this product1\'e m a linanc1.al way. Owmg to the "arious re•
r[...]all he~dm:asters,
J)lantcr :rnd an influenthll e.iti1.en of his community. experience, h[...]ompson gardening business. for fi\'e years. T he smoke from the
and Lucy Ann (Smiley[...]ditions. The rapid growth of the city thus led tl,e
Montana. The two former maint:tin their homes[...]{ h is long and use- tana me!ropolis. ~e rapidly acquired other realty arid
ful hfc in[...]nal rest in 1895, so that in wa)' h e conunued lus .successful operations in the real[...]t lo ng di\'ided. Mrs. Kcm~r was a e.s tMe, loan 3nd insurance business until 1895 when J;e
devout member of the Methodist EpiscoJ).'tl th[...]lfam A., is p res ident of the company, 3nd E. Sier1eu
A History of Montana Volume 2 (173)[...]d with \V. V. L.twler1 in the sen~ati,·e bu.sinC-,! s men of the younger generation in hi$[...]they rctai~cd; AngclC$, 9alifomi:t; Helen E., was born July 15, 1892,
in that additio11 pr[...]1,as btcn .ietivc:ly ideniified with the fo•e s10tk business.
dent of the Brooklyn Mining Comp3ny :ind \'icc,.pre.si• H_e. his al~. .found tim_c to lake a Ji\'e.1)• interest in
dent of the Salmon Ri\'er ?.f[...]nu111n,;: ac1n•111cs, and srne:e 1903 has been a member
The career of :\!r.[...]$ and rc.sponsibil- mg to the United Sta1e.s when a mere boy He saw
itics he dcvC'lopcd ad[...]uccc.ss, the while it has been 1~1ene:.e rn Grn,_u~c ~uni)' and held a prominent . Po~i-[...]dow rests on any portion of his singularly acti,·e ."Ind April, 18$7, :,g:cd 6fty-s;x, His wi[...]he public schools o f Minneapolis. In thit year
E. S. Shields, s«retary of the Butte Land and Inve[...]ance of his fat her that John Duffy learned the
e,·er been an ;i,pprccfativc student and reader 3nd has ranching busin(SS, in which he e,·entually engaged on
become known as a man of[...]and import:anee in that business.
mathcm.,ties, e,thi(al and philosophic.ii subjects and also[...]of the Yeo•
an indepcndc(\t attitude and gh·e$ his SU()port to me.n mCfl and of the C[...]h:as .shown him.self to be signaH>• progressh•e ni7.ed the m:arriage of Mr. Duffy with M[...]· Mary Estella, d~e:tscd; Benjamin Harrison, died in in-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (174)[...]is father's line and of Virginia an• wh1e.h he is an advisor and counsellor in this section[...]partic,patef-1 m the rather dramatic e"ents of that a.s•
3nd initiati-,·e. and had a lively interest in the unde•[...]I n the campaign of 1912) Mr. Bla.ir wa.s e1cctcd 3
course of his subsequent life.[...]"nd exciting or among the mo re recent e.itiuns of the state has
activities of :\ mining[...]spoken of as the finest Cot.. JA)IES E. CALt.A\\'A\'. In spite of the fre-
st[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (175)[...]mts a lefal career w:as soon intc:r ruptcd.by"'e\·cnts which
of Col. Richard Call:tway. of Edm[...]the httle me~i3te result. With in an hour a e<>znp.'\ny wa.s or•
<L'lus:hters of these two men by lndi:ms. W hile Fannie g:u111:ed :md he was e h05en to be: its c:iptain. Two
.and l3ctscy Ca[...]was listed as Complrny O of the Twcn•
g:,,,•e' the alarm and Colonel C:i.11:i.wa,, with thirty[...]: ammc of Uo~em:m. Most noteworthy i,, Col. James E. sioned :is major.[...]y :i.s.soc1:i.1ed w11h the battles or Raisin Rl\·e r and way was sent to take command or this :il[...]st:1tc, a Virgi111an named \Villiam Mean s. t11e first the inscription: "Presc:nted to Major James E. ... Call-
:sheriff of Christian county; and wh[...]is from the year 1&.JS prited tre:uur·e and an objcd of much inter«t and ad-
until his clc-:ith. He w;is in e.:'l.rlr ye-a.rs an old-line miration, e ven of rc\'ercnce, to his fritnd s. It has
Whig[...]Hamilton Means Calla• T he abo\'e-mentioned b;ittlts were by no means Col-
way. H[...]i\y of Jackson• with 111.s h\'? rc:gin1e1H.s. a,,d some C:t\'alry a!,d artillery,
\'illc[...]for a week, gatherini a,td grinding
Jackso1wil!e and Tuscola, or the :i.c.1demy :it Jackson[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (176)[...]gation being J$71. T he
:ender of the Confcder:t1e a rmy ldt nothing for the C\'e1me$$ ~nd scea.dintss of his charac:tel' thl'ou,gh[...]ay to . do bu1 rtsign "by reason of the political e,·cnts recounted g.'tve tone to the fabric of
clo[...]at noticcabl).' failing him, he withdrew from pro!e.ssional
large. Thcir •scn•ices were employed[...]nearly fort>• ycuS- he had li\'ed with l1is wi(e,
sidering his legal 1alent a.nd his military rcputation, Mary E. Link Callawat, whom he had married at Paris
it w[...]whom she :and the colonel were the p.1.rcn1s wel'e
endea\'Ors. A change of climate seemed advisab[...]e is a prominent a ttorney. George R.,
entire tin,e nor rc:p;1,id the scn·ice wi1h adequate p<:• t[...]f Madison county. In Jan\lary of 1885 he wu, nc,·e r did he pcnn it politic:i.1 differences to inter[...]. being the fi rst Republic.an to hold that otl'i<e peculiar joy in the bet that he had as man[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (177)[...]arian im·aluable and th.it he stands high in the e.stecm of his fellow
in the era of Qur ,-oung st[...],;so:,,·. Ten miles west of the city of B. P. O. Ee children: LcwiJ
success in his ehosc.n line of[...]trk, August 25, 1~55, a se•·cn )'e:1rs of age; and Phoebe, who died in infancy.
so[...]in the schools of his native country, hut when h-e w.:as found in it of a nature encouragin[...]in his efforts to acquire a com•
orado," and e,•cntually landc-d at Nc-w York City. At fortahl[...]erding cattle in the Butte v-aUcy many who rccogm%e his admirable qualities and arc
in 1871. Durin~[...]on and Madison until 1884, his progrcssi\'e ideas ."Ind his tnergy in carrying them[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (178)[...]n?,l rest of SC\·eral days, a respi1e of which both their mules
Cfficacy of vanous hc[...]hear the ·sound of wagon and outfit,, e:ic:h taking turn at this duty.
h:immcring. Tuci[...]Hole country, which at the time was ah\'e with game
this Miami 1».nd being accompanied with gifts of valu- of e\·cry description :ind infosted with Indi:tns, wh[...]es, taking ten days to make the journey, to a hou$e
fine oountr)' to the west, in which the Indians[...]returned by way of Fort
through her kn6\vlcd$t'e of medicine and of life in a Lemhi ove[...]ui1din,s: a suction pump. which was
Boyer and a e r.'l.nddaug:-)ltcr of Catherine Sc.haeflcr.[...]perienccs he w.1s only twenty-four l·ears of a,::e, :tnd
Montana pioneers, thus continuing the fam[...]ablished a second
he became a member of Company E , One Hundred at Philip[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (179)[...]ols of
2nd of At1itu.st. 1875. Two children h2\•e bten born ~adersburg :ind Crow Cree[...]ranch and s.toc.k to his brother. \Villiam S. He
e.ilw, h:\s two chi drcn. Coleman :ind Kathlttn.[...]until 1So6. :i.nd afterward.
man. wa.$ a nath•e of Ohio. He was a veteran or the fo[...]served as post•
He \\':tS a w:igon 3nd ~rri:11=e n'l:inufacturer :t.rul is master at Raders[...]lowed mining and prospce-ting in Bro;adwatcr e:ounty.
mother were: C(()rge F •. who is now 2[...]antile busi•
town: :md $,uh, who marrit<I Peter E. H.irt, of Ger• nc-ss. which he e:ondueted succc-ssfull>· for two year$,
n1:antown[...]public
'fn his c:itlr d:i.)'$ Mr. Coletn:rn e.njoycd hunting :ind office, being e1«tc-d county tre-asurcr. For this impor•
Fi.shin~ 2nd all kinds of 3cth·e SP.Orts. Now he gh·es t:,nt office he[...]:imple mtaM, owning, in
h as :'1wa)-S been ac.ti\'e in the Grand Arm,• of the t1ddition to his ranch lands, \'3luab1e realty at Raders•
Republic-. :ind W;lS the firs[...]r i\·fis.s Mertie Dou,Rhty• .\ nati\'e of R:i.dersburg, like
ninctttn years. He is a lso[...]the chairs in the local lods:c. H:e is one or the inftuen-
acti,·e- workers in the: s:ame.[...]s of thi.s p.'\rt of the·
:incl culture of ' him$e1f ,nd househoM go also those st.ate. is .\ nath·e son of Montana and of the 4YoC which
tr:tils of c[...]with Montana some twcnty•fi\'e )'Cars before it was 2d•
81SllAR>. \VH.r,rAM[...]Monian:i. ma.>• bC' fou nd numbers who oroudly e:laim dination the subject is loyal to its institution$. He is
this s:rc:tt state as their nath'e one. and M they owe the scion of one[...]~~btr or soldiers and p.,triots.
a notable na.ti\'e riti1.enshio a.nd a le-adinst r~rescnt:t- whose: $tauneh eE. Hall, was a nath-e of flolmes
A History of Montana Volume 2 (180)[...]the men and mr:i.sures o f the Repubhcan ac1i,•e in earty .-«airs, his influence bcing·very defi[...]the RC,..olu•
mains of that good .-.nd bra,•e woman arc intcrfcd. Mrs. tion and the \Var of 181[...]i'.fr. and Mrs. Hall are members !)f the sef\ ic:e in the Continental :irm>•, the same being signe[...]inia.
resfdes with his parents at Boxcman and th e youngest, Mt. Hall is a member of the[...]d was and children. H i.s residence, an attracti\'e and hospitable
gr-:i.du.ated from the high schoo[...]8!)1. one, is IOC3tcd at 443 Clark Street.
In t11e meantime he had come to the d«1s1on to adopt
th[...]hi rty miles from
Michigan. Subsequent to th.Ill ~e rcmov~d to ~w,sto_n, Genoa, h:ily, 01\ the 15th o[...]and Magdalene (Rc-cci) Palladino,
assodation with E. \V. Momson, one of the ,no~ prom· who li\•«i[...]short pcnod. He. next rcmo,•ed to Ne1• ladino e,'1ercd the Pct-it Semi11airc at Gen«t, Owing
har[...]\fa)\ 1&.>s, wcnt to Big Timber, sho.rtly af!er t~e to the diocese of Tortoro. to continue his srndic[...]ince then he has bceo engaged in prh,.atc prictic:e .'Ind was S<"nt to S:mta Clara and until 1[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (181)[...])'Cars in Id:aho and North Yakinu, in a clerical .e:1pacity, which he rcg:ardcd u somewhat
W:uhingt[...]rious than remaining at home with aged
to b«on1e a»ist:rnt pastor in the parish in which men and[...]nal credit for his In 1871 Mr. Lockey e~cd in business in Hclen:a in
ycus o f $acrifice[...]. branch
nings of Mont;ma histOr>·, there ha,·e been priests who s.tore in Do.tcm:tn, where he m:[...]a most r cprc-s.cntative clientagc and has
p,eop!ee advantages itol building site. He was also a heav[...]e.hes of the
for advanced education, and he ha.s e\·cr been a student l\ta,onie fratcrnit)',[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (182)[...]tling in Gallatin count)', at
lesquc lcgisfati\'e risscmbly, ,,\hieh was organiied in wl13t[...]esteem of his fellow citizens. I n
ruffled a1td e\'tr serious deme3nor lends a gr-;l\'e dig_~ politieal m:mers he was a Republican,[...]having taken pl.ice in County
at Helena to ifiss E mily E. Jeffrey or l.ea\'cnworth, Stans-tcad, C[...]1907, a t sin soon after their marri~e, and on the old homestead
Palo Alto, California. They had fi\'e children, two n'ear the city or Eau Cl[...]u.~
Mont;ina's eminent lega l practitioners, Geor~e Douglas man, J<rank Matthew •Co[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (183)[...]the public t:rna wa.s during the first J·e:us of his rc-$idcncc: here-.
schools of Boicman,[...]uion ~fore the state board of !nan woul~ ha\'e failed. not only in making a success
\ViS<"onsin[...]tted to the blr o f that rommon• m. th ee of jurisprudcn~. i\.tr. Pease h.u John[...]his con• Jamin L. Thomas, who was a nati\'e of the state of
n«tion h;i.s not a peer in this[...]the latter bod>·, kn.owing a father's to,·e and cMc one of the saddC$t
A stalwart Republi[...]we. of New Hampshire. She only lived till
w,i, dc!e:lted in the nominating con,·cntion by :-1 m3•[...]lt10n in the public schools of his.
an apJ)Ointh·e one. he wu chosen as his own suc•[...]2. :irrh·ing with four-
tomc)'S Calh1tin count)' e,·er had. He had bctn a can- 1ecn doll[...]lican quiring .-n rntimite aequ1:.1ntanC'e with the country and'
eandidate for district judg[...]oving to Ne\'ada Cr<"ck, where he bought a
cratic e:rndid,atc. Hon. \Villiam R. C. Stew.ut. In fra•[...]fill in the tin1e while hC wns looking about to find a
On June 2[...]Prickly Pc.ar creek and here he settled down
fi,·e children. the otl1trs being : Eugenia )f., Ruthro[...]ing. He btt.ame we-It known throughout
n.; Homer E. and URoy :\. Eben \Vard was born at[...]r!'lde his ranch for :\ pros•
June :n, 18$5. at E.iu Oairc. )Ir. and- l tu. Pease pC'[...]ge of eight, and He Ms lh·c-d l1erc- e,·cr since 3nd in conncc-tion with
A History of Montana Volume 2 (184)[...]1s pallid
been most aurac-tivc to. him, .:&nd h e has pro~ed that hand on this de,•oted w[...]ant or stock•r:uscr. she would ha,·e had it do, the other members of 1he
Mr. Thom[...]1 b~sinc-,ss. S11e«$S seemed to elude him during- three
of h is h[...]on the twenty-seventh of October, 1877, at the
E. Billops, who lived in C.iscade, Montana. The>•[...]ernmcnt organi:r.cd the
nus ;md pain th.at ga\·e birth to the new Germ:11n lib• State Vo[...]water, on
turcd 3nd shot. the rem.aining three e,·iding the cncm)· board the ,steamer, "N[...]$ one of the merehMt kings might org.\nO:e the Holter Lumber Company. For
of the ne[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (185)[...]d
the other commi$$ioncrs being J. H. Harris 3!'d E. R. for his time could scar,cely be ta11ed wages,[...]s oppouunitie.s were g re:t1er th:tn in his nati\'e country.
of the Benevolent and Prot«:ti\'c Order[...]at Cedar Creek, Montana, he in company with fh•e
close of the war Mr. Charks Wegner wooed and won[...]ounty. Percy is with his tic and land5' after li\'e years on the unch at F1athead
older brother in Li[...]s1s beside her mother. En:im:a is the wife of Mr. E. engaged in work a t his old trade. A year later[...]wick, and in 1$79 a.gain went to li"e on a farm, this
Although a ll of the children[...]as energ)' and determina tion to succeed won l:tr~e fin:ln•
bom on t.he &h of Dcc:c-mbcr, 18[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (186)[...]s surveyor his name may be fou nd th ee\•c.ry son of an illustrious
while his co[...]::ilispcll, it would seem
have been aoc_ e ptcd as authority. that[...]of Thomas u. and Mar~3rc1 (Rohan) Logan,
li(e in Montana, and he made worthy use o{ his oppor-[...]lls public library and which was colonel of t11e Sixty-first 1-lighl:,,nders, that Archi~
it[...]to deed his collection to it, pro- f:tll of tl1e city of Mexico. partidpa1ing in all the en•[...]T hi~ unique but inte resting character e3me to be one paroled ~nd sent to Rou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (187)[...]battle and 1he other
until 186!), at which tin~e he :tcco1npanied his rcgimc!lt subsequently[...]seal was the. family ere.s t cnJra,·ed and e.n:1mellcd on
in the milit:tt)' dcp,:tmncnt of the[...]t time receh•in~ honorable mention for cffccti\'e little Jingcr of his left h:md until[...]of '"Billy' Todd,
br~wcry and g.\lta,nry. wht1l h e was on the road to fur- in Fort Benton,[...]ln was married in Texas, in 18~, to e.apt:1111.
Miss Odelia Furlong, a. nati,·e oi the famous old clty of "For )"Cars[...]y Ma$0nic eniblcms. Mr., Logan
who was in :acti,·e ser"ice in M:mila, now dead; Maggie. im[...]a, with the Se,·enth U1lite:d who ga"e this brier a«ount of her conne<:tion with it:
S[...]nt in the Pliilip- of Ne, Pere-cs near th e Cyprc$$ Hills in northern Mon-
pincs. and now Ji\[...]th that ambition unrc:i.lizcd, his request of th·e again rutcd side by side.'' :Mrs. Logan s[...]tle with the S:u:icens, he cast the she e11giging in stock raising operations and labori,,g[...]keep her little flock together. Until he was
bra"e hc:'!.rt. in b:mle, as thou were wont 10 do. ai1d[...]Douglas will follow thee;' how· the heart and e~ket c.tttle ind.ustry, but su[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (188)[...]his the Republicans but is not acti\•e m politics. His re-
administration as chief city[...]at the home of the bride's
landers and B. P. 0. E., past E. R. of th:tt order. si5ter, Mr. and Mrs[...]forer.nost !n ad\'ancing en~crpriscs and impro,·e-
20, 1872. The first eight years of his life were spent ments winch will pro~e of lasting bene.lit to the city,
in the Monlana[...]s.cventy-ninth ye.ir. Their one daughter, of tweh-e thildrcn, eight sons and four daughter$.
Margaret[...]f his education, 1:aking both a school 3nd a ho1?1e was c-stablishe<l in l<faho, where he con1inued t[...]the Ut3h
h> Lewisto,~'n. ·S ix yc3rs before he 'e ntered t11e employ North~rn Railroad which was being construc[...]oy of fifteen and ~•cars, at th~ (nd of which ,1e boug~ll teams and went
~fr. \Va.Iker. stud[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (189)[...]ac-
grcatcr dl'orc. and determinacion b3ckcd by confi dence itated him from further military[...]nce. IHis military service was in the
no ac1h•e interest in public affair$, except to vole for[...]ar, by the Sioux
with :'l l;trge and produeti\·e body b.'lck of it-everything Indians, Mr. l<[...]1S " c1t1zcn whose Joy.thy and public spirit ha\'e Mrs. Kluge accompanied her huslnnd to[...]of the promi1tcnt and well- t.h~re: E~il Kluge! Jr., the eldest son, born in Det[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (190)[...]n
his operations in this industry were cxtensh•e. His cit- this enthusiasm Mrs. Rkkcr .$h,arcs, fo[...]ters was almost infallible and thoroughness acth·e mc1,, who a few years ago was one of :\'lontana's[...]hitects and builders. his arr1\·a1 and hu had th e plc~sure of contributing to
and sen•cd a thre[...]eykora, also of Austria. becoming his wife,
th e comple.tion of the tern,. ·[...]nd in 1904 returned to Helena, first :idding E<lward Horsky w:is educated in thc, oublic[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (191)[...]rs of this giant conce.m as one of the cxecut1\•e heads
profession as his own, and spent one ye[...]and director, of the Poindexter and Orr L1\•e Stock
a physid::m's office in this city, whic[...]f cami,,g his fi rst money.
socfatcd with Jud;e ) . B. Claybcr$', which pirtneuhip[...]recruit to the Orr, was :t nati\'e of Ohio .ind i,, the Buckeye state
llen«lict[...]y side in Dillon. They were the. parent.s of. six e~1l-
thusiastic of Montanian.s.[...]Ctcrinary in charge of 1hc Marc:us he e$tablished the first clc,ctric: plant here and 1s[...]pation being that of maJI•
rccel\•C<I his e1emcnt31')' education in the public schools[...]Charles 13. Orr is ~mmarried and lh·e1 in Dillon and 1s
d:lS$ie.tl course of the Un[...]nary college at Toronto, Ontario, Canad3, and ree:e.ived charge of 1he cattle intere[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (192)[...]es of this section and h is emotions
t;,oNtL E. MAxx1xc;. "The Bitter Root ya,llcy is the ~re th[...]office of clerk of the d istrict court.
Lionel E. ?,,fanning, of StcvcM,•illc, and is fu lly ill[...];'l.nd lo.-in businus.. He has valley chambtr of commerce. He is one of the county's
also identified hims[...]blic and social life, :1nd character,. being o( t~e sort which finds expression quite
merits in the[...]ics·t vot•
his oommunity. Mr. M:umini is .tn E nglishman, hav- !ng days he has taken an active i[...]sale, making 3 speefolty of away at that time ~e was (orcm:rn. The Hu.sbaudmo,i moved[...]me!'t1oned. To
E., J r.. a capit31ist of Stc,•ens\·ille: i.\fau[...]rts all of them he has brought the most
William E. Cannon, of this city; lsabcHa. who marrie[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (193)[...]::l,and. Mr, an4 Mr~. Peterson h;we two children,
e;irefolly chosen tutor, who devoted three years to[...]iuoun farmer at R;i,ce Track, this state; Charles E.~ of Ana-
and wa.s admiltcd to the b.1.r in rS78, ;ind in 18So made CC?nda; E.n::,m:i. S., who married_ J . A. McAllister and
h[...]as a result of the clcetion o{ of Missoula: Henry E., who is a merchant of Spo-
)Ir. Brantley to the[...]o strvc out the Springs : Zt;lm3,. tht wife of J. E. Bryson, of Ana•
uncxpirtd term. At its dose in[...]ving that her
1ry. She is the daug hter of Robert E. Kelley, who was c1t1zens arc amply ?ble ;i,nd wi[...]Montana and now one of the leading re1,I the lii1e of work to which he h:as given his whole ;[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (194)[...]te against town, so new in fact that tl1e grocery store whic-h they
foot b:all, but[...]George W. Ar-tht1r . That w:ts just twcnty-fi,·e ye.ars ago.
e ration to his businc-ss and it is C\•idcnt th:a[...]&w CAR&Y. Since J90') )fatthew Carey has to be th e second d ty in size in the sta te. That busi•[...]ness. His wife. whose maiden name was Mary E mer• himself :it Detroit. Mi[...]of W ilham D. Hustead, re-sides m Virguua in the e mploy of H~ller Hardw3re Comp.,ny, in Helena[...]fou r yc.trs, ·a t the expiration of whic h he e:ntercd the loe:3tion. Mr. Arthur substQuc[...]ap is now the sole owner of thc-
chand1s-e concern at Sheridan. Jn 1 3 he engaged in busincu[...]occuP2tions. . In 1898 he went to Grnni1e coun!)': where thcr, who w:,.~ a.dry-goods mercha[...]sed awa)'
for the erisu.,ng two years h e worktd along mmmg :tf!d in 1858 aftd the modier in 18'p. Of their thre:e children,
m erc.a.ntile linc.s. He then[...]ing for four ycirs in a. mercantile house a nd e\·tutually Miss Ida Dorn. Both .1rc «>mmunicants[...]e sue«ssful men
He manifests a n actl\·e interest in politics as a stalwart of G reat Fall[...]hly cstctmcd as a man of
Democrat and is e\·cr on the alert to ad\·::rncc the but sterling[...]is junior past MATntw Du:-::-.-. The e xpression "Self Made," when
w:o r[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (195)[...]mother's untimely dc:tth on the 19th h e dispos.cd of all his real estate in C-31ga[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (196)[...]nton, a d ist:mcc A. M., and Benjamin E. :also holds membership in the
of sOmc tw[...]born in C:i.lga.ry, Canada, on the twenty-$ee,uh d:t)' present location.
of F[...]riginal firm
tcr, Josephine, was twel\•e years o1d on the ninth of being known[...]e
ne;ss, though nominally retired. He has e\'er)• appear· Company. and the concern rell«-ts in e,·ery way the high
ancc of being in the p[...]char-:i.ctcr· of the pro1>rictor :ind his e:-cccllcnt business[...]n of the truest
<Luarter of a cenu1ry has e3rricd the confidence :md western spirit. He was e[...]of ~pc,yrc Brothers, pioneer dru.ggisu., who ha\·e c.,~- his sch ooling h ere · with a bu[...]for about two years. T his was his first e:-cpcriencc in
and Benjamin E. Upcyrc, men whose activitit.s ha\'e mercantile lines, and f{:we him :tn iosight into[...]r i, Alex:mder R. on Apnl 23, 185;, and BcnJ:\m1n E. P.lige btc-amc assocfatcd with Elling & Company[...]ols o f St. Louis, after leaving whkh Bc·nJamii1 E. years of his proprietorship prov[...]e.
brother in Gre.it F:'.llls. Benjamin E. lapcyre followed Mr. Pa'is;re is the[...]ter Se\'Cral )'Cars there removed war, in which h e scr\'C:d in a New Hampshire regi-
to Fo[...]n Madison county :\t the: mouth
the car e used in compounding prescripttons :rnd the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (197)[...]nd Jennie, the youngest of the
in 1904 at th e age o f fi fty-eig ht. They were the par- t[...]lc revenue to
view ; I da N., the wife of J. E. Shorten, li\'ing a1 S.'llt them, and Mrs. And[...]ti\'C Order of Elks, his wi fe is a acti\'e business women o f Sih•er Bow county, Mrs.[...]r, is the sur\'h'•
Democrat and il acth·e in a political way, ahhou,g·h he ing head[...]l>ting a p:sr1icttlarly lueid and. imprcssh·e story o f the
shall, the dauglner of Barney[...]nada. and there re.1ted a fine fa mil)' of twch•e limits of the journey, a fow noticeable i[...]mentarilf farther a nd farther away
farm, r«e1\•111g such cdueat1on ."1$ m1~ht be procured in[...]ut a )'Outh with cit11cr .an cduc.ation at $e,·cr:tl s1:i1ions there were to be seen ,car,cusc[...]western air or fl avor, grasped a nd e njoyed by them ;ill,
Fourth .streets, where[...]their good for;
For somt"thing like thrtt )'e:trs he plied a busy trade tune to witnes[...]e children one once imorcsstd by t11e picture eoUld ne\•er ag3in
were[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (198)[...], where Mrs. Hopkins and her t h e following two ) 'Cats. •
brother $f)tnt a day[...]the Big Hole by General Gibbons with th e Net Perce
and tedious trip by coach. The follow[...]sec noth ing. He continued on his way e nd when com·
trip in the four horse overland s13g:e co:i.-ch which w:ts ing: down the hill, uw[...]Af(c::r donning hc::r hc::m.-)' wraps 10 d ri\'e throu~h. He took in the simation instantl}' :
;utd £ut$, sh e found a ll provision had b«n made for[...]tig at random, rnade a wild
trip before them. Si1e was the only woman passenger. d:i.sh[...]now and the blue sky. but haltea at th e willows not daring or risking to fol-
\Vith a "Good Br<"," a loud cr-:i.ck of th e whip and a low farther. The courier took[...]made her they were too busy on th e ranches, a fact which en•
f«I · that she wa[...]home, .:md filled :iblcd the refugees tO dri\'e into tow,t safc-ly. arrh•ing
her w ith an cagc[...]ains just opl)ositc. T he hours of the n ithl
c~m_e from his n.:itive state of New York in the early[...]$Cr\·cd h is country in the Ch·il the e.:trly morning hours one scout returned to let the[...]know th3t the Indians were nol )'Cl.coming. that
e ntire .period of contc:ntion-.""'lnd was a lway$[...]hey
Oh10, January 4 1874, and 11,•c<l in Syracu$e, New lhous:ht most $afc.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (199)[...]the way. he was
brought to Ba,rnack on horseback e:arly next morning . very anxious to[...]d immediately return,
homes of the improvised !on e.an bener be imagined or send fo[...]her·
all the terro r :u1d all the suspense, a nd e;,•en greate r wl\.)" slowly but surely[...]reet,
for two days later, while p.uln.king of the e\'e;ning where she found her husband in[...].s h ere were scar«, but they were
in :i. moment e,·er)' one W.1.$ r115,hing into the sircets;[...]to his or- managed a ll affairs succ,e ssfully, an~ . was able to $ivc
~lers. But in le.[...]line of German a ncestors of
B:mn:1c.k tribe. T11e young warriers of this tribe were whi[...]on March 16.., 18o3,
(OUrlhousc was fortified and e\·cry prec-a11tion taken and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (200)[...]a quiet portancc, and also found time to sen•e his city and
way ass.istW several 3!ong c<lueati[...]ge uilroad connections, in a mountainous coun- th e city, where he bears the reputation of being an a[...]new plant is now being built :u a In e_olitic:tl matters Mr. Story is a stalwart Republi[...]of the Republican
Chan• the mine. :rnd fi \'e miles to the north e-ast of the central committee of Gal!Min valley, s[...]h all kinds Of fruit,. "egctables, 'ir-ain, li,•e stock: cipicnt of 1he clec1ion for state reprc.se[...]as follows: Lodge No. 463, B. P. O. E., Bozeman Lodge No. 18, A.
Anna Dorothy, who w[...]3nd tish rite:. Mr. :md l\frs. Story ha,·e two children: Nc1-
in the autumn of J9().l he w[...]ccessful man is he who realizes
ness. This mo\'e proved to be a successful one, as he that the pro[...]t the present and
has built up for himself a,, e.x«llent practice. not the future hold[...]l the former of whom died rn 18&>, aged sixty fi\'e years,[...].• as a Young m3n, settling in C:mada, whc:re h e was a
has for the pist twel\'e years identified himself with fam1er by oc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (201)[...]heritage of s1urdincu, o r energy a1td initi.ath'e cam e to
o ld homcstc::id farm in 011t~rio, Canada, Th[...]lishcd his residence in Butte, where he follow«t e1H of the Amy and Sil\'ersm1th mines, where he con[...]f Doctor Jarnes at Che$tnut Valley. He erected t11e yt.ars before the admission of .a state and also[...]rl>· ,,:i_luible Mr. Lloyd's common sense and
~~e_1s an ac:11vc facto r. FralcmaUy he is ,m.Odd Fellow, clc:ar•sighted txccuti\'e ~bility.
,X-.!1-S:: charier member o f the lodge[...]s bct.n succc$$htl, it
l.1tr$ of the Protesta n1 E-piscop:al chllrch. During th e is interesting to rec-all one in which he p;lrtic[...]rie;,.n war Mr. Switzer rc,c:cived a letter 1875, e\•en though it was of considerably less magni-[...]lies re•
of Henry Porter. Se\'en children ha,·e been born to markablr li\'cly amo1tg ihe merchant[...]:Gu~gan o f Milh-ille, Minnesota; howe,•cr. ha\'e had to do wi1h minini . 1 he Johnston,
Viola, un[...]·cred by him. After wc,rking them for ten years
E., rl and Elwyn. bo1h at home.[...]the old-time the most prolific in the state. John E. Lloyd now h;i.s
p1on«rs who malces lh1ttc the[...]tirCment mining properties near Butte and extcnsh'e holdings
1 S J ohn E)'llOn Uoyd, who has seen :'l.n t,·entrul[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (202)[...]a was not at t.he time
1>asscd all chaiu in lod.@'eE. Lloyd, always stand- modations for the shifting[...]urant and the Hotel Helena.
In his eomfortab!e home at 2a$ \Vest Copper Street, T hese became most popular under his e:<ecllent man3JC•
11-1 r. Llo)'d modestly review[...]d \\·ere the Lisle and McDowell fam1h~s. a nath·e of Sweden. Her parents were among the fiut
famou[...]a famous dh•ine in Kentucky and Ohio. Or. Camp!>e!I 2.1, 1$SS ; Bessie. on November 1, 189<>: Willi[...]d:.,n and ca.me to play an important role iii the E ffi e.
early historv of that st~te. . .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (203)[...]one year handled the problems that ha\'ee,·cr smcc with fare. He sup(>Orts Rcp[...]occupations, ha,·ing never lost his lo\'e for the free
and other li\·e s1ocl.:. He has :i.lso :i. ked store in Helena,[...]d he finds no difficulty in keeping his \·arious e11ter• On June 19, 1912, Mr. !Sedgwic[...]Debora, daughter of Abram and Mary E. (Fatis)
l1r. Whyte bdong.s to the EIJ.:s,[...]the of 1874 Eunice F. Noble, 3 nati\'e of Yankee Settle~
age of sixty•St\·en years. He was married in Jb.va1li ment, Delawar e county, Iowa, where she was born on
county to[...]first term of school in what is known
o f 1he e;1.rliest settlers o{ the section. Mrs. Sedgwick[...];
this by ;1. (Ourse of two years in the Uni\'e-r sity of . and Luther Sclwny, w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (204)[...]e he was confined from April to the
real busin~ h e has diverted himscH with dealin:1;$ in c~[...]of her life in the west. Her fathe r is a nati,•e of Ire.- to Fort Shaw, Montan:-. buring c'hc[...]of h is scr\'ice, Mr. Murphy was -acti\·e in lnd1in fight•
born in Kentucky, in 1848. Of[...]y, and later was as.sociated with others fo r fi\'e
prominent part in fu rthering the intcrcst.s of h[...]here i\l" Jenizc.n was born in · th e city of Pittsburg, Pcnn-
married. In 1846, with h[...]el Jenizen was born in F rance and ame to
it the ~e of Mty~s-ix years. His wife. also a native[...]d States as a young man, settling first in
of the E men11d Is-le, passed away in 186z, when about[...]to Montana d uring the early
sc~cnty years of ag_e, having been the mother of sixt een '[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (205)[...]stock and his paternal. an~ n1atern2.I ancest~rs. e_sta~-
co1uinucd to e2rrr o n sheep ::in~ ca.ttlc-~-:using an.d l[...]sheep, sellms almost the enurc tract ,n one P!C<e, and come one of the representative agriC[...]by his in,,·es1in~ in n~mcrous pic-ces of real. e$tate, and tion to having been one of the prominent :i.nd pros;rcs •
on e\•er>· occis1011 he 1~ !Cady to state his \•1[...]he fec1s that they spc:ak for themsch·es, wlule ~e also States govern.mt,nt.[...]mustered in. ;1s first sergci~t (?f his,
and $e<>rt, and a good bowling matc:h or sparring[...]the war..
