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![]() | 852 HISTORY OF MONTJ\.l'IA until 186,s.. Theorists have drc-a.mcd of a h.appy country a des)?er.ad~ present but would have felt honored by blessed without 1hc reign of I.aw, but this is the only becoming his murde~cr, and yet1 fearless as a lio1l 1 he segment of the globe where the experiment was wit- stood there confron111:ig and dcJyin~ the malice of his ncs.scd. There were no national or territorial courts armed ad\·crs.:a.ries. The citizens of Montana, many for the trial o! controvcrJics or persons accused of of them his bitter political opponents, recollect hi[...]rcmendou.s consequenct$ (or good, was e,·er done of the republic, ,Yho had lived in the states where their than that of Colonel \V. F. Sander.s, when in the moon- rights[...], and met the remarkable cxig:cn.. light of Dccembc,r 2tst, 1863, after the miners' jury had cics of the times with pr.tctica.1 remedies.. Voluntary[...]by the nttk until offcrises after a spttdy trial of th6. criminal, and doubt- he was dead. It was[...]~ The miner's court Scores and hundrcd.s of bold· and rcdclcss men in the was a tribunal, p[...]C(lually who had bCffl c.l«tcd by the residents of a mi1,ing ready to shoot the man in th[...]meeting, from which none were t1i.suncu of o Mi.Jtionory Bishop, p. 123. excluded, that was[...]or fcarlessnc-ss :ind energy on the free consent of the governed and the judgments he displayed in the conduct of this trial; for it fur- Were executed by per$Oll[...]cxam_plc which w.ts not lost upon the law tions of a rightful official. Lawyers were pcrmitt«l und[...]Territory of the ruffi:Lns." Vigi/,011te Doy.sand WaJS,.[...]Vol. :a, p. ;,6. and .Mr. Sanders at the hearing of his fi.rs.t case gained Hon, A. K McClu[...]Who thus braved defiant crime in the very citadel of rc-spcctabtc clicntag:e. His residence and primi[...]ce its power, and J\urlcd back the fearful tide of disordc-r, were at Bannack, but the discovery and[...]onel Sanders, and he is today bclo\•ed by every of the rich placers of Alder Gulch ~sioncd eonfticts good cit[...]pro!cs$ional sublime heroism in behalf of the right." Tli.ru Thou- services 111 that locil[...]ve months aftu After the ex.ceution of Ives, December 21, 1863, there- the sojourn at Bannack, Mr. Sanders, w-:i.s a le.adcr of was a thorough org:mitation of the Vigilantc.s and the his fellow-citizens in eastern Idaho. doom of the road a.gents was scaled in blood. Mr. An awful chapter in 1he building of Montana must Sanders re-turned ·to Ba[...]be rt.ad to illustrate one phase in the character of this C.'t.Stcm Idaho was truly .saved. pion[...]s and robberies were discuss the policy of cstablishinJ: another territory,. perpetrated almost d;uly by an organization of assassins and Mr. Sanders was a. member of the committee to who defi«I with 3udacity the moral clement. Their obta.in the COOperation of the people of Alder Gukh .. chief was Henry Plummer, who had be[...]ion was successful, funds were. raised to dcfnl)' of the settlements within what arc the c<>untic.s of the expenses, and Mr. Edgerton was sen[...]ry, JS641 to present the matter to Congress. bers of his band. This cl«tion did not have the The result of the~ efforts w:iis the organir.ation of the sanction of law, but its Y3.lidity was not 9ucstioncd, and Territory of Montana, M~y 26, 1864, and Mr, Edgerton- the gra\•it)' of· tile situation un be rcad1lr understood. r[...]e, whether it were The election of a delegate · to the house of rcprc- possible to destroy these formid:i.blc pir[...]s was held October 24, 1864, and Mr. Sanders. aid of the strong arm of the government. These out- was the choice of the Union, or Republican pai;ty. He- laws in numbc.r and ree<>rd of unlawful deeds were made a gallant c[...]Joint debate with, never surpuscd in a ny section of the United Stat«.. Hon. Samuel McLean[...]fought. was the first test of the views of the dtiMns on public- George h ·es, who rnnke[...]ajority were opposed to the adminis- cnormitic.