1.en's marriage to Miss Louisa Jeni%e·n, who ditd in with the rank o f lieut[...]e Juli
1892, 1ca\•ing one c:hild: Nichofa,s E., a gr;iduate of tension of the i:-treat f[...]'s Moun-
public schools, and then toOk a fi\'e-year course in tiin (or Farm), in Virgin[...]undicd"
in'g quite a time in extensi\'C lnl\·e1. She married gallant men Jay de[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (206)[...]ana. tune<!. to sympa1hy and toleram:e and he nc,·cr missed
Thus in this later military[...]is. ~nd i$ a daui;hter o i
course in Gnnncll Coll~e, that st.1.lc, in which cxccllcnl D.1,·id[...]ass o f 1914 in the
student i$ c ,•idcnccd br t~e fac t !hat after h!s i;radu~tton Mont.:ina Scho[...]l College, fo r
one year, I-le then. in 1875, cam e to Montana, and as MA1u..: 8 . Co:-,:o[...]ocated in old Virginia City, the scene o f the gr_e.it mora l influence is by no me:i.n$ 1he lc[...]e entire life h:i.s been sf)C11t here, sa,·e for . the >·e:n.s
work 0£ the schools during hi$ administratio[...]mining and prosp«ting interes ts as well ~
$ervi~e: and his success W!'l.S o f the most unequi,·oca[...]to rcprt$Clll his district as :1. rcprcsei11a1i\'e to the
3$ he was at the time of his demise. He al[...]to whom this article is dedic.ited, was a nafo·e of
has :,ny other one U nited $t3tc-s sur veyor,[...]e :t_nd earnest ~n- was living on a r:inch tweh'e rnilcs east of Livintston.
deavor Mr. Baker be:e.imc <'Oncerncd 1n constructl\'C Since her[...]stem at Glc-nd:i.le a nd a lso installed with tl'\e class of 1&,)6.: This general cdu<"ation was
the[...]eying greater pa.rt of a )'C3r in the law oAi<e of Judge S;w-
C0'1)$. • h'1si[...]a.d in cao:tc1ty, I c3 s. pr~res~n·e an ta.na from Ka.lispc-11. Herc he located fo r[...]opinions concerning a lways bem cSpC(fa.lly :acti"e, frequently $erving as dcl-
«onomic a nd ,::O\'e[...].tdministratlon in the position of county
s.ur,•e)'Or of SiJver Bow count)' will not soon be[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (207)[...]k Conrow :1s one of where: he had been e:nablishcd in the practice of his
its valued membe[...]nal Order cone-ems or Butte; ."tnd E.. \Vilson Johnston Wa$ for a
of Eagks. He is a lo[...]twc1,ty.cighth of No\'Cffl• his nati,·e town, to whose eublic schools he is indebted
ber,[...]nd he gaii,ed practi<:31 c:<pc.ricnc.e by working in his father's
time wedded. . The. pr[...]n and in the: s:ime he continued to be
Josephine. E. Ry.in, was a natiH of \Vise:01,sin and[...]commercial interests, de• ing day he e1ttercd the employ of Senator Clark. with ·
votin[...]r cashier of the. banking r espon$iblc e:x«utivc position, th;,.t of cashier, or which
ho[...]members of the banking fr.itcrnity in e:nterprising and substantial business n,en of' Butte but
the $late. E-tc h;'IS n:itur3lly had to do with alf:tirs of[...]discriminating finaoc:er ind executive and is 01,e of the monwealth in whose de\'Cloprnent an[...]s of the meat business. Subse-
was 3 rtprescnt3ti"e and inAuenti3I citilcn of \Vash- " 1Jcnth· he bc[...]Thomas Mor:i.n of
Joseph Johnston p:i.sscd his e:ntirc life in Penns.yl- the Sanitary Meat[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (208)[...]a blacksmith 10 him through the a\'e.nucs of the common S<hools 0 £
and wagon-maker[...]1.dc and sought for ore in w3ton :m~ e:t.rri.:l,gc builder. '{he tt:1.ming o.f :en a_p pren-
thM reg'ion. His mining venturc,,s did not pro\•e success• 1ice boy 1n Canada at the t[...]youth ltft nolhinJ to be desired in the way of e.u cful
territory. ft was he who built the first[...]er•
as nu1eh money piat into the ground :.s is e\'er takt-n vice.s,-a striking .cont[...]o( ~ying our apprtnticcs. a li\•ii:i,g w3:1e from the J>t.
some yc:i.rs in the Blackfoot, Mr.[...]to be.tter facilit-';tC the. carl")ing on. of t11e ever-
Witmer has. by the wis.e application of tbe \·aluable inc[...]istritt in t he. state ltg-i$1:1.ture and with e\·ery possible variety of barn and stable[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (209)[...]the state lcg1slaturc in 1!)08 as a 11ia; Gcorg·e M.; Herbert /·• a resident of Clyde Park,
mem[...]his political :iffiH:i.tions, a lw~ys true to t11e inter• at Amherst. In the following yea r he ca[...]. It was not
on the r:i.re o«3sions when he can e-&(:i.pc from the long b-cforc Mr. Milct rccci,·c[...]In 1878 Mr. Witmer w;i.s married to Miss Sarah E. :ind continued in both lines for many years. In[...]·. & A. M., being made a master Miles City. '(:h e busineH c:ontinued 1hus until 1892
Mas<>u in Spr[...]served as vice president, and in that year he was e:.lcc1ed
M. Milu, presidcllt o f the First Nation[...]the st;:ttc, and 1t 1$
of bis life in his nati\·e section. ahhougli his business due largdy to men[...]connected with the lumber inent i n his :,.ctivit:e.s for the city which bears his name.
industry. He[...]d a t the Miles hoine to
able age of cighty•6\·e years. For seven yc~rs Mr. Miles commemonu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (210)[...]ture lake ,Vith real sod on member of tl1e Fifth Regiment, )1issouri Volunteer
its banks and[...]ployed by a bridge construction company e11ga;c<1 in
seen it grow irom a mere handful of pe[...]e to the cxpuls.ion of offi. on his ranch h e was a me-mbc-r of the school board, and
cial$ wh[...]the handicap of a
always favored public spirited e nterprises whc-n as.sured tack of educ.:1t[...]its org-anizo.tion. He is supj)ortcr. E3ch year he has devoted a c<:rtain Ieng-th
prcsi[...]of Thomas Clu1t1.ts R. \VATXINS. T h e r:i.ising of sheep has
McGirl, which from c:uly[...]o has achieved su«css in this line and has been
e\'Cr bric-Ry. 1n the pages o{ this volume. Mr. MeG[...]in this industry,
McGirl. also n.ati\fes of the E merald Is.le, the forme r o f although he make[...]hat there we.re n.1;ti\fes rcipeci.i\'e1y ·of Virginia (now \Vest Virginia}
bett[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (211)[...]e. In polities he was a strong Subs«!uCf!tly he ~e:t\'~ _an apprenticeship of seven
Jacksoni:in Oc[...]' children, and his boyhood days dh•ision of t11e Scottish militia in Edinburgh. During
were sptn[...]United States ln!:tntr)',
some time i1t working e:i.ttle in Color-:.tdo, came over• :and the regi[...]the mayor's office where the,'
of his herds :md e.,me: to Billings. He still carries on b.ur[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (212)[...]ock raiser and horse-
honor"3bly disch::irgcd and e ngaged in ranching; on his man in Bou[...]oted his ents at Boulder, and John E., of this review, resident
attention to mining op[...]of Butte, with which firm he rtmaincd for 011e year,
comil'lg ag:i.in to Huntley to look a(tcr[...]take a more responsible :,.nd lucrati\'e position as de•
Michigan, and after disposing[...]a1ld since bis reside-nee
Mr. Frith w.-.s 011e of the organu:crs ?f the P ioneers in Gf[...]he 'practice of law in Billings and maki11g his l'e.si- than his 1>0Pul:irity' jn poJitic[...]men
given h is s1.1pport to all measures for t11e pubhc bc-ncfit. in the statc.[...]ents of' one child, Edwin Kenneth D.iw-
JOHN E. DAwsox his been identified with c<>m• son.
mercial enterprises in one e~_p;i.eity or another since
h is boyhood. and has[...]an~ has
of the busin«s, w~ich h as ~de .Possibl_e the high ~lways ~i,•ed if!, thi[...]intends to die ,n ir,
standing he bears m mcr~no1e circles m Glasgow m due time, btmg slall a )'oung man. Helena was h is
nnd Valley e<>unty. Jn addition to the P.rcstigc which[...]40. He mo"cd
to succeed himself in 1911. That h e has further cvj- to Nebr.)ska[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (213)[...]Helena, rctch·ing his. edu• Notre Dan.1e Um\·crsit)' at South Bend, Indiana, as
cation in[...]usi1'CS-S which tun~ ,entered the col_k8e .P.rOPtr: Ha\'ing come to the
he had followed in[...]l-Posting strv1ccs were of such e:haracter that they received the
Company under Cha[...]When he took Mr. Galen since e:-arliest ,·oting days has given h;md
charge oi t[...]home, which is mode.st thou~h
Mont.ana initiath·e. Another of Mr. Crowell's in1er- ho[...]unusual social grace) with one son ·James A.
a1e:r, the lc:.tdirtg play house of the city.[...]iS at 009 Spruce street.
:ind also his acti\•e interest. He is :i. stror\g foct,,r F[...]offici.al :and as a prominent e:itizen has been an impor•
Mrs. Crowe:H w3s[...]the
ricd to Mr. Crowell in 1908. and they ha\•e one child, benefit of the postal[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (214)[...]town, by President Benja- of his nati,•e town and also attended the high school,
mi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (215)[...]be south and southwest.
old tel~raph routes that e<>nncctcd the Canadian north• He was[...]ed from the New York
his f)(tmancnt residence e\•cr sinc,c. · College a[...]%a~th McDone.l, of thit city. Six children .h3\•e for SC\'enl of the leading ea,stern companies, and later
·:bi:t'n boa:n to Mr. and Mrs. Cole: E liubeth Jane and b«-.;'l.me a.djust[...]a student of vania Mutual Fire Insur;1nc-ee resulted \'Cry satisfactorily for
ceased. Mr.[...]piscopal church, in which Mrs. Cole is an acti\•e Miss Sallie Bo)~er, of \Vashing,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (216)[...]s, is 1hc leader o f the
the wi fe o f Clifford E. Knapp, who is a merchant of Se\·cnth[...]ond Gcorse L. re-sides in Butte; Ch.uJcs E. and Frank al.sO
$ister, is the wife of Robert[...]hcad Helena.
county. He acquittd his early e<luc.1.tion in t11c public Albert S. :\[...]is one of the general m.n,1:i..gcr of the e<>rpor.'ltion, which p0sition he
aggressive :md[...]:c--pre.s,dcnt of the compa nr or which
Company E, o{ the First Montana Rc-g:iment, and was[...]his own way the best mc,n and mea sures. H e is :t member of no
quite unaid«t. He was a fad[...]ompan)~ one of the leading busi- E. i\llard, o f Winona, )linncsota. T heir children[...]aintance with C.apt.3in Winter-and fortu -
the \'e n· close o f the war. It was his fortu ne to sec[...]2, ·1834,
Retuminir from Orci;on to his n.,th·e place, t\lloon:'.l, he Mr. \\'inter was fami[...]ng the :army Mr. Mooney a nd fami ly moved to
H e!ena. Montana, and he became interested in mining. Ann L,nc, the daughter o f Captain Stephen Lan'e, a sc:i.-
,vhtch he has been following e[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (217)[...]d to a fault, and while he was nl>t a ~e i~ hale tmd heart~. and his ment,al vigor is as u[...]unce of medicine. His memory is a truly rcrnark3b1e
voyag;cs, and most of his education was secu[...]s
chus.ttts. He remained jn this company fi.,.e days, part young :ind arc sure: that he ~[...]It was not until 1877 that Captain \Vintcr ea,p.e to from Racine to Iowa county, \Visc:onsin,[...]ds received
\viH upon which he spent some tin1e and money, but 1t in the service o( thes[...]He makes it a point to re•
Atwood, a nati\'e of Pelham, Nc.w Hampshire. Her[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (218)[...]pourc-d t~e con.tents of twef!IY•eight. rifles into tl1cir[...]mp,cd, :ind having comt.r.cd two
moral :,.nd phys1e:i.l, men of endurance a;_nd pcrsc~crancc, fac1[...]sJ1eriff, were mass3crcd. The from e:i.mp we .saw with our fie.Jd glasses that th'c
b[...]ight wagons had low after and rc-aP, ~h.e benefits of our l:i.bors, laughing
lch i t and s[...]came. The from a .small g,1kh about fi"e miles di.st:int. The tim-
Do«or :ind his band[...]d Indian by the name of Soose. Herc we first
.w e were lying in ambush waiting their attack[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (219)[...]ad Lands in the
ingston is l<>ea;tcd 3n d there: e3mpcd for a 11me, catch- spring of the[...]ing at full speed.'' At
r ude c::abins, Herc he e rected the first house in the 1hc end[...]a nd to perfect esting hunts ever e njoyed by a party consisting or Mr.
himsc.lf in[...]ender and Dr. Allen,
where he took a. hill cour$e with OT. Crouse, president His r[...]y thrilling
Billings, Or. Allen· c~ag;ed in tl\e pr.tcticc or dentistry, experiences has gi[...]rC'st and Stream ha,•c eagerly sought his.
111e School of Dentistry, and he hM since :t.cq_\1ircd[...]the United States, Many or these me n still Ji"e to
his phil:l.nthropies will e\'er be known. He and his tell to e[...]red, hundreds of
war. In 1887 his second mirria~e took place, when miles interven[...]o f whom arc assocfated with their fat her in th e prac- 1:\na entitles them 10 hi,g.h re[...]Leah. re,:i,e.hcd[...], Moncana, Robert Aitchison, who is on'e or the
A History of Montana Volume 2 (220)[...]supply Fort Keogh :ind afte rward cut h:ay for t~e
aod is a son of Thomas an d Jane (Scott) Aitchiso[...]gh. The. father died in 1$67, on this trip had 3n e:<citing combat with 3 bear, which
but the mother[...]g away in 1904. T hey were married in Onta rio, h e . ea.me back once more to Miles City and in the
a[...]to the Black lows : T herm3. Robert, Jr., Mabel, E.1.rl, \Vai'ter, Dor-
Hills, a nd during the wint[...]n with two othe r me n went large tracuJ and e re his de.a.th, which ocet1rrcd at Fay-
up Tongue r iver prospectin~. and a,tain e ngaged in ~ttc_, I Ow;a, !n 1907, w~s elasstd wit[...]of Divcnl)Ort, iowa.
than strangers to the dang e rs surrounding could ha,•c On November 9, 1887, Mr. Swc:et w:u married to
do1)e, but as it was they were in danger o f starva•[...]of Oudle>• Perley and Lu-cy
tion, as fo r sc,•e n ~:-•s they were without food. In Ellen (•Wa[...]Du,dley Sweet. He wu born a t
Tongue river had ~ e n occupied b>' a band o f . India~ Utiea,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (221)[...].siderable valuable prop•
of Monta na. Scttfini;e i11 the Judith ~sin, Mr. Sweet crty in Blaine cou[...]<'P<:ncd 10 !arming. Mr. Sweet sons ha\•e bee n born. They arc Jay A., Robe.rt H., Jr,,
pur[...]where he continued and Verner M. Mr. McGinncss is e.s~ntially a home
otdc: raising for four yc-:.rs,[...]as a farmer and he lh•c:d to see eighty•se, ·e.11 a luge corporation. l~or more thin twcnty•fi[...]arents of t:.tna, thou.sh when he fl rst e3me to Great Falls, Mon•
seven children, here n[...]tage of a where •he could sit back and take his e3se were 11 his
liberal cdue.1.tion in his younge[...]though, and has
the hith sc:11001 of his n:uh·e town and l:uc:r :i.ttc.nding no dC$irc to escape[...]t Falls, Mont.·ma.
when thcy went out of busi,,e.ss. During thi.s period His wife, Katherine He.rn[...]· 10 the eldest in a family of $e\'C1'1 children. H is pir-
Mr. Mc.G-in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (222)[...]his rare ability as :m a rtist th:rn the most hi-E;:h-
sl;i.10, It w:i.s :t risky thin$t, wherein mu[...]N.ew York state.
hide. and intended to pre.sen•e it forever as :\ trophy As :a boy and you[...]nts were held in the vicinit)' of what e rs, began to tr3\'CI in ,•arious p.,ru of the U[...]Penn, The love of the
than just th.it he should 1)e today. viee-prc.tident of wilds w:i.s in[...]e rc•:'l.pJ)OintC<l for his to th;i:t of his e:i.ptors and on r eaChing Deer Lodge
work aloncr these lines h.is been highly satisfactory to ga\1e the a lann , I n those early days h e re.sort«I to
every o ne ronccrncd. In the fr~tcm[...]ffle gave him an in•
ried to M:-iric Crumb. a t E lk Point. South Dakota. sight[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (223)[...]r for dCTit of Bune. Harry McOon:i.ld PaXson, dC(e,sed.
tw,:nt,••four years where he followed[...]erican war was
war found hin, cager as a boy to e nlist in the Yoluntccr declared. he enlisted for[...]in Butte to become ass:stant electrical engineer
e,·cry corner of 1hc slob<-. At 1hc present time M[...]n C\'cry deta il splendid :i.ttributcs which ha,·e made his fath er the
:is his p!cturcs a rc, the[...]r comment upon the li fe of Edg3r P:tx$on.
ha,·e uid to a curious inquire r as to the secret of[...]and Ar1ist, which C;\ n not foil to throw som e intcrc-st•
brush. the Indian camp, the cattle[...]ortray T he article follows: "The h istory-making e poch of :i
wl1at he ltarncd thus is a natural t[...]iw1tion, so strong, so \'it:'11 and so true is t11e in• erar')' :tchicvcmcnt, for the Ob\'iOus r[...]of life icself, and not in the p-.--issi\'e rtAe<tion thereof.
considerable illustrating for[...]e Pion«r Sodct)' and of the art education, but h e J)OS$eSJcd the anistic insight to a
or;gmat Gun C[...]has shot with this d ub from coast of the doing, ~e worked in obscurity for many ycar-s.
lo COa$t. He[...]frorJ! the mount;un~. As ~ scout and a ca1)1i\'e he
York, on June 4, 1874, to L-<iur.l M. J[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (224)[...]d.g-c. Ourins: the portfolios upon th e floor.
)'cars he h:td concei,•cd the idea of p[...]' ' Many a pilg rim f rom the East and W e.st <limbs the
oi Custer's fast fi'ht, which sho~[...]eted
mc:ins of the monuments 1>b:ced by the go,·e!nrne,H and serene. ha.\'C set their cr0$.1. m.irk next to the
in the c:<aet spot where e.1.ch soldier fe ll. g:tmcd a nnmcs of the[...]o-
the prominent ci11cs of the East. Since then J1e has gNhcr in the. history of the Might[...]e 'Life oi the Re\'crend L B. son of John E. and Sa.rah (H:in.sh:tw) Overfield, both
S1:atcl[...]of the SCYCI\• cd11cal1on was th:i.t of th e pubhc schools, pursued until
tics wis a lh•c ag[...]work in western i\faryfa~d :i.n~ 1:uer tO other e!ftploy•
throbbing of the cngintt of the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (225)[...]1!on with Mr.•F. P. Edwards. the firm h:wing t11e cap•
O,•e:rfitld returned to Fort Benton on« more. His hon[...]ort Logan, where he ita)·ed
store sue<:essfully, e\'entually se11ing out to the Strain for only about six months. He then e.1me to \Vhite
Brothers, who arc now the ltading[...]tric L1g.ht Company. for which he acts as both Se,e. whtrc he followed farm ing :uid tl1c lumber busi[...]e b,ccame a
County State Stock Association for th e state of .Mon- m~n of in_ftucn~ee.n chil-
the city coundl; he has als.o held the office of c--0unty dren in the cider Blwrng fam ily, tJ1e subject being
«>mnii,ssioner by appointment from[...]and two married sis.tcrs in California
Protecti\·e Order , of Elks, of which he w.is in Great[...]m r.:mk. It should be added that he was also a !,e earned was when a~ a Ind ~f sixteen he beg'an Jea[...]married to Miss Alice :\it. tools..
Daly, a nati"e of England, but be.fore her marriage . ~fr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (226)[...]and pl:.tins and thc'lndians, whose paradis.e was the Monta1ia
L:iurcncc ]., still in school.[...]rvelous
Montan:a, prominent among thos,c who ha,·e play,cd a developments have t3ken plac[...]hich have clianctcritcd the ca.- the town. E-vcn now it h3.S a ch:in«: to excel Great
rccr o[...]er of the ;rcat coal 6eld.s surrounding our e«tl prospect.s be.ins opened up ;md worked to som[...]anding of the school and
pany with J.~ Largent: h e IC?Ca~cd on ~ $qu_:atter s claim the m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (227)[...]a great interest in tltc doings o( ha,•e mter\'cncd since he was graduated from tl1e law
the order. He is also a dircc1or of the North[...]1,902,
1s eminently dc:scr\'in~ of some mcmion. e"en though of at the age o( seventy-three[...]•
,·ember 18. 1859, ::.nd is the son of Henry E. and Ann rfage in her n:ui,·e land. She survi\•es her husband and
(Duffy) St[...]also of Butte,
same fe:i.r in which her husband e migrated from Eng- and Philip George,[...]Albert Poore attended the:: ·common schools
Fi\'e o f 1hem migrated 10 Mont:ma and arc number~ of Boulder, as a boy, later e ntering the Helena Business
amon1: the early pion[...]n was located on office for the prac:ti<:e of l:lw immediately thereafter,
Ncv:i.da c r<'Ck.[...]gen~ral C?" the firs t Mon-
but he is 3blc to ~i"e some consider3tion to affairs of a day in[...]wn enjoyed an agree:tblt busintss praeti<:e, and his appoint-
m:ikin,g. as he <:a.me to ~font[...]ergy, iind he has :imply demonstrated ha,·e made him one of the busiest )'OUng men in Butte.
A History of Montana Volume 2 (228)[...]na for one b<-ing ad"anttd by them to 1l1e position of c.hicf clerk.
of the ablr".$1 men in[...]clc-rk of the Blackfoot Indi3n AMnCy. After fi\'e yC3tS
1867, and is the son of James and Catherin[...]eturned to St.
St::mford. Both were nati,·cs of E ngland. The bthcr Louis :i.nd resu[...]in that Book S tore, then owned br 'E. P. Gray, but in 1885 t11e
c<>untry in 1872 when he was sixty-eight yc.ars o[...]3t thnt :i.ge he went h.:is sin<'e given his au ention to the re.at est~tc and
with[...]ter oublic.
wluch he entered t11e police ser,·ice, :md served a s a[...]otmt,·, to which office he wM returned for fi,•e -suc-
that positio1t during the year 1892. and again held che ce$$h:e terms by rc--clcction. All this is indicati\'C. o[...]. a1ld with the Dcnc\·olcnt and Protective Order
E. Conr:td, of Kalispell; :md George, of Somers. Mo[...]in the fall of 1910 was ee duties of which office lie is now discharging.
Mo[...]5.i::. and he lived there until he w3s
and, 10 th_e character of his cmploymcnt. His first ex-[...]Montana , rtmaining 1wo
known. t S()«ially in 1·e1011 county, where the m:tjor years[...]i:en and by his long identi- where he e ng:igtd in the $;'rain busints.s. He dicd in
fica[...]where lier de.1th occurred. Fi, •e children were born
twc-s of London.[...]f tlit family, Ntllit.
thirteen, .ill o f lus cdt1e~tion h.a,·ing been acquired i1l marric-d[...]ols. The cdue.1tion of )fr. l\tor$e was of a limited order.
The, limited means of his[...]f the town of
commi .a wage ·~rncr at an early a(e. T1l th e sum- Bradley, Maine. When[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (229)[...]d
which he managtd to Ja.vc out of his wages as a e.ating house for the miners, a.nd started the "Fre[...]year or thereabout$, ment, and at the end of fh•e years Artl1ur Nadeau re•
after wbic-h he manage[...]brc>thers made in~
Brog-an. His next business mO\'e found him the owner ,•cstmcnts in mining pfopcr[...]1898. In lines of real c-s tate, and these h;a,\'e made them wealthy.
that year he was appointed dep[...]he name was changcd to the Nadeau Jn.
a_n icti\•e part in all the political affairs of the countr.[...]lipsburg Cham• was born in Canada. in 18:1-4. J{e was for some ye:ars
ber or Commerce. a[...]always generous in his support of a worthy t'.lus.e. b~n on June 4. 1872, and who was a prominent dru[...]ty has ever bccn of :t beneficial nature, from t11e ried and left a widow and two children to mourn h[...]leading
mcnt Com~ny and one of the kadini::- real e.$t-ate men physician at Anaconda. Montana. The th[...]deau is his son Ovila, who is !>ecrctary
pro\'inc:e of Quebec:. Canada. on 'Much 17. 18.iS,. and a nd tr(a.surcr of the Nadeau Tm•cstmcnt Comoany.
passed his e.a rly life in :a.UCt'ldinJt ~ood scl1ool.s in his T he fourth child is Ph«lora. who married Dr. G. E.
nati\'e pro\·inc(. \Vhcn he was re.ady to begin th e bat- St. Jean, a br<'llher or Dr. F. L. St. Jean. Dr. G. E.
tle of life for himself he mo\·ed to Cha[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (230)[...]he city and st.ate. thoroug!'i knowlc<IJ'.t'e o{ the bu.sincss in order to $UC~
and has pcr!o.r[...]nded in the principles of law, and h orticultural e~pcrt, al)d has 1dcnhfied h1ms~.lf with
being tho[...]was born there in 18.zS, ;md six_ of
ing spring h e removed to Meagher oounty, Montana, their seven c[...]Educated in the public .schools of his nati\'e county
l~ding men of his community. T:aking an 3C[...]he served as county issessor, county uated from t~e Illinois University, at Normal, with
trtasurer ~n[...]csidc.s, he plan:ed apple trees. the fil'$t to .l>e planted
4, 1903. Her father, Sim«.n Ryan, was de[...]shten, \V3ltcr D. Tipton a«i.uircd his pre• th e study of law, and in 1904 he was admitted to the[...]akes no active fitted for the office., irrcs~ti,;,e of party tics. In 1890
part in politics..[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (231)[...]ity of fruit dtttas.cd. The father w~s e11g.-ged in farming opera-
and hardiness of wood,[...]twenty-first year he enlerc-d
buds :md young trc;:e.s tenderly built. , 'free$ m1,1ast be u[...]yman c3n produce; net!d to be C3'!)e to Montana .1nd settlc<I i n Glendale, whcrC he
s[...]ed resided for ·a period of two )'e3U, dur-ing which time
to be properly pruned and a t tl1e r ig ht tune of ' )'¢it; he w:i.s enga[...]nklin, of Madi-
just as it should 1~ done were tl,e rc no such malady. son county, Mon[...]ge of twenty, Thomas J. \Vaddtll has
re,scnt:tth·e business man o f Virg:ini3 City, Montin:a,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (232)[...]York, but he quit sehool when he was twel\'e rc-af$'
among so many o! its residcnu he h;'LS ne[...]old and has been hustling for himself e,•,cr sinec-. so
his choice among the for-ty•c[...]s fou nd fi\·C ) 'Cars• ap()rentic.e.s hip, rccti\'lllg'. for t.hc hr$t year ·
o n ma[...]he sehool board, and is one of lod~e a nd is now the past gr3nd master. 1-tc is P..1$t[...]s in the Republic.an party. He bclo~s e xa lted ruler o! the Elks, and past commander in[...]I r. 15&>,
happy home life seven children h,\·e bc,cn born to Miss M.iy Ford, the[...]. J, A. Russe.II and resides in :\lis-soul3 also: E lva,
sehoo1; Howard, Rol· a nd Teddy, who a rc[...]S(WCntcc,1 years o f age. H ,c tra\·e lcd O\'Cr a ,:rrc31 deal[...]g,c o f ,ciglH\' yc-ar$ and he died in tSSS at th e age ·
onh· wa s he on,c of the fi rst settlers[...]side by side at Troy,
the most distingnishcd. H e: has bee1l twic,c ma)'Or of New York[...]council many times. There were e ight children in the ,cld,cr Logan family,
A History of Montana Volume 2 (233)[...]1he products of his orchards in e:&r lo:id q.uantitie.,; to
)Jr. Logan i$ a RTe:tt 10,·cr of his home s1a1c. Of e,•ery part of the known world. His father, F red[...]ay to Jackson county,
subject would probably ha\'e gone west himself, when 1owa, where for many ycll[...]Tiedt marritd Augusta Rako ,in Gennany bcfore' h e
had more th.in the a\'cr:agC fondness for change :and came to J\meriC3. She b(e3mc the mother of his two
<'!<cittment, and befor[...]S6o, in Jackson county, low-a. Herc. too,
Jt was e,•idcnt that he was at once an excellent man- ~c[...]sc1Ung Ill Bellevue. For a short period, then, h e taught in
end oi the busine, s, being a born sal[...]iil schools of the county :md in the viUage of
S1ee,JtS,•illc, he went to :\fissoula, still in the[...]it)', Mr. Price acted as management that the hu,g:e ~old nugget from the mine
lra,·chng s.alesmt\n[...]gget in size of those on exibilion a nd was
fo:c.e. His p,e~son:,I f)Of)ular-ity, and excellent business valu[...]he bcs.t business getters on Durin~ t~e winter of. 1884 and 1~5 he attended the.
1hc :o~d. ln 1903, J_1e waf put in charge of the com• \V. A.[...], the store cnJoycd a prosperous existence, in tl1e Bitter Root valley, Montan3. In 1897 he sold,
and[...]ed L:ike Como, 3nd three hundred f~t abo\'e the IC\'el
that l1c would go into busine$$ for hi[...]fo r the c<>mpany that ptirchased the orchards,
l~e d~ugh!cr of Thom.ls and S.irah Martin of Hclt'na'[...]:a~ .who wilt mak~ the. bC$C officer, irresp«li\'e of bce:ome seventy acres of fruit bearing[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (234)[...]A nati\•c ~barge of the ranch. Hi,s e:1rly education. W3.$ secured[...]d into his office, for
born, :.s follows: George E.. of Vir~nia Cit)' is un• Fortune soo[...]1~gte. arc r_csid~nts of Butte; Robert C., the $1)e• rccogriiz:ed as :'l. fawycr of ::tbilit[...]d O ld Party/' and takes a very active in-
has lM:e1r hus1hng for h1mscH. \\' hen but twch•e yeus terest in political matters in thi[...]ighteen years old, during
the time_ h:l\'mg charg_e of one of the largest horse believing that all arc working toward the $2.me e:nd
n nchcs in :\fontan,,. Rctumfog then to Virgin[...]d induce h,m to part from it.
proprietor with Mr. E. J. Christe, o( the Christe Mr.[...]trac11,·e household with a small daughter Helen ?.fa[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (235)[...]Uw,s and Cbrk count)'. i'lc
Seven1h lfgisl::ati,·e :tS$t'mblr o f :l.lont:1.na, the Demo- was his pa[...]ls o( Om1h:i. ing served .as 8'.f':l..nd mas1e r of the Grand Lodge of
Xebr:t$k:t. In the spring[...]f Des Moines, Iowa. In that year ,93, B. l". 0 . E.; :tn-d a \'err prominent member of the
he formed[...]s 3 thirty-second ·degree ).fason, and is a.
the e:indy co111P3ny o f Mr. A. Seiler. The firm wa.s m[...]ing >•ear. howe,·er, he reso1d his share of th e On June 6, 1897, M r. Hepner m:1.rried[...]. K II.OGt.R, treasur(r of Granite rounty
teeli\·e Order of Elks. the Woodmen of the World[...]fa1 her was born in
li,·ing arc Ra)•mond J . : E lh::ibeth : \V:tlbee 13.: Ts.,bcll, Holstein, Ger[...]rica as .a young
who married 1'foath Sutton, of S e:tttk. \V:i.shington ; m.an, After ,•is[...]he age o f sixty•
stantly growing legal practi<:e in th.at cit)', his profct- fh•c. He married hi[...]childhood S he was the s«ond white woman to li\'e in Be.at
d:tys were spent. His fath-:r, the l:ite[...]ger recei\'ed h is cducatio1, i n the
Hepner. tl1e subject of this brief sketch. and two df'u[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (236)[...]since that time h:is been engaged in th:it offil-e. . Jose.i>tt W!uT.wORTU,. The c:uccr[...]t-ma.de man in the most siSll:iticant stnse of th e
always c,·inced a lh·cly interest in the MfaitS[...]ough a11 the At . t hes1aJicld, E:nt!a.nd, Octobtr 7, 1857, occprrcd
chairs in the[...]btcts. He ,nar.-ied M:ary Whc:ulcy iu E nglancJ and the>·
;\l:man EE. B. Scott, ~nd Jives nt. Proctor. came[...]set- About 18$6 Mr. Whitworth b(e3mc conn«tcd with
tling in Hclcti:1, :ind remaini[...]is concern w.1s la1cr succeeded by the' Ji
10 li\'e for . :ibout four year$. and in 1889 the family[...]a mcml>c-r. At 1he 1i111c of the death of Mr. E. L. 13on-
that timt. When Willi:im B: was a fad o[...]Bonner Lumber Company when it
he continued for fi"e yc:i.tt. His next position was in wa[...]g, in which ('i1i,::c11s of tl1e St:tte of Montan:. and inasmuch as, he
fllacc Mrs. Calhoun w2$ born. They hi"e two chil- owc,s his ri, e in bu$ine$S circlts entirely to his own
d[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (237)[...]:i.nd th:1t ,« m- country boys ha\'e done from time immemorial. Whe n
.sis1ed o f 3 mo[...]f the northwest through \\ ash- he r e:,,chcd the age o f ninet«n yeaf#, h e was :1n.:<ious
ington and Orgcon. Jn politics he[...]nt :i:t sheep herding, a nd in tSis>.
lcrn.1lly h e is a 1ncmber o f the \Voodn., cn _of t~c \\•or[...]d he has been banker of that org:1-nu1:t.!10n sin~e 19()6. Montana. The firm who employ[...]n_g with a following winter he was e~e:d in driving__ the s.tafe
course o f .nucly in Gc[...]progressive:ncss, to note that wh:tt is now
n« 1e-d with the Donner I.umber Comp~r\)' ;,.s :is.s1st[...]e :it Hozem:11~. whe re he 1s spec1:ih~•
ing in e!rtuical ('og'inecring; Ka1hen ne, a st~dent 1n[...]Ir. Whitworlh's rc-.sidt-ncc m Oc~r J..odg~ was t~e la.gc near Billing$. ,T hey conducted the ~hop lfor
fi rst one bnih by :\fr. E. f - Bonner in 1h:it c;ty, :ind ,s pc[...]stock r aising, a business in which he was in e very way
l1omes.[...]- pro,·ed too stro~ for h im and h e retu rned to Yellow•
dicn i tock :rnd htr bu t[...]f whom :ire liv• matrimony to Carrie E . MilJcr, Jikc himseU, a native
ing with the sing[...]d rcn, here na.med in the r especti,·e order of their birth:
a t the little village o f[...]&S EDWARD DALTON has been a resident of
logs, wer e o f nece.ssity abandoned when the 00\lnty t eat[...]recalls the time when he !=· E . Dalton, conducte d a bo;ok and statione ry store.
h clf)('d his u ncle crib eorn in the o:-ie-time e-ourt house fhe cider Dalton was[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (238)[...](who lived to become the fad1e r of David 0. Walker)
Charles Edward, of this[...]lllinois migra•
search of widu opp()rtunidc, he e2mc dirccdy t_o tion, until 18$6,[...]four years his b_us.,!'CU w~s the twel"e childrcri-scvcn SOns and five daughters-
that of[...]e 1'.'nine.s was all thlt ·~Id. be desired, ~nd ~e ments of his a.nCC$tOr$-a.uscd him to seek a[...]rent's
done more to promote mining projects, and ~e has death. On this journey he w,u[...], of that large c:las.s of amb:tious bo)'s who ha"e from the start 3nd its patronage and profits increased
made good by doing good work in :,. good 6e1d. at a gratifying rate. Mr. Ma[...]Oter Lodge count)', and one of the Big Ho1e rMch, was the fint to begin the practice o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (239)[...]111 the mc:mtimc Mr. W:,,lkcr had in Other th.:in e<>m• hi$ home wil11 his childr[...]!nc::,poh5,. MmnC$0ta, at t he :\ge o fifty-six )'e:11'$,
while: he nc\·cr soug:ht '-'ffi«, office[...]the tntirc satisfac• In the ,e xcellent public sc-hool.s of his ·nati\'c st:i.t[...]the cng'inc:ering corps of the Northern Paci6e aail-
:-1m1ingly mani!c$t, Th:n rclit::ious org[...]gust 8, 18;~. but i1, December, 1881. ga\'e up 1hi$ work
lmsb:111<.1.[...])lrs. W;i.lk<'r ,,·;i.s. forn~t-rly Miss ;\fa_ry E. H:ill, :i de• geneml mar<.han disc busine[...]April of which ye:ir
t<'r of lr!'I B. and Marf E.: (Thurston) Hall, of Tate. he[...]Addition.
of i\lar)' Hall. who be¢.1mc the wi£e of Oa\·id D. and cng:i.g[...]entice
B. .\l:w i,t 1&)$; 11he is :i n;i.ti,•e of Kenmc,~•. :ind b)' attention. He[...]fe as :rn cx:i.mple to th05e who fill 1hc c.hic( cxecmi,•c's
was so suddenl[...]at body.
:and honest. Anaconda has be<'n his home e\·cr since; Since the expir[...]lings he ha.s gi\'cn his whole :mention to t11e insur-
co~rnseb, l1is model citite11ship, the ci[...]rna l
Mr. W:iU:cr was indeed a type of 1.hc good e:itiicn. He bodies for a number[...]member of Billings Lodge, No. 394, B. P. 0 . E.. ~st
tltc in,'\c,hincr/' of $'0\'Crnment. He kn[...]. one of the finest buildings of its kind in the
e11«mN.I, hooorc-d a nd bclO\'Cd.[...]submerge his p:irti- Aerie, F. O. E.; ()3.st council commander of the W.
S.'\n.>hip w[...]$0t3, Fcbrnaty 2, cms of fi.\·e living children, namely : Herbert H .• Clam,
18[...]his 3doptcd city at heart. No m:i.n
£or man>· )'e;i,rs c-nga.ttcd i11 mercantile pursuits, b[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (240)[...]settling o( the $late.
:ibility. He is a nath·e of LM1is,•illc-, Kentucky, and J~bcr.[...]April 7, 185~. and is ' the son of
and Kate ·E. (Lee) :\l:i.ins.[...]il 1882.. Jn th:H y~r ).Ir. W. W:am.sley; Harriet E., the wife o f N, N . H insdale;
).lains loca[...])'OUth he worked on the steam~ts
to Miss Kate E. L<e. who was born in that dty m plying up and down th[...]d on a farm
six children. oi whom lour survi,·e: William L«. ne~r Clarkcs"illc, where he g:we hi[...]tunate as to draw a claim
to the J)O$ition of e::ashier :ind director. He held the in the di.stri[...]main factor in org;1nning the Farmers bec-n ani,·e in \'arious mo,•ements, both in Montana :md[...]hough it did not add ma•
rfo. 394. B. P. 0. E. Politic.ally he is ~ Rcpubli~n. tc:rially[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (241)[...]Mr. Durinigan w~s m.arried in Junction City,
and e~ged in the b:lkery 3nd rtttaurant businc.ss in[...]of Billings, i\fon1:t.na ; and John, who lh•e.s in Saskatchc-
who!c.$:tlc ~rmt and product busi[...]City Lodge No. 537, 8 . P. 0. E., :tnd Kni;ht.s of
l',fr.. V:iugh2f! is a[...]Lodg..-. No. 39,1, Benc \·olc-nt and Protecti\·e to this union : Ruth, Walter Francis; Tho[...]$.a.me t traightforw2rd methods t hat ba\·e rn.,.de him S\10.
It is wofthy of mention[...]5'atc:, Walter J. Dunni-· for tbe ensuing four )'e:us, during which tjme he
pn has :al.so 11uc:rc-.[...]earlier )'C3.fS were spent a.s a cowboy on the ra~e., he went to Om:ib:a, Nebraska, residing i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (242)[...]and at one time was •a valued and apprec.1ah','.e le.am the language. By dais time he w[...]member of the Turner Society here. He loves mus1e :md J:irie enough to undertake w[...]1tally becoming more and more familiar with e\•cr>' de•
will recch·c my O. K. In tlus[...]C, · o( Hctcoo. ~tr. M.a1l:md was )'e3f', and then for two years after that night herde[...]the Mu.ssclshc.11
On Ma.1 18;, 1886 in th.e city of B.uttc, was ct,lcbrat~d ,•alley.[...];i.rc unusually talented . ,·cry su«e$sful. But C\'Cn now, when his yc:us of
musicf[...]h he is not opposed to any denomination.
lh•e in this world. Dctcrnun.ation, opt1m1sm, health,[...]:,,lways lx'cn
circles of his oommunity, but e\·cn pomss.mg these m intere[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (243)[...]rk state, :ind 1-!:tllows Collcs:e :tt S:ilt La.kc C it>·, finally completing
to th[...]Buue. 1"hc bu.sine» did not yitld th e profi ts he de-
the yooth w:is sixt een )'t3t'$[...]conda Copper ~_fining Compiny in 1QOt. H e con•
Mas sachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was[...], and at 1hc 2ge of two :md a htlf )'e.:\rS, :md resigned to as.sume t he
SC\'ent«n l1[...]uff t here :\Ir. Sidley and i\tis.s Mary E. Sulli\'a.n, daughter of
followed the l:wd law o[...]ork, ha\'•
ing built u1> a wide :and lucrati,·e patronage. PtT'EI H. SlllTH,[...]rable communities in which t hey li\'e. Of this class, the
wcahh, ownin~ ,•,,luabtc c[...]is Mr, twenty-two year$ of a.J,":e he made hias way to A'mcrica.
P:itri<'k M. Sidley[...]Illinois, where in order to lcirn t he
186S, he e:tmc with the famii)' to Butte in September[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (244)[...]e ,·cry safe th.lit had bc:cn ta.ken from the st~e.
& Smith, an usociation which QOntinued until 1&,[...]tus
i n which rc.i.r Mr. Smith retired from aeti\'e pursuits. partner cb,,nged thc.ir minds as to the[...]et and First avenue iiorth, :ind )fay 10, that t11e two men be gi"ell work, As th ere w:is no
1910, h[...]that it
such :t d<:$::r«- as )Ir. Smith, and his e:tr<"er s hould be would be !).t":tlthy for thC'm[...]t11e shoes on J C$SC J:11n('$' horse. As he h:ad no to[...]fa.moll$
P. Soren.son, of Milt$ City, C3nnot pro"e aught but b.,ndits, who sccmc,d to be well «1u1p[...]oes for tl1cir hides in the Little S heep
who ha\'e :m interest in those who ha\'C assisted in Mount3[...]urous times and has watched the tran$formation t11e following winter he again ga\'c hi$ :mention to
o[...]rade until 1~5. in which >·ear lie
try, and was $e,·cntctn years of afc when he came ~rect~d a shop[...]crOS$ t he country to Oshkosh, Wiscon• sold his e$tablishintnt to engage in the sheep businus,
sin,[...]nor and
'.\Ir. Sorenson wt"nt O\•erl,,nd to th e Black Hills and. the Homc.stcadt"r$. to all o f w[...]Tht" wife of :\tr. Sore11son. Mrs. E lit..'I. L. Sorenson.
toing through the Wo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (245)[...]l Association 3nd the .American Medi-
:di who lh·e in the , •icinity of Miles City.[...]Catholic chu«h, con-
a man of the compnihensi,.,e cdu~tion, talent a nd tributes gencro[...]s of a political mature, serving accepta bly
lcg:e Dr. :\kCarthy was ;1.n inteme at the Pre,s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (246)[...]utfit, in ox•te.ims,
Budd and Eli Vickey in the e.stablishing of a gen• from Omaha,[...]City. During the yeus that
3 member of Doric Lodg:e No. 53, A. F. & A. M. ; . followed M[...]imber Lodge No. 25, Knights from acu,,e bus.incu. He is still the owner or a ranch
of Pyt[...]affiliated with Billings lodge No. 394, B. P. 0, E.
Timber_. but all over this put of the s.t.,tc..[...]e ces Louisa Kinney. and three children ha\'e been born
to :i.d,•ancc a nd de,..clop the comm[...]being one of tht Avwsr H. BAJtTJI, In e,..crz. community thtrc arc
prog:ressh•c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (247)[...]is a Republican, but has not been ac:th·e in public m:i.t•
Gc-rniany.[...]tcrs, prcfcrrina to gi\'e his time and attention to his
OonMus Barth[...]s. Barth moved to No. ,W4, B. P. O. E., and Edna Chapter No. 14, 0. E.
)titwaukee, \ViS('()nsin, but later went on t[...]er, ahl1ough his former and they ha"e one son, Arthu r. He is a graduate of
ir:iining[...]:t. They are meml>ers of the Eastern Suir,
mo,·e<J 10 western Oregon, fourteen miles from the[...]ou1h of Chinook. in Chouteau county, thirty•fi\'e miles 1854, they set sail for this coun[...]f that scition. T hree other children were
twcl\'e thousand acres of fand :ind leases thirty•cig,h[...]:a.gri•
Edwnrd. 1-\ t thi$ time se\'enty-fh•e thous.ind head of c:ulturis.t and att[...]ifting into
it is the c,qual of the wool sold in E ng land at twenty• Michigan, h[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (248)[...]1882. being his father's oo.rtner 1n the stas=;e line n inning
hotel in Lh•ingston to whic,h he[...]1n subsequcndy engaged for four or ri,·e yc,us in the
Park county sin« 28$3. He has serv[...]sioner, in addition to acting a s justice of tl1e pea.cc.
four yc:tl'S undcr sheriff under H:irry[...]daughter of George and Ellen (Stitt)
stone lodg·e No. 10, Knights of Pythias an d Livingston[...]nt:,rio, the forme r of whom is
lodge, Jl. P. 0 . E. d~c;[...]chil- hrwc had nine cl1ildren : Grorg;e E.. who married
dren have been born to this union:[...]Lulloff ; and Kate, Char1tt and }'.red, who li\•e at home. :\lanhittan ; and T haddeus. Hugh[...]fying him.self with various large enterprises, th e much of the credit fo r the de,·cto,,.,,e.nt and ad,·ance•
busin~.ss career of H:trvey C[...]n a stage line runni ng from MA>,ng E. B1,:Jt1'~ superintendent of the school.s of
Mart[...]la rly fit for the impor1ant 3nd rc$ponsib1e position of
operations has s.o conducted his affa[...]practic:i.l value in mak-
:md is a SQn of A lbert E. and Eliubcth (Loomis) ing the sc[...]ble duties which dc,·olvc upon C\'cry
Albert E. Pound was born J une 7, 1$31, in Penn-[...]79 he c.,mc to Martins.dale. A nati\'e of Vermont. Miss Burt was born at \ Vcst-
Montana[...]e 13ttc r in 1SSJ.
au cntion to mining. Jn 1888 h e loc:.-tcd in Missoula. The father immigr[...]1re on two J9();l, Mo. Phillip Burt cam e to America as :i child
oce:i.sions, in addition t[...]:>ilrs. Burt b«a.me the PJll'Cnts of fh·e childrc,i, as fol.
having been the mother of fi\'e children. as follows: lows: ;\famie E. is the immediate subject of this
ld_a L.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (249)[...]county, Mi5;5ouri, July ti, 1850, and be• e.ach w;,,gon in his company.
longs to a family[...]t of oxen, hoped· I would 1010 him, as h.e had no one who could be
which Md a nurow esca[...]oountry, doited with buffalo as far as the e;·c could
tance held 3t o1d Gall.a.tin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (250)[...]t>tlow what is now Big and took passa~e down the Yellowstone on the Mack•
Timber some d[...]ey,
went over the J acob's route, as it wa.s then e:allcd, whcnev.cr it could be done. In th[...]gre.a.tly infa tuated with Montana
';When we e2mc in Cull view of the Gallatin v~ley a[...]ly and bri\'cly, surrounded by hi$
pro..·en :in e.ffc<tu:i.l preventh·e in that large and mixed children. H is rcm:ain[...]n, one died in infaney, while three still survi..,e:
dollars per day, Bouman, Ellet. Rou$e and myself, re- John T., Jr.; Ma.shina,[...]cwcd his cduc:ttion in First
Rouse. whieh had :i e3bin on it, and the price, fifty Distric[...]n :lnd loe.ttcd the town o! Bozeman, and Capt. Bo,e-- $CQuently had his first experience in t[...]and subscquenOy atte~tcd an offer from th e bo:lrd of
griu ly bea.r, a moose :ind numbers of[...]ce, he so continued in Butler until rS!)o, when h e came
prC$ide over the deliberations of the first[...]ta.na State Ba r As-sociatiori. Butler Lod.R:e, A. F. & A.
here :\S a Democrit to r epresent D[...]r, if I thought t.hi$ were not a B. P. 0 . E. He m3intains well•:tpp,ointcd offices in the[...]lding. In 19<>5 Mr. Smith en•
withdraw. I ha\'e no blind side sir, by which a Re-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (251)[...]t• 4,gcd ninety-t hree years.. His m:uernal anc.e:stor was
.'.\Ir. J:u.: obs wa.s one or the pionee[...]is forefathers, 3!bcit won on the field.s of pcac:e.
Jons H. C110:-11s. "fhc w('ll•kno~\·n an[...]is community. He. hou cit)' for h~re wu the moth·e power tha t would turn the
wilnc.ssed t11c r:tpid grow1h of die mining e:1n.1p into wl1<'cls and bring certain pro.spcrit)', With business
tl,e leading cit)' of a grc-at comn:i,orh,·ealt.h. N:[...]been ,·isualh:ed. Mr. Gibson con1im1e:d to watch :i.nd
Mayor Da,•cy. He was city 1:'l[...]any other cit)' of Mont:tna,
circles, they l1a,·e a host of friends. his[...]em and con• Stitution:11 conventio n. w:ts then e:lected to t he state
fidcncc: which he well deser[...]' others more
:'lnd c:t1terprising men who h:i.\·e contributed to the: de- local. he has filled with[...]rowing interests of hi$ city and has \>Cc:n
of t11e city oi Grc:n J•"!llls ha.s stood foremost. Oth[...]rosperity. Ot1 the
men of power :ind initiat i,·e h:;we come :i.nd gone since: occasion of his eig:[...]im honor.
life. but in honored :ind venerable as;e. Mr. Gibson con• In August,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (252)[...]t perity, as time and opportunit)' hi,·e occurred lending
Gr<"at Rdls. He is .a mcmbtr of[...]substantial New Engl:tnd stock,
LAWll:&."'-e& K. D1.'Vux. Northern :Uont:ml has no h[...]in the public sd,ools. He con- Montan3 e3rly in 18So, Mr. A\'crill wu for awhile
tinued[...]settlers of this then sm:311 town, He bought t11e inter• i;c:nd, where he has lincc: m:ti[...]urer, the falter gentle- Tra,i.1ie11r, t ,e Mrss"'g~r, :and the For1m1. Dur•
men being re[...]county. •
who (':une from his n:ati\'e land to A1ncric:a duri~ the A srnnch n[...]died in f"c:bru;iry, 187$. early ninet:e~ "'hile during political caml')aig-ns he
P;itr[...]lis.s Ulura Lepper tt Ha,·re. T,,·o children ha"e of which he wns grand master in 18');[...]shtemo, Miclngan. ).Ir. and :\lrs. Averill h.:t\·e four
. city of Havre.[...]s of the Mon1au:t Uni\'crs:tr. and the son is
I)e,·lin, and as hC has been a large factor in busin[...]Havre from 1902 to 19u, T. Athey an d ha,·e won for bim a solid and admirable
;lnd for eighteen ye.tr$ hM been chairman of tl1e school reputation for genuine worth and a[...]positions. interspersed with rare ~.siOns when J1e
h1$ cl11cf plc::isurc in hunting and fi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (253)[...]t tht.P,Ublic schools (1£ ard ..,;a~e, at Great F.ills, the largest esbblishmcnt of
th[...]tcd .m and Abigail (Mather) Hamilton.
e,·cry engagement with his regiment, but cse3ping[...]y of war and ser,•ing !or a t the ~e o( t\\•enty•six_yc,ars, having b«n the mot~1[...]cr of the
J?,arty :,;nd has c,·cr b(c.n aeth·e in l)Olitic.al circles. oped from[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (254)[...]rooms • Hughes, the daughter of Jame:s and Sauh E. Hughes,
for several of the standard makC$ of mac[...]rthcna, aged
lcadini entcryrisc o( its kind in th e state. Mr. Ham- ten /ears. Funcis, nine yc.lrs of[...]ny Scotch pirent?,ge and Canadian birth.
exciting e.xpcrie.nea of t he time when the Treasure[...]f Ulchine, near Montreal. At the age
Indian hOr'$e thic{ auempted to stc.:i.l one of Mr. Ham- of e ighteen, having completed his .1cadcmic courses,[...]elling something more lucrative. With
sc:ntati,•e of one of the early families of this county,. and[...]e
ways done his f-ull sh.arc in the promotion of e,•cry formed a partnership with William Baker, t[...]a member of Apollo Lodge Limited. For eighteen )'e.ars he continued in this ca-
No. 15. Inde[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (255)[...]ce, was making a great self sacrifice,
is a nath·e of L>·Ons, Franet, and had come to Fort[...]:kmen's National B~nk. ind one of the
interest in e,·er)1hing. This type of man as, a rule[...].nd
other p:,,ru of Montana has taken an :,,c-ti\'e hand in has been a member of the scho[...]rs in educational
James Carroll, who was a natt,·e of Ireland, and had circles. He is[...]ointed to the N:i.val Academy
He was one of fi,·e childrcnt but he was the only one :i[...]n the Medical here m a. very acc:cplab!e tnanncr, .ind is now in con•
Department of the[...]he In• Mr. Brechbill is a nath·e or Oskaloosa. Iowa, where
A History of Montana Volume 2 (256)[...]born in P ittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and e.i uien,
and, when he was nineteen )'ears of ;age[...],i- •.
c~ued in Missoula, where he has resided e\•er since. For arant wagon from Reno,[...]and imposing buildings in the city ·e\'Cntually acquired the title deed to, and he cont[...]of Missoula by the eit>· commissioner e·ivic duty or responsibility, however slight. He[...]is
and the daughter of John Silverthorn, nati\·e o( Penn- rcg3rdcd a.s one of the well[...]nd, a d3ughter of George Rand of \Visoonsin, Thrc:e
or hide-bound p:utisan, as in local affairs he al[...]d Jca1i1 the two latter of whom arc deceased.
the e:andid.atc.s he considers best fitted and most lik[...]and impro,•cment of the city and and e\'en for the ~rcful gleaner, and like hosts 0£ Pr[...]the most enterprising :.tnd suCC:C$Sful real e$tate dealers
mtclh,gence and ruled by j ud[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (257)[...]confi.den~ of the1,p(Ople th.in Judge Francis K. •A:r[...]) Rhoades, bench. Judge Armstrong has served e3pably in other
were farmers. They were Virgin1an[...]offiei:il cap.1.cities, and for a number of >·e:irs has also
mo,•cd from the Old Dominion to O[...]without · a st2in or blemish. He is a nati,•e of Rock-
,of acti,•1ty he was one or the bc-.st[...]o;, and died at Iowa Point, aged eighty•
of tl1e U nited State$ land off1Ce at Milcs City by Prc.s[...]o years. She was the mother of seven children, 6\'e
office by President Roosc,·clt. But he had wean[...]n his father died. but he immediately assurned t11e
mo, cd to Seattle, Washin_gton, where he remaine[...]student in the university at
From Seattle h e came to Miuoula i_n 1901 _and entc~ed
1hc rea l e.statc :ind in.surancc field in business. whtchHig[...]s graduated with high
a high order. He is now on.e of ~he ~ost successful honOrs in 1875. He b[...]time of the :1.pPointmcnt of Judge
b)' ;1 Jars:e majorit)'· He has in.stituted many impr_o \'e
ments, indudin_g four miles of p3\'tmcnt, a[...]ank of
Mr. Rhoades has always been an acti\'e Rc~ub!ic.an Gallatin Nalley, and bas since bee[...]d as one of the
of his ~:trty. Fr:i.te.rnatly h e is ,3 Frccm:tson of the most substantial banki!IJ[...]building committee which er~cted its new h~ll, o~e of six year$. -T,wo daughters. Lena and Edith,[...]practi<"e ai a physician. In so new a coun1ry, how•
.;u[...]pursuit$, ·wh1cl,
tloguishc~ citizens who ha,·e _made YP. the Ju(hc1ary of he cOn'tiiiu~[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (258)[...]of _all tend, except in the w.i.y of his influenc:e, which was :al-
dasscs and in the , •arious of[...]strict. He , ·ere~ by ma.ny who, ha,·e re3son to rcmcmbet him w ith
also served .I.$ pr[...]ied on Ja nuary
while a member of the lcgisl3tur_e was speaker ~f the 19, 1906, :rnd it is said th:u[...]ded funeral that Lewistown ever witncsiW.
for t11e suDreme btnch, but was dcfe.ated, although he[...]ticket and hile'd o{ election b)~ only M,ss Anme E. Gl:mcy, a daughter of John a!'ld A nnie
a small[...]gcmc:nt of the ranch properties lch
bench, Jud6'.e Armstrong h:a.s devoted him.scU to look- by Mr. C[...]is oc:i.tcd at No. ~ Eighth avenue. :\trs.
sen•e as' an example worthy of emulation by those who C[...]te i_n 1819 and he has been
with the men who ha\'e brought horl<)r to the great a pro~1nc;nt and inlluc:-nhal resident of K.11ispcll sinc-e
commonweahh of Montana.[...]S)·lvania, in the yc:ir 1 86o.
p..as.scd his li(e dC\'otc<I to tha t industry. He and his oc:cur rc[...].ar T ownsc11d. In :about 1881 he came to na11,•e heath, the Isle of Erin, M the. age of eighteen
.lh e pre,c,11 site of L<:wistown, then a mere camp, a[...]ht )'tau. ;\Ir. and
re:are1' in Lewistown. It is e xpected that 1his old land• )lrs. S wanc)• be[...]- or the ~nest h3rness horses in the country, fin e mcntcd by a thorouth course in the school of cxpc[...]g horS:cs being 3 specialty with him. He ownc:d . e?ice. Jn 1S70, at the a~e of r_,in~tcen ye.1rs, he came
several fl[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (259)[...]1tely settled at a point a mile i\fail)e •m 1879, had nme children, o f whom three $till[...]-31 D1:1nlap, a. foll•r1ggcd vessel, on which h e went
Sp..1.nish•Amc-rican war as first sergean[...](1uentl>· rc.sig:ning by reason of the r1~•e~ in O.ctobcr, 1851, and there he w.is engaged ill[...]in respective o rder of birth : Loui:. L., Alice E., ?\'erland v,a B1smar~k, Dakota. and there[...]:affiliated with the Mod• at th3t 1u_n e. wa.s _but a tent town, there being o nly two[...]fr:ime b1;11ld111gs m the. course of e rection. Afte r ae~
politi::s he is a Progres$i\'C Rcpubliean. Mr. and Mr$. comp:tnymg the sun•e>•mg party throug h to Fort Den•
Swant)' arc[...]by the S<orc, road comp.iny. and retu rned e:;ast to his native state
and their home is a ce[...]1!1 that year he re!11oved to C:a.rdincr, where h e c::ir•
cessful businC$$ m:m and highl>• este[...]reet. ·
ht':\lth and e vincing :,n :,c-ti\'e inte rest in alt that is ~fr. Roberts has[...]ye.us led him into strange places Lod~e No. 28, K nig his of Pythi::as, nnd is ~st com•[...]ares. he ma)' stanch ·Rep\1blie.,n. T h e \'3rious changes that h3\'C:·
look back Q\·cr[...]ns. Mr. Roberts, who has taken an ac.ti,•e part in the g rowth ·
Mr. Roberts was born at B[...]:ind 5,3ilor in
his )'Olmger days, bm eventually e ntered the lumber acquaintanc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (260)[...]c been gi,·cn to thern. Of the ti,,•e sons, the eldest, Har-
c.itizcns.[...]he lived a1 Bo,ceman, Montana , until c:e.ssful teacher at Polson. She is :t R'raduatc and[...]1'bynard's bouquet of irandch,ldren.
New E ngland origin.[...]rowed down to one sect Among his other e1wi:iblc:
Dexter, low:a, and soon bcg:m teaehing in the weste.rn qu:iJitits, Jud~e :\fa/-nard's fritnd.s count hin1 3 c.a.pital
f[...]d. greatly to the advantage of 1hc people e;ashicr, whic-h position he ret.iincd until 1881-.[...]~ut he had inspired such confidcn~ th:u in J911 11e w;,s Ol)Cralion$, :in d during tha[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (261)[...]e it a c!«.id<"d tu()('($s. He retired from acti"e ·
~tntilc bosine-Ss M St. Louis. Through hi.s st[...]inl• 1906, :and died at his home in Glendi\•ee1;111e to Fort Benton, m:lking his positi[...]k, supply tkill(d aviators to dri\•e them, Certa inly his
Wnshing:ton.[...]cted s.:i.me address and initiath•e whieh marked his earlier
with the l!lr~e: stock firm with wl1ieh he rcm~in«l until[...]r great ranch on Red W:itcr_, located sixty•fi\'e P«rlcs.s. The C()m~ny is now incorpo[...]nd
Marron was :t popul:\r member of the exclusi,·e Glcn- in 185(. She is now a resident of Helena.
dh·e Club.[...]elongs, His political sympathies a rc with
marria~e with Miss Grac,c V. lkndoo. daughter of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (262)[...]s. J!)OS, :md w:u to Glendive 10 lh•e until May 14, 18So. During the sum-
ended 011 Jul[...]of friendship, and is sought after J1e made the overlnnd trip to Miles.City, Monta1ta, w[...]denied him, as, the Wl1ile tl1e ~rc:ater part of his life up 10 this time had
des[...]on the YeJlow•
and president o( the Gle1,di\·e St:itc 83.nk, is a.n excel~ stone di\•is[...]business and mf:u,cy; 01arlcs E., who is a rc,$ident of Mon1an.1·, mar-
later r[...]Anton
York. He w:as married il'l Erie county to E Uen M. Mc• P~tnode; John A. Logan,[...]pare.ins of lc,ading men, and Mr. J<e:m's expc:·riencc and oonVichons
fourteen childr[...]and the t1nfaller:i11g intCJ{til)' which h:t.\'e made him such
ing along the border a1~d up t hrou[...]may have surprised him that :i.eti,·e ~rts in the struggle for American indeJ)C,ndcn«.[...]tled in
settlers and prob3bly their aocit1icsccnc.e did not 3Jwa)'S Penn$yh-anfa, where he b[...]st. He
up the Yellow$tOne V:'l.lley on the st1r,·e>' of the was one of the lay membe[...]ent Co,•cuantcr.s and took an ac.th•e part in forming and
site of Gleodive: Thus. al!ho[...]. Kein h3S O}\'f!cd _prope.rt)' the IOflgest t1111e earl)' life :ind continued to reside in Per[...]en he removed with his fa1nil>• to Oa,·cn•
l1e still controls., it being now sub-divided[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (263)[...]began a profos• wholly s.atjsficd h e drifted wcs; and in 188o came to
sional and polit[...]bctn acti\'e in many other industric-.s of this stetion.
:\[...]lcSSI)• d r3wn, na iion ha,·ing ,c,•e9·thinf: to g.1in and nothing to lo~
ro th.it thC[...]rc in 1872. There he rtm:iintd for about five
who$e principles ht h3s contir1u«.1 10 support from th[...].irria,gc with '.\frs, 1.ina M. Kochler, a n .iti"e of Ut3h Northern was being built into :\Jontan[...]f H uber Brothers wt\s formed, 1hc
er-cetc:d m tl,e state:. b[...]anhood of man, :md which none but 1he fit $urvi,·e.
and ht h:.s u-t-n the ,·ast dt\'elo,pmcn[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (264)[...]l stock of jewelry, and has resided here e,·er since. Mc. opened the first
diamonds, hand-[...]lhe new officers were installed. He has
:\ nali\·e of Germany, where $he resided a ll her life.[...]hitc is a member of the Dillon Socfal
by Him hi,·e bttn aldem,an, member of school board,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (265)[...]59, B. P. O. E., 3t St. :P:aul, Minnesota; :ind Modern[...]die the face of difficulties that would ha\'e pro\•cd di.us•
btter :a n:ative of Ohio. Was[...]a man with the Irish blood
left his native st:i.1e at the :age of twenty-years ~nd re• in hi[...]ng his p~rtner, ~nd then went to Big Timber. \Vlu\e so popular among the citi.icn5 or Butt[...]s, he w,1s made a member of the oflic.e to the satisfaction of jtidgcs, law)'ers and liti[...]n , and here young Patrick irew up. He was put to
E Ncwm.1n, residing at Big Timl>c-r, Montan.1; Geor[...]>· bcttc.r than in the cut, he dcc1dcd to
at the e:nly :i.ge of ci~htccn years began h.15 business[...]ster county. Montana, loc::itin1t at Ji(e in Butte. where he died in 1905, .it 1hc age of
H[...]sheep busi- si:icty-onc-. He was an acti\'e Democrat, always ready
nc-ss and continued there-[...]eted the pressed bTitk office building in Glcndh·e it was fou nd that he had los.t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (266)[...]Compan1. in the s:tmc c31)adty, but finally he 63"e up from time to time; until in October[...]n to interest$. 1.-or a numbtr of >·e.ars he has al$0 been .sue~
the" surface :-.gain.[...]a 0-emoc·rat and, hkc consin, to Annie E.. Alexander, only dl!lughtcr born to
hi.s- bther[...]:28th of July, of the well known real e5tate firm of WIison. Smith &
19()() to Mart_taret[...]c two children, VolnC:y
Mi11.~csota. Two sons ha\'e bec:1l bqrn to them, John and \Voolrid[...]f Mr. \Vhiting is a sel!-m:ide man in tl,e very finest
\Villfam C. l!lnd Clroline (Lawton)[...]judgment, has won him 3 competency and cn:11bled
E. S«ond' Wi$C'Onsin Ca\·alr)·, and was talccn p[...].-\lcxander, the father being n. n.:iti\'e of S-:i.ndusky c<1unty,
Mont3na. one memb[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (267)[...]'l'he cider was Willi:un J., and the other, Annie E.• is Wn.uA>,, J. Jorrnsos. Anico[...]prosperous and public-spirited e-itiztns in the pc-fSon
William J. Alexander wH[...]oung, was 1900, The mother was a nat1¥e of Kingston, New
re~idin;. The trip to Montana w[...]the o-lher five bcint: Anna, widow of
of Otcr ~ e . :i.nd Mr. Alexander's $Ole possessions[...]hou$thold goods. 1hrce horses and a e-cascd; Thomas, of Oswego; and Catharine, wifo of[...]o LaSal1c. of Ana<'Onda.
di:lt cly eug-:iged 31 1e.:uning. which he continued £or At h[...]tile first fifteen ye3rs of his li {e principally in attending the
linC'$, on May 23.[...]identified with this city in increasing busi•
e\·er been mOJt cordial and each has fout1d in the[...]dge and the prominent men of tJ1e state and for a num~r of
:\l:idisoit cotmtit's.[...]i,ton Maud :,.nd Alice Maud. The family ba\'e membcu.hip
was for many years r«tor of St. John[...]ssue$. Fr:itcnhll>· he is Ht'agy gi¥e it pre.s1ige a.bo\•e all other$.
a member of Bulle Lodge., No. 2-2, A[...]'Ii:dff,lr B. Hca.'O' w:u born to Georg-e
A History of Montana Volume 2 (268)[...]his comrade$ were
Heagy took a busine$S course in E,'\stman's Business spending their[...]eagy b,we Drum b«ame a member, w'e nt throl!,l:h to the head ol
a son 'Earl., born A[...]um entered the
marriage also had one son. Hcr:ild E.. born June 7, employ of a Dick Cl[...]the win~cr that followed all of his animals died e-xcc-pt
ferent offictS in the Chapter dcirces and[...]but C\'Cntually gttvc up that vocation to raise e.1ttlc :ind
those whose sag-acity and industry in[...].pa n)' H of the No. 394, B. P. O. E-
One B\..,1dred :rnd Twcnty•third Rtt:imcnt, Pe[...]les. He was born at Newport, New York
Pittsburgh. E:lrly in life he displ:iycd those traits of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (269)[...]h the Minnesota and Mont:tna Land and clients :Ir e mtn who :\S youn_gsttrs wtnt to school to
ImprO\[...]·cying the land for irr-i- fe:ssionat life h e is a member of the S ilver Bow Rar
g-:uion, the c[...]its founda tions tht noble
continued 3s the acti"e head of thi.s t-ntcrprise u ntil d~ds of the. fat[...]en countf,
bcing the 01dtst c-it1zcn of Centre"il!e. Mr. Howell's where he became a iman Of affairs,[...]''EdWard JJ. Howell grc\,· up in Ccntre,·il1e, Iowa, and \\'i{c for nine yc-.;'l rs., ,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (270)[...]e unsafeness o f SlAAC tra,\•el,
d~lers in real e.state and im·e.s1ments. He is prtt1dtnt the country b[...]roomed fr«1y o,·er the \'3$t plains to e\·enlually fall
On October 22, 1885, ~fr. Towers was m..'lrricd to and ~ss away before the e\•er a.nd determined ma rc.h
~fiss Adcliidc J. H[...]who bra\'ed the tou~h conditions of
537 B. Y. 0. Ee exceeded in surrounding, I find a \'C[...]ntry, wJ1crc
advantage.s apptalil'lg to him :tbo\'e those of all other pc-ace ~nd contentme[...]hen gi\'CS the pra.etical application of
pr9arcui"e and resourceful gentleman has been idcn• th e facts he ha.s noted for the benefit of the people[...]e)' of S mi1h ri\•tr, as follows: "What the
lln,e id~.s realities he is a dis.til'lct a.uet to any[...]in Boiema.11 that fi,•e years hence will sec a city here
Mt. c.,meron wu born in Ontario. Canada. June of ti,·e thousand, will n6t h3\'C become a positi\'C
s, 18[...]rc nOt without
that year they made ~mother dtani::e of residence, this result is shown by the fact l~t s.c,•cr-31 i,wcstors ha\'e
time to Kansas and Dunc.an ca.me on to Nonh Dakot[...]~a~ed in oons1rnetion :and went e:a.s1, tra,·elini O\'cr the country with trotting[...]out eight)' miles business in various e.tmps in the st:ue for about fi,·C
,away, on the Liule Missouri ri,·cr. The uio prO\'Cd 3 )'e\ts a.nd in 1891 went to Colorado. where for two
l[...]mf he wc111 · on lo Forsythe, Or wliat 'was to b:e oroportions Mr.~Ca'mcron is ' fafflilia.r with e"cry corner,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (271)[...]1"he following article written by B. E. Green, editor
until now has been used for litt[...]trc::tms. for whcre\'cr prac• ''I ha\'e :always been aware of the fact th:it this
tical[...]l)()n his arri\'al here and there an e\'Cr respo11sive soil; witness the pc2c~ comfoi-t[...]located in Mill• :ind prosperity e\'idenecd by the magnificent homes
neso1:a and the[...]tcR.3c in of its ranchers, :and you ha\'e but ;i glimpse only of
Canada, :,.nd her demiJe o[...], about ciJht miles cast of \Vhitc
of sixty•fi\'e «nts P<r d:ay. which money he ga\'e 10 Sulphur Springs. This p:art1eular t[...];rct of the writer that his cducation h:t.s
acti\'e Republican. taking no inconsiderable inter[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (272)[...]st mineral deposit$ in the moun• E:\'er since tarly boyhood Mr. Smith .has rn.,nifcs[...]that, too, there himself a t the a1e of filteen >•cars, He is ,•cry ,cnthu.si,
wil[...], 1902, Mr.
Boosters Club, where a most cnjorablc e,·cnins: was S mith was united in[...]pplK':ition. Mc is the owner 0£ :i.
A nati\•e of I llinois, Elbridge M . Smith w:as bon1 i11[...]na and scttlc-d in Madison attracti\'e soci:il ga1hct'in1;:s.
coulH)", where he g;1.ined[...]stores M Twin Bridges, TuoM,\S. E . C,\STLE, foremin of the Virginia City
Pony and[...]i en1erpri$C:$ 3nd imptO\'Cmcnts which will pro,·e
to her husb.i.nd i1, his businrss aff':air~ :ind[...]child, EJbridgc his p.'lrents :it an e3rl'y age- :tnd com, ellcd 10 seek his
M.• of th[...]han• OC'cutrc-d 1hc birth of T homas E. Castle. who is a $011
d isc busincu. In 190:0 he[...]Thomas I. and Mary J, (Knight) Castle. both or
of e;ourt at Virginia City and he retained that[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (273)[...]as n farm hand on \'atiou, estalC'$ in e\'Cr, and only remained in Indiana :,bout a year and a
Jndi:in!l :1.nd at tJ1e age of sixl«n years he entered half t[...]ness and in became the mOthcr of nine e,h ildren, namcl)'.: M;uy 'E..,
punting. In 18iJc) he came to Virginia City, w[...]as-tle has m:m took as his .second wife E liubeth Rose. who also
the 1.:irgcst cxclush·c p[...]hicago. Her
w~y ,s aAilfated with the Masons, the E lks, 1he ~les third husband was Mr. K[...]ere born of that union. Mr. and Mrs. Coffman ha\·e
official Ct.p,acity in the ~fasonic order and in[...]f friends and ac•
m:inr long rambles through t11e woods and mountains. quaintanc:cs. 'they arc ~cth ·e members or the Christian
He: ,nsins th3t Montana[...]d his
1he pioneers of this section. He is a nath·e of Putnam .entire time to it until 1908, when he[...]O\'Cd to Iowa and c-a.me to Montana in 188o,
D:u1:e1 Hods:c, the remaining member being the so[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (274)[...]try Club, the S ilver Bow
Fellows and the Elks. H e has never married. Club, Sih•c r[...],
o f seven children. H e was reared and eduC3ted in Mr. Cl:nk's[...]y as a ~lcsman returned to that place, the father e11gas::ing i1t lead
of subscription books for the[...]ore, and
louted at Helen.a, Ourin.K his rcsidcn<::e there he was the high esteem in which he was u[...]irm of Kleinschmidt Brothers & Co., T h e cd,1cJti<>n of Charlc-s B. Clark was sc<urcd in
g[...]company's the common schools or his nath•e pfacc, and in 1866,
store ;it R:adersburg,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (275)e
intcrc-st in this prOptrl)' to A. J. S-eliwn.nn[...]tte, w11crc he found emplO)'mtnt in conn« tion
11e ga,·c a great dC':i.l of :i.ttci11ion to the r:.ising of with th e minin_cr industr)'· He died in Htlcna on the
I[...]sold hi$ intcres-t in this line, i,ucnding 10 gh-e up in the hi$tory of hi$ life, but his cou[...]his friends irwcsted $2«>_.ooo. His wife e.atne to 1hc United Statc,s in 1S;o a nd their
A[...]g mu$.l cease, and tht)' thus urb of tl1e cit>• of Butte, Both she :u,d her hu$band
were[...]and to this noble mother of Christendom thr<:e of
Sc:.ule, W:ishington, where he spent the winte[...]uinal o i the (;,.,nd Trunk Pa(ific R:i.ilrood. H e Ambros(': A. Sulli,•an. eldest of th[...]t•
10 H:u:chon wh<"tC he bc~:in prose«ting for e<>a1. hood and is a rtsidcnt o( St.[...]adopted daughter. Ruth. In fratem.i.l relations h e is which he r('(':tived the dtitree o([...]the office of one of the txtensi,•e smelting plants at
eighth $trcct. :'\Cr, 0:irk hl[...]utation as a surgeo,, Md with a cliem~c of rep•
e.1rning he d<:ir:i)·ed the- <"i<pcnscs of his professional rcsent:.ti\'c chu a cter. For fh·e years after his gro.dua•
cduca1ion. :'In[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (276)[...]nt t:ime to a conclusion when Mr. McDonnell g:t,·e
scr.·icc. Holds the uniq_uc p0sition of ~i11g the only the other a twcnt>· do!l:tr ~old pi«e, about ouc-thirtl
physician in the State of )lont[...]the \'3llcy. and «m-
which is the st:1gc of hi.s e:,:rne.st and dl'ecti\'C ser\'iCC$ tinued to do[...]:i.rriC-0. h:a$ retired from acth·e work, :1lthouS1;h he still h:as[...]me until he had 26.ooo :tcr~s. He w:is for
::1nd e\'enliul CM<'Cr, d11rin;: which he h:ts Stc:ldfast[...]. ~ir. land bcinz under the most effecti"ee prime moYcr in t11c ors:aniz.ltion of 1he Citi•[...]as :i.c:tcd a s its president. A stanch and actl\'e 'Repub•
and Annie, the wife o i Joseph Holmes,[...]>'•
i,1 1he n:ition:i.l schools of J1is n:i.ti\'e country and in was again sent to the SCMIC in 1909, and has ~ucce(''l.le'1
a priw11e aea.demy, a.nd 11e subscqucntfy de\'Oted· his himscH in o[...]:i.nd :tccordingly carne family attends tl1e Roman C.i.tholic church. Dur:'n.s,:
to the Unit«[...]:tintan~• ."lnd in bus.ine.ss a nd public and
h e journe~·cd to Sacr:unc1HO, California. a nd from[...]the tracks from Hallack to Humboldt E,·aline. •·A lcx:inder R."lna1d and Ch:trles E.