-s of his villainies, .iddcd to his list of mur- tration of President Lincoln and ~fr. Sa.ndtrs was ders the name of Nicholas Tbalt, a German. He was dcfe:3ted. :uresled by citizens of Nevada. and a _graphic: descrip- The first legislath·e as~mbly convened Dc«"mbcr- tion of his trial ha.s been written by Dim$dale, Lang•[...]iller, the reader will be directed to the conduct of Mr. San- Sanders .ind Stapleton commissi[...]ous occasion. In December 1863. Jaws of the territory. A measure of importance to, Ives sat in a wagon in a str~t of Nevada, surrounded all was entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the Historical by hundreds of armed men, m0$tly miners, who were Society of Mon1aru,'' and approved FebrDary 2, 1865. to rend[...]quc-.stion. An advisory The first meeting of the corporators was held Feb-- jury of twenty-four persons h.kd btm stlectM from[...]Virginia City, and Mr, Sanders was the districts' of Nc\•ada and Junction, who were to act e[...]gleaning 6e1<ls for historic materials, he found of that hour of trial was avow«lly ,v. F. Sanders. Not[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OFof rcfor1n in mons in stones," and to him each stre[...]p~occdure or the courts. He was president of the ''could a. talc unfold" in o ur anrt:1ls.[...]Jn 1885, uf)On it,S or~niia.tion. A !«ling of unrctt was manifest among the- lndi::m Senator Sanders was :,. charter membe.r of \Villiam tribes of Mont:rna in 1865, and Mr. Sanders received English Post, Dep:i.rtment of Montan3., Grand Army , front Governor ¼crton a commis.sion as cole>ncl of of the Republic, He w:u unanimously elected Ma.reh[...]i>osiuon of the pntriotic order for the observance of Colonel Sanders ~Jliliatcd with the Masons i[...]l Day finished his course. and "J?0" the receipt of a charter joined a lodge in The legis[...]w, approved Virtdnia City. He .filled the office of grand s«rctary February 7, 1905, creating the county of Sanders to. of the Grand lo<lgc froin r866 to 1868; when he was show its apprec-iation· of liis seniccs to the people of elected grand master. The add(csscs which he deli\•· Montana. crcd a\ the reprcscntatlve of his brethren were notable On July 1, 1905, the brave $01die.r, sterling pioneer, futurc.s of the exercises on public 0C,c3sions.[...]ed by his ,..,.idow and three aloft the stand3.rd of the Republican party. Before the sons, James U., \Vilbur F. and Louis P. Sanders. ad"ent of railroads. the can,•~ss for the trust of dcle,. Senator Sanders was a lt-tder at t[...]s gate was conducted fro m camp to e,mp, hundreds of of forty years his resonant voice, with a melodious[...]rd by delighted audiences in e,•ery discomforts of all kind.$ were wdured. He wis imbued hamlet of Montan.a.' It mig ht be Memorial Da)' or wilh the fervor of the fa ithful miuionar-ies of old and the Fourth of July, a gathering of ;i;rmy comrades fearless in d«laring his se:nti[...]ioneers, the exhibition o{ a school or the com• of the country. \Ve confc::ss that he wa,s lacking in the men<emc.nt of 3 university, a meeting for the location qualities of an a.droit politician., and was u guilelC$$ or the construction of a railway, the laying of the as a child in eontrollinsr the mechanisn\ of Ameri~n corncr•stone of i church or Masonic temple, the eom· l)Olitics.[...]he "called a spade a mcmor)tive rites of an o1d•timer or the ex«utive of spade(" and uttered his ooinions on :ill, subjects with the United States, ;in assembb,ge of the b3r, or ~ mora courage and rcgardleu of the con$C(luences to b3n<1uct, the min[...]in ent, and his ba.ttle c.ry in the heat of the strife was Montana, and was commonly called[...]ronve.nt1on to choose a candidate for president of the Colonel Sanders was a deleg;-itc to the[...]should and through his untiring labors the right of the re-pre• emulate. The favo rite abode of Senator Sanders was scntath•es of 1hc ter-ritories to vote, for some time his library; his reading embraced the best authors of denied, .was upheld.[...]erica; knowledge was his trea.sure 'fhe tide of P..'()~ulation was flowing northward, and hou$e; his memory of everything was wonderful; and in September, 1808[...]state. His style was uni<iuc, the meaning of every elected b)' the voters of l.