\Velis, then going no rth to the Thot1$.1.nd S[...]rs, Oetobtr 11, 18.sc,,
'.\fone>· was a sc.i.rc:e (:()mrnodih· at thit time with )Ir. and is a[...]lrC'lll.S
was the means of saving him consider:tb!e mo"e)'. ~t 10 Pike county, I llinois. whe[...]r. MeDonne.ll's shepherd dog and of 111ee
inJ{ from milking her (:()ws. with :a b;rg[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (277)[...]ather died a t Hollem in 1881, hav- and e.i\•ic ma1tcrs and discharged his duty as a con-[...]years, while the scje-ntiou.s c:iti1.e,1 with intc1ligc:ncc and integrity. He
motlier s[...]s a member of Company F, First Montana State
oi ~ e when $he died.[...]Six children were born of this union. 6\'e of whom arc
employed for si:< months. In the spri[...]by
barkin~. was three weeks upon the ocean in th e vtsscl n3me, died when nine months of[...]died October 18, 1900. Mr. Osenbrug mar-
jecth•e point St. Louis, Missouri. He remained in that[...]ng a sum Mr. Osenbrug is a citi~e:n who is held in the high
sufficient to buy a pon[...]as a wide eirclc of friends
he m:tdc his way more e.3sily on horseback and fin3lly[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (278)[...]s a man of the loftiest patriotism, taking aeth•e
Coming in boyhood with his brother Jo~n to t~e part in all which was for the good of the country[...]as
D.rcw to become c:ity dct«:tivc under Mayor E. O. he grew older, took ·;;in inertasinJ part in[...]nt in his civic pride than its until 1886, when h e opened up a department for the
chief of police.[...]different times, part owner
Butte; Margaret, de<:e:ascd, born in Anaconda, Mon• or the Moonlight,[...]le mining property.
in Butte, Ddi3 \Vall, a nall\'e. of Elmira. New Yoffc, In 1907, after tur[...]a. of New England. They belong to the progrcssi\'e
boy when his p::irents mo\'ed from Scotlan[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (279)[...]ty :is a dclcg~te to numerous state com·e111ions, and irt
Comp.in)', :rnd is :ilso pron[...]ge, at Pfains and Thompson F:JII.$, and hns
E\•Crton J. Conger ·was born m the St31C 01 Ohio[...]year he A ugust 31t 1904, to :\Jiu Marion E. \Yeldon. daught'e;
c-ame to )fontana, and here was .i.ppointed[...]na l-
dent of Dillon; 0. 0 .. who a lso li,•e$ in Thompson 1s_t. and thr?"Ug~ his ~'5ecuth•c[...]he career
Raymond S. Congu was 3bout 6,•e years of it,;:c when of Albert \V. Thayer has bee[...]-
bcins: .supplemented b>· :. SPC'(i:tl COur$e in Valpuaiso • dent of the Trc;ourc S tate Reahy_ Company, editor of
(Ind.) State Normal School. E\'cn as :i '3d he dc\'cl• the Sandus C(nmt}• L[...]io ha s gained and ret:uned th~ COn6dence
age e;i.rned his firn money picking currants at fh·c a[...]t;
1r3ppin.g squirrels, the bounty being fi,·e ccnis per head, (i\_fanin) Tha.)'er. •[...]wsy sheet, :i.d,·oe.ating mcnt. of Cl\'il e11gmeenng s10.rted out to make his own
and sup[...]ed from 1he ,;iews of bting :iuoc1atcd with Oa\•e Moffit, E"·an Smith and
llS m:1.n~ger, ":ho states : ''If I were going to explain \V. P. O_unham. for whom he ma~e trips to Or(gon,
why )fontan.a. 1s :i. great[...]your cnthus.ia.sm. !3tis£y your ambition .and gi"e the camp a t Cripple Creek was O_l)Cncd he[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (280)[...]hose who arc
b«n his field of cndca\'Or, For fi\'e years he wa.s en• not :afraid to work[...]the: wc,tc:rn poin1 or \'iC\\', irre$pc:ctivc
S1a1e Normal School, is a Grec:.k, L..-nin and (ierinan[...]re: he has
his f:uhcr, Simon C. Burrill, a n:uh•e of )fame but now remained C\'tr sir,c('.[...]a.s soo11 as ~c arrh·c:d here, and has ee\'Cn :is. J1c gives
bc:r business as chore boy in[...]lf with the lunibcr business, )Jr. Pag:e. at \Vatkins, Nc:w York. T he ir union has been[...]us other a nd the three da ughters li\'e in Lewistown with their
successful mtn of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (281)[...]cessful cone usion pending r esponsJb1hhcs and to e!fi•
the wagon tr:'lin bound for ~iamo_nd ~tty.[...]county, and 3t the age of :hirtctn became a w:i.t;e c.i.rncr first to Montan:,, in 1865, but[...]cure. throup:h
\\·orkcd 'for two years in the mi~e thct~. H~re he was his own efforts[...]lucktly preP3red to take a pb.ce p~e which led to his locating for $Orne two ycal'$ at[...], pos.sible business field tha t lt"e returned from the cast in
\ Visconsin. where he r[...]Hardware Comp-1ny and in 1883 e.stablished a b ranch
supp<>scd that :all the.sc u[...]house at Anaconda. Prior tO coming to Butte h e had
no time for r ccre,:ation, but he is much too[...]ork :an the time. He is confessedly e.a.rly as 1867 having built · a t~lctr?Ph . line[...]very
d.i.tly independent, ar1d he has met C:\'ery e.risis with way to assist in the develo[...]and exploit this section, Mr. Largey founded th e Butte
A History of Montana Volume 2 (282)[...]Loren, and he scn·cd his foll cnlisimcnt of fi\·e years,
ch:uity were :ilmost hnutlcs.s.[...]preearatory school :md w:i.s gra~h!ated. from t1~e. ~1\•1l Kc.arnc)', Fort Laramie and F[...]out of the seh·!ce, at Tknic-i:a,
father's plae-e :-tt the head of the fom ily affairs and h:,.s[...]continued to m;mage 1he est;it_c ~s note~ :ibo,•e. J:le has where he IOC;!ltcd on a don:ui[...]~lini that 3 change
·,g3ins-1 10$5, When rne Sta1e S:w1ngs Bank. winch lus wo uld bett[...]h he made his l1omc
~1r. :ind )frs. L.,~gcy_ resi~e it. the_ Thornton Hotc!, at until t!)Q1.[...]1~ ; )fary E., the wife of L'lwlo11 F. Simmons.[...]d $hee-p r~1!rng mdnstncs, and Emily E.. 1hc wife of 01ules E. \Ve.stbrook of
for a long time was r:ited among[...]1.atcr and prO\'Cd to l>c an interc.sting ,,01tm1e.
to Po\'er, New Hampshire, when George \V.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (283)[...]H in life: has luttly modern in e\'Cr)' respect and cqu:al to an)' o f
b«n due e111ittly to his ow·1, c:tTorts, and he m:;iy be[...]for the initial perforniincc:,
the c:qua1 in e,·c:r)' way of the cit>· houses of am11sc,.[...]$t cbss t ltc-21ric::i.l ,mrnc:1io"s stop ha,·e bt<"ll thrc:c doll:;irs " week but unfortun.i;tc:[...]ok ch:t,rgc of the cir• grc::&t many.
e11l2tion dc:putment of two OP{':OSition ncwsJ>-'pc[...]>·s,•ille. Kat1~s. Three c:hildrc:n, all boys. e:imc
He C3rric:d on this busints$ with s u[...]eter
until it Wll~ dC$trO)'c:d b)' fire. This e:iuscd him to Harnois, w:i.s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (284)[...]f)Cople arc interred ncM the old Buckc)'e Mate home•
one time, he traveled overland with[...]stc:id side by side. There were sc,•en e:hildrcn in their
from Bismarck to Helena af\d th[...]d and eldest
as:cnts were numerous nnd trouble$0n1e. However, son. The subject was[...]the people, the gr-:tndeur of its s«ncry .ind tl1e
as few men 3rt'. •[...]1818. the young woman to become his bride bcinfl E,·a
,bout the attainment of his majority. He then[...]gh his own energy Md
which is by far the large.st e.s-tablis.hmcnt of its kind ,Jcterminatio[...]D:wid G.
in th is section or the !l ate. Nor ha\'e his energies Browne has. throu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (285)[...]s directorate, and is now the heaviest
initiath•e force was not dependent upon te:i.chcrs, In stock[...]One of the chic£ distinctions that h2,·e come to Mr.
the transportation of supplic.s was a[...]the J')Ort of cntr)'
business centers and mining e3mp, of the territory. then being Fort Denton. Whe[...]nns- Mr. Browne w:is also for many years e ngaged in the
portation work by degrees had passt'd from the acth•e li\'t-Stock busint'ss, being manager and one of t[...]w.:is able to interest himself in president of t11e Stockmen's National Bank his energies
other lint$[...], Wc1tel & Comp:my failed, Mr. Browne Ee.arly tra1J!mg having
con1racts for Montana., \Vyo[...]ne. His de:.\th occurred in 1860. e.aused by a n accident, be--
It was n3t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (286)[...]ntinued until 18¢1 Mr. Schumacher ;'l.t that tin\e a nd one-half yc.;i.rs court reporter of the e leventh
selling out his interest in the bus-incs[...]the Slate sen•
under \Valter 1-1. Siles, and h e succesfh•dy served un- ate. Jn~unc, 1910[...]to the bar
der county clerks H. P. McNaus:-hton1 E. V. Blanken- and on ul1 t following he[...]acti\'c practice of
ship, A. A. Cimeron a nd \V, E. Brindenburg. Rtalit- his pro css.1on[...]n county elected torncy in N'ovcmlxr, 1910, h e has continued to sc.r\'C
Mr. Schum:,,cher to the[...]th.:it cap.,city to the present time, dischargin_e: the.
faithful and conscientious manner in which[...]ate.
charg-cd the duties of his office tc.stifics e.lOQuently in law practiec:.
support of their judgment and "indieMes their confi• H is political a llegiance is g[...]ot«ti,·c O rder o{
man Lodge No. 4631 B. P. 0 . E. E lk$: and he has attained the rank of past c.x:,,l[...]know th em Md arc numbered among the most prom-
e<>unty. Mont:1.n.1., but after two years returned[...]a nd Adena J. g ressi,•enc.ss find e:(pression. 'A native son of the[...]prosf)trous common- $0tded Progressh•e.
wealth. Joseph Kemp Toole. the fi rs-t g<>Yemor[...]wo )'Cars. Their union was
f:uh cr, wa.s a nafo•e of Missouri, but died at Hc.le:i,a,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (287)[...]the sc(tlC of birth, life and passing away. Of th e five No. S, of Helena. ha\'ing taken fift[...]county, Montana, his chostn lady being Miss Mary E.
of learning with the class of 18;6.[...]hen sidling out and at once start• Stcphc1, E:trne.st, born in Helena, Dcc:cmber s, 1902.
i[...]he remO\'Cd to the west .. spOt on earth J1e rcfusts to acknowledge.
crn part of t11c state[...]office of postmaster. Mr. Demers has e,·cr manifested
remained with t11is fin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (288)[...]ioneer bu,i-
large r:rnch eligibly loc:3t,cd thre eE. Lambert, who wn bom and rc;ncd. at St. Paul,[...]done quietly, modestly and u11-
ftars old; C race E. mal'ricd W . H . Yost and resides osl[...]probably never be known. Few men ha,·e had a ~rcatcr
father in business a t Arlee : he[...]tr of the family i$ music:.a.l there ha\'e a lways btcn intrepid souls who have jour•
:ind[...]the name
i11gs m ig ht really be termed masterpi«e$. The home is of Charles Krug holds 3 con[...]e. Coming
a s~nc of comfo rt :lnd h ospitality is e xtended to a ll to the wttt in 1878., in an[...]ness also as depicting something _o f Montana's· e.arly lik
of ht-art e ndeared him to a wide cird e o f friends. Ch:irles Krug was born[...]took a steadily .U his lrnde of we:iver for 6,•e )'ears in order
course i11 Professor Kroll's Comm[...]owing his ski I
Helms was ship carpente r on the "E. H . D ur fee," which in weaving. O n locating in[...]ty-four )'Cars, a ft er a long i nd h onor:i..ble e3rcer,
Prior 10 the ad,·cnt o f the Northern P[...]red. Some six the west. H is sister E mm.a was affiic-tcd with a se,•ere
years[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (289)[...]dcpcnclcnc:c i.n whatever Jocalil)' they e.stablish th<:m-
Utah a nd Arizona, in the meantim[...]3l'I, and at Red Rock, ldahO., l~bors ha,:e had their reward in the attainment of a p05l-
wit[...]a lad, but obs.crvation
dian chief Rain•in•t~e-Face bad ju$t surrendered after 3nd m3n[...]f a br~d and comprehensive fund of inform:t·
·n,e.se two hardy pioneers., however, pushed on to Man[...]had rtcently was of a much more extc:nsh·e nature. After the death
bttn built., and there Mr[...]n the latter city he
some time, but her death was e,·enhL3.U)· caused by the repc:ated th[...]rck, North Dakot3, The;c Mf.
cottages in Glcndi,·e, ~·md it sttll stands today, being Yolk[...]odern in construction rc.1.ched Glei,dh-e:, then a hamlet of two blocks of log
and appointm[...]w1ng this. for ten )'C3rs
owner of soo hc.1.d of e.att1c. Like many other cattle- he accept[...]three years, Mr. Volkert returned 10 Glcndh·e. :md
man in this p:art of Mont.ana. Ht still own[...]numerous other valuable interests in Glcndh•e and Da\\'-
A., Irene, Georg<: D . and Paul. Mrs.[...]at 211 times, howe,·cr, been before the pc,op1e as a m3n seek office. Fraternally, ~fr. Volkert is connected with
whose extCns.i\'e operation$ have added to hi$ com•[...]welfa re of his adO'f)ted state. A represcntati\'e[...],SJ)C(t a nd cne~ctic youngCr and nati,·e gene:ration of Monta.na
esteem in which he is u[...]s nath·c-
thrift, industrv and prcse,•er:i.nc:e will e,•<:ntually lead c:ity. This tr.ainin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (290)[...]Carroll, leading businc'-SS men and reprcsentati\'e citi- to have their c.itizenship in S[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (291)[...]the soldiers were awakened at four o'clo,ck in t11e no t come into the market for m:my ,·c[...]the.land change hands.
were 10 51:and :md gi\•e b.ittle to the British u nder J3mes Te[...]the s.'1mc. 'fhis arrangement
and :.t sunrise t!1e ch.3rs:e was made. The C"Oinradc · was c~rncd[...]the remainder of his family
firs-t fire :md dropl)e,1 lcni;:.thwisc in front o i him. Step- were b[...]ish soldier :md ~h.ccd 3,6oo J?COPl.e, and tntcre<! by P.retmp11on the old home-
them[...]RoJann3 Moore. a native 1 he c_h1ld~ee were most c.uncst and de,•out. Christians
brot[...]()· he l)llite_d witl! the 1\s.s~i:lte Reform e~ur.c h in Mis•
pened before :rnd :after th:i.t[...]gtnerous impulses but strong p reju•
-his wife e·: uly united wi1h the Seceder ehur(h (which[...]his t?llcks~llh tools were ~he fi r~t of the kind e\'~r
dc~mn,g h9me~. The family and ~11 t!1e1r earthl,-· tffccts brought mt4? Pike; county. His fam ily of clc,·e-n chll•
were carr1"d m one w3~on. Tlu.s: litt[...]cros~td drtn comprised six sons and fi.\'e daug!lters : Henry,
1hc Blue Ridge mountains 31[...]ustom of farme r
Mr. Carroll rented a sm311 piC(e of farming ground boys in his time[...]$choob of that section until about the ag e of fou rteen,
tr:i.de. \Vhile there 1he sun•e[...]rd turned
m;m $trongiy urged Mr. C:lrroll to mo\'e up into the his :tttention to farmi[...]gained marked ~ucxe.ss in the breeding of fin e li\'c
.\nd others were on the w3y. all of whom possessed stock., e.sl)t(fa11y blooded horse.s, and he operated .i mlll
more or less sla\'e propcrt)', which could not be retained[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (292)[...]issouri, and she d ied January 8 1 1854. He is t11e owner pf this hQme, 1ead
• January 21, 1905 a[...]one of the most
Her parents were William 3nd E li::i:.t A. (Yater) Bryson, bcautifo l pl:i.cu in[...]tisfaction it
,nd about J8oo he m-arried Mi$$ E lizabeth Croug. who would be 10 his honorable fat[...]hiwncd !Or his father :a fteld of com of twentr )'e::irs, Mr. C:irroll " ;e11t to Texas. and in the
through which now run[...]with the Amcri• · single night.
can Horse E:-cehange, and died April 16, tooS. in New He recalls in connection with 1h e pioneer all:,,irs of
York: Willianl Craig, bo[...]185,S. Conceming those of this familr who ha,·e li,·c:d doll.a.rs a ton; and wood at twtnt)'•t[...]virtually the s;i,me as the earlier period, sa,·e the
the following statements: 1'The death of[...]the new mini1lg
ever known. She was charita1>1e to a fault. but her camp on \Vood river.,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (293)[...]F.:tir and honor.:,,b!c dealing and pr0s;rcui\•e methods mcnt 1n one of the mines. Diligent 2nd ob[...]isingly short spa.cc of time he was leasing
h<>us.e in the st:i.te. William Craig Carroll ll.3.s stoo[...]had accumulated enough to buy
welfare of his hoi11e city. He has been :in :i.cti,•c :ind for himsel[...]er united in marri=igc to :\fiss £Ii~ Ka Del, th e union
or •he Society of 1he Sons of the Amcrita[...]Johnson arc members of no religious
McK:a)'. t11e fo rmer .1 niti\'e of Scotland. bom :11 Tain, denomm:ahon but arc frcquC'nt attend:ants of the Chris-
.1nd the fatter nati,·e or Cr:i.igs\'illt-, Ornnge county, ti:an e-hureh. Three children, two ~irls :tnd one boy,
N[...]. E\'cr since 1882, when he V:'as appointed the 6rst[...]of J a.nuar>·· • ~ at the :iirc of sixty-fi,·e. and finane_ial :i.cth·ity. Mr. Dion come[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (294)[...]same province, of French N., Frederick E,. \ Villiam F. and Marie.
p:aret:n.agc. llr. Dio[...]no better, so after
to the aid of the city on th e lake. where he was 6rst the third seaso[...]eighteenth day of Ftbruary, having reached the ~e of
or 6ve months on the homutead. in Febru:t.r)',[...]du Creclc'. and the yt":lr 1881 saw his ~e of Se\'<:nty•four, dying in April, 19M. and was[...]Fish Creek.
also cmb.'lrked in the cattle and hor5e business. Mr. Evtn during his boy[...]ranch on the northern border of the
sc-n'.:'lti,·e financial institution o f which he has since[...]01ntcd the first sheriff of Dawson \'eE. M. O:uke, who
commissioner of Dawson county ;tnd[...].
we.stern spirit of proi:trm and enterprise has e,·er been Mr. Pruett and Mr. S. R.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (295)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA
tana, to Miu Annie E. Br3;y, of Siker Star, Madison[...]nity in matters of general in-
eounty. Mrs. Annie E. Pruclt w!lS born near St. te re[...]nccd. He is
:\lrs. William M. Bray, Mrs-. Bray b,e-ing a 'sister of president of the Bca\'cr[...]a has
8t<"a\'erht2d eouno-. :lnd is still acti\'e in 1he manage- i ivcn to the state-, his birth[...]at Dillon, arri\'ing here in Augu$t, 1881. He e.ntercd
fo r her pat..-rnal gr;1.ndmother. Ellen F[...]c, while his family resided in This lar3e cash and credit esta blishment is situ.:ited on
o[...]dl'erson counties, not to mention .'lnd e)(tendcd by car-lots to meet the ever increasing[...]It demand of satisfied customers. This laf$e and modem
w:t$ 1h rous;·h his elTons 1hat the Wh[...]ar joys of a self-niide capitalis t at the age of ee:irth and how to m:i.kc them his child[...]oowrs- T. PAIJL. No record oi the rcpresent:ati,·e Mr. Paul is :i prominer'lt M[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (296)[...]- Poindc.xter family: there were fo•e children, all sons.
thr« at the time of his dem[...]The subject of this sketch wa_s tl1e third child. One
name Just.an Taylor) was born i[...]the other world by many year,, dying E. Poindexter, Dr. •F. M. Poindexter, Eu~cnc Poin[...]. This expedition was under the super•
twel\'e years of ~c and then removed with his p.'l.rtnt$[...]i89?'. to Mi» Margaret Conger. daughter of Judge E.. Fcllow.s, Sa:maritan Lodge No. 10, o[...]bani<l
drcn in the houkhold, a bo)' and a girl. E,·erton G. R. Sttly, went from Pcnnsyl[...]re.an• mittcd him and hi$ family to li"e in the greatest of
tile bu.$int$S. He die[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (297)[...]ute
le:,,ding physici3ns of Dillon, is !\ na ti\·e o{ C3nyon the ship was wrcek«t on the eas[...]entering college he was clerk in the office of th e state founders of this great w«tcrn empir[...]in that part of the tcrritor>·· 11, e two brothers bought
of Montana. D uring the c<>n\[...]b>· in•
board of examiners for :a number of )'e:t.rs. He be· ,·csting hea.\•ily in[...]b,isines.s dis1ric.t.
longs to the order of the E lks. He is ;in cnthusiastic His pu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (298)[...]usiness. men of
ocivcd a letter from her husWnd.. E.,·cn at Salt Lake the city and winmng[...]nd when the family mo,·cd to Michigan, M:arshall E .
t i1nid, the journey was a tr)'ing one. Mr. Wi1[...]continued in its $Crvice 188s. In that )'e:&r he established the present drug
until she was[...]rc. He was a member of the Eighth E\·erett al'ld Milton :i.re all an school in Phili[...]ber o! the Ladies Aid Society and is acti\'e in all iLS
its affairs. He united with the Method[...]Mr. May is:,. nath•c of Clinton, Ontario,
i:_::e~erous heart, 3t a!I times betray!ng :a co~rtly an[...]t gcntlema~. H,,. mental f~c~~t1cs and. v,gor wer_e Ham n. and Sar-ah Anna (Davis.) May. Will[...]May was born in the city ot London, E ngland, in 18:32,
his. last illness, which was of[...]ant of the 1887. Mrs. May was a nati\'e of \Vorcc.stcrshire, Eng•
opinions of others. H[...]:i.ttcnded the country schools in the
M.AUDAI.L E. Dot: has been a rc.sidcnt of the st:ltc o[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (299)[...]s was found.
able set of tools. Tht1s cqu1pS)td h e tr~vd cd to lt was not long[...]. Ellingwood saw a better
Toronto, in which city ~e secured cmp!oymcnt at Or-tr.'!' openin[...]y now own th ree properties, :ind e ventually bcgam O!;!erating the Gold•
thousand[...]mith mine, which he has since continued with su«:e$.$.
he auist«I in o rganizing the Ste\•enS\·i[...]in public cstcc:in. In political Mr. E llingwood was married at North Andover, Mas•
m[...]ess of his party and stanchly supports E mily Downing, a daughter of Samuel and Reb«ca
i[...]ccount. He hu :\fr, 3.11d Mrs. E.llingwood btcame the parents of four
identifitd[...]and acth•c interest
good and Augusla (~fartin) E llintwood. The: ancc.slry in the su[...]ber of the c.ity council 3S alderman from the E ighth
m;atcrn;al lines, dates b..1.ck to e.1.rly colonial histOt)', His ward in Butte. \ Vhilc Mr. E llif!t'~OOd is :I.JI act?,:e
fathe r was " n:uivc of the Nor1h Parish of the o[...]y. open
New Hamp5hire Volunteers. He: did not Mn·e long in for his efforts. Mr. Ellingw«><! .r~r~nts the h1J;:hC$t
the Union cau5e, howc\'cr, as he w.u taken ill and d ied[...]3. position with the: ;ind 3.l the as-e o f sc,•cntce:n bce3me an cmployc:e on the
Lwell Brother$ Lumber Comp:rny. whc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (300)[...]ci,•ing much Thomas J. Booth, wh0$e home is in Independence.
Vl;luable cxp,<ricncc, h[...]ion for Kans.as lands. The only sister, E ll:a, is the wife or
his services that b)" the sp[...]h and John Williams the Ch-ii war. John L. is the e ldest of their eight chil-
were fflc n of coura[...]n is never lon,g out of employment. Almost nat1,·e state.
immediately_on reaching Mis.soula, thC)'[...]er and more legiti- had fi\'C children, Lawrence, E,·el>•n, John L., Jr.,
mate methods. As the t[...]valua.blc property :,. Democrat, takes ;ln acti,,e interest in polities. He
in Kansas, the rent1ls[...]ohn and Paulille Lasky Doyer were born.
dent of E nglis.h :ind A1nerkan literature. In J ~ )[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (301)[...]er mO\!Cd here in 1hc same mMnc:d f~r fi\"e years, :and in the sPriJ!S' of 18So
)'CU, continu[...]c of the bride and the rt$idtncc building. E\'en it this time Mr. C:1mp possessed the
of her[...]gs.
city and the owner or the fint store here, is E<:lg:.r [n October, 188a, Mr. Came re-entered the hard•
Boyd Camp, who is n~w e.ng:1.icd in the. . real enit~, ware busin[...]d and the
attainments., and members thtrcof ha,·e gained dis- Ru.:tlrr, a nd thus[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (302)[...]1153
he di$po.scd of hi, journalistic intcruts to E. H . Funklin r«ci..,ed a meagre com[...]d he was associated with the He was in ,e...eral Indian fights,. the best known of
well-kno[...]aoq,uircd a considerable amount
lings Chamber of Commerce, of which he was a mem 4[...]t he time on his father's ranch, e2ring for (aUlc. In the
have two ehildrcn :[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (303)[...].1polis mcnt fand and. engaged in th e stock raising bu.siness. I n
school teacher. For[...]business. He continued thus until 1897. when he e-amc
o f the eromincnt and prosperous sheep breed[...]to h is father. In 181>4 he took a g:o"e-rnment con•
a(comp:m1ed b )' his family, when[...]During the $Ummer of 1900 he was e-npgcd in tak•
Mrs. Edie is a very acth•e worker in church affairs and ing the U[...]er daughter made the Jackson & H i,e-,s:ins Company, of South Omah:a,. N'c•
journ<";[...]Cr to the Continent, br35k.l, in the ll\'e stock commission business until 1901,
the journey[...]r Mr. Lc:a.vens sold his ranch. with
tana, for t11e past twenty years. Coming to Montan3[...]wh~n he w3s in his ' teen$, he has taken a.cti\·e part in town property in Billings, and re[...]is section. h:alf intcrt$t in :.mother, a nd e ngaged in the sheep bu.si-
He was born i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (304)[...]Montana, and Billings Lodge, No. 394, B. P. 0. E. hca.rt.[...]st wifct Miss llttsic Sou1hn1a,yd, also :i. nath·e of Wis-
cxistt"nc[...]. bc,cn born at the same plac:-e. He was a lineal dcsce,1d•
On Oc(cmber S. 1897, Mr. Leave,,, and E lle E. Lam• ant of E lder Willia.m Brews1er, who ca.me from ~ng•[...]music.:tl t.:tlc111, and ha"e formed an orchestra th:&t is[...]of the well and favorably known all O\·er tl1e state. 1'om
city[...]exists
whole :it1e1uion to nnching and now holds prc•cmi• betwee[...]ames and Ann ( Dtnning:) Lopn, :md a way, Such a. e:01,nection i$ that existing between
([...]ath·c of ~Jiles City market, as well as some lh·e stoc:k. The
!rel[...]uated fro1n the Danbury and is a son o{ Philo and E-le<ta (Ch3.p1,,an) Haynes,
,[...]:ipcr, and was principal of schools there for six E. In 1881 the father came b)' r:til tO ~nti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (305)[...]aracteristics in tho,.c whose anct$try reaches l»e:k
gaged in a number of different cnterpriscJ, in[...]d in his ci\'ic attitude and f1.guru who. bear th.e H ighland nam~ and ha\'.C the cour;igc,
promine1u[...]1ic Polities. pcrs1,te.nc:e, industry and busme» forc,ight that ha\'e
ln Knox co,uuy, Missouri, April 7, 1$6o, occ[...]he· p.arcnl$ of fifteen children, <>f \\•hom a~e, when he married Hann.ah Hayden and scttlt[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (306)[...]d in teaming namely: Clyde S., Ruby, Ray E., F red H ., and Cecil M.
there Until November,[...]& Jones, a contract• No. !i37, B. P. 0. E., Crusade Lodge, 'No. 7, K. of P.,
ing firm cnp[...]med good fortune.
with three other young men, he e-n tcrcd into what :ip- He is one of the mo[...]nch and Missouri ri\•ers. Mc ~ n li£e as a river bo.,t-
ei_ghty miles south, where he[...]c.atcd a homestead on :t,ittlc Pumpkir . li!e, and aftenv,uds being cngaicd in mining in Col-[...]e, concluded to visit other sections to Fi\'e children were born of their union. as follows:
s[...]rned to hi.s chosen home, wife of Charles E. Phillil')S.. of Bonham, Texas; Thomas,
in a con[...]ifOrnia. In the :mtumn of 1902 he of the e:,.rly settlers of Fort Cla.1uieu, now Judith, and[...]Farmers' Brick ~mpany Benton. then(e s:oing. in the fall of 1887, to Belknap.
of Terr[...]ca.rr-ied on 3 lar~c and h il::hl)· remunerati\'e business.
he has maintained hi.s home h.as b«:[...]odav one of the best stocked
member of it. \Vhi1e tc-.$iding on his homcstc.:id on :[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (307)[...]~forch, 18So, Miss Gr.ice Bar• pcrity is E. T. Bro)dw.-iter.
rctt, a natave of New1cL1., and thty 1,a,·e one son, Tom Mr. Broadwater, whose e,,rc-er has btc-n identified
V. Bogy: Politit;lll)[...]or mo re th:tn tlnrty ycan, during which time lh·e stock business, and for some years furnished
he h[...]ave made Up to the age o! fifteen E. T. Broadwater attended
MOnt.in3 the prosptrous[...]r IC1l years, during part qf which time
until th e c-uly seventies. He then rcmo,·cd to David[...]CO\'(.r of :a tent they opened a gen•
to s:i,·e his whole auCntion to his own interests.[...]etp raising on r~ilwar comp3ny g'a\'e the first real impetus to Havre.
1he Powder rh·cr, i n Custer county, where he had "I ~e fii:au then erected 3 s~bstanli:tl store building[...]ile continuing to r.)nch, but In structure in Han e. For twenty years the firm of
1900 went to his pre.sent ranch and ha.s here lh•cd e,·cr Broadw:itc-r & Pepin ha$ ranked foremo[...]pin is president o( the Broad•
and resuhs ha,·e shown th:\l he is a n able business' water-Pepin[...]l)Ortion of the state-. Our•
m<wcments for tl~e bttt~rme:nt of his community, and ing Clc,·cland[...]years. Fra-
Miles City Lodge, No. 537, B. P. 6. E. ' ternally he as a member[...], 1SoS. Mr. D3ly was united in m:tr• 1201.
ria~e with Miss Jufia.' Barker, who was born at Rowan[...]a, :ind to this union there have bet:~ Cape Girar~e.'\u, ).(i~omi, to Miss Sadie Moon. who
bor[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (308)[...]1159
.tlso took an :icth·e p:art in the Cuban war, and wu and Hcilbr[...]Butte. The father was a native Protceth·e Order o f Elks, the U nited Commerc.i:.I Trav-
of[...]w Club, the Rocky :\founl.'lin Club
2 1836 and he e3me to America from Fr:mcc :\bout of N[...]of Panama, and was daughter of Capt. \V, E. Hall, manager of the Alice
engaged in mere:intil[...]is engaged m business at FR.A~K E. Bt.Ai...ts,.te. One of the best known and
Wenaeh[...]nt Bisr Timber, the proprietor of which, Fmnk E. Blakes•
of Hood River, Oreg~n 2-nd Ado[ph H.,[...]now rccogni1.ed :1s one
rcmaininJt with that conc,e rn for the ensuing ei~ht Of his community[...]sider.i.ble. cxperiem::c in to Amcric., on tl1e Ma):nower, :ind members p,:rticip:itcd
the cigar[...]orn in Plymouth Hollow, Con•
a pirtnership with E. C. Kulli and opcne<.I a whol~• neeticu[...]in 18oo, and
s:ilc 3nd ntail ci,::3r and tobacco e.st:tbhi hmc11t in :i.s :'t you1h learned the[...]en
189!> Mr. Hcilbronntr withdrew from the .ibo,·e con- went down the. Ohio ri\'er on a A:ub[...]indcptndently for the next thr(:C years, :it the e~• of the T homas clocks throughout the wester[...]idcnt ; C. A. Lauzier, ,,iCe !)resident; and Jsaa:e A. whom two sun·ivc: Emmeline, the widow o[...]eilbronner, secretary and ;lrt:asurer. The abo,•e cor• Oepr:rns, living at New Haven, Conncc[...]tinued· until 1909, when Messrs. 14.uzicr E., of Bis: Timber.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (309)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA
The educnion 0£ F r:ink E. Blakcst«: was s«urcd in City. F[...]. When,
cmplO)'cd as :i cowboy., but subsCQuentJy e.,mc to llii:; howc\'er. he went to Wall[...]!or the next three weeks.
ti,·c plltrOna;e. The proprietor endeavors to make his[...]s guests, and u to set out for Bois.e on foot. During the first day they
a hon he is gc[...]nd very Popular with walked twcnty-6,·e milcs. Tbc.n, on the Blue Mountains,
the travelin[...], who is tionJ in July of 1~. Th:at e3mp wu at the time \'cry
now the wife o( Robert Br[...]at which time he was su«ccded
busine» thus gM·e Ben c-ar!), ~portunities for learning[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (310)[...]y participited in base•
well represents the tyi,e of citi.zen that the state is proud ball and fo[...]ton. He i.s a native of County Gren•
Idaho; RO$e, now Mrs. Morris Lewis of San Francisco,[...]the first child of his p3rcnts1 and was of 3.$e, but his widow, a native o f County Grenvi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (311)[...]k •iced a nd whence he removed to E,•anston, \Vyoming. He re-
$31Cs bani at No. 226[...]ce ot which, in_ Pcb~uarr, 1881, h e came to Butte. After
:md p.itronagc of the commun[...]& Brophy Company, which, with the P,."l.$$ag:e of years,
elected for a term of two year$. As in[...]K. 1 .; t"ar• S-tock of twenty-fi"e thousand dollars and with a n
,ticufar Consis1ory[...]Brophy devotes much of
riaic with i\i'iss A_licc E. Pound, ,~•ho ,~as born at his at[...]ounty, chis st:i.tc7 he be-
of :\lbcrt and Sarah E. Pound, and the third of their ing[...]g
time. On his return to Missoul;i., Montana, he e,ngagcd been to Miss i\farg;i,ret D'[...]oliet, Illinois, in January, 1&)3. Mrs.
ac-ti\•e pursuits, bcin,g dghty~one yurs of asi:e. His Brophy wa.s summoned to the li[...]ngton; John A. Brophy was born in June 1895,
in~ e.nginccrinSt dep.utment of the University of \Vis-[...]or of wife Mr. BrOJ!hY married Miss Mary E. Ry.in, a native
Park e<1unty, elected in 1912. Mrs. Robertson is :a[...]NxtLL. Today more th:m ever before
A nati,·e of the fair Emerald Isle, Patrick J.[...]siOee tlten, his merit ha,s won steady ad,•3nC:e-
· Br&phy, whose birtl:t o«uirc:d i n \Ve:dord[...]his byrgh. Scotland, io 1830,. a nd can.1e to C::uiada wilh her
Jirsl )'c.u1 in, thi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (312)[...], Trcntcr & Co., as in apprentice years of as:e, since which time he has made· his own
to l~rn[...]to fi\'c )'Cars of study in h is nati\·e country and two years
the Butte Boston Company,[...]il li~uor businc.ss. This h.as g rown to be o·n·e of
one of the best in the Butte district. T he m[...]ts, among which was
829 South Dakot-a street and e:i:nploys a force ·of 125 Calooon, where h[...]of W ilminJton, of the state; the B. P. O. E.. the ~lcs, and the
OhioJ daughter of John -and[...]and while he ha.snot cared for o«~e on his own acc:ounl
wr-ignt) Millikan. Thc_r ha[...]Verner McConnell, who was a comfortab1e horne.
born at Hcltna, Montana, in 1903, and is[...]Among the m en of foreittn birth
him an agrecab)e companion in .social circles. \Vhite he[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (313)[...]ce in
Mr. Gallick has always taken an acti\•e interest in support of alJ me3[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (314)[...]ful out.of• rno,•ablc. The high e$tecm a nd love which was a«:ordcd
door$, and whe[...]~n .3~t1st, symmeuie:11, harmonious and e<,ntent, in one
:and continued with the business[...]een fostered and cncoura_gcd, s,onab!e and bmvcly prescient men, Charhc Schatzlein
and[...]nces.. T he very catholicity or his interests ~,·e
var ying from that idea in his productions, even[...]1
:trt circles. The e·arfy history of the west was a par-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (315)[...]olitics, into one ye3r. Jirom there he e3.me to ).Jout.an3, arriving-in
rommc'rcc, 'into p[...]o f many attainments. an4 t11U\'Crsal_ tymp:i.1h1e.s, ,·alley. D uring: his c.:trlicr d a[...]s diploma a nd .~he gradu:1t~d with J. E. Sheridan until the· comp,,ny became inror-
c<11[...]\\,;'Jtich rc'3tion he still susta ins. Tl1e paper is Rcpub•
not r«:Ci\'ing the. rcspon~c i[...]t• for the district of Montan:.. tl1e duties of which r e
ri('d 10 ).(is.s Emma )lar1io, born m Samt Cl[...]:i.nd ).13,s:arct (Corby) )lartin, both n~twcs of E og• for _yea rs has betn an activ[...],1, state :ind local affairs.
1rac1or in that s1a1e while he h\~Cd. He. \\3$ a 'ctcr:m[...]linois who became tatly se1tlcrs in
1ers: Mu. \V. E. C-.rroll. of Buue; Mrs. Horace Sllow,[...]\'C'd as trust« of the
hcrstH ketnly appr«iati\'ee.s 1h:u . _promise to be
httion. by Irish emigra n[...]and anees•
Ne\'cns. were Scotch settlers m New E ngl_and long try, he was born,[...]widow, whose maiden ,fa.me w:is E liza Cushman, was
c.,st prior to h is remow1I to[...]he Boston schools, Gco_r ;c F.
retired from ae:ti"e life :i.nd btcame a n .s idcnt of Osh•[...]pl-ace in .Bosto n. though she. too. w:u a nath·e of rodman with the Nofthcm P:aei6e Railroad Compa11y,
Vermont. 'fhey were the ~rcnt.[...]ason, )tr. Brooks came to :\lissoula.
shire to tl1e age of thirteen. and after lca,·in~ sc.hool as topogr3~hcr on loca1ion, ser"ing in tha1 e:apa.cily
spent two years on his t randfather's fa[...]5, Mr.
pinc-riu o f northC"m \ Vis.consin where h e worked about Brooks was (or tw[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (316)[...]ooks courage :ind persistence ha\'e made lum fc3rcd by the
h:as since: b«n · a[...]C$0ta. where he
JBAAY. MULLINS. An :icth·e and. prosperous bu$iness served as[...], where he took a course in mechank~I
T11e youngest of a family of nine children, Jerry[...]as variously employed, and office 11e h;i;d been cle-ctcd in 1900. He rtcti\'Cd the[...]and,
belongs to the Bcne-..·olent Protceth-e Order of E lks, and for se\•er:i.l fears w:as a seh<>oltea<hcr in M3quoke1a.
and to the Order of E3gles.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (317)[...]dy, Hammoncl Company, :m Orftanii."'l.• ee3ndidate for 1hc office of county clerk :1nd recor[...]his connection with the bank, district.
1,e wa.s vice-president of it. :md has almost entire[...]gh class enter-
that C$lablishment owes a f:H·<.!e ix-rt of its prosperit>·· tainments in both[...]conservatory at Lcipsie. The second son., Htnry E.~
that r,o.sition. His connection with this l»nk[...]of the fra-
sel«tcd by a dfitens' movement, and e.lcctcd without' tern:t.l ordcn,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (318)[...]9
(Ah·ord) Bi.ckle. The father w:is 3 native of E ngland, he immedi:uely bt,pn to exert his[...]ious devotion to duty that marked
Kansas, where h e c,nptcd in farming. He died in his[...]iana (Manchc.ster) Bryan, the forme r a n:t.ti\•e
Kans.as, a nd his studies did not extend beyond h[...]parcnts were of Iri,h birth and
farm work until h e was nineteen, when he struck out in sculc[...]runswick~ where was born also his wife-,. .Eliza.
e ng~ed in roundup work, and in the summer of 1881[...]Winne•
easy life o f the cowboy until 188;. His e mployment bago county, Illinois, and t[...]ction, and in r883. when the
of the party since h e has been a resident of the state. Eastern[...]1d R. B. Harri$0n, of Helena,
Bickle. T hey a rc: E rnest Hiram, Larned, Bernice, Eva, Montana[...]D;akota territory. Theodore Roosevelt, then
made e.xccllcnt progress in things material. Hi.s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (319)[...].t
sch ·td on the directorate, or the Chamber of Commerce C"l.mp Fuller. September 4, 1862. On a[...]lntnts promotion of the CJ.pla in o( tl1e com.1>'a.ny, Mr. Bryan
from boyhood :almon to the[...]init.'ltion until the bfrtb of the new Pr~re$Si\·e the state o f Illinois, March 2 1863, to take effect from
p.,rh• with which he has sinc:e bttt:1 identili('(I. He w-:1s the 8th day of Sept[...]su1-,portin:: Harrison's nomination. At t~c .b ll e l«tion l«r lnfantr)', with r:i.nk from Aui:;·u[...]ly incrt'.1-Siog. ;\ number of prominent regiment e~ged, t:<e<'P! the b:i.ttle of. Franklin, a t which
citi:,;e,1ts hdd mass mc<"tin)'.{s to discuss the financi:[...]about two weeks, that being the only time he w-u e\'er
providinft :t remedy for existing conditions.[...]\·iccs of Colonel Sander$ Fr:mklin, 1·ennC"ssc.-e, No\·cmbcr 30, 186.a: and N,i$h•
:me.I Judge B[...]the regiment in skirmi,hes
was :ippointcd by t11e fogisl:i.turc to $Ct\'c until such at Lancaster.[...]r eM numbtr in Ttn•
tl«tion eould be held. and e-onsistcd of Willi.am V;i.n ntuee 3n() Georgia.
G[...]unt>' for its indebtedness, quarters. This char,::e wis on dotible quiek t11ne a.cross
1his board. o[...]der~I lines
war~nu were selling :'ll forty•fi\'e cents on the dollar. towards Cha tt[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (320)[...]en
holes during 1he charge. Color-bearer Ch3rks E. Allen, comin~ towards him and gcuing a g limmer of light
of Company E, had not advanced far ~yond the works from the to[...]t the railroad from
The general re-plied: "Dri\'e them to hell." Ce:nc-ral Hood's f[...]ltcr on June 27, 156.i. At the last-named ...batt!e officers, his regiment and that of the Eig[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (321)[...]r of Montan.a, in which state she prac.tic-ed for
e:.bins were CO\"CtCd with ..pup-tent$' which tlie[...]an the practice of he r
chaplain of the regiment, E. F. Pettibone,'' relate$ the profession[...]imp in the :ind ).Jrs. Bry:ln h.:,,,•e one. son, Thomas ]a.mes Bryan,
di,•ision. There[...]al found to~~>' a worthf, progrcssh•e a_nd generally re•
gloom.[...]icult and import:mt
Blakesley, who was on lc3,•e of absence :ind had visited of public c[...].s stated the natural re-sources of t 1e st:tlc :'ls arc few men.
that. the go,·ernor an[...]yoming. There
:i.lread)' htld an cltttion and had e «led him unani• for one year he herded hOrse.s :ind then e2mc on to
mously for such promotio,t and had forwa[...]e btt:i.me in later life proficient in the art of e,'linting s1.:itc until the outbreJk of the Ch[...]services to their
her 2r, 19().1, at Lemon Gro,·e, C-tlifornia, at the age oi country[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (322)[...]s early education in the se\·cnty-fi,·e thousand dollars. 1'his mfoc has been a
schools o[...]ce his earliest voting da)'-s. He takes an .1cth·e in~ Company.[...]pre,·ious to his cl«tion to the main offic.c. H e crat. Fraternally his affifo'ltion is wi[...]performance of his duties is said to and E rnest.
ha,•e a notictab1e and salutary t ffcet upon morals in 'Th e father of Mr. Dowling was lliehael Dowling, a.
th[...]born in New York .i.nd is still li\'ing on the
H e is a prominent and popular frate rnity man, belon[...]is adorned with for he ean1c to this s1a1e when but five )'C:&rs of age,
i number o f fine h[...]ontana the lines are appro• Later h e located in Barnes county. North 0-akota and
pnatc[...]eagher county the h ne 111to Montana, 3nd e.amc to Clark Cit>-. now .
on his ranch , the d3lc[...]in An;i;conda, but C\'entually rcturntd 10
!ows: E.irl a nd Fulton. Ir.i, the eldest son, die[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (323)[...]uilt u1> an excclknt trade among , A lways a.ln•e to opportunities of profit a nd adventure
the p~l[...]C\'Cfy department complete, ;md numerous con- a.n e~1>cd1t1oi:a m to the Bl.ack Hills, over 200 miles[...]t on the ~var pa.th 31 that P-1:rtic:ular time we!e hostile
in:urncr th!lt has drawn to him rmnr fri[...]ue• ing upon th eir rcscr\'alion. C$pccially th e . 813ck Hills.
ces.sful .Repubtk:-111 c.:\ndid:uc[...]enter the hills or go u()On the reservation.
0 . E.: Zephyr Camp No. 151, W. 0. \V., ·and oihcr Aware of this the little party o f fh·e stoic out of Sidney
societies.[...]ak on July
in o rder of birth or her p3rents' lh·e children. She 16, 1875, being the first p:i.ro· to :nri\;e there. Two or
and her husband h:wc. had six child[...]arri\·cd soon ;\her. Going on
Donald a nd Julia E li.t.tbcth. to S[...]n Ohio. His father, L1oyd \ Vhipps. also a nati,·e of there was no recourse but (o obey his proclama[...]flour. Thu~ summ:mly. end~ what miJht h3.\·e bee~ a
in Ohio a t the time of her marriage, her family also profitable e.p:sode for Mr. Whipps a.nd lus party. Arn\'-
bei[...]mg at Sidney Mr. \VhiJ?f>S ag3in entered th e ser vices of
remotely <'Otmcctcd with the fan,i[...]dentall)' lc:i.rned telegraphy. Returning home, h e re• Railway, the fi rst r ailroad to enter Mont[...]f Sebree, F erris & White
which was 31 1h:i.t 1in1e in the far west. He soon sc• w ho w e[...]·cr, the mained in the employ of th e same firm a nd on J:,nuary
riRc shot. M r[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (324)[...]severed his connection with it to si.1.e of Kalispell. Nothing else in Montana eon1p:1;res[...]s,
which position he held ior over live ye.us, e3pably dis- . extending for a half mile or m[...]ed
he b:1-s m.nny othcu., including: $ome of 01e finest sunimer 3nd hundreds of trees and shru[...]- and api'Oint the members thereof to scr\'e indefinitely
wa)', asking their coope:ration,[...]Mr. Whipps was inntumcntal and one o{ tl1e prime
animals, game and fish :il>ounding there[...]pell telling him not wu married to Miss Annie E. Os.-tcrhout, ::. daughter of
to make any deal[...]n the Lake Edg.1r Osterhout and 3 nati,•e o( .Pcnnsrtwmia, Their
McDonald region and soo[...]. ncss, and a daughter, Caroline Lot1ii e Whipps, born in
Jt is the public interests[...]ing exceedingly public spirited and prog·rc:ssi\'e1 c:,•ery Mr. Whipps has the distinction of h[...]thc:reiorc :i«rucs to him
therefore was a loi1e3I' sequence that he sho\ild h:wc both i[...]CM$ he has con•
as the city'& fir1t c.lecth·e ma)'Or. He then sen•ed !or ducteo so su[...]Among the more notable and c-xe<uth·e power h:'1,·e m::-de ~er oA'icial scr,·ice
A History of Montana Volume 2 (325)[...]lished ones in America, the first o! the name ti)
e3mc to Missouri in girlhO<KI and :it Mcxi<:o, Miss[...]1!)00 when Se\'enl)'• c-hureh.
fi,·e ye.irs old. Both arc interred at Mexico, Missouri[...]on county but th<:n w~ :i poriion Ee Valley Rteorder. In 1896 lie ,no,•ed the
efficiently and :i.c«f)tably filled the position of e:<ocuti,·c ~lant to Missoula and there st3r[...]ad,·crsity for two years, when he ga"c up t11e struggle
Crouen. of Choteau: Gm«. who is the wif[...]'shmgton, the winter follO\\'!l'!:g 6ndmg lum· ~ e
,[...],· t.otwille Knight into the west, e~mp.'lign cbil>· for W. /\. Clark and in the winter of
and die passing ye:iri h:we sin(.e found him for the 1QOO-ot[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (326)[...]whom he remained for ·some time. His next m0\'e w-as
Mr. Knight is a member of t he Knights of[...]m~ny, hi$ work being the erection
Billing$. He is e:i.n chancellor of the lodge, and a of[...]. He is not
when a vae:111¢)' o«:urred abo,•e hin,. Therefore by de• only the \'Cry eff[...]<>rated in 1906 and has had
wh:\t Ju: could ~h·e 10 it, he rose from one: lc:\'el to the a ,•c[...]date of l1is birt h w.is the >•car 1$.w and he e.:imc to
Amcric-a. at the age of nineteen in 186[...]far-off
munity. He w:ts a m:m of great rC$er\·e, Quiet and :ti • ,\ustrali:a, in Crothy.[...]o1 countr)', H is death ecss in :in exccuti\'e position, for he is s.eldom mistaken
00e\1rrcd in Butte in 1901, and he is survh•cd by h[...]1tC$S underlying the bad in 3l1 of us, h e has often been
to Anna Hodson, who like her hus[...]Butte, but no11e of them is bi,ggc:r: None has more
Frank Col[...]ad• public .spirit, nor 3 greater lo,·e and lo)'ahy for the
uate of the Butte high S<-h[...]was :t st raggling minini:: C3mp, when pay day
e ntered Butte Bu.$inC$S College :tnd after[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (327)[...]HIST0RY OF MONTANA
took an :i~th·e and promine nt p:1rt. \\'hen men wanted[...]whi.:h would improve unable to gi,,e him o ne, he s..1wed wood, lighted the
the al)p[...]y instim:• paying his way through tl1e hig h school, or more pro p~
th·tly wn,cd. He[...]and re;Lsoncd. f le was when it was e\'ident that the North would conquer,
i1waluablc[...]could not be a soldier he went
generously to tl1e ~ef\·iee or his city ."Ind st:ite.[...]erkship, :tnd
whos.c founder was )larquis 0t" L ee-ille. He also opened a sm:sll gr[...]r Chimpl:i.in and · :\1derm:tn of th e Fourth ward, which w:i.s 11ormal1y a
wa5 c:tJ)l[...]. An :incestr<'SS o f his~ Mlle. Cham·in, was th e was his introduction to the field in[...]:1rt. He was a m embtr of the f:1.
famil)' h3\·e tht1$ ;i1wa)'s b«n pioneer$, a nd h;1vc found mous old Ethan Allen E ng ine Com.~ ny of Burlington,
their pl:lc<'s i[...];i<i reached Butte. a nd it
1lis f:tth('r, l...e:tndcr J. Chatwin, w3s born in Vir# w[...]five ye.us later, in 1847, looked h e saw its ponibilitics with haff a glance.
mar ri[...]prosp.crous business. Six years :igo h e retired from
twenty•$i:t children. amt the mother o f this larg e the mercantile life :i.nd went i[...]w:ts a trapper :rnd he is still e.ngaged, and is known all o,•cr the state
hnnt<'r in l11e thin:es. an<! in the .,e 3rl\· forties e:tmpcd as one of the most successful broker[...]<'phcw now li\·C$. }0$Cph Pe-pin died 3t the :"1$e of e,·cr w:ty the tide turns his C(luanimity is ne, ·cr cJisturbcd.
sev<"nty-two and his wiic died at the 3(::e oi mn<'t)'• He now hopes to make inother iortune before his :ieti\'e
iour. ~tr. Ch:.mvin"s matcrn:11 grandmother lh[...]id during moments of <'xcitement., he. is one
l1e feC'ls he h3s many more yc-ars o f usefulness Yet[...]eral mining properties of s.:reat \'3lu<',
and e:ght d:n1ghtcrs.. oi ,whom six sons :i.ml four[...]JS. His parcntS were poor. of th e l;ite Colonel S:tnders. and was h is guest[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (328)[...]th living ttnd made him the big fal11e r died in 1904. ~frs. Fant has s:nC'~ m:irr-ied[...]have made J{OOd m all walks of li(e in Amc-rica.
bitter dis.1ppointrncnt · to h:[...]to :\lilwaukce. \Viscon.~in, 1,u1 the city did
e njoy the finest climate in the world. He has 6she[...]}Jutte. He seldom spe:tks of his c:,tches, but h e can where he found work in a meat shop.[...]tn's papers. Al-
he has brou;ht home :tn a \•e.rage of for-ty 'l)Ounds w.i.ys :i s.1v[...]retail business, ind the shop is in C\ e r)' way one oi the[...]0

ripe old age. . Mr. an4 Mrs. Ch:uwin ~a\'e O"!C son. most modern and complete kno[...]board of aldermen o( Great Falls for twch•e ycous. For
of Boston. Charles F. Chauvin[...]

A History of Montana Volume 2 (329)[...]s acquired a COMidcr- City, Mr. Wear being e ngaged ,in · r2ising horses and
ablt :uuoun1 of[...]of sixteen by mowing buckwheat for fifty
known is e\•idenctd by 1he office with which they ha\'e cent$ a day.
hoqorcd him. and which he n[...],•ocational instruction by
during the War of t11e Rcbcllion1 a nd on his rernm study i[...]ears were
therefrom built up a large and lucrath·e practice, but spent in ttaching in the[...]md living in Chitago: Nellie, the wife o f Robert E. months before his twenty..fi rat bir[...]on in whic:h he scr,·«t abl)' 3t wluch h e worked for three year$. He sold out his
for one[...]hat devolved ueon hotel OC(uf)iC$ 1hc e ntire strnc.turc abo\'C the itrcct
him c.;i..uicd[...]ng wa~ married, to M.iss
Yellowstone count)' has e\·cr had, and the hi$hCSt 1\ 1111a F. ~rhuh:e. d.:mghtcr or Ausust a nd W llhchnul:t
compliment[...]the Knights o f Columbus and one
m , B. P. O. E. ~f[...].'.ltic p.1rty. a nd he has been a man o f )nf11.1e1,ce
the former of whom d ied at the age of SC\·t[...]ck's parents were :usi$t~nt cih • e:lcrk. His 0111rty ~ent him to Helena ~s
both n..,[...],•cd to that scit.ction he urned th·e gmtitnrle of all. fricnt1$ of
Nevada. where Mr.[...]a-oo<l go\'crnmc1H by intr-oduc.ing th e .'\nti-Pool Room
~ivin,g the g-rcatcr p:an[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (330)[...]eng3gcd cxtensh·ely in raising li"e stock ror the markets.
]OUN H. DvtY\'. Holdin[...]l to which he c.111 of go\'ernment land, and thi$ e.state, which is now very
j ustly point with s..1.[...]due3tion w:i.s ten :sons, being educated in Galc1.e,. Illinois, and gradu•
laid in the public schoo[...]de
fcssionally 3nd personally. He became :ie11,·e in public this peaceful invasion of the Jnd,an la[...]enjoying good htahh though ci,s:hty•Se\·cn ,·e:i.rs of :,gc. e.st:itc. and went to l~glc City in the Coeur d' Al[...]cili,:ens of An:iconcl:&, i nd, in continual su«e$!>iOn of hardship!>, with the necessaries
~pitc[...]ry. His life h:is bttn a ~uccessful one: :iml he: e"en for them. On one O«-.\s.ion he was obliged to[...]Mr.s Ht::s-R\' LYS'CH. One o f 1hc rc-prescntath·e Rm hc h:ul gone to the wild region for b[...]n who has been he determined t<'h b ra\'e its danger$ a11d endure ilS
promincntl~· identi[...]h of April. 3 wholesale liquor bi,sine~~- which h e conduetcd suc•
1853, in which s«tion o l that[...]dealing o n :1 forge sc.ilc. in which he is still e.ng-;i.Ked.
was a youn~ m:m of twenty years. whe[...]eame intimately acquainted and :\ little later ti,e Silver block, in the er«tion o f
with :[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (331)[...]the J, H. Lynch Jn\'tStmcnt Company of his nath·e cit)', Frederick E. Hoss aherward studied
;;ind is president and one[...]cnt. I le was ch:tirmJn o f 1he fi nance commilt<'e become assistant postmaster of Helena, an office[...]oming deputy assessor, and,
in this ollkc he g a\'e the people ser·vicc that w:t.s uni- tater, deput[...]r:ucrnal life of the community has intcrc-stcd ;,1e, \ Vhcn th:tt publication changed hands Mr. Hoss[...]Helena, Mr. Hoss was for three
Elks, and has been E:<:1lted Rukr of Butte Lodge No. yC3r$ m:u13ger of[...]physical
rcprc.scntcd his lodge in the Gr3nd Lod~e of the order. vigor, Mt. ,Hoss acecl)ted the J)Os[...]orce in the community he has been of great 5erYic:e nia. i.\lr. and Mrs. ttoss are the parents of two chil•
and inRuencc. As a citizen he is progressive, e1,tcr- dren, namely: Margaret M., wife of H. G. To[...]e pleasure.s and enjoy-
sample of the men who ha\'e made the greM \Ve-st and ments to be found in old[...]estimonial
booster of hi.s ador,tcd s 1.'lte, bcl:e"ini it 10 be the ~ t that carries with it the ass[...]ia, where he w:is bred a1, d• edu• 6dence and e.stecm of all who knew him, :1nd as such,
t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (332)[...]ng his fellow men
11 1833, and rcmo\·cd at a n e3rly age with llis pucnts ~od, had he been[...]ps c.ncount: the Grc:lt Divide :and his e::trthly career clos«l. He
ercd in the long trek[...]i,•ed safely in Virginia P. and Margaret E. (Rector) Dur fee:, both uath·cs of
City. In th.[...]in the public schools of his na1i,•e town, followc-d by
the sum of $67,000, or at the[...]onfined to the ,·arious important proj«ts abo,·e men• continuous practice since: that[...]n. Two bcau- district judge of Deer Lod~e cou,,t)'. L..'lter ·he v.·:as
tifot children were to b lc.ss their hom·e , but were stricken elected county attor[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (333)[...]her offida1 positioos he has occupied 0 !1e-h.all, miles ca~t of G_kndive. There he est..tbli[...]ltd :i.11 chairs :rnd has been gnat s.achcm of th e b~s holl'!c on the S?,mc ranch, where he grad[...]n people,
of 1his union. three d;mghters ;'Ind o,,e son. They arc: as charitable ne1g.hbors and as excellent fr iends.
Amelia E .• :a graduate ol Bellingham (\V:uhington}[...]Mr. and Mrs. Griffith now ha\'e a pleasant home at
In November, 19041 Judge D[...]:ike her husband has the entire e.stetm and respect of
Judge Durfee is a man of[...]. but the unquali• Booth. who was :'l n.,ti\'e of the same district.
6cd cst«m of those in whos[...]rom the
tions :tnd also being the owner of 3 larA:e Rour and gold cotmtr>· beyond the weste[...]ile
Montana; Franklin: and Isabel, who married H. E . afterward, }.Ir. Needham disposed o[...]by
education in the common schools of his n:tti,·e "icinity. teams of oxen, and not 311 who started were permitted
~tcr h e attended 1hc normal school at Carbondale[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (334)[...]e o f the county· attorney, in Butte: K.'\lharir.e
of the dry goods department. He then came to \\'[...]h are the portion of the early comers the practic,e of his chosen profession in Butte, where
into und[...]are strength and nobility of character. he patron~e. his practice being extensive Md lucrati,,c
J)Oss[...]e · is· :t'c ti"c in the Prominent and acti\'e in social and fraternal organ•
oouncif~[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (335)[...]and :1.b1!1tr lt:!-s bmh up !us present busi11e,,s.. He hns
ula rly succcufut in bringing down bi[...]. lthac.1, New ·York.· Out previous· to this h e
the last rc-ars o l their fo·cs.[...]Poto- Y_3rious SOCH~ttcs :ind 1s :in :ieh\'e member of the ]3.ap-
1nac. On securing his honora[...]wa.s 0 1ristophcr J . Foote~ who
from his wound. e11giged in working on his father's w:t~ born m New York. He ran e:an.:il l>o3:tS on t he
far m. In 1867 l1e left his m11h•e state a nd went 10 Enc Canal from Itha[...]ixty-nine, and is buried at
with lhc l:lw firm of E.1stm3:n & Merrill until his admit- Ithaca.[...]law in Piusfidd until 18$2, fhere were fo•e cluldrcn m the cider Foote familr all
which year[...]bjcc:t of this sketch being the yq.ungc-st.'
di..,e, Montan:a, which has since been his home.
In,[...]is dc:ath m 1 ~. 3t the age o f S<:\'enty-s.ix >·e:ars. Mr.
fog in _)forch, 18&). :is well as of the[...]mc a chMter member of water for the Quc~e Central Railway. For this scn•
Glendive 1.,0d,g[...]. o r which he is
P3:st master. He is also idcnti6e<L with Yellowstone ice he received twent[...]or the Boston-Coloudo Smelting
Ch ipter No. s. O. E. S. In politics he is a Repub• Comp.i[...]· remained with this concern (or fi\'e years :ind then
In June. 1883, Mr. H askell w[...]:an a contracting business in
1'owle, :t n:.ti\•e of Entield., Gr:ifton county. New Himp• Helen[...]fanc}'· After the death of his first were e\'entful and pro5pcrous ones. He soon gamed
wife.[...]ma,uged it cc.ntril comm1ute oi the coun1y . whiJ e a resident of
continuous!)' all these years. At f[...]Bow, and prc\'ious to that time while residing
n,e-agcr pl:'lnt 3nd only a · small four-p.,g[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (336)[...]91.
tention th:u he has ceased to take any 3Cli\·e part in There have been three childr[...]mother, Marie Swannmann Meyer. $he i!. now
to the E lks, in which bod)' he has p.iss<'<l throu1:h all[...]•
the Episeopal church, as is bdittiog a n:ith·e of Canada, c~m p:,rty1 though he ha$ no[...]er d.l)'S.
on February J, 1864. He li\•ed i_n t~e famo~$ German llo1h Mr. and Mrs. M[...]e rem:i.ined for four years. At she e"entuilly bec:t.mc the owner. They were the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (337)[...]e state (an schoob, :md he a«ording.ly ga\'e up his winters to
, o f Montana continuous.ly s.i[...]a ('.lc:rical capac.ity. remaining
trade in 1•1e$C lines. He m.'\int:i.ins his offices in the[...]membership in the Or~ Chamber o f Commerce. Mr. )·buck was ci~y treasurer
der of Railw:1)'[...]s pre5ide:nt for two terms.. He
of the Chamber of Commerce. and is prominent a nd is a Repu[...]oe the general interests of the party. H e: has been c.hairmin of the
wa r fare of the commu[...].lity, business oppor- of any project he ra\'e his aid ind support to. To win
h1nitics. :rnd :11[...]ethods.. his <"Onscr\'atism, his
Sayrs is a n:tti"e of S weden. Titcy :1rc members of the e[...]J cwd ry Comnan}·. and ing school in th e home town, while the youngest, John
editor Md pro[...]nce Hauck i.s espe<i:ally a cti\'e in the work of thci church .
of these SC\·eral i[...])' with which he cast JOHN C. SoR:e:-.•soN. It would be fa r beyond the
in hi$ lot[...]ncr) d ive. for during the fi \·e years that h e has b«n the in-
Hauck. n:'lli\'CS of Gcrm.,ny. who ha\'e there passed cumbcnl of his present o[...]on, natives o f that place. both
i\fcSpaddcn. li\'e.S in Missoula Montan:t. of[...]the third in order of birth .
l:OOgc, Montan:11. e n :urh·in;:t on these shOrcs. and[...]d. youns: Hauck h:ad attended wl)ich )'e:tr he settled in Lyon county, '.\tinnesota[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (338)[...]to Gle,t• Wisconsin. When he had reached the: a$e of twenty
dive, Montana, which city has since b[...]y popular.
and Ycllows1011c Chapter, No. s, 0 . E.. S., of which In :,,dd1tion to the enterprise wh[...]latter home is situated at No. 3633 Mont.1.na ;\\'e.nt.1e.
o( Englai1d. Mr. Twibblc is nOw a re, idcrit o[...]c 1882, is a
birth. Mr. am.I Mrs. Sorcoson ha,·e h.1d two children: nati\'e of the Hoosier state, born ntar Princeton on the[...]LEwrs H . F,;xsK&. Possessing the thrill, energy $e\·entpfivc ytar$, and his death w:ls felt as a gr[...]t,i..ncial ad,·:tnt:igcs nor influential The e:.tly education 0£ \Villiam H. Trippet was re•[...]forward, gr-a.s ping opportunitiu :i.s they lla\·e r,rc.scntcd he attended the slate uni\'crsity at[...]1ace. the s1:i:1e. He began the practi«: of his profcs.sion at[...]il ht c."lmc west,
by occupation in llis n:i.ti"e country, and in 1865: de• reaching Mont3n[...]d States, and hi-s that has won to him the e.s-tcem and confidence of his
edue.;uion wM completed· in the schools 0£ Berlin, constitucnt.s. \Vhi1e yet in Princeton, Indiana, he was
A History of Montana Volume 2 (339)[...]li,•ing at Lebanon. l ndi:ma. wl1crc acti\'e: business and lh•cs at Portland. Oregon. His
)[...]wife died in Butte in 1993. ag~d fifty•fh·e years. The
m:trricd i:lorcnec Atwater. of i\fone[...]wonld fill a large ,•olumc. and would read lik'e a
,winbcr of yeaN ens:-3.gcd as a 1eachcr in the[...]life is :\tr. F . 1\. Hender• £rom the collcg-e to follow the fo rtunes or .,n Americ.,n
son. rcu[...]n the ensuing nineteen
Henderson. who is a na1i,·e of Carlin. Nen,dn, where he months, !ie traveled[...]et sugar factory.
his hand to whatc\'er htcr.\ti\'e employment he could find Receiving a small sum of[...]ys, h;n•ing no money, he
S to11dnrd, that ,,\,s e\'er sold in Uuttc by :t newst.>0,·. li\'Cd with[...]hip de.stincd for t he United States,
perform hi~ e\'cry task th.it he· was retained by Mr. and foun[...]door lif~ a~pe:i.b strongly to him :u1tl he is Oe"e!and, 9h10. ~e 1hc.n l>cat Jus way to Cincinnati,[...]to lca\'e at once. Borrowin_g a small sum, Mr, D rin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (340)[...]ut
,i..,ers to quell the Jndi:\n outbreaks. In an ee dollars a month, double the p~y of •[...]ere he lost the greater the city, ~e w 2.s quarantined with yellow fever. He
pa.rt of[...]enberg began
remained there three moiHhs, workin,E as w.titcr i11 a eating <1:umrnc., br[...]3gam fo rced to so to t~e hospital. He J.),utly lost his[...].)' to El
above El Paso, Mr. Drinkenberg, who had e:hargc of the Paso, Texas; th,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (341)[...]grie£ of his hie is in remembering tlJC ~rrow !1e ca1..1sed On October 10, 18$3, Mr. Dowlin[...]still in the George R., deceased; Minnie E.• who keeps the books
hearts oi his children a[...]of Ste,•cns,•ille; Louis E.. clerk and m:'l.nager for h is
Mr Orinkcnbcrg[...]hi$, loyahy to duty a.nd his fidelity having e:arncd him
governed by the amount of ability and t[...]e part he lfas played in developing the natural r e
)Ian)' o f Montana's most prominent business m[...]h) Laml)Ort.
motin; some of the l:lrgest business e~terpnses of the Joseph Lamport was born i11 E ngland, and • M a
cit)', displaying marked abil[...]to Americ::t by his parent~. first
and es«uti\•e, and has folly di$ch3rgcd his duties of[...]son of J:uncs and He.ten crcctcd tl,e bridges for the Lake Shore Ra ilroad be-
(Ann3nd[...]rn S)'Stc111, and he also
pursuits in his n:t.ti\'e country, has now retired from contracted[...]f his son, near Hcckly, Soulh Dakota, but after a
e nter the field of business on hi$ own account, he[...]Leavenworth, in z86,s. The
:\bin strcd, where he e rected a fine modern business ~cater p[...]ving an cslablishment that furnishes u:e the Arkan'3s rh·er to the present $ite of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (342)[...]he hostilc.s a Ma$0n in 1\shl:tr Lod$.?e, 1\. F. & ;\ . M., aud he
were killed, w[...]~3_vcns1 of Billings; Ida, the wife of Charles E.
port, were dct:tifcd to :i.ssist the provost-marshal, :md \Vr1f{J1t, of Red Lodg:e, Montana; and \Vatter, inter- •
the[...]r Creek, married 3 Miss Maxwell. Clara. the
e\'cr found to l>c a faithhll, bnwc and cheerful so[...]g and developing work .sold out d ucti\•e area, aod is causing the commercial and s«ial[...], Minnesota, heiding the adcqu:\tc public e<>ntrol of strtarns and the systematic
for F[...]After continuing in the Scamc line SC\'cn )'e:trs of age was brOllS;'h t to the Dominion[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (343)[...]i$ rctum connected himself with E"er since e<>ming to this coinmunity in 18$2 Mr.
the I. J. Ho[...]O'Donnell h:1.s been one of those who ha"e believed
J:tter taken over ;ind cnl:trgcd b)' Sel[...]its growth. He has never been
, ·alley with Mr. E. G. B:.\i!Cy and took charge of the ;i[...]illings was havi,,g his land culth•atcd to pro\'e that but only retards the growth. or a community. He has
this w.1s a prodUcti,•e farming locality, and subsequcn!ly be-en[...]ngtd to the regiment that set out to do
b-M. Co,·e :rnd B. l,. ~nd l . Oi'tehcs. In 18$7 Mr. O'Don-[...]he distinction
nell formed a J)ilflnership with ·E. G, U:iiley, undtr that attaches to J[...]son of John and Eva Burkman, whose other fi,,e chil 4

is one of the b«t known tr;i[...]overnmcnt
tion Cong-re$$, ;'Ind w:as one of li,•e that framed the or- scr,·icc, seeing dut)[...]nessee. On tl,c cessation of hostilities he e!_I.S'agcd i11
O'Donnell in 1hc Yellowstone ,·a.l[...]cd in the Se"enth C;;w:tlry, U.
cured the p.,ssas;e of the Rcelam.)tion Act. In additic.n, S.[...]ns. Captain Bente-en being in charge of
an aeth•e pa.rt in the work of the Farmers' nstitutc,[...]ock brccdin,t. :\Ir. 0 1Donnoll 1;- and E. while Capwfo McDougal, with ComP3ny B. cs•
has[...]llings Foundry and Manufacturing the: e ngagement th:1t followed, ,vhcn the non•arrival[...]in
of the trusttc$. He h:i.s .ser\'cd :is a mcmb·e r Of· the words more enduring than monu[...]ung Men's Chris- here, but those who e.s caped the a.tful death of their
tian Ass[...]