(wis and Clark county a sc.ntc.ncc wM clear, and his ideas a.nd illuMrations were member of the house of representatives of the legi.s• dothed in felicitous phrases. He h:\ndled the keen lativc assembly of i\lontana. He brought to the )>Cr• wcap<>ns of logic and satire with dextc.rity. form:m<"C of his official usks a profound' knowledge Hon. \ViUfam Scallon: who prepared the obituary of of, law and._ above al), an car-nest purpose. He ser[...]gisla• wrote: "He was noted for his mutery of the English tion was seC'Ond to none, and h.1s r[...]language and fo r 'his eloquence, his f)Ower of in,•cctivc: maker was without a Raw. wit and sarcasm. His keenness of inte1tcct and his Colonel Sanders was the president of the board of powers of spce<:h c:illcd forth from Rob<-rt G. ln.gcrso11,[...]to whom he was opposed on . the tri~l ofof higher education. He also acttd as school trusttt He studied diligently the meaning,_. of words ;md the of the district including Helena. rutc.s of gramm.1r and rhetoric, and the sc.ntcnecs in The admission of ~fontana into the Union was fol• a lett[...]ures, and Colonel Sanders was a document of the highest oon«:rn. In oul arguments elee:tcd b[...]189c>. It would be a gross abu.se · the use of terms 3nd state his propositions with pre• .of the· privileJc of the writer to make any further cision.[...]rove his diction and strengthen liis intellectual of his di.stinguishcd colleagues.[...]It is needlcu to remark that the aetivities of Se.nator pfar should be remembered. Sanders di[...]He attended, whtn The obser\•ation of Cicero in the C..<t.Sa)' on the possible, all the meetings of the Society or Montana RepubliC is worthy of repetition : "Nor, indeed, is there Pioneer.s, a[...]3n in estab1ishin,r new . T~e pu_blic libra.ry of Helena was strengthened by $tatcs. or in p[...]." It his 1nte1hgent action, and he was a member of its was the rare distinction of Senator Slnders to illustr:\te board of trustees when he passed on. both :tttributt! of this exahed tharacter. He was a Se!'lator &ndcrs was a member of the bar of the soldier in a regiment of Ohio volunteers, re<:ruitcd in Territory and ·Sta.le of Montana and the United St,ue.s. 1861 for the ~alvation of our Union, ~rnd :i m3'Stcr He was a strong advoeMe of the eod:ficMion of th(' workm1n in building the strong foundations of our |
![]() | 854 HISTORY OF MONTANA sutc. 1'11c Roman orator justly fa.vishcd his wealth been given: ..She was a <ksceftdant of the Ca.th~rt of speech upon achicvcmc-nts of this grandeur. family, who were or[...]Monda>· follow:ng istrar in the transfer of a tract of land. The C,;1thcar< · his demise. From the bar[...]ious persecutions incidental to the re,·o<"ation of the people in C:\'cry part of Montan.a c-amc mcss:i.gcs of Edict of Nantes, :rnd religious diftic:ultie:$ later promp[...]e cemetery their removal to the North of Ireland. Subsequently, \Vi!bur Fisk Sanders rC'MS in pcac<-. rcpresemMi,•cs of this :rncient family immigrated to[...]hirteenth ctn• O fall'n at length that tower of strength tury and members of bo1h familie.s mo\·td to 1hc,North That stood four-square to all the winds that blew!" of Ireland during 1hc seventce.nth century, and from[...]ere ca.me to the United States in the latter part of the \V1u..1MJ A~ouws Cr-\'Jt~. Futile were th[...]eighteenth century. In all linC$ 1he anCC$tOr-s of Senator to express within lhC$C circumscri~ . limitations of a Cfark have been of the $taunchc-st Protc.s1ant Faith, and sketch of this order all that Hon. \V1lham A. Clark has hit pa.rents were mos.t zealous members of the Prciby• tne.lnt to ~font:ma and 3l1 that t[...]d and educated i11 \Vtstcrn wilds and fastnesses of vallcr and mo,m1am, to become Pennsylvania, where thc-ir marriage was solemnized and one of the splendid Commonwe3hhs of-our vast national where they continued to re.side until the )'car 1856, when domain. A pionter of pioneers, a man of «>uragt and they mo,·cd to the \VC$t, and numbered 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 abilit[...]c in ~11 they procured a <'Onsidcrable tract of land and developed things, Senator Clar~ ha.s be[...]n a productive farm. John Clark W3$ a man of superior the ei\'ic and industrial development and upbu:ldm1►. of iritcllectual power and impregnable integri[...]naturally ~me an influence in the pioneer com• of gratit~de and hono!