A History of Montana Volume 2 (344)[...]•ivcs him a nd makes her home -with her son,
ti"e pfo,cer an'd after extensive preparation and stud[...]Montana, and in that year p~rchased the Billings E., residing: at Guthrie, Oklahoma; Andrew S.: Re\'[...]tlt. In 1So7 Mr. M.itheson l\f., 3 resident of th e stMe of Idaho; and Cyrus N., a
was in.strufflcnta[...]e widely discu$$cd 3nd had muc.h to do with the " E..uth county, Minnesota, and subsC(1ucntly going t[...]l m3.l• State Normal School and a busine.$$ co11e.ge in St. Paul,
ters of civic imf)Ortancc. In 190[...]e firm style
among his fellow townsmen, who ha\•e expressed of Shinnon & Hu11. He was at this point in 188r when
their e<>nfidcncc in him by choosing him to fi ll Posi- t[...]872 Mr. MathesOn was married to Rcb«ca the ei"il e:n,sfoecring department of the Northern Pacifie
Pa[...]ve been born to them: Edith, the wife of ner. \V. E. Hull.; opened the first drn,g store in Coulson,[...]to. try his forhmcs in the Atask:i.n
\'3r1ous pro,e«s of wide sc_o pc a nd extcnsi~c nat'!re.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (345)[...].
'.\fr. Shannon·s brother, Ch:irles E. Shannon, had pre- \'eyor and as school di[...]cd .by Mark Newman. After inAucnc.e 10 the ~ialist pa:rty.
rc:tuming to Sk3.gw:ty[...]retired.. In politia.l
the meantime 0 1arles E. had purchased a scow, ten by matters[...]Cheyenne, Wyoming, is
July S. 1898, and at onc.e retailed their ttock of good.s mn.rricd and has a son. Howard E. •
a t handsome priec.s, the[...]g during the summer o i 1Ss», but in 18oo Charlu E. Y•:c:;,::,, BR.OTuus. Should .,[...]$S, they
c:i.mc b.ick 10 Lake Dennett O\'Ct 1l1e ~ me route he had seized upon thi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (346)[...]nd DorolltC"a P lattner, Ji,·ing m Swit~crfand : E lir.a- of the conm1u111ty. Although t he[...]September, 18r)o, Peter Yegcn
brother and in th ee ha,. di~pfayed fine
Ji\'e ccnu.. This pro"c<I \'cry popul:ir with the rush[...]ost ability, push and cnerJzy, :.nd
a dirrutx tl1e partners :i.11 fell si,c:k at the $,1me time. and[...]nd t heir c:i,f)ital, but t h:at t hey were ha\'e b:ad very little leisure time, ;md today, e,·cn , t he)'
$400 jn debt This prob.ably would ha"e bct:11 c-nouih :.re harder worken[...]d dcmons.tnittd their con• the dos.e personal attention thC)' h.t,·e always gi,•en
fidtnce i:i tl!c future of Billi1_1gs b>• ag:3in cs_t:'l.blish!n~ e,•ery detail in their business.
1h,:ms..-:l\'C[...]sub, sewing m..1chincs ha\'c bcc:ome e:stablished articles of
scqucntly rcmo\'cd to a two-s.tory st ructure. twenty· commerce, t"tnd t hat the automobile has in t he s.1mc
<"[...]of t hi.s
ditfon w~s built. :,bout the $amc si>:e :i.s thC'ar former comparati\'cly new i[...]y, is now car rying on
So rapidly did the busi11e$S ,::row that in the following a n extcmive :tnd rcnumcrati,•e business. handling t he
\'e:tr t!ier were comPellcd to b11i!d :tnothcr struct[...]s, Jefferson county.
nCt-dcd more room, :md they e:ii;tcn<lcd t he h3rdw:i.re His bother[...]y feet and added Mother stor}', this E n,g;lis.h :inceitrr. Coming to .Montana in 18i9,[...], when he settled
1900 that the Yege,1 Brothers e ntered the b:uikin~ on a farm in[...]rade in at a compuati\'cly ~r1y :11:;e. Four children were born
har~warc :ind i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (347)[...]many important
October 12, J911, the company mO\'e-d to ns prcs.cnt committees.[...]:\fa.rg3r<:t Rosel.who is the wife of Charles 'E. Brown;
He bclortgs to the ~tachinins• Union, a[...]el; \vallacc Br-uc:c. who is m;mager of the
of tl1e Si1\·er Uow and o{ the Country clubs.[...]in 1900. The family ~longs
child: Margaret Pierc.e, born in llutte, Fcbrn:iry ~8, to th[...]. or c1._1hur~ and is on~ of t~e trustees of the C3rnc-gie[...]aim $cotbnd :I$ a birth• ,v1LLJA)J E . A1.nRJCll1', the ()Ol)Ul.tr OOUllt)' assessor
p[...]fice more than ontc. "fhc faet
was twCUl)'•thrc:e years of age when he establish ed tn s[...]a son A resident of Montana sinc-e 1882, Mr, Albright was
of J\J('xandcr ;i.nd ).fa,[...]old. Four children were born to thern, \Villiam E.
stead. I-le rcmairn:d there until 1~1, whe11 the[...]e of a stock 'As 3 boy, \Villiam E. Albright attended the commort
farm for a. com1>a[...]spccfal high KhOOI course-. :.fter which he e,ntered Wit.
stock and c.aulc r;i.ising. 1n 1882 h[...]een true to the great Treasure state of the
miles e:ast of ~'tiles Cit>'· This propert)" has been ii[...]n 2 financial way in mining ventures 3nd has
more e.xtensivc1y in H:imbletoni3? hors~ and fine ~~­[...]and his services in the offic-t: ha,·e ·bee11 of a n1ost grah~
r~rganized compan[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (348)[...]s beef to Fort Cuncr. his forwa:rdin~ hous e being :it
thcfr home wilh them. She is ori,~nin[...]a p.'lrtial sptndillg abi;>tn one )·e:tr in California, in an effort to
oonr$,c i.. ·[...]mcmbtr of
IRA I.... \V111TXf.\'. Yellows1011e county h:\s Ix-en sin• the Wyomini;- . terr[...]y fottull:lt(' in sceurin~ for its :tdministrath·e ber o i the l=t:,;t terri1ori:11 leirislatu[...]::ts born in Pittsfield. Lonin of t11e Con;rq;itiona.1 chtirch. Four c11ildr(''1, were[...]nd Mr.s. \ Vhitne,•. nam<"l)·: Ira L.;
twch·e years of a~e was t:i.ken by hi.s pa.rents to Mount Manha E., who died iu inf:ute)•: Ch'a rles A.. who died[...]where election to the office of county e lerk, and is such
3 number of his comrades had b[...]ll of 1!)0$ and again w:i.s his fXnty's
Confcdua1e soldier was probably doinJ:: his shooting[...]alted ruler of Billings Lodie, No. 39-1, 8. P. O. E .
1$66 tcmo, ·ed to Le-avenwort h. Kansas, and was e.n• On February 10, 1902, Mr \Vhi[...]:arried in that his wife, :i.Jso a nath·e of Deerfield, had three cfaughters,
cit>·· Dur[...]ton., Mr. and i\.frs. Whitney h.,,,e one daughter, Flor-
twenty )'C:ars. I n t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (349)[...]knbwn ;11s an atth·e: and influential worker for its c-an-
Jos&l'H C[...]s in lllinois :md Ken•
;"'f a long and active ..e1rccr he has held positions lucky, but f[...]as the seve,,tttnth
century, his father's p('()p1e from Scotland, and his JusT-1st L. Wu[...]but in his declining yc:irs retired from :icti,·e pur• comuy. Mr. Wilson is a Product of the[...]n 1865. He and
Boothby llarbor, l\-foine; ).fory E., 1he wife of Arthur his wife, who survived[...].u Hastings., Nebraska, m 1879, he con-
Glendi,•e, '.\lontann, to ~,gage in work on -' c.i.ttlc[...]l11urc and in 1896 r«eiving the eJcc,. an e:nd to the h:alcyon da)'s of the open range[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (350)[...]its presc:nt site, bting ~pp,oinlc<I 10 th3t onic:e: by
,md genial spirit, the sa.mc 3eccssibilit[...]City, and Miles City~ Lodge, No. 537, B. P. 0. E. LcigJuon Hotel, :md his death <>cc:u[...]dge. ehap1cr and com•
The latter, 3 n:tti\·e of Irefond. came to the United m:mdery of Masonry[...]wage wa$ mari ied to Miss Finnie Blowers, a na1h·e
in busineu wi1h their father and reside on th[...]d\•an•. o f wllom two sons survive: Willia1l1 E. :md Gc<>rgc
1agcs.[...]·age married Miss ld:a Brown.
\V11,1,1,,M E. SA\'ACE. Since the da)•S o f the Vigil· who died without issue, and his lhird wife, tfary E..
antes. when' ~fontana was so O\'crrun with[...]ted authorities became but 3 tra\'CSl)', William 'E. Joc-atcd in Miles City, Momana and engaged in ·[...]e carries :l larg('
has carried on exce.nsh•e operations in Miles City for and complete stock o[...]'Ountr.. Minnc-sota, and is a son of for fi\'e years, gh•ing complete satisfaction to his fol[...]:ules \V. S,wage rccci\'ed Fnternall)' Mr. Sa\'3f;e is «>nnc-ctcd with Lodge No,
his education i[...]en 1he family mo\·cd to Michigan. in which twel\'e years. :md is the oldest member of this lod~e
s1atc he ~rcw to manhood ;:i;s a farmer. In 1[...]P>1hias: :ind Miles City Lodge No. 537, 8. P. 0 . E..
ing in lknMpin county, twelve miles from )t[...]ded, a shot carrying away part Mr. S:avas;e was united in marriage 10 Miss Litzic 0 .
of[...]clerie2l capacity county, Minnesota, who acted as e<>unscl for the North•
by the Norther[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (351)[...]t J1i111 implici1ly and he ha.s nc,·er :ibuscd a confi-
'.\liks City high school.[...]a scturc place, cnjoyin~ p'rospc-rity now Mrs. R. E. McCormick, of The Dalles1 Oregon -
and what il[...]i. as a boy of eight. . He followed farm ing and
e111s on the farm until he attained his majority.[...]to seek Point! further west, and therefore, m the E,ighth Jowa on August 15, 1861. He r eturned
c-.1mc to Montana. the Deer Lods:e Valley being his home in 1865 as c.,ptain of his[...]fo r six' years, thtn wtnt to the Big Hole \·ic:e at Mobile, Al:ibama. after scr\'ing fou r years a[...]he c:onductcd lhis pcrsonallt until 1905,, when h e took
:I.$ h is p:utncr Mr. A. J. 'louchrehercr th[...]ll lcnown to the residents of this cit)', where h e
acres near An:iconda, on \\'hich is a splendid bo[...]i11 1867 returned cas-t and loeatcd in E lmira, Chemung
of the city central committee, and[...]n · c-andid.:ue, with the re,,ult 1hat out pla.c:e until 1$$2, when he went to Chicago, Jllinois,'
o[...]$t of May, 1910. he was app<>inted postmaster. th-e o[ G reen county, New York, passed :iway in her
A[...]he mother o f two sons:
school boa.rd he will ha\'e serve-d ten )'Cars on that body. Alfred T.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (352)[...]in the coal businC$$ in El• that 3,g:e be went to Hatboro, Pennsylv~nia., ana it was
mi[...]worked on one of the l~I papers for
he remov(d to E lmira, New York, where he engaged[...]«mber, 1904, :.tnd he h:i.s retained the aeth·e control
of the faw dc·pnrtme1it o f the Universi[...]and of the Benevolent P rot«t i\'e Order of Elks. He is a
Uil:t. P l.1t Wilson of•[...]dfccth•e mterc'5t in politics.• and is an ac,knowlcdged[...])' of the ~fa.di.son County Pub-
of Montana sinc.,e 188:, ;1.nd since that time he has bctn lic[...]siastic in his predictions for the futurt of tJ1e town
nu.merous newspaper entcrpriscs in the c.,.s[...]nd the st.1.tc, and is one of the most a.ggrcssh·e
of t he state-, but in th:t.t year he retu[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (353)[...]Peak b)' the 1882, w.u :ill his aclh·e life identified with the meat
old Santa Fe trail[...]$Ubject li\'ed in the
lhc first bcd•rock flume e"er built in 1his state. In \'ill:lge[...]cry charit:ablc m.an :md a lwiys took a ,, :acti\'e c.ame to Billings, ~Ionian.,, in 1882, he was[...]eternal on Fcbrua1y Z'/1 18',)3, conduci\'e to the best .su«ess. in the business. So
3t 1hc a~e of filty-sc ,·cn_>·ear-s,. and is_buritd m_Yirg[...]t the time
Cit)'.. Herc was solemnu:ed his marr1~e to ).lu.$ Anna of dc31h he was the ow[...], :md the
now a resident of New York City. Of th e six clul• owner of a splendid b[...],
1912, n:in,cly: 1\mos C., whose name forms the e:,.ptto.i, and it is a two story double pr[...]s may be found
ne.ss in New York Cuy; and Harry 'E,, likewise a in the .Slate. Jn[...]known, and in Billings his.
to entering collct,;:e. His collegiate course was inter• cirde of friends w:is comprchensi\'e and far•rc:tehing .
fcrcd with. howe\'er, by t[...]In 1885 Mr. Gilsdorf manied Miss 0 1.:t.\'e.t. Olson, "-
" ice-president of the bank of Twin Bridges. In :i.ddi• daughter of E ,·an and Racheal (Hah•erson) Olson,
tion to hi[...]he is ma.11-:1.ger of the \'aSt both n:iti\'e born eitiztns of Norway, whc-nce they
:\. C. 1-1:[...]f which a nd in 18$3 their d::i.~hter e.,mc to Billings, two years
he has long b(,en :m a[...]ice to these worthr parents ; Otarlcs E ., who died in in-
of mayor of Virginia City and[...]ncy ; Della May. now a resident of Billings; Joss~e
third term as mayor. He has a1$0 scr\'cd with hon[...]y cfaim to 1he title of ''old-timer;•
with doub!e the onoortunitics of an }' other unde\·elopcd a nd holds a prominent place 3mong the men who ha\·e
st.ate. Her future, in m~· opinion, is ex«llen1[...]born March 31, 18,s.z, in Cokhestrr
the m:trrias:e of )fr. Hall to ~fis.s Myrtle L-iuffcr. :'[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (354)[...]with l\(is.s Augusta
he followed !or !orty•fh•e ye.us with one firm in Ver- Simonin, who[...]ancc to the Rc- Se\'cntf•fivc. They had fi\'e children, of whom four
publica.n p:.rty, but nC\'[...]d ;
follow ing winter worked :it lumbering in tl1e Bull Where the Indian and buffalo[...]ned to Mont:ma and
located at Park City where he e:11ga3ed fo herding sheep 'f\Vhcre the[...]d ry-land farmer'$ claim.
was for abo~it twcl\·e years engaged in the sheep busi-
11cs.s, and the[...]o Nttle,
one or the leading promoters of the co\'e ditch, he served And the sun,-t:,,nncd[...])'C.3.rs been a trustee o f the BiJt T h e mC$S-wagon with grub not up in cours«,
Ditch, o[...]:mching enterprise An o ld forty-li,·e was a western key;
arc given unmist3.kab[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (355)[...]eather screens; n~th•e $l3te.
AH the bad,,mcn of the c~tly ·day[...]re nngc laws. is a n3ti\·e son o( MichiJ;".an, born in Coldwater on th e
'Twill be the dry-land farmer's c.lusc." 3d of March, 1846. He ,s th e son of David and Lucy[...]ed however, that the best knowledge h e pos.se.sses is th:at
wit 1 Montan., for about t[...]3ttlcs was a brother of his deceased wi(e, purchased a ranch,
and ~n, paigns. HC spc-nt th[...]er is -' staunch Republican and has done
n:1ti,·e .st:i.te, w11ere he attended the public schools a[...]Kanus, in the year 18So. She left o ne daughter, E dith,
His business w3s very prosperous for ten y~rs until \,•ho was bom in Indiana a nd e<luc..,ted in Michigan.
the dcstructi\•C fire wh[...]llow rcplac~ his Herndon. Mr. Herndon is e rominent in th e political
formc-r businc.ss with ~ general merch[...]$ since been de,·cloped into the \'Cry cxtensi\·e and to the hou.sc or repretentatives in th[...]is affiliated with the Masons and Elks fratcrn1t1e.s worth county, Kansa.s, he is t he[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (356)[...]school educa- of its most represcntath•e men those th.at tfaim Scot-
tion and ,rradu;,.tcd[...]position at Ellis, Kansas, where he e.stctm and oonfide:ncc of the people of his commun[...]in which modern structure the Mer- h e was a member o( the I. 0 . 0. F., and had numerou[...]ak« count, a business in which he was e~aged up to
it easy of :tccess and :ts it is on th[...], to the real estate. insurance and li\'e stock businc.ss,
needle and shower baths,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (357)[...]• HowAR.D B. \V11.tY. Holding P.resti~e as ~.shier of
t:ma, and has done mueh to bring ab[...]rominent pl:lee :'l.mong the rnen
His ,ndustr)·, e111crprisc and prog-res.sh·c methods ha,·c i[...]the right to be Abraham S. aod Susan E. (Brew-er) \Viley. His J)3•
numbertd 3mong Mile[...]sary to those who would bccpmc men of consequenc,e Michig,n, and intere.sted himself in[...]troit Safe Com•
is a state of vast oppQrtuniti-e.s, but biJt men ar,e rc- pany. In 1892 he came to Montana. and duting the
quir(d, those whos-e courage is equal to undertaking followi[...]foresight enabkd tinucd to follow that san,e line until his dc.1.th, Dcttm•
lhem to st'C fro[...]he was
latter was born at Shdby\·ille, Tennc,sse,e, and died only sixteen , ·cars o( age h[...]durin~ the c.hildhood o ( her son, Hiram N. Of th-e bookkeeper with a wholesale dry goods firm in Detroit,
fi\·e children of the family he 3.Rd his sister Alice :[...]reed his sla,•cs and in 186.i• remo"ed to Mcl.e<rn as a bookkcc.per two year$ and two mon[...]3 1'3il•
suits during' the rt$t of his :1cti\'e life. road c-ontracting firm on[...]l, his former success 189<> he, has been e:ashier of this bank, one of the
making him ((,cl[...]The c.1.pital 1s $1~,..
considered a notable oie~e o f engineer ing. This is 000.00; sorplu[...]an excellent adminis:tr:uion. He was one o( th,e sc,ven
Marilitld, who wa.s born i" Mc:Wn county,[...]ent ; h.as been president of the Chamber of
Olh·e. Alice and H iram R. Mr. Gilmore is i member Commerce which office he s.till holds: ::1150 presi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (358)[...].
and Miles Cit)' Lodge, 1io. S,.17, B. P. 0. E. In pohtt- busineS$ enterprises because he[...]en ing the wealth of the earlier <L'lys-, they ha"e had to ac-
to a marked def:rec, and may be well[...]ther conditions, :utd i! they
the represen1au·\'e and inRuential citizens of Custer were to hold th[...]in C\'ery room, European cafc in connection, and e\'cr)' his lcavi,,g the public school, which he ha[...]est. \Vhilc in the latter
A lways o! a progrcssi\'e and enterprising nature, he state he broke. a re([...]and 1887 were se\'cre, and every o ne of his
ha\'e o«upicd a large part of his time and att('ntion,[...]orn in Ccrr_nany, 3nd to this union there h;'l.,·e been · business men in Roundup. He is pre[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (359)[...]orisinal org:1.nii:crs and made no mistake in e1ioosin~ him for this responsible
the first prc$.l[...]lso been connected with the school board. o. E.
Although he h35 taken little a.cti\'c part in hi[...]of men of prominence whose active :u1d "ahiab!e lh·e:s
or nc:.tr Roundup.· Mr. and Mrs. New-ton :.tttcnd the ha,•e been passed in Helena, the pages of this volume
M[...]the L~diC.$' Aid Society. Mr. and MN. Newton ha.,,e Frank, who durin1t :t long and useful ca[...]immigrant, wt1h little c:.1pital sa"e :i.n acti\'e, energetic
Jonx KILi.OM. The duties and rCSJ[...]\'CS
ind the l:,,wJessncss of the frontier ha,•e piucd, but of Posen.
there is stilt plenty of ar[...]Henry Frank learned the trade
until 18&), when J1e came to the United States. Fint of t:iilor in the[...]s in the United States, subsequent!)'
('Oimty, wJ1e:e after two years of c«t.l co:H~cting :md l:mdins: in New York City in No,•ember of th:tt y~r.
farming, h e died at the age of forty-five yc;1rs. His He spen[...]vt.Jed overland twenty-ei$.ht miles through
;i.s::e of se,·enteen yea.rs.[...]ntinued in the tailoring bus1-
ne.s.s, m wh1t-h h e ha, contmued since 1·895- He has ne$S unt[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (360)[...]ind later added business :i..s:cnc:.iC$ thit ha,·e dc\'dopcd this ·section:
to this buildinsr, wh[...]ana. He is prcsidc:1\t of
him a wide aCQuaintam:ee country is Permanent Carnpinsr Comp3n)', N.ttion:[...]have been of Stich 3 character as to rcl1e¢t ercdit upon
A:RTJf:UR \V. M1LES. In the f[...]ment in America. Mrs. Miles ha,·e had four children: Lol1i.sc Gertrude,
. Arthur[...]- sota, was married November 3:, 1910, to 'Thomas E .
emy, a noted institution of the Methodist fai[...]Montana, where he entered on many administrath•e boards., r,ublic spirited :ind
~,pon liis dutie[...]n dttermincd to embark in busincu for him• Temp!e·or Helena, Knights of, Pythias and the Elks.
$[...]m footing in the confidence
Timber and Red Lod~e and subs«iuently ~ branch &tore and regard of th[...]eir business relitions in ,othc: Henry and Martha E llen (Merriam) Whitney. ·
cnterprisc.s[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (361)[...]of 1882:•J.. Jn the spring of 188J he e:imc to Living:ston;
ye3r he loc-Med in wh3t is kn[...]t time he went to the
turned his attention to the e;i,ttle business, and he still Yakim2 v:il[...]son. Harold S .. is secretary. This e&tibli.shme:iH h:t.s
NMion:.il Uank. fo 1906 he wa[...]s an tl<Ctllent man3J.er :rnd
=¼6. 13. P_. _◊, E.. ."lnd Doric. Lodge No. SJ, A. F. &[...]ser\'cd very :1ccc1:>tably as :.ldcr111:m from tl1e Third
its safet)' or wcUarc is involved. Jn tH'i[...]rn to BeHut he bttame• CtORQ: E. S1~0:-:. A rc,·iew of the s.ucccssfol men
;i pr[...]ty shows no more striking cx:implc of
known citir.e,u. :m :i.cti,·e Republican, :ind :i. man promi- self•m:i.dc[...]verance than the (!l_rtcr of Gcorsrc E. Simon, one of
had t11r~ d:iughtcrs: Nellie, the[...]a lcs.s courageous 1,ad, but he C\"Cft•
«u1ti!eE,: Joseph, who
with his brother. Frank. Land1n1t i[...]The early educ-:ition 0 £ George E. Simon w:..s some-
'.\linncsota. It wat nc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (362)[...]is own w:,,[ in the world. \Vith t11e growth of the town, however, the business
Fro[...]cx1>loits of the hero of h is youthful d reams. E\'cntual- usual busincs.s success. and m 1.9u[...]Kans.as, his P.arcnts remov-
~nnc, but there h e: found the object of his search who ing[...]making the
finally gave his consent, and Georg~ E. Simon became trip by rail to Silver[...]-has brought h im a p0sition o f independence.
l,e c.imcd the :tdmiration 'of the older men of the p[...]ection of the country.
l)y the plucky sP,:irit h e disp13yed M a ll times. Arrivillg ' Mr. 'H3[...]rotective
:\t the Black Hills; the party :u Onoc e ngaged in placer 0rder of E lk$, and is a Republican in his politieal alle•[...]1901, and now atte,idinit the
1hat city, where h e was engaged in cforking until the publi[...]cst:tblishcd himself most imP()rtant business e nte rprises of Butte:, Mon•
in the dry goods bu[...]m ller 1s v1ce•orcs1•
and also h.as extc-nsi\'e holdings in other cnterpdscs, dent. The[...]d to Mr$, Sadie (Merritt) tkipant. H e 1s an expert baker and confcchoner, having
Bristo[...]t;iining his
kL·ryo_wn in soc.ial eirdcs, a nd h e is a pooular member of pre.sent influential position.
1 vmgston Lodge No. 246, B. P. O. E.. the \Voodmen[...]worked at his trade there for se"ernl )'e~us, then. m
enviable reputation in busines[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (363)[...]n :ind educated in the city of ~lilwaukcc,
at 310 E:lst Park street, as proprietor. This was the[...]the tntntal and moral training of the young,. E.liz:abcth
tion he has C\'Cr since ciontinucd to h[...], 1889, to Miss EliiabeJh Kn:i.k, who is of nith·e with far more than average .sue«:$$ in his[...]ranch, .1.nd was there actively and successfully e ngaged
he takes no :active part in par1iun affair[...]ed the train completely .exhausted, but safe
John E. and Ruth A. (Griffith} ~fol.any. The father from[...]ns)'h•ania; John, 'of Canyon Ferry, Mon•
11\·e )'C.11'$.[...]of her husband, Mrs. Barker became the wife of E.
He was then elected ma rsh;i11l of Dillon again,[...]chool. Enterio'~
For a ye:ar he was engaged in th.e hottl bu.sine.$$, after then up0n 3 orofc$$ional[...]nce a«cpting her present
rcg.ardcd as a man whos,e
A History of Montana Volume 2 (364)[...]. Albert L. Babcock, one of the time he e-onductcd a br:mch of h is, hardw:arc store at
mos[...]wilh this C:3pi• Bene, •olent Protccti,•e Order of Elks, and seh·cd for
tal :;tddcd to 1h[...]d only the experieoec hC had gained as a clerk, h e JllinOi$, and one son has been born to the[...]g- A. L. Bttbcock Hardware Company's officCs, h e was
ston, this state, the two young men <[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (365)[...]leyer
on 1hc c<>ntincnt. The doc-tor Wl\S in E ngLi.nd when ~as the son of William J.[...]ip:att-d in the Bani~ of Waterloo. . In 1848 ~cor~e
impression made upon him at that time by the p[...]st American horse 10 win th.at C\'cnt. e~mmon school course ~ •ng follow~ by attcnd,ance[...]$s, that association having been formed in 1~5,
e1Hered the Maryl.:ind Medical College, from which[...]building in which the b.tnk found 1t.s
ear, n1»e 3nd thro:.t. On his return to ~1ontana1 he lo-[...]bill creating Carbon county,-:. faet which e.au.scd him
3gcmcnt has b«:omt a leader in. its[...]ilone m:ay be I-a.id :i.t his door,
as 10 g·i\'e him 3 fore-most J)O$ition :amon.g those- who arc[...]y troduccd a bill imposing a tax on e.atcle brought in from
:and the Amcnc.tn Medical[...]way through the storm to the open gr:a,•e on the hill :ind
best Jo,·cd c:itir.cns. For alm[...]1blican consigned to Mother Earth. Tl1e funeral took place
c-andidate for Congrc» m:an f[...]Cs.idcncc on Hiuser avenue and despite
hi$ acti,·e $ervicc. nuny far•r<'.a.d1ing imero\'tmt[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (366)[...]Cre$(ent Elect ric Com~ny is identified w ith 011e
lodge of E lk$ al$0 turned out in a bod.)''· The four of the large a.nd solid concerns of t he eity. A n:ui,·e of
P rotc$tant clergymen of t~c city officiated_[...]ss.:i.g:tS of $ymp3thy and con• con\·tntion. H e n,:.rricd Maria Woodbridgt, who was
do ltne-e from prominent Montana ptepl,c and fron, cit• b[...]oming an expert in bookkeeping the first tcJepho11e lines that we re introduced into lewis•
and acc[...]h Bi$t Timber and Gre;,,t
ucured employment in th e buildin,sr of the Boz.cm;rn •Falls. makins a go[...]dry business. Jn 1~. he ooncluded to mal:e an ' i1.cd in 1his .section o f the county, a nd[...]undry Company, of Mi$$oofa, of lishcd the Creu(nt E l« t ric ComPan>·, o( which h e has
which concern he i.s president 3nd i cneral m[...]· '
name :ind 1s modern and well CQ\nppcd m e\•ery way, Politically M r. , v:'l[...]:ind t heatricals.. 3nd is C.$•
\Vashington. H e h:is made his way unaided and pccia[...]l, being now a fan and a• r00tcr.
madc m.,n. H.eE ngineers, bring a ch.'lr•
to A mcric.,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (367)[...]he c~urch. Mr. Ho,•cy is !I \'Cf)' 3.ctl\·e Ma$0n in 1hc York
was obliged to sctk a lifc' n[...]is wife Mary Whipple, a )'Oun_g fady E,wi:,,; A. R1CHARDSOS, A prominent merc,han[...]ohn W. a.nd Ehiabcth (8o1er) Richardson. His
tl1e Re\·olutionnry war. Bishop \\'hippie., who at a[...]9"' being stoc:ktd department stores in t11e state. Mr. Richard-
l!lid to rest in the quiet[...]dar>· education in the schools or of the E A R1th:ardson & Company store at Crow
O~!io ;u1d[...]n the class of 1872. The first .c:ash.1e1 of tl~c Ban~ of Commerce of Forsyth,
nex.t lhr.ee ye3r$ :\fr, Hovey de\'O[...]er of the b«trd of education, Dting a firm
offi~e of !he county sun·cyor in · Cuyahop county,[...]en.gaged to survey the former various e-n!crpn s~s.. and s.a.fely conduct 01cm to sue.•[...]te: . Followin~ this piece of work, he was
• r e~cd the pos111on of ass1"ant cnJ inec:r and inspec[...]ginec:rs from 18i9 t'II local ~~1ltC$, H e JS a member of the Elks order : of
183?._ C~I.[...]he government as chief of t he P ioneers pf E.'l,t~ni Montana. While he is not :i
U. 5 . engi[...]1hc United Sla tes survey :t.t Helena. 3Ch\·e member: but he is ~ Joy.al supporter of all
A History of Montana Volume 2 (368)[...]cheme which him partial to the hOl'$e, he has kept up with the
will uhim;i.tcly sol\'C[...]y. He is a mcnibc:r of the Episccp:it
whieh ha,•e been :m absolute necessity to the forward[...]as taken business mc.n of Montana who ha,·e made a decided
an active part in shaping public[...]n, of Lcwi$1own, Montana. Lca,•ing home at
Trc:e slate, wl1cre he sptnt his life: in farming, bcconl· nn e.:trly age. 3nd with limited ad\'a111ages. except[...]s earl)· ('(JucMion in nec,tcd wjth 1hc e:lty a nd -county in which he res·id«.
the dist[...]the exception of a few ycan1 he has fi\'e $0ns arc all living. Of t 1esc George •J[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (369)[...]to give attention to both with ,·e1y gr·atifying succc$S
journey from Bismarck by S[...]play of his productive faculties. He 1s a nati,·e of
1\t the end of that time, he embarked 10 the s[...]the State Agricultural College, and his
_s;ressh,e ideas :md $3RC an~ wholesome business methods[...]perty.
hiv~ m:trked the opcr:i11on~ of this hou~e. :ind the Jn tl1c fall of 1902 he was[...]r and Mystic until his :ippoinrn,e.nt, July 23, 19u, to the responsible
Shrrne, al[...]Bor.eman Lodge No. 463, D. P. 0 . E.
:s!g,ufi~nt. th:U 11c has been prcs~nt 3t C\'Cr[...]h ,framed the liws of the
Three sons h ::t\'e b«11 born to :\tr. and ~frs. \Vicdc•[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (370)[...]»nd m:iny sin, locating :it Fond du IA.e, where he was en.gaged
yc-~rs, and p:tsstd :wt:,,[...], ownin,s: the w:atcr power and
is a member of th,e legal fi~m of Har~m.11_1 & Hartman, bu[...]Uhl, at Mon- inally :t W hig 3.nd later a :R.e·publican, ser ved as' a ,nem•
ti«Ho. Jn Jan[...].'IS bookkeeper for m.any years, a nd was e\'cntually stnt to rci')rcscnt
for Ncbon Story in[...]t in the state te3islaturc.
('Rtcred the rc,,:al e,tate bu.sinC$S \lntil he was admit"tcd Loren W. Or\•is $e<:urtd his educ.11ion in the se:hools
to t he ba[...]pending about t wo years.. On June r, 188a, he
)'e3r he was c.le<:ted, ~nd again in 1&,u and 1896, b[...]oup of progressive :md in 1SSs loe,;tcd n'e:lr ~ lcsvillc. ,there he was en•
legisl:itof$[...]te goods., ~nd has every
mated Copper Company, h e met with defC:3t. Mr. H:1.rt• convenie[...]a.rd 'for some:
o f sterling honesty, p().Siti,•e eorwic1ion.s and an 3$· eight or ten yea[...]u wcrc disthargcd in
g rcssive tempenlment. T hes.e qualities, reinforced 1:iy an able ind fa[...]order of binh of the eight chit• Mary E. Schmidt, widow of Paul Schmidt, .and 'daugh•
d[...]ty at Sa.It Lake on rc.ac:hing manhood ~ e d in a gtneral mcrcl,.1tidise
Cit y, U tah; and F[...]removed to J::tspcr county. For t hirty•fo\lr )'e.:'l.t$
•[...]Lolll!N W. 01t,•1s. The pioneer mercha.nt of $31e.s• of the leading local preachers of th[...]3, to Miss Lana
man., but has fou1td time to gl\·e to his city as a publ ic Spry, who w[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (371)[...]h.a.~dships of fro_ntier existence, to gi\'e battle to the wi.ld
hood, bc.ing about eighteen y[...]stil~ rem-ai.n to reJate :as an ey_e•w1tncss the thrilling cx-
his other activities,[...]1lC of the pcncncc-s of early Montana h!e, and whose connection
busiut men in the county.[...]e ~late, _is t he Hon. George McCoi,.e, of Burns, now scrv-
(Miller) f0$1cr. Tt, c fath[...]"forty-nine" 3nd he followed mining e<>u~ty, New York, a nd_i~ a son of• Isaac and Po[...]was in his young manhood, being b,1t thirt>·-6\'e pire state, moved in J8SS to the vici[...]worlh>· paren1s,-Fr-:tnk of age of e ighty-nine years.
this review and :in elder siste[...]n
He then went to Philipsburg and t he · D~r Lod~e teams between those two poinl-s.[...]hing like tt:n years. He o{ Glcndi\•e, and was the first man to bring cattle into
w-:i.[...]t time wu not organized. In
end of that tinH: ga,,e it up and came to Plains val• J ulr, 1882, he secured tl1e contract 10 carry the mail
Icy where he cnga.gcd[...]that time ~e had <:0:,tinued to earry on his cattle business,[...]ild country with that indifference to
1n a manner e<>nsistent with his usual methods, thus[...]deeds of ,·alor: the day, the like o{ which ha\'e hardly
b<:en a faithful adherent of the par~•.[...]Mr. McCone is the owJler of 4500 acres of
s.ur\·e>·or in rceent years.[...]reat as to Miss Mattie Newlon, a nati\'e of Peoria, Illinois,
it has t>«n, to be stilt in[...]e, while !906 to Mida finlcy, a n:iti\'e of Michigan; Lydia, born
the town of Thompson Fal[...]ch1g:in. ~:t r. Bowers, who has
unmolested s.:,.\'e for in occ.asional attack by the hostile[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (372)[...]-6,•c milc.s by wagon, after which the goods we(e
rcttntativcs. Mr. and Mrs. McCone have had one[...]ith gracious hospitality, and is a general favori~e ranch. s~veral years ago, feeling that he h[...]n and most by his children, who all 1h·e in Sweet Grass county,
t~oroughly esteemed.[...]a
county, cnjoys the res·pect and .esteem of his e<>mmnn1_ty, in t ime to be at 1>romotory, Utah[...]ogni1..ed as one of the men to whost P.rogrc:.ss1"e fast tie and rail of the Onion Pacific and Cent[...]o the state of New York, sota, wife of E lme r McConnell_. a ranchman in Sweet
where he wa[...]ucated in the public S(;hools fruits of his e:i.rly years of labor.
of Vermont. New York and Mi[...]er prosecuting his studiC$ for
:md for about 6\•e years was cn.gage_d in mmmg with some[...]e in ackson county, Michigan, but in 188r, re-
tl1e mining camps, 3Jld to Silver €1ly, Idaho[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (373)[...]dust ry :ind economy, Mr. Kinney e.a.rc ft.11ly conscr\'ed
o f the S-13.te. He has[...]e of the kadcrs duct t he fcrrr until tl1e bridge was built :tc-rou thc
of his party in Yc[...]try. At th i$ time he i.$
t he president of the E.1..stern Montana P ioneer Associa• start[...]mem- 1lorthwcst. His fine ranch is fl,·e miles west o f Glen•
bership were t hat t he[...]bruary 14, 181)5- Mr. l<i nnt)' was mar ried to
.E. Lord, a na1h•c of that st:i.tc :\nd t he)' h.w[...]g5-, a gr:aduatC of Oberlin a diughte.r of E. R and L)'di.a '.Kennedy. and a n., tivc
College[...]the family makes its home during the wintcr
scn·e:s on his put a reciprocal obligation. His (!trc:c[...]fcllow•mcn he has shown
monu_ment to t he cour~e. pcnevcrancc and :ibility of 1he $1ri[...]in t he northern par-t of Mont.ina. and t11e ol dest in t hc
1s :t son .of Horace :1nd E liubcth (0:.rling) Kinney. state, th[...]o f GrC:\t F alls was founded
t he former a nati"e of New York and the la tter of ~$[...]f North Carolina. while
the older m.:m's de3th. H e: t hen bcpn Ol)trations on his matcrn[...]ed Re,•olutionary genera!, and otheN
to. Clen~i"e in 18$2. at whid, time he hid ten doH:trs,[...]rail to the fo rests o f P arke: county,
for 6\·e )'tars. Having bctn reared to habits of in[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (374)[...]s a student in the Agricultural Colleic, :i.t Bo::e
justice of the North's position that he enlis[...]is the son of Philip and Sophronic (MMh-
he has e,·er made. a journey of seven days in a four - cw[...]mention of prcsent res:idtrt<:c and circum-
and e nergies until 189o. On · Febru:ary 20, J89o, Mr.[...]rented ,·cy Kene, of Townsend, Monl.:tn.t; Vena E., the widow
store at No. 123 Central a,·cnue, a[...]ago. Mr. Rubottom is a the man that he saw in th e primiti,•c towns of th:t.t
s-talwart Republican[...]in practice. It is a fact however, that for
h:l\'e been more i,, the line of dir«ting than in ac[...]county, in the towns of Havre and Fort
he ha.s ,e!uscd the nomina1ion for the ma>·oralty. He Bento[...]s mentioned r,rcviously, a number of offices ha,·e
Association, and has p;1sscd throui,;h the chair[...]alls b>; in\·es-tin3 he:wily m:irriage with Miss E liza J. john.stone, the daughter
in rt:i.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (375)[...], of Chouteau Chapter ~o. l,?, ~nd of its e111iens, ainons: whom he counts a pleasingly
the R[...]Coi.t, the proprietor of the Cole her r.e-putation for enterprise and open-hcartedneS,S.
Pl[...]ddrtn Joined hi.I)) du.ring the following ye-ar. ~e was
eric.k Louis and an older sister, left \Visco[...]f 18$6--7
fami ly reached their de-stination in t~e far eountry, came on, and like many others in the same b11sine.ss J1e
Jowa, which was then quite ''west," they settled[...]Resuming the horse and ealtle business, h e took his two
Iowa was the home of the Coles u[...]artnership with
onlr son in the household of lh•e children, was s.evcn• him, and this as[...]k for Mr. county, he docs a l;if$C.e business with e:astcrn concerns,
J\rtlmr O"Brien, WJth w 10m he r[...]en..:'1.bled him to gain a foothold, 3nd at prcs.e.nt his In politic.,! matters Mr. ~arsons is a Re(?ubliean, but
coneen1 is one: of the city's solid e:stabli.shments. the tx.1.cting demands[...]affiliated with the Jnde• inad,·isab1e for him to enter the public arena.
J')('ndc1H Or[...]asgow, Scotland, in 1845, and the latter in
acti\'e in the affairs of the. party.[...]ertson, a painter: and
Mrs.. Cole is a nati\'e of Helena, and began her life decora[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (376)[...]Alwilda Stephenson, who was born in
mftuenc:e !or p11blic good. Records of this kind arc[...]hough the muri3ge took pfaee at Centerville,
e3lculatcd to raise the ministrations of law in public cs• Iowa. Three children h a\'e been born to this union :
tim:uion, and arc[...]Americ.an manhood. In addition to his extensi\•e cor- good old age, passing 3w3r in 1·[...]c<>nvention which gave the state its of the ee-
of which was the judic.iary committee, uPon[...]interested in the mining resources of th e state. He
part- played by M,r-. God[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (377)[...]·cd )fr. Nevin hu been an acti,·e and effeeth·c worker
wilh his family to ;\lonta[...]he was superintendent, two p,opu.far e<>nlidenee and C$lCCl'.l'I w:is sil(nificantly sho[...]is administration, marked by progrcssi,·e oolicies anil care•
fellow men. H is wifo e:ame fro1u the Emerald Isle to ful rcg[...]rc in the affectionate rcga.rd of tccti,·e Order of Elks, the \Voodmen of the ·world, the
a[...]uri, on December 1, 1866, and lived there until h e
time of the family removal from Ne,•ada to Butt[...]•in-lawt Pat• home, Mexico~ i\:udr-ain e<>Unly, Missouri, where the
rick S. Sullivan, in[...]ce continued to be iden- Je~•tll <;olleA:e_, which is located at Liberty, Clay oounty[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (378)[...]to herding cattle busil'lcU and :ti! acu\·e eursuit.s :md c:ime 10 Buue
011 Montar,a r.\"3'ts[...]h. 'fhc wor-k in which fathe r is now $e\'Cnty•tight years of age'.
he ~as engaged was f[...]n 1888. ha\·ing accumu• luted th•e ycars :ind ga\'e hi,n . an extensive and ac•
lated some capital,[...]making steady him 10 rn.akc a chou:e ad\'intageous to himsc1£,
improvcn,ents in it, u[...].s with }.Je.ssrs.. Downs & 1\llcn of Hele1,a and
E. H . S herman, and ahcrw!lrd t he busmcss w.LS in[...]ning
it has b«n c:.trryinf on t he most u tensh·e business in C'.1mp remote from other human h®itations, and ga,·e
undertaking and li\'ery scn·kc in the city, and[...]t of all other classes. Mr. their scducti\'e influence than all the lures o f luxuty
Recd own[...]for t he cxercist o f his .facuf1ics, and he has e\'Cr since
of thr« sons and one daughte r. His 5i[...]A:-:. Born in Canada, reircd h:as 1,e ,·er C\'en desi red a t)Olitie."11 office of :1.[...]g :md sp,ectacular ment or impro\'ement has e\·er gone without his car•
m inddent and ad\'er[...]Country elul>s, jtftatly to 1hei r ad\'anta,1:t:e a.nd the en•
province o f Ont:ario, Domi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (379)[...]aterially in promoting the interests of e«! and f~el tliemsdycs handicapped by lack of cap[...];i.s :i veteran of the cattle busin e$S in Montana some thirty ye.a rt :tgo, :md
great[...]ure of so ,many ranchme:n during the $e\·ere winter of
mer a native of Virginia, who d[...]ounty. gcous and pcrtiste:nt industry has e\·cntually won him a
He developed a farm of 16o[...]of New England,
ocratic polities .and was icth•e in tbc work of the &J)"' having bctn born[...]e open range in Montana 3,bout one >·e:ar Mr. Baldwin went to Cedar Rapids,
to tngage in[...]css men is accordingly high. He it a Pro,trcssh•e A. M. Coleman. From time to time, u his fin.:i.nces
Republican.· but has ncnr e:i.red for public office. His woul[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (380)[...]ounty, and i.s
valued members of Yellowstone Chap(e~. No, s. 0 . E. deserving of the high esteem in whieh[...]i.rlottc, Prince Edw.ud Island,
\Va)'nc county, N'e w York, daughter of John and Har- and di[...]f her
ents' six children, lost htr mother when sJ1e was seven demise. Ther,.had three children[...]a number of y,carS,
AltTllVR G. P ARSO~S. T h e career of Arthur G. Par- Mr. P:tr$0tlS w[...]mble way fihecn ye.i.rs 255 B. P. 0 . E., Dickinson, North Dakota. 3.nd Ycl•
ago, he ha[...]d his affairs that he has bc- 10,\;Sto11e Otapter No. s. O. E. S. Mrs. P:usons is
«>1ne recogniud thro11ghout[...]in Mon•
J:m1cs W illiam Parsons was bom in E ngland in 18$91 tana, dur-ing which time he[...]esteem which ace undoubtedly
his bome at Glwdh·e :,,nd engaging in the horSc and his. \V[...]he had long be.en seeking-, a nd,
ing \he mcmornb1e winter of 1886,7, Mr. Par,01,s w:is thro[...]s ;ind three daughtel'$ they
M>ns, a lso a nath•e of England, survi\•es htr husband migra[...]ad
of cattle i nd 1.000 horses running on the un2"e in Daw- T he disastrous storms of th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (381)[...]er inspired the son
in•b.w; Helen', the wife of E. C.1C3.in_, of Hotchkiss, with the bu[...]ch. Mr. napolis, and departed thcn<"e to prepare for his n.1.val
Almy is a Rcpublitan i[...]upon
not cared for public life, prdcrring to. gh·e his time examination it was found th[...]he was by nature adapted to the busines.s he- had e.hosen.
:wcrage, for not being of the pushin.g1 a[...]ainder of his stay in
His ideas arc progrcssi,•e, :and he believes that al~ Billings,[...]cept the post of manager. He con•
ready to gh•e o{ his scr..,ic,cs or o{ his time to any[...]in all financial matters.. No bank in th e city is o n a
Griggs.[...]n the higher and better
quality of the engine.s h e <"Onstructed. Most o{ the kin[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (382)[...]athlete, :md is the Philipsburg Chamber of Commerce. His intert-st$ in,
devoted 10 sJ)Orts of all ki[...]dition which he enjoys. Other sincere e-ncrgy, oomc to the 1'rc.asurc state :rnd you will
men, who like himsdf h:t.\'e their working hours $pent. not be disappoi[...]f September, of Glendive, the Glendi\·e l.3.nd and Irrigation Comp:any
1~2, to Lucy Lee[...]iogton, may be justl)'. termed a re-prescntati\'e self-made
in the atT:airs o f the day and is tho[...]son
o f the Bene\'olent 3,nd Protective Order of E lks. He of James :md Eliz:\~h (Austin) Th[...]is one of the most sncces.sful. He ing his e-arly manhood he W.'1$ e-·,,gaged in a warehouse
h:ls spen t all his life[...]be found roamin~ 1he
Mr. Bowen was born in O e\·efand, Ohio, )f:i.y 27, prairies. Emb.[...]othe-rs, found himself once more without capital.
e3me west to ~!ontaoa1 where he h3s spent about thi[...]miles west of Glc.ndi\'C, where he' leased fi.\·e sec-
F red is third in order of birth. all re-sid[...]C. T. Huffman; Louie. a.t home; Anme, ~-e:3,rs he had ;'I.S man)'. as SoO horses on this pr[...]For his sheep, in which he still dtals e:xtensh•cly1 he
school.[...]sburg, fi nishi,,g !he high school course. 3, e-itiic1, he is held in such a hi~h degree of reJ:ard that
Ha\·ing arri\'cd a t the ag<: of nmet~e-n, he first began he has bct:n urged to acc[...]ric light plant. fo 191_0 state representati\'e nnd sen.\tOr, but has ah,·a)'S been
Mr. Bowezt e[...]by himself and bi:<>ther, \V1\ham ~.. and
they ha"e built up a 13.rgc trade in a \'Ct)' short[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (383)[...]ss in 1902, and his subsequent rcmo\tal New E ngland a.nccstry, was born at Lebanon, New[...]ie. who died Oeccm• 1883, for the Northern Paci6e Railway Company which
ber 1, •~uo, and wa[...]tains.
M., born in 1884, who is vice-prcsid.e nt of the Holland In 1896, Mr. \Vhipplc w[...]he Butte holds.
school board and in e\'cry way has done his utmost to The pa[...]Literary Society. In his re- died ill 1863 at an e3rly age. • The mother was born
ligi[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (384)[...]s to the publtc C."tn not be readily e.stimated. A great de:i.l
that Mr. Whipple has bee[...]publiean p3rty. His in-
tember 8, z912, :u the as:e of cightr-eight )'e3rs and six tcre$t in his profession, howcve[...]of the
be found in the liistory of Og-lcthorpc's e<>lony. From southern Democrats and a Un[...]within the Union during that suugglc.
c:<tensh•e plant.i.tions.[...]our has devoted the best rears of his
of Hon. i\. E. Clark, state senator of Kentucky.[...]consider:ible extent from t hose losses.
chant:e of climate, and aftc-r some months spent in[...]ly
appealed to him, as po.ssessing both a dt$irab1e climate support in all its projects for[...]Barbour, and the 3.ssocia• JOStJ>JJ E. FAJtNUM. The numerous movements for
hon lasted until 1889. They had an cxtcnsi\'e clicnt~c the improvement and de"e[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (385)[...]decade owe much of their suc«ss to the energetic e!· all of his lift~ was a faithful member of the Methodist
forts and support of Joseph E. FarnumJ who has btcn Episcos.ial Ch\ir[...]we intcrut in public matters.. they ha,•e one son, John Farnum 1:..Yens, born on the
Mr.[...]New Hampshire, 22nd of June, 1912; Guy E., born July ~, 1893; and
and was bom June 14, 1[...]•
living in Slurlcy, Cu$ter county, and Jouph E. ticc is a l:ir~e and lucrative one and his cases arc
Jostph 'E. Farnum s«:urcd his cduca.tion in the pub•[...]sought office for himself. He wa.s summoned to t11e
and insurnnce business of C. A. Wiley, to which[...]is clear-cut methods of Duncan beeamc tJ1e parents of ten children, of whom
business and a«uraey g:&incd him tl1e nomination and t he subject of this re[...]ind the con- at Prescott. Ariiona; and Ca\'e, :t resident of Med-
tract for a fine new bridge[...]as ooc of the ablm attorneys in Madison
marriaE::e .with Mi» Minnie .£. Parmenter, who was[...]unty : attofncy,:
four arc hving: Lorenzo. Minnie E., A'ngeline and in which c-.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (386)[...]of
the nlarriagc of Mr. Dun(.ln to Miss Hortcn$C E. opportunity from Montana. He sett[...]er other cnte(Pnscs of considerable importance. H e is
Falls, Pennsylvania, and loeated in what JS now Dawson president Of the Montana E3.stcm Telephone Company.
county, where his[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (387)[...]mother, who was be.fore her marriage Sarnh E. Miller,
GooR<:£ MILU::lt HA\'S. A man who[...]l tartcd in 1883 as a making her ho1~1e in Billings. Hi~ father, , John L'.
deputy county[...]hich he rcm3incd continuously for over thirtv-fh·e
previously completed hi, education in the hi.s:h[...]which he is a past master; to Billings
After the e.-c;piration of •his terr:n in that office he wa[...]p-.ut potentate of Algeria Temple at
election was e:uil!,' acl,ie\•cd. Mr. Hay.s was the first[...]scc.ured, by institutions built, b)" commerce promoted.
trc.asurcr of Montana. T hiS- ncccMitat[...]or Since 19()3, •
four years and then h e made his second retirement[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (388)[...]~ilcd foT America, :arrh•ing in thinkc:th no e,•il." ·
New York City, August 29[...]for eight ~:us llooher. the present c3p:1ble and e.stccmed police judi·e
:i.nd in 1SS2 went to Burlington, lowa, where he[...]Martha (Updegraff) Uoohcr, the fortncr a nati,,e or
as the first relidcnt priest at Fort Benton.[...]d with h:ird ship his nati,·c county, on which h e has since c:nlar{::ed by
and danger of every des[...]a.sion diligent study and cx.tcnsh·e reading. Designing 10
he traveled from midnight[...]and other laborious occupations, b\lt :di the
h e <:.lme to Ha,·re fo t903, Since the latter yc:n[...]iro\1s of makin,i:: a strike and so rendering:
h e manaJ:cd to h;we the sisters of St. Francis assum[...]Ourini:: his leisure time Father Ebcrschweiler is e n• he w;1.s cl«:tcd to his' prc$Cnt POSi[...]duties of his responsible and 1rying
Fath~r E.berschwcilcr exercises a conun:indin~ in-[...]ther from ;'111 and comoclled the respect e\'cn of the unlawful. Be-
instmctwe hom:\[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (389)[...]n
it by a long and 00nsistcnt membership in th e Miners' his chosen vocation have given him a comp[...]inew of the country, a nd arc its productive forc:e in libcr..l views and public spirit he has served[...]f
of being commemor:u~ than the one whose n:tn,e here the Mystic Shrine, at Helena : and grand s.t[...]its fraternal, busines.s a nd pub- of th e Grand Chapter Roya l Arch Masons of Mon•
lic[...]be
and he is mentioned :is a particip:mt in t11e distribu- erected i n the state.
tion of lands[...]r. A llen has justly earned
Allen w~s born :it E ll.s worth, Hancock count)', that the respect a n[...]young man removed do th:it who have neither the r e.spect nor confide nce
to Roxbury, M:tssachuseu[...]an any other, is due the conti nued
''<"3fS, H e was 31.so f)romincnt in ),fasonr)·. In poli11-[...]in l\1ainc1 where he spent h is whole h(e. Abbie was
Htnr)• Cfay A llen married Mi[...]-ars of 3.ge ; Frank
H:ittie ;\_!;, who is th e wife of Frank Gardiner and H,crh-c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (390)[...]lroad
ring in the early sixties. Of their fo•e children, three comf)).n,i cs for freight char[...]ely: Mar)' Frances.. ttJc wife of the ranB:e between the Missouri and Yellowstone
\V. H. Vor[...]until 19<>9, :ind is the owner o(
w3s but twch·e years when he completed his educ:,;- imp[...]otc.hluss, who was bom
kept this buffalo until h e reached; Dodge City,. ~nsas, in Connecticut,[...]d it was n«eU3ry to picket this union h.a\'e been born 6\'c children: Edward \V.,
it with 3 r[...]of the forccfol and productive men who h:a\'e rhade
with the Indi:lns, and his tenacity and in[...]e Volunteer Ca\•:tlry. In one <>( his e ngagements the
invited Powder F:1ee and h[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (391)[...]ondon, England, who w:as born in 1 ~, nnd
a nah,·e of England, <hcd when fifty•fh•e years of age, her death occurr[...]Samuel 0. N. C. · Lydia; Josephine, the. wife of E. N.
he took a course . in the ~rdincr Business Co[...], 'Ire-
Ser.-inton Stove \Vorks. In t88o he remO\'e<I to Oead• land.[...]business. the firm mime b«ominlt' Miles, Stre\·e11 ing.stont... where he found[...]Myers J:Srothcrs, and during the next fi\'e years \,•orked
Ogden, Utah. Mr. Ulmer purch.:1s[...]s: and Miles Cit)' Ulli\'e from P3rk county in the grneral 3$scmbty. In
Lodge, No. 537, B. P. 0. E. In political matters he is[...]ship of his fell ow men, and has taken a.n acti\·e
ter of Charles :ind Prederitka Brown, both of who[...]:as been sent to nll p:uts B. P. 0. E.
of the c-i\'ifo:ed world from the region to the[...]ooper) Gassett, who was born in \Vilkcs-
and more e1f)«i:1llr from the d istrict embraced in the b.-.rre. Pe,,ns>·h•ania, a.nd the)' ha"e four children : Violet,
Province of Ulster. How familiar arc the names!- Fannie E.., $.'lmuel O. N. C, Jr., ;_1nd Elizabtth R . )fr[...]Brady's acth·i1ies in the world of business ha"e been
Ferm.iiiiasi;h, ) -(on;i.ghan :ind Cava1,. c[...]d it.self on the side which behalf of e\'ery movement which he feels w"ill brinz
readers[...]: is ·rtcogniied :ts ooe o f lus
Scotch-Trish :u-e a proud race, a nd they ha,•e earned the «>mmunity's progreuh·e :tnd useful citirens a ncl :t$
pri\'ilete. The st[...]~s their birth place. The prtsem repre.sen1ati\·e DANlt:I. O,wJS, · fo the e lection of Daniel D:i"is 10
from PMk county in th[...]. C. Brady. of Lh•in.g-ston, w:\5 bom in Dunlea"e)' «>mmunity seeure:d an exccuti\'e who, although in
Honse. County Ooneg.'11, Trel:md[...]capable of handling :he m11111e1pal a ffairs of this pro--
Or. Gcorgt F. Br:i.d,· w:u. bom :i:t Lifford. Count" grcssi"e community. a.nd is 1t:h·i11g his fellow-t[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (392)[...]bruary 16,
tion of much•ntcdcd reforms and th e assurance that 1795. Gcn e.ri l Bean was one of the early settlers o f
Red[...]d_, Maine,
lowed mining: throug'hout h is ~cti\'e (:l.r«r, but at th is June 1z, 1814, and at[...]cc under General Rufus Ingalls
:i.lso 3 n3ti,•e of £.n~land, and soon after their mar•[...]ford county, u nder the firm name o{ S . B, and e. 8.
to be employed as a miner until the fall of[...]t,·c all his to Sally H:tdlc)', also a nati\•e of Brownfield, who d ied
attention to the n ew[...]and in the b:\ttlc of Fort D-:i.rling,
the offi~e of mayor. Red Lodsi::c is now considered an[...]e attributed in a grc.'l.l de· 147 men who e-nlisted from ~ rownlicld during !he Civil
gree[...]at have been :\t umcnt, a m:i.gnitic-c.nt bron1.e st:ttue r epre,scnting the
the bottom of a succ[...]valuable when npplied to the .lffairs of a lar,:t:e munici- sc,·en feet , $ix inches high, and[...]( Daniel A. Bean Post, No. 100,
No. 742, f:. 0. E. Delie\'in~ in the broadening inAu- Gr[...]ngl.rnd. He Limerick Academy, a nd when h e was cightee1i years
:md his wife ha\·e two children. \Villi3m and Em• of age he left home and tr:w·e tcd wC$l to New Sharo n,
rich.[...]ith the Michigan Air
rendc.ring efficient servic:e in positions of trust and Lin: R:\ilro:[...]was const:tntly
fomi ly, mcmbtrs of which . ha\'e held hi~h st:itions in harassed by the I[...]y. ln the sprini of 18$3 Mr. Be.an
where they ha"e assisted in making history. Mr. Bean came to Glcndi,·e, Montana, an d here was engaged in
w:\S l[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (393)[...]dden in the wild sunRowers. After they e.stcd in the politiC<.tl activities of his distric[...]awa)', he mounted he retired from aeth·e busincu. and since that hme
his horse and we[...]e. :t1'1d thus far his efforts in that line ha,•e bttn
point he went to MontCrey, i\fcxlco, w[...]rcw-:irded with :'l ,•cry p1casur-:iblc dcgrc,e of success.·
· occurred in March, 19[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (394)[...]cating in Douglas eounty, and there he died in t11e
d1<' most prosperous men of the $late and head of[...]as the result of his own well- \\•i!e, born in Porter county, Pcnnsyh•ania, in 1825,[...]ic Douglas count)•. He wa$ but nin e years of age when
schools up to the a~e of thirteen. and then went to his fat[...]e and cattle, but he still ga\·e the greater pan of his attcn•
important establi[...]cy. In lhe fill ing of prescriptions he has built
e;11led upon by his f ellow citizens lO serve a six[...]to Livingston Lodge No. 246, B. P. O. E., a.n<l' Yellow•
His father. now deceased. W3S[...]s a Penn.syh-ania, daughter of Charles E. and Elizabc:1h
farmer in Ganada; JoS<:ph. deceas[...]so her thrce daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Husted h::L\'e
GE<mCC W. Hust-.r.o. By reason of more than 15[...]ROBERT D;\\'JS ALTOS, M. D., is a nati\'e of Carbon•
the highest integrity and business p[...]r, H(1stcd's career His father, a nath•e of New York, and a graduate of
has" been spent in[...]road building in
:ittcntion. Mr. Husted is a nath'e of Sat1k Center, KcnH1eky. \Vh[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (395)[...]ixteenth Army Corps, Commanded
He takes an acth•e interttt in the work of the Park bf. General A. J. Smith. They r e-,enlisted as veterans
Count)' Mtdic:.I Society, t[...]ederates. Colon<I
Malonc. His father was a nati\·e of Center county, Malone, a t that t[...]aod it was not until after
the age of thirty.fh·e yt"ars. h.ta\'ing been the mother the ba ttle fo1d finished tha t he was diSCO\'ercd, badly
o f a lar~e fami ly, Francis ::\f. bc-ing the second in or-[...]d
a nd working on the home form in summer until h e esteem of all who appr«iatc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (396)[...]he w:i.s in .the gold_ and sil\'cr. ftt.lds ~f e.a.use they symp.athitcd with the colonists in thc[...]c.ago, Milwattk~ & S1. Paul Ra11r03d, as tr?vchn,e:. the English navy, He was able ~o dc[...]for this r<>,1.d to eovcr all the small \'e5Scls for Aaron Burr and Harman Blenncr-
tcrritO[...]hi-ch they started down the Qhio ri\'cr,
with l1e3dqu:irtcrs i n . Hcl~na, Mc;mtana, a capacity jn[...]na, JI. rcgimcm. Ja1nc-s V. a.nd Muy A. (l.e3pcr) t>oncr hid
linois, and tl1e State Norm;i.l Sc:hool at Carbond.1lc, ei[...]dent of the oublie schools of Jack-
S37, B. P. 0. E.[...]se}·. Mr. C:asey, wnosc birth oc- J1e returned to Lebanon, Ohio, and taught two years.[...]w-as $pent in 3,gricuhural pur- hours in e'lrcful $t1.:d}', being well prePQrcd to enter
sui[...]died at the age of the offices of John E. Smith, a prominent attorney of
$evc-nty yc.ars.[...]• crnor Potts, who had for twel\'e years been the incum•
lone, it may be s.aid tha[...]hip with Judge J.
tha t sensiti"c care whic.h has e\•er kept it far above \V. Strt\'cll.[...]Thomas Jefferson Porter, whose long e lected ¢Ounty attorney, a.nd the excellent servi[...]imself. He w:u the Rcpublica.n nominee for
a nati"e of the lh1ckcyc state. hoh1 in~ been born No-[...]opub.tion in
James V . Porter, a lso a nati,•e of Ohio, passed his the state. Mr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (397)[...]:i.s before
with the I. 0. 0, F., the B. P. 0. E. and the K. of planned, wCJ'e not made. Nrain Mr. Scarles :and Mr.
P., in a[...]d to the Rimrocks, out of riAe range o the
E. PALMER StAJU.ES. The pres.ent generation has Jnd[...].s endured by the early pio- com_pclled to kill a e31f and cat the meat raw. No shcl~
neers of Mon[...]y, whom it was afterwards found had become
ha\'e tran.sformcd ranch life to such an extent th:it l[...]nd the camp was iccord.ingly pitched in the 5:l.$'e
:'lnd foll of thrilling t:<.ptriences, is E. Palmer Searles, •brush, where the lilt.le band[...]was also a natl\'C of Ontario, and until 1S,s6 e;.,;rr1ed on remain longer in their position ag·r[...]at afternoon, little the worse for his thrillins: e:i:.-
· one of the children being dc~ased.[...]The forc:going is only an in.stance of the
E. Palmer SC':trlcs rccci"ed his education in the p[...]prol')Crty. \Vhcn he was twenty-two years of M'.e he conQuercd and the State developed into a great com-
left home and went to the tity of Fond du L.1e, \Vise-on• mercial ~nter. For many years Mr. SC[...]20,000 inches, but in 1,908 he retired from acti"e Jife
terminus of the railro.,d, and from that p[...]es mo\'cd on up the lings Lodge No. 349, B. P. 0. E.
Yellowstone to the present site of Park[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (398)[...]Thomas Carleton, was of Scotch-Irish an~try, ~mma E. Gage of Dover, New Hampshire, who is a
his pater[...]er have bcc.n born to the un.1on.. n,c son, Frank E.
later their own fami ly grew to manhood and woma[...]ontana. The dauihtcr Marguerite E.
belonged to one 6f the best rami1iC$ of old New[...]After bringing into the world a family of twel\'e chil- were ' joined in marria;:c durinsr Fcbruarr[...]\'ed Los Angeles, Californm, where they stil m.il<e their
her oy scarcd.r, a year.[...]o arc fo•ing in )l."tinc. Mr. :md Mrs. E\'ans Carleton ha,·e their residence
one in Mauachusctts and the son,[...]ndiana h3s contributed many
good old New EnJland. E\•c-n he passed his boyhood men of eminence in v[...]na schoob. It wa.s under his deft career he held $e\'cral oublic trusts with entire sati$-
hand tha[...]From this office, in 18o1. he wa.$ ;.tdmitted to ~e came a pioneer 10 Switterland county, Jndi:tna bc[...]McHenry, was
ftue-nce, he w3.$ eleeted, in this e3se, on a fusion ticket. also a. n.ative of Pennsy[...], where she and her hu$band were united in mar-
E ngland conservatism and :uxurate knowledge of par[...]n Switzerland county, and on~ year in Cra.nt
l!e was a powerful factor in the form:u ion of[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (399)[...]. In 18c)o Mr. Collins bccainc
its institutions e,•er being of the staunchest so-rt. co[...]him there, he returned to Miles City
of his 1in,e was de,·otcd to oro{es.sional practice. which an[...]f fa i1h of the Republican t':att•·. but in la1e re;i.rs he of the United Sta tes· Foiest Rescr"c[...]1903, he was identified with the lh•e stock brokerage
On December s, iS6o, he laid[...]after the thin;~$ Ohio. who nKwcd to lllinois in e.;i.rly life. there engaging
1h:1t made for harmo[...]some years he. has held the
re::-ding-.. Don't 8e a Parlor C:'.\r,- Be the Eng-inc." office of depu[...]mber o{ Crusader Lodge No. 7,
.every stage of his e-arecr, as llis mouo indicates, he Kniri;ht[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (400)[...]be-en of such a n for the further e nlargement of his businc.ss. It had
cxtcn,sh•c[...]putation for bride exchanged :t o:tlatial home in E ngland for a
honorable deali,ng with his fello[...]the Northern Pacific to e re<'t $lock )'Md$ and install
Jt w.'ls int[...]sinc» with which it w.'1$ supposed he month.$ of e.ach other. He has owned as high as 2QO,•
woul[...]res of land in Texa$, in addition to his o ther
e\'er, he lc:\rncd of th e great opportunities awa iting ,·ast l[...]s its outscrowth. is named
of !'.\.tr. \Vibaux's e.u l)• c xpc:ricncu in the new country. Rou[...]n the company :\nd a
delibcrnte.ly c.hose to li\'e on the wild llanos or Amer- member of t[...]the mss>«tion of children. Through his initi3lh·e the good
few weeks at his dispos..11 in the muc,[...]mm~actions of the great market ; learning wh at h ee nterprise a nd rapid growth, Mr. W ibaux's career[...]ts.
dttails of his business. D uring the next 6\'e )'cars he but each stt•back has onl)' had the e[...]depends e ntirely upon his own jud~mcnt, lie is ::i.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (401)[...]HISTORY OF MONTANA
timc-s ready to rccoinia:e another's right to :an opin• slant. I[...]of four years. In 1806 he wu Montana's mem-
i i:e:n with civic pride .is one of nis chief chu:actcr[...]p::trty were sig111I, e.xtcnsivc and highly appreciated.
Mr. Wibaux[...]is a nati,•e of Lancaster, Ohio, and the daughter of
Hos.[...]inent and serviceable, and
a nd de,·otcd to t11e intcrcSls of th3t s«tion of our his m[...]p<>Jjtieal mat1ers he is
. has in industries and commercee:lop- tcnstic of genuine merit..
mcnt of th[...]·]. Cni\JU..£:S. In naming the re:pre:scntati,·e
lower schooll, entered the low:,, State Uni,•[...]resident
He c:tmc here in the fall of that )'e.tr and h::1s cw:r of tbc Miners ~\'ings Ban[...]rcm:iin obdura te dist rict of his nati\'e country, was connccted with min-
to his pleadin[...]cl has a high reputation for his legal h e was married. and in °1868 remo,·ed to C::tlifor[...]and skill in a ll of t he :i.djoiniflA' sbte,. H e family following him the next year. After s[...]im. in his efforts for its • ~ at t.he a,e: of sixt)' -Onc years. He came of a
irnp[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (402)[...]e ye.ars
f rom a moderate beginning to become on·e o f Butte's of :ige he earned his fir[...]- interest in a grain commission hous.e. During the
known bank has not only given 1t :i.[...]as a Butte miner. In 1885 he went to Georgc-
1,912e In ~ lilies he has alw:,,ys been a stalwart Repub[...]Fair As•
ber o f the Sih·er Bow ·3nd Country e1ubs, the Knights sociation: a me.mbcr.[...]unwavering Republican, and has held numer-
Lanie E. Bowen, a n3tivc of California of :welsh de-[...]term. He was sergeant at.arms during the twe.h,•e SC$•
high personal character h.:ts been evidenc[...]$On) Dodson, the former of whom was a nath•e of
land, and at the ~c of eighteen years c[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (403)[...]who is marricd a nd In 1SSJ, Owen E\'ans c:unc to Montana a nd loc:i.tcd
resides 111[...]·up. and there he and his wife h.\\'C e\'cr since resided,
and died a t 1:-r«fand. Penns[...]'C.'HS-, was married to Bertha Lewi.s O. E,·:ins atte,nded the public schools of Uti~ .
Ma)[...]dmitted to
Hotel, was born :u P:i.lm)·ta. PonAA"e COttnl)'. Ohio. the bir. lie a t once[...]December, 1895, when
1S27 a nd when a young mnn e::une to Ohio :md set- he came to[...]t led on :a farm there. He made a s~ciahy of fo•e F. FOrbis. One ytar later he wa$[...]rbis &.
en;:ast'<I in that work. His wife, S.uah E. Wilson, £\·ans. This fi rm acqu[...]born August :u. 1907.
cities o f simil.:i.r si>:e iurther cas1. The consi:rnt open• ln hi[...]of Elks, a nd social!>· be-
ins: i, so auracti\'e t() the IMttr as ~n ufMO•d:uc pb.ee lon[...]r\u.t:-.- ]. STooGu. Tn th e beautiful and fert ile Ju~
L,.w,s O. E,-.,:-:s. One of the repre.scntativc bar• d ith basin country. and e-si,«i:llly about the town of
rineri o f die s1:i[...]countr)' :it its form;1.ti\'C e1IO('h. when nature's wild-
;\fr. Evans is a u~[...]dence:. he h~s w@n a olacc of d1Min(ti"e influence and
N'ew York, the lauer being a dtsctn[...]n the community,
prominent old i::u nilits o i t11e Empire s1att'. ;l dau,ghttr '.\fr.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (404)[...]dcs ~nd friends, 6ad worked together
years he was e mployed in a store, ~nd the re-st of the i[...]nd drove He js one of the 3cti\'e members of the Stanford
thro,-gh to Bo:icm an. Mo[...]he also he h as consistently refused :my e><:rsonal political
1ricd to m3kc some monc>• wi[...]moting- the welfare and efficiency of tl1e public school$,
Pacific, con.uruction on which ha[...]s arc waiting to be i mproved.
him,-and h:is ne,·e·r left these sttnes per·m:mcntly from
that day[...]onsccu1h·c
his store to -this J):lacc, and at th e same time organitcd years. He was one of those[...]oiin Henry, a na th·c Virginian. and was
self tl1e prine:i1,:il rc.sponsibilitics of the home farm,[...]ptly engaged in
them · were n:i.ti,·es, and tl1e father was c_n gagcd in the practice of his[...]was alrc.ady well and favorably known as an e nterpris-
age of forty-one. The mother li[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (405)[...]lt was not until 1883 tbat did not e3re what politital views he held, for they
Judge H[...]fa.
H is highly satisfactory $;tt'\•1ees on t~e l>cnch rcs1.1lted m1hir with the old a.nd excitin[...]imited to but a few years, for
uuqualilicd rcsJ')e<t of all classes, and his oonhnuc;d it a tender a[...]tin valley, remaining there but a short time.
scn-e :i.s a plain., un\•:arnished statement of the r[...]ge Hcnr)' was held: of the e:,;rly ~riod named ..Two Dot'' Wilson. whose
"I[...]eantime he had s'avcd
state ele<tion, re..clcctcd e\'cry four years since tha.t time, consider[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (406)[...]tanford, !n~n, ~iont~n?, t3ki!"g tJ!e college co~rsc., a nd spccfal-
Montana, who is no[...]h the hard• through college., Mr. Keene e ngaged in a_sricultural
ships and dangers of earl[...]mained is active m pubhc affair" s.inc.e May :n, 1911, having
the home of Mrs. Keeton unti[...]ie life. This servc-.s but to in• th.e late John S. M. Neill, it is not anticipated that[...]e has ever known·. His con•
FiuNXLIN U. Ktt~E. Noteworthy among the nath•e-- ceptton of tbe political and econ[...]ear and de<isive, and be was a master in the wi.s e
tributing in every oossible war · towards its gr[...]nt,
tier life, but eventually bec:ime c.xtc.nsh•e land owners, and it was in the city of Du[...]$ now
one of the finest improved and most v.ihiab1e ranches ware, and in 1881 he[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (407)[...]stnted his home and the The editorial e:cpression whic-h appeared in the Ju.
center or hi[...]he held in Helena
Neill bcg:-in to take an ~cth·e hand in the Democratic and so well denot[...]yond a few brief weeks of
vigorous :tnd ~grcssi,·e leader of the Democratic forces. rest and r[...]or unworthy his help; none was so larg:e or :imbitious
Mr. Neill was a clo$C pers-ona1[...]:at \Vcsleyan t11t that Mr. Ncill ga,·e a large measure of his affrttions.