-3 debt which. ~romes the more[...]e contributtd his quota to the ci,•ie a mattc.r of recognition and appr«1at1on as the long :md m:\tcrial dcvclopmc.nt of the Hawkeye Staie. He ye2rs have thrown the works and achievements of St:n• continued to reside in Van Buren[...]or Clark into cle.ar definition against the Krccn of his death, which occurred in the year 187[...]of seventy-six yea.rs, and his noble wife pa"cd tlie[...]nspicuous for the magnitude and closing ycus of her life at Los Angelc.s, California, variety of its 2cJ1icvcments, and not only has he been[...]t in 1904, :, distinguished figure in the history of the territory and at the venerable age of a liule over ninety years. si:atc of :\lonta.na, but his inRucnce has alsO tra1uccndcd[...]ra.cter .-.nd who has accomplished so tion of the fincJ ideals of life, even as the same has 111uch in the world a[...]ested in many other ways during sary Jimit:ttions of this anicle arc such -'S to permit the long years of his re.ally wonderful career of activ- only a glance .at the indi\•idu3lit)' and achie\·ements ity in connection with affairs of the broadest scope and of the man. )luch that he has done as a m:.n of great importance. Concerning the earlier d3ys of the life affairs and as a c.iti:ic.n of utmost loyalty and generous history of Scn3tor Oark, the present writer has pre- liberality his become a very part o f the history of the viously writtc.n an estimate, and from the same mar thus State and N:Hion, and other publications of more spe• be consistently drawn data he[...]cord concerning his formal indic.ations of quotation, and with such p.ira• ac1ivi1ics.. on[...]seem appropriate. be offered ;i;s a mere epitome of che career of its honored The old homestead farm o( his pa[...]ator from )fontana, daim.s the old Keystone State of the from Montana wa,s rear~ as a boy and a youth. He U1lion .\$ the place of his natl\·ity. and is a scion of C3rly learned the lessons of practi('al and cons«°uth·C families whose nam[...]gh the assistance which he rendered in the annals of American history. He was born near[...]ntary education was secured in the common sehools of January, 1839, and is a son of John and Mary (An• of his native state, his attendance in the s.ame having drews) Oark, both of whom \\'erc likewise natives of been dur-ing the winter terms only, whe[...]m. . The paternal grandfather of Senator Clark, likewise Whh characteristic prescience of the value of edut:a• bore the name of John, and was born in O,unty Tyrone, tio[...]ly rudimentar)' training, :md thut it may be re· of the \Var of the Rc,-olution, and established his home corded that when fourteen years of age he entered in Pennsylvania.[...]n which he laid the foundation The maiden name of his wife was Recd, and she was for a rC3lly liberal education along ac-ademic lines. a resident of Chester cotmty, Pcnnsyl,·-ani3, at the time . William A. Oark was se,•entccn years of age at the of their marriage, her parents ha\·ing emigr:i.tcd to time of a«omp:\nying his parents on their emig·rotion America from the North of Jrcl3nd. 'William and S.i.rah to Iowa in t[...]first yeM':i .Andrews, the maternal gr3nde-1rcnt$ of him whose name he gave cfl'ecth•e aid i[...]ty Tr• prairie farm, During the winter of the first nnd second ronc, lrcl~nd, and the,· se[...]ren county, I~wa. he t:i.us,ht in the latter part of the eighteenth century. The m,;1idcn two term$ of d1s1riet school and thus gained honors :i~ name of Mrs. Sarah Andrews was Ki1hcart, and con· one of Che pioneers of the pedagogic profcsiion in the cerning th[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF ?,!ONTANA[...]Portland, then quilc a $mall town, but now a city of two years a student in the -1.c.nlcmic: and also[...]s. From Portland he tOOk pass.age on dcpartnlCrll of the Iowa \ Ycslyan Unh·cnit)' at Mount a steamship to San Francisco, where, after a sojoutn of Pie-as-ant. To the fa.ct that he did not find 1t[...]gc on :i s1age• and masterful car«:r 0£ a man of affairs in the \VC$tcrn coac.h through[...]Portland, at which point he purchased a stock of ~ $ engaged in teaching fo the public schools of Cooper and whic:.h were shipped to i\fo11tana and which he af1er- Pettis counties in the state of Missouri, and in 186:l, he w3rds soon disposed of at a fair profit. dro,·c :l tc:im of C3ttlc across the plains to South Park, Few ha\'e more lived up to the full tension of the Colorado, in which sttltc he gained his initial experience pioneer effort in the history of Mohtana, and rew have in conncc,t ion with the great industry of which he was shown ,e:rcater initiative and versatility in progressive destined to become one of the leading and most su«ess- and vari[...]nes at Centra.1 City. where he by way of old Fort Henton, the head of navigation on g;'lined knowledge and experience t[...]