Uni\•[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (408)[...]cryice to his cit)' and his state. He fore$3w,
G. E. Ne,1II. Among many expressions of regret and[...]de\•elopmcnt of Montana, and he fabortd to ha\'e the
0. C., former editor of the /11de~t11denl, w[...]ual and
training. Yet he managed to keep ali,•e to the love of spiritual center of the sta[...]o f direct and forc,e ful words th:u O\'erpowcred his
c:i.l history o[...]could not introduce i
those whidl attended the e3rly ye.us of his adopted s.ubjtct to h[...]pl;ina-
state, Montana, he would. no doubt, ha\'e contributed tions. but he could sum up[...]the o ld-fashioned kind in would ha\'e made him · famous as a p.,rliamcnta.ry[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (409)[...]im·cntion and p:1Vcd with good det"ds.. be e-used aw3)',
scrvicc-.s of several writers peculia[...]foe of whose .strcngth he was E\'cn. in his boyhood the mysteries of the c3rth he[...]wo11derfut treasure: beneath our
was generous and e.hadtablc to an umuu.il d(grce. !"le soil[...]s no ueri6cc he would not m2ke For fh·e years he worked in the gold fie.Ids of Cali•
io[...]pted and returned at face \'aluc. sum,ing t~e control of ,the Hidden Tre.,.sure m_i~c. at
·[...]found him temporarily in Camp Floyd, Utah.
his wi(e !Ind son. was most touching and bca1.1t1ful.[...]xliibitcd not merely in words, bu~ m deeds of s_a e• tc.ntion. Herc he operated succcsslu[...]in lus 1883, he located in Butte wher~ h e beC1me ~04?Wn a.s the
bclo ,•ed task of de\'isi[...]. Larabie and the Mont.in.a Copper
son, George G. E. Neill. was bo rn to them, who has Co[...]C-iptain Couch have become .a _part of t~e lus~ory of
Couch is known from Californ!a to A_l:[...]nt2na. The smallest detail 1n c.o1,mett1on with t~e
half a ccntury it w2.s one: with wh.1ch to. ~nJur[...]notice. He pcrsonal_ly supervised the opening of e:i.eh
:rnd unm:1de fabulous fortunes and there wer[...]m1l)' Jom.td him JO Butte
life filled ,with :i,d\'e11ture., e rowded with discovery and
A History of Montana Volume 2 (410)[...]l as their linal authority o n all questions of
e,·cry foot o( the land is wn.tcred, On a commandi[...]commodious rooms is so skill• g;a"e him much satisfaction. H is drn,rity was individu[...]h took 3 keen dchsht m no man ever e:tme to him for as.s1st:mce or advice and
the br[...]nd, and there he met and married
During the e2rly days of h er state.hood, the captain a.[...]Minnesota and engaged in farming.
with his IO\'e of die human race made him alwa)'S a[...]Curran, and all arc Jiving at the pr.e scnt time.
A History of Montana Volume 2 (411)[...]stalw.-in men in the district and would tal,;e somcd1ing
rccciv('{). his education in the Michigan ~ubh~ school~, like 011e hundred :md 6fty pounds on his bad< and tarry[...]i\·i,~gston. He w3! rmp10)'Cd in \V!nston llrotl!e"s a \\'Calthy m1n. Even 1n times of[...]:hhn Lt1111bcr CompC:t.n), O!)e daf when he w~s on~ 1hc hill _working on some
L[...]i$..,;oul:l hut two Y'-'ars "ntil he: was elected e1t.Y tr;s• fool set those: c:abins on 6re."[...]).( Curr:m stirted his present bns11,e$.!· the
r~n Hatdware Comp:11[...]~,;re siicceu in conuut"r<:i:tl undertakings, But e\·tn Politicall)'. George is a ..dyed in the wool'' Otmocrat.
iiis acth·e p."trtidpation io b~1si1~t'SS has 1~ i~c~~~[...]g laugh
. . ., , . the d:.'\no-Jn e r of Gell. Joe Marion. will be he:ud for m:1[...]\s. 1"hc marr1:i.ge ':!t.ol~ ).h~ l~a who$e rc:.sidrnce is in MclstOnCc, is a comparati\•C'[...]. Mon•
~893 Mr. and Mrs. Curra1, ha\·e t~\'(? da~11;:htcrs, 1303 pi011eer, for[...]Wo rld Jl.oth he :tncl hi$ wife :i.rc of the t~,>e which .siblc :age. he has h:id the[...]Semin:i.ry, E.1.s1hamp1011, i\fasS3chusctts as :a prcpara•
"[...]nt.u until i886. ln that
the Cotur d'Alene mining e.:,,;C1tem<"nt.. . .[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (412)[...]where he has a lready gained 00111e WCSI and ni:adc bis plans a«ordingly, so tl1e
a rcprcscntati\'c d icntdc and is r«ognitcd :is[...]27, 1888, he wa.s united in marriage to Margaret E.
had puscd away in 1907 at t he age of fifty-nint[...]he: s«ond ·son, resides in Lewis-
Miss Maud Lc8e:iu, wbosc ~rents a rc rt.sidem.s of[...]tified with :ind Emma, a l.so li\'e in the State. The fonn er is the
the Rcpublic-:ut[...]r, one of the: succ,cuful ranchers of
an :i:cti\'e intcrttt. W hile a resident o f South D:akota[...]politics. He
and has so directed his life that in e:te.h of his IOC"a1iont 1s on~ of. t he[...]f such the most popular mcmbcr.s. H e wa.s t he choice: o f the,
qnal111cs that we arc[...]l•cUo_w s. l~c is a.~ ac.ta\•e member of the Judith club
$. ::ind Hannah L. ).la[...]oc.1cQ'. This., howc,·cr, only indicates t hat h e is fond
were born. John S. Junior, being the youn[...]86o. Four yc:irs the most o his e\·cnings. He has been a baseball
lat.er, h[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (413)[...]to ,•a lley.
Hckna with tlic first e,,.r load of hogs ever brought Eigh[...]in it, as he wishes to mo,•c to his. cxtensi,·e ranch ;ind
i\fr. Farris is a staunch Republ[...]ther points in this section of the state. e\'en knowing the lnnguas:e has become a wealthy and
In 1891 Mr.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (414)[...]olly by legal requirements and
\V. and Howard E., both born in Fcbru.iry. the fonncr w[...]that his wire h3S been a Reid, 3 nati\'e of Rice l..:'lkc-, Barron county, \Visconsin.[...]•
Conlon of Missot1fa, who was elected e:tcrk of the cir• The death of his f[...]two sons and two daughters, born to his e::i.rner and so to c.hang-c the fashion of his m1i[...]nlon, natives of He found l"Ongeni:tl e:mployment at the printing trade
Ircb.nd. The[...]4

necr5:. in this part of Montana, Jh_e mother wu brOu$ht that is now J:crgus co[...],,s. Some-
special training for business at a e<,mmcrcial college in thing O\'cr a quai-tc[...]publisl1cr. Suffice it to say that now the fi\'e cOlumns
court for M.issoula county, and on J~nu:uy 4, 19091 ha\'e become SC\·cn, all of home print. The office is[...]ent can
people felt that they could trust him e:ven in an off,ec sueccssfolly compete wit[...]ncqu."lllcd by :my similar one in
wh:ch thtr, e lc«ed him. His s;oursc in the performance[...]~trie:ity, the 1rgus being the
taken in their e:stimate of him, and has fully justified[...]

A History of Montana Volume 2 (415)[...]sie £dwards, who has made his house.hold :u1 att~e
denomination in which he w:as brought up :ind is still ti"e place and who. like hicn, is intcrcst<'d in all t[...]nd so long resided.
John E.. bolh residing in [.,twistown, where they were[...]ac1or in ti~<' lifo of Whit<' land. 11,e mother likewise li\•«l to ripe old :age. being
Sulphur Sprmf:s, h1s p.,rc in the m-:my•s1dtd life of 1l1e 1wc-h·c ye:.rs p.'\St the psal,rii[...]vity.
interests :tnd Ins sound Judi;::ment, h:a,·e brought to him
prO,S,J')(-rity :md his life dcmo[...]from the beginning to the present mo1ue1u . E\'<"r)'•
w11hout :i record or the career of t hi[...]res ted from forhme
William Wellm:m is ~ nati"e of Quincy, lllinoi1,, his .I.( t[...]casur<'.
:i.born twel'lty•threc )'(':trs of :ts;e, w11cn he $1:utcd out Rudolf ,·on[...]n his
Jlo1.<"ma11 w:u his first 1.11rryine pl:l<'e in 1hc T reasure :spare time wo[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (416)[...]r 1893, and after a thorough cxpcric.n<:e with well-known
from Fergus and Valley counties.[...]rnard College, istown, and opened up t11e pr.:ictiee whic.h has with the
in New Yor[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (417)[...]as c1_ty Mr. Peeler was its chief cx«uti\'e, and it was with
attomc_y of Billing$. In 1902[...]ed States Voluntter Cav• Commer~e of .Kalispell. Thts institution "-:3s the prod-[...]The other of'f1Ccrs of the Bank of Commerce beside
In 1SS6 Mr. Herford was united in ma[...]during this time been, connec,ted wnh ~·~r1ous e11ter,, o f this county, :ind has dc\·ote[...]is a man who nC\'Cr secs an obstacle to any mo,·e in the most cconomiCll and :adN,ntageo[...]who is now ,a bookkeeper in the Bank of Commerce,
Jifc in :1g:rieultur3I pttrsuits. He di[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (418)[...]186o, the son of Nathan and R uth (Good-
1883- E;ght children were born to them, one of whom[...]in Illinois. They were- the parents of thrc,e childrc.n
bu.siness for himself. The ranch whe[...]0£ thirteen Albert J. Ing-r.iham at•
time h'e fornied a partner-ship with T. C. Power &[...]enton. They continued in associ:uion . l'!e rcachcd th;it age left horne and from then until[...]n
son, another nephew, as vicc-pres.ident, the e:omp~ny is 1883 he settled at Miles City,[...]lnJr-aham is a yeteran of the Spanish-Amcncan
e.st figure at all times, man)' shipments going dir[...]been a member of the board for eleven ye.ars. H e
January 20, 1905, also in school; and[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (419)[...]cn, his birth his- mother, Cc_lcstme Bourquin, rt8e Ducray, born in
ha\'ing occurred in Butte, May 27[...]the distnct court of the state
one of them 'being e:ipturcd by the encm)' on· the b,.ittle- for Sike[...]Mr. John R. Barta was mon sch ools of his nati,•e vicinity. He was twenty•
a.ssistant cou[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (420)[...]Owing to the entreaties of his wife
sham; Elmer E., a carpenter of 1crry; Robert S.; and and childr[...], ancl the
time and atte11tion h:aving alwiy.s bc-e.n demanded by Masonic Order a.s well as his famil[...]records extant show Cre:tdy, B. 0. Pritchard, and E. H. Butler. He wu
that he is a lineal descendant[...].
glish knight, who came to Americ.'l in the very e.uly '.'.fr. Towne being of :tg<', 3nd a.lr[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (421)[...]n. During the winter of 1NS4-S5 he was
tn 1887 _h e ~ ·:i., .aonuucd to the Montana bar. pas.sing ~m[...]ing of 1$85 he entered the employ of Nicholas
Jj~_e.s., nod was c11g.1gtd in the practice of his prof[...]1888 Mr. Fr«m:tn b«ame pri\':tte sccret:iry to E. plMt. He rtl3incd the pos.ition of m:1;n:is;:er[...]scrv1pg h~s. third tern, in that Position bears e,·idcnec PoU, lawn ..-a~s, etc. Thus the pl.ant b[...]ncry. Each
dutrc-s de, -oh•mg upon him in this e.1.pacity. fo rward mo,·cmcnt[...]n is a mc-m~r. PMI exalted showed the progrcssh•e spirit of the ma,nag:er and his
ruler, and prese[...]elected him a rcpre~
u one of the progrc-,ssi\·e men. of Ht!ena and the st~tC;, $Cnl3tive in the l[...]ry. flis father; John Bray, was likewise a n:iti\'e of representative in his capacity as rC1)rcsentat[...]1d careful study Lodge, No. 9, A. F. ~ A. M., whi}e he..has at~incd the
of 1hc \"2rio~1s proccs.scs[...]l Lodge, No. 2; Helena LodRt. No. 192', B. f:. O. E.;
JS&, in tbit )'~u becoming c.onnccte<[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (422)[...], as a bookkttper. public office.
1\delc E. i$ attending the Helena high school.[...]:npentcr; Tr.wis; :'Ind Mr$.
W ills is a nati,•e of Clark count)', Kentucky, .ind was W[...]ker and 1s eng:\gcd in the cat.tic ;i.nd
of fi\·e children, of whom three arc now living: Sim(>•[...]ly proud. "rhe fam1I)· 1s one of
boyhood 11:a,·e, evidence of possessing a true Kentuek1.;'ln's[...]n in this put of the stite. where its mcm•
IO\'e for fine horcs. \\fhcnc,•cr he could find time[...]ti,•e and he has won a fair amount of succtss in the
t[...]usiness projects to which he has devoted his
the e3valry of the Federal ~rmy, ."Ind later they en•[...]\ttention.
gaged in purchasin$t" c~,ttle for th·e government. \Vhtn In the e.ity of Toronto, f)rO\•inec of Ont,uio. Canada,[...]me :t farmer and stockman of note. He passed
the e.,ulc business in Mont-ana u.ndcr the name of the[...]place UC'! to that age '3nd for the
(fa1~~ttr. ·E:"a, the ba.by of the fam ily and an cx«l-[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (423)[...]n's Can)'On. much business prominence, might ha,·e passed his en•
Mr, :rnd Mrs. Gleeson bet:\mc t[...]e li\•ing arc his honored father, but would ha\'e missed some of the
I.«> :rnd )brian. who ire at[...]n the corner of him in the great west, to which h e c:amc in 1883. Mr.
lofain and Pc-nnsyh-ania a,·[...]Mc of seventy•sevcn ytars, in 1000, He married E lita•
C:u,;1(1:l when onl)' n child, as l1is p[...]i.s app:trtntly :. hc-:i.hhy one, 3nd c-ondu('l\·e to lon- the highly c.st«mc:d r c,idcnts of J:tmc[...]ollows: Elm3r S.; Hir:i.m V. and Charles
the :is:e of se,·tnty-five. Hc-r maick·n name w:i.s $..,r[...]n to follow that o«u()a• 1ion to produting fin ee ightct1l months worked on 1he T hompson
ltttcd[...],gc :md cl<pcrienccs. In farm, coming to Glen~i,·e. Monuna, in No,·cmbcr, 1884,
188.s. he d«idtd[...]d to Monta.na and
and has. conti1u:ed to cnlar1:e and to impro,·e his pl:u1t en~cd in the s;i;mc busjn1:ss i[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (424)[...]; sheep, a branch of his business which h e conducted
the Herrick & Duplisca. Land and Livest[...]he has now removed with
he is president; and the E:utcrn Elevator Company in his family to[...]elf early in life with the
ing c:mphasiied by his e:cedlcnt business jud1{ment. In copper s me[...]e of the su«c.ssful r3nchers in when sh e was fifteen years of a.ge. John F. wM the
Beavcrh[...]e an.d after a time was able to buy the confi~cn~c 10 every war. Po1itically, he is a Republica[...]1670. Entcrpnsc No. 40, and the B. P. O. E. His residcn« is
They remained in the Big Hole B[...]ent.s bought a home that their organiz.e:r and an cxccuti\•e, and a man posse5Scd of
children might hav[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (425)[...]r. Dempsey C. ~forris, is now pioneer li!e sue<:cedcd in hewing a home from tlic
ntircd fro[...]n, and is living wilderness. .Subsequently h e embarked in the U w•mill
nt his home in New Sha[...]s old, when and she died at the age o! e1ghty•6vc years, h3ving
he went to South Dakota.[...]ear, in ,,)umber. sash, doors, shing1e.s, lime, cement and
:'lnd w:,,s immeJi:ttcly mad[...]g:iincd into lorol afTnirs through ser\•ing 01,e term in UC$$ section paved a nd many mode[...].ate for the office of stale lr~surer in 1912. H..e is a
nC-Cr$.[...]umber lings. Lodge. No. 394, B. P. O. E. .
of blooded horses on his r[...]t people realize.
llAkL.AN J. Tno).lrSON. 0 1,e o{ the ltnge· and pros• and the[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (426)[...]Sydney L. Foster is a rcpresent3th·e of that finc.$t type of the modern
was born on[...]cs•
state. his popularity has a rown with th.e ye~rs. He no,w teemed citi:tcns of Butte ha\'C no[...]h he entered the Collgc
word :i.nd judgment ha\'e _greit weight with h is many of Montana, at Deer ~ e , fro1n which he was gradu•
friends . and ad[...]<l tOw:,rd the ated in 1&>5 with the degree of M. E. Returning .then
.a~stolical faith of the Prote[...]ossessor of a \'Cry good \'Oic:c,. he is popu- ha"e since conducted ably and $atisfac:torily, being[...]r h::1s also mining interests of.his own.
deri\'e the enjoyment th.at comes . ,from a. culti[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (427)[...]• 81smarck Jn the spring he e·nlistcd in the govern•
1cst:1.nt church.[...]Barker was 18$1, s«ing mu('.h 3Cti\'e ser,•ice :i.nd r -ssing through
born in fow:&,[...]he hu re1m1ined continuously
re'<l home inRucnc.e, his mo1her's loving care .lnd wise[...]or he is indebted for 1cn1, On 3 n«e$$.3rily small sole-,, but w ith the ulti•
his suceess in life to his e.irly :i.ssoei:ttion with Messrs. m..'l.te[...]\'illage has grown until
oc(upics an :,,uracti\'e home :tl No. 8.a ..j \Vest G:'llena it i[...]sy :md
street a pleasant f'rt o f 1he (it)', whi e his business prosperous ei1y of H3rl[...]rchant of tht (i1y since itS Chou1e.iu counly. I n addition to the splendid business[...]tine eit)' r(:tlty. He owns 3 handsome home in t11e
dosely ide11tified with the growth of Harlem and[...]&t office. He has oro,·ed
with a rreirnl of the e,·ents of his life since the ye.a.r himself an :tblc exccuth·e, and the affairs of the city
18St), in the :autum[...]n of Adam l.. ~mith an acti\'e :tnd influential worker. He is a member of
and hi[...]1vc of 1he Bcne,·otem Proteeti,·e Order of £lk$.
Scotl:lnd, Md it is e ntirely prob.,ble that the generous[...]he w!II$ H:irinah Olsen. a nati\'e of Swedtn, and of 1his
veins of Charles Smith has[...]home for $0 many Tzo E. COLL1:-:s. One of Mont3na·s n::i.tivc: c.iti[...]O(~S!ons $herifr :ind treasurer of his county. H e was miah Collins. Howe,,er. Mr, Collins' inherit.i.n<e wu
a ,·etcran of the Ci\'il w;1.r, ha\'il[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (428)[...]some time spent with the Wabash ~e ha.s served his home community in 3 number o f
Nt[...]n count)' and state sen:itor.
ried lo Mi.» Letta E. Fittgeratd, 3nd together they A native of the fine old Empire Sl31e of the Union,
c.,;me to the wild $late, Montana,[...], 18(h, and he .is a son of Isaac and
fi rst su« e-$sfol new$p:i.pers in the st:,tc, the Fort Benton Hannah E. Bradt) Albright, both of whorn were born
River P[...]s1alwart Republit3,n ~nd J1c js an :,,cti,·e worker in
necr land companies of the state, as we[...]f the
\Vith such a rc«>rd before him 10 li\·e up to, 11 will bill creating an additional[...]he fiflh judicial
be re.-dily understood that Ted E. Collins' task of mtk• d istrict. He h[...]his united in marriage to 'M iss Frances E.. Gilbert, a daugh•
abilities. Born in Fort Ben[...]now a student in
1903. and then went to the Ceor~e \V:ishington Uni- Cornell University[...]1 ncially interested is the Marysville Gold E,:,i$C'Opalians.
Minin~ Company. and in th[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (429)[...]a n.Jhvc of Maine, and during hi.s 3cti,·e life sailed
varied indusuics and her r~nch intcrc[...]nci~Uy in
Years day of the year '1910. His wife, E li,:a Hay Hi_g- Minneapolis., attending fir[...]c: City Club. Broad and liberal
Two children ha,·e been OOrD of this marriage, William,[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (430)[...]ghters C'Ontanued here as a derk for lh•e yc-ars, when, in 1893,
Jive with their mother. E[...]is the son of William B. ibr$h, who w:is
19u, h e began to practic,c independently in Helena, and[...]e mind of the growing Ir.>)'
Mr. Rankin and Miss E-lizabeth \Va11a~✓ the dal18hter a realist[...]on of Litch-
of Townsend, for the 03st fourteen )'e:irs clerk of the field. Illinois. \Vhen a .small[...]ckly Pear valley. A few months later
wife-Of John E nderle, of Rockford, l Uinois·;. Edw:ird[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (431)[...]y fo r fihccn years durinJ which ti.rue he bccan, e ficial p,osition in Germany for many[...]. 1: urstnow was born in the p~vinec of
years. E , ·cn no w h e n:tains his mcml>crship in the 8rand[...]ers. his n ati,·e cownry w.1s a close friend and neig hbor o f
I[...]ed to Missouri and Baden, in the e:arly t>:'rt of 1&9 and had been forced
n1;1.rricd[...]he h:ad learned in h is n ati,·e country, He continued to
for gold in forty-nine,[...]the far west a trifle too l:itc, On his return 11e had ship with his son, August H .,[...]hi$ death, on November ~ 1910. H e was a member
where, during Several years, he had[...]., born in 1853, who lost his life in
to lca ,•e the road inc reased. He longed to bt so[...]of th.1t city.
maimn,g half, owned .u 1h:it tin,e b)' ;\Ir. Hays, and Albert F. F[...]purchased his brother's intc.rest tl1e tr-adc oi a saddler with his father, with whom he[...]fou nh tern,. A lthough a n acti\'c Rc- em e r the employ 0£ E.. GottJieh, wi1h whom he con- ·
public.a:11 in h[...]on with the Goulich est3blishmcnt, Mr. F urst-
O. E.. :ind Roy~I Highlanders.[...]ued. He is the designer and manu-
more than once. E,·en so he must ha,·c heard.[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (432)[...]Malone,
many shipments g:o to foreign countrics,e. their export Franklin CO\lnl)', New York, on[...]determined to start
City {M!gc~ No. S37, B. P. O. E., and Cru.sadcr Lodge-, out for himself.
No. 7,[...]t of the state. He was success-
age of sixty-fo•e. T hey had twel\•e children, of which ful in this task. but wh[...]Montana. This thri\•ing town owes its first b(:e3me a merchant, his stock of goods could be
very[...]the town has been taken alone would m.iJ.:e a good sized load. • Colonel Mc-
at the bthest[...]would prefer to live, and from this tin1e forth every-
but his honorable and honest methods[...]ich he offered, or· town. No slipshod struch1rd; e\·crything was per•
:in honest man stead[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (433)[...]priSt$ M the time o.f his ~cath.. He owned 1l_1e pro-
late ytars alw:1.~•s did more than ·:my o[...]d . ittg plant. lhe Plams Water Company, a1_1d _h e
when 1hc progr~si,•c movement c:unc i,Ho being[...]nd timber J:111d. It would be unpos.siblc to gi,·e
e moluments of office. r h c only public office tha[...]has been intcrcs 1ed a nd no 'doubt were h e alive h e
to which he was elected as 1hc first magistralc o f could scarcely cnumera1e them himself.
tht town. He only held the office a[...]wer,•ing in his faith as to itt future, ihrewd, e nter--
tween Plains and T hompson. T he older tow[...]s community and wes\crn Monta na· durin$:
that h e h3d just bec11 in a furious struggle with a[...]ault, no call upou
He was not only willing to gh-e to every indh•idual his abilities or m eans, looking to the development,
who :isked, but he s::a,·e liberally towards the e r«:tion prosperity and welfare of the communitr , wa.s e,·er
of c,·cry church that has bcClt built in Pl[...]o, moving to \ Viscon sin in pioneer days. Her si"e and importa nt busine:ss enterprises in which he[...]ught fortune.. All he made and all h e h3d was gained in
nothing or walking to t<>wn. 3[...]riding . He memory to S3y that, so largely was h e identified with
scnicd throughout t11e Civil war, fighting for the and so g rea t was his lo\'e for this community, so
Sb.rs :ind Stripes, and af[...]the loss of one of her
Plains had ever seen. ·n,e big store ;md the First most loyal citi[...]w ing, dipped \ V1LLtA).{ H . SMF.At>. E n ergetic, enterprising ·and
from a p.'tp[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (434)[...]the Proplc's ;i.nd 1hcy h:l\'C 01:e son: Gerald.
13:mk until ·1~ . when he- S13rlcd[...]D. Fc1mcr,
c rn part of lhe slate. At the s.·m1e time he became who is district m2n[...]own well directed cfforu.. He is :m ac1i,·e part1cip:i.ut
Mr. Sn,c:i.d w:is clcc1cd st:i1c $[...]d of the general ,,·<:Ii.ire h:i.\·•
1hc s1:t1e scn:\lc. Ueing then appointed United S1:itcs.[...]; ing t he grea ter part of his acti\·e ~rccr ).na for several
and \ Villiam Burton, enga[...]ce of C()tmty asses.sor of H ighbnd count)'. Tl1c
Commerce. a nd of the Bene\·okrit and Protecti\'C Or•[...]J:irie cs1atc in
ranches o f Cus.tcr count)' :u-e located on the banks of Ent;fand. Thomas[...]:\I. J. Cooncll Company cst21.>hshmc11t.
where h,e. ]lOw resides. Mr. K irwan belongs to tha,[...]try, re:idil>· nell Con,pany, ret31mng t11e 1:tttcr pos1t1on for a num-
ad1pt d,tems<:[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (435)[...]convcn• with a fou r year. collcgia1e course, a nd in 19()6 he was
tion is one of intcr[...]ture. On the whole, his tenure of office
Fav.o E. UucK is one of the younger enthusiasts who[...]bttn of a nature most satisfactory to the
bclie,·e in the unlimited rcsourC(S ol the great state[...]ambitious.
ing the highlr responsible position of e:ity engineer of nature, and h e has never been an idler. As a small
Mi.ssool:..[...]as one of the s.ubst:mtial . eioneers of the sta~e Mr. Buck 1s a stanch Progressi\•e and is always ac-
and enjoys an hono rable reputi[...]not appeal to him. He loves horses.- h e rides, dri,,es.
enjoying a r lc-:ising degree of[...]1879 at the atte· devoted in <1, g:-rcat m.e asurc to scientific works. Re is
of thirty-nine )'t'ars. She left two childrcn.-Frcd E. a member of the Masonic fr:uern[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (436)[...]hen spent !our years m the state college at .Bo:r.e- until about nine )"Cat$ of ag·t, when his p[...]tore. Whe11 he arrived in.Boicma.n preparatory to e,~1- Dr. McKay finished his public school e[...]ere he. practiced for thirteen years. In
legc hf_e at the s.ime time. The spirit \:,-'hich..ch,ir?,c[...]raduate of the Col•
we.II as the fOuogcst m3n e\·cr elected to a count)' leg~ of P hysici[...]f St. Paul, Minnesota, in age of s1xty•e1ght. There were but two children in
which dty M[...]o long been the scene of his acti,•ities
DAx1e1, McH. McKAY, M. D. Notwithstanding the a[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (437)[...]consce,1tl\·e year$. HC was a member of the Jllinols
Dr. ~lc[...]tr)'. e1t1r.cn of ~tonu.na.. ~e w:as born Jul)'. i · 1849, in
Mr. t:onnor w[...]unty, Aroostook county, Mame. T he )'e:trs of Ins boyhood
Vermon1, on February 19, 1852[...]t, and he mO\'ed to Ulinois in 1$57, fi"e years l.: ner, Idaho attracted him. He won an
sc[...]me in the m.\nagcmcnt of mining propcra
;,,cti\·e Republie:m :ind in Ins religious \'iews was a J.'[...]irs.t .born. Two of the . :'\Ir. T~•e:s ability in an. cxeemive way firmly cs.tab•
s[...]ather t;i.ught him the wagon-m.ak• and c1v1e affairs. He d1spl:iyed t:iet and gO<>d judg•
i[...]a. Un-
se,·en yc:3.fS of th:,t time being in the e-mploy of the der ·&tatehood he was a le[...]after :i space of six week:$ in the employ of J. E. nizcd as an adroit organizer; he was an[...]ontana
ab1y, the present shop being 5ox120 in s17.e. and a two• was at pc-ace, there was cordial recognition, by tho,e
SIOt')' structure. In addition to his smit[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (438)[...]industrial a nd financial world. Such as he ha\·e made ga\·e his aid to t he Progrcssi,..c 1>3rty, a fact whic[...]e: Mrs. Josephine (Gunderson) Fritz, a nath•e daughter
paid to him in this \\'Ork. From the d3.[...]ver. fhc present out put
lc,we his home :1nd nMh·e
A History of Montana Volume 2 (439)[...]ta!'a has l_1 tenlly spent h is. e_ntire Jifc in and around
mcrdal Club :i.nd of t[...]Ireland, ~vho came to America before his marri33"e
affairs of the county.[...].1t Fa.Us, Mont3na, a_nd .spent t~c g!e3tcr. pa_rt of his !if~ at mining opera:
.to · Mi[...]igc when his parents dcetded America when sl1e was sixt~en years old. Her marriage
to go back to the e3$t. A two-year stay across the range to[...]abit :ind so they came to Montana in 1884 and ha\'e she was livios: in Butte with her so[...]. but went into the lead district in northern
wl1e11 he e,:,mc to Montana and there engaged in mining Illinois. For thirty•6\·e yC.us he was a practical miner
until his death a[...]onl3na.
pcrm:mently and so (ame to Lewistown, wh,e rc he has The po-sillons wh[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (440)[...]ion and proper samtation in the ments of e\·cry kind. An alen, far•.secing business man
q[...]is complete knowledge ot the po~t~1mt1e-S, but his dealings have ~en· of a strictly
matt[...]y, whose in 188o, in Iowa, to i ·Jiss ~Ilic E. Brooks, who while
Jicadquirtcrs arc at Dcn\'cr,[...]d at home with his family. Mrs. \Valsh 1s a nath·e Mr. Brooks holds memberslup in no p.a.ni[...]ith the
daugh'ter. of Hugh McGuire of Jo Daviess e.ounty, Ancient Order of United Workm[...]ke the great
own adv:tnccment, and as they h3\•e been his sole literatcur. the subje[...]n3turc loving people, con•
mi,::r~ted from the e3st to Iowa about the year 1847, tented i11 their northern island hon1e, of whom John O.
set1lin.R i]l Linn county[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (441)[...]sun·c,· through- ter of W1lh:im :ind Ar1n:e: ·Flcm1og, and 1hcy share thcfr
out Montana :md[...]eph Man•
tri«, the daugl11cr, is now Mrs. Rose E. Allen of ning we find that he received his educa[...]tion he still fills st:u,ding of this p;irt of 1l1e west. '
with much :tbil[...]f M:ix and Augusta (Lich•
ch:tt there is no 011e more loyal to her interest, and her tcnburg) Scho[...]Michi~an. He :iccom03nicd his
fo•c years of as-e his P3rcnts b:adc farewell to the parent$ to Mont[...]n he
could, until 1~5, when the s1.1bj«1 rcmo,·e:d to Jcff<'r• faunchcd into the bu$incss world[...]C<'lltury he: h:a.s ciatcd with him in the :tbo\·e business. controllinsc a
c_\·er s ince m[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (442)[...]shar~s in the high regard
He is a member of th e Masonic order. in which[...]$,' and her establish• The m.arriaf}e of Mr, Bc:nnctt took pl:i.c.c in Dillon,
mcnt ha[...]'1
cspceially well adapted for this lradc, as sh e has all M. Leonard. She was the daughter[...]ating people two sons and a daughter, th e subject o f thi.s sketch
A History of Montana Volume 2 (443)[...]e public schools of Olivet
ABRAHAN Louis $TO::-:E was born in Auburn, Shaw- then ~ook[...].
course. He earned his first money as a boy at t~e age There were two c.h1ldren in the ci[...]des on the old homestead in U.we1tworth county
i..e:wcnworth county, . Kansas, ,and w,lilc t~us engag[...]eship
3 mong the chief assets under the scu1danc:;e of Mr.[...]\•
interest in the work. He is a member of the _E lks and conda and started in business f[...]olitics. Mc was COUl}tY in the state. He e,3tcrs to a representative and discrimi-
:;~perin[...]being third in
3nd was ch.iirman of the ex«uti\·e committee: fo 1909• order o[ b[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (444)[...]ver, :1.nd )'OU will at once. own initiati\'e :i.nd with few of the adv,l,ntagcs that now
dec:.i<le it is the place to settle i nd Jh·e. It i$ a practic:,I smooth the pathway of ambit[...]th.'l n
Hson Davis, vice p iesident of the Dennis E levator Com• docs tlfe growing of sh[...]oted to this industry. Mr. Tompkins
portunitr.. H e was born on his father's _pioneer farm,[...]Pennsylvania, and died in 1883, in Tex:i.s, in th.e sixt}'- :1.nccstry, including Revolutionar[...]· .
Iroquois county, Jllinois. T her.e he engaged in the saw T he parents[...]. He was ne\•er a children there ai-e three living: :\r1hur C.; WIiiiam,
politic:tl asp[...]e he bee.a.me a man•
life :i.ssisled him in his e nterprises, afterward engaging or state p[...]to sheq> g:rowing m Yellowstone county, and
sidCd e,•er sinct , de\'Oting himscH to the dt\'Clopme1[...]n, He erected :m sheep, which h e ships to the Chic.,go market. He
elcv-ator[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (445)[...]h:at he Md tiis fat her made 1hc over•
a ci\lil e ng ineer in young ma nhood and in 1881 ~me[...]ompany :ind l:ttcr for the s.1.me in the e,;ulc busin~s in thc Texas P:inh:i.ndlc. :i.nd con[...]riding the range until thc 's pring of 188,s.. H.e then
Later he was appc,inted a United States cour[...]in Custer
ehildrc,i,. Mr. and Mr$. Tompkins h.a\'e two children : county to Judge C. H. Lo[...]O\'er their 3n«:stry there is Miss Rok E. Collins, who was born at Gr-and ~.le;i,dow,
C\'Cr)' rcascm to belie\•e that they will never be found Minnesota and five children ha\·e b«n bc,rn to them:
lacking in :tny elem~t of Amc[...]tive :ind ·scn·cd OJI C term ::it Helena.
faC-e d many hard conditions in the ~st :u,d who now[...]f the. board of commissioners of the Tongue
ha\'e t.\rncd suc~s, and, throusrh t11em, the rountry[...]crsoll seh·ed as president of the Mont:ana
ha\'e m..'lde homes an d forhules in the west long befo[...]e-
county Ohio, not far from the city of CIC\•e!And, m Rhinc on April 20, 1867. He d[...]en. the foul' survi\·Ors busine.ss th.e re :rnd became one of the leading mer-
being: J[...]e<J his home at Boone :ilthou.s;h :after ·1$77 h e St. Paul the boy continued to go to public S[...]accom~ni<"d by his son George F., he \'isited t11e \Vhcn Charles Fr:in2:ma:n left sc[...]Mo11tan3: HC
it. He was a highly regarded citi1:e11 while lh·ing at firs t loe;itc[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (446)[...]y a small one, situated at No. 65 the a;e of sixteen )'ears he enterc-d upon :ln appren•[...]S)0,3, Is attending Mc- Mrs. Grady ha,·e no children,
Kinley. school.[...]Wood• titude, prcfcrrin_g to gi,·e his support to men :tnd meas-
men's lodA:C and is[...]hich he is treasurer. He is a grtat lo\'cr oi lh·e
his associates. Motorin$:'.. hunting and 6$.hin_g[...]omplish osteopathic physicians of her n21i,·e state and is a
in Amcrie3, He is a self-ma[...]
A History of Montana Volume 2 (447)[...]loyalty and allegiance ha,•c at Pony, her nath·e town. and her success, has been
C\'Cr bten of t[...]nd s«urc in the hith esteem of all who which gi\'e-s her ~recedcncc as one of the leading .repre-[...]popula rit)'. She holds
Madison county; Allie E.. who is the immediate subject membcnhip in the A[...]chools of the vilb,scc of Pony afforded scntath•e social activities of the mctrooolis of her native[...]iting diS<:jplinc in 1908. at the venerable :i.i::e of• eighty nine years.[...]

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