•fivt d:iys. After in Montana, where he wa, one of the pioneers in this line, ,vis1tin3 his p[...]pal cities i1t the East and South, Mr. Clark news of gold discoveries at Danna.ck, then in the Eastern returned to Montana in the Spring of 1867, a.nd he is part of tf1c territory of 'Idaho, which was afterward, an- next ht:lrd of as a m;iil contractor On the star route nexed to the sutc of Montnn:i, reached C<'lorado, 3nd between Missoufa and \Valla \Valla, a distance of four Mr. Clark was among the first to set forth[...]ers, he .irri\'ed .it Ban- the direction of a wider fie-Id or businC"SS activity. n~ek, just[...]de to a new district on In the autt1mn of 1868, Mr. Cl.irk made a trip to New Horse Prairie[...]. He netted about $2,000 from his oper- of the United Pacific Railroad where he. formed a co[...]rship with Mr. Robtrt \\~ Donnell for the purpose of the immense fortune which he later accumulate<I in of engagfog in the wholesale mert'.lntile trade and[...]that The ensuing fi\'eJ·cat'$ in the career of :\Ir. Clark may resulted in tne founding of one ol the strongest business ~ npidly s ur'\'C)"t . although the period was ma.de one firm.s of that period in the history of Montana. They of push and cnterpiise characteristic of the man. After shipped a large stock of general merchandise by way two years' experience irl placer mining, he took the of the Missouri river to Fort Benton, and cstabli$hed in advanlagc of the opportunities pre.s cnted for trade :.,.nd the Spring of 1869 a wholC"S.t1e busincu at Helena. In busines[...]decade he w:.s at the 1870, the hcadq_ua.n crs of the enterprise were tr:ms- hc:\d of 0 11(: of the largest wholesale mercantile cstab•[...]stablished at that point by up from the smallest of beginnings. His first venture Mr. Don[...]Samuel •E. Lara.bit w.as wa$ ta bring .i load of pro,•isions which he purchased admitted to 1>3nnership under the firm name of Donne.JI, at Salt Lake City, in the winter of t86J·4, and for these Cl.ark and L3rabic[...]ttention to the banking business, after the close of the mining-season, this experiment in whic.h important line of emcrprisc it conducted sue. was repeated on a la[...]h at· Deer Lodge and Butte, the then the centre of mining acti\•ities, he found the best[...]at time been known as Butte market. In the spring of 186~. he opened a general City. I[...]foot City, then a ehMed the interests of Mr. Donne-It in their Montana new and bustling mining-camp, on the western slope of business, and subscquentl>· Mr. Clark and his brother. the Rocky Mountains. In the autumn of the same year James Ross Clark, assumed full ownership of the Butte he s-old out his store at that place-,[...]iocd l3;mk, after the former had disposed of his intcrc.sts at that the markets were bare of tobacco, which was deemed Deer Lo<!ge. The b.1nking house or \V. A, Clark & then one of the neccs.sities in a miner'.s life, he went on Brother is still in existence, and has become one of the horsebaek to Bois.c. ld3ho, where he purchased sc,.•e11.t strongest banking institutions of the \Vest, with a busi- thousand pounds of this commodity at a cost of a dollar ness ccntued in the :\fontana[...]howe\•cr. in his mining investments, and in the of horses and the future Senator drove, in the mon1h of operation of vast mills and smelters for the trc3tmcnt Dcccn1bc; whe.n the weather was extremely cold, with of basic. ores that Mr. Clark h:is g-aincd his pheno[...]ld s ucccs..s and become known as o ne of the g re.,test mining out his stock at the rate of five and six dollars per men of the nation a.nd of the world, the while. he ha,s pound to ready and[...]quot11 to the development and progress of ;\fontana than ins: district on Elk Creek, some fifty miles west of hns any other one person of the period. The quartz mine Blackfoot. where he e[...]and did pro,spccts in the ,.,icinit)' of Butte first attracted the a large and profitable busine:.ss. In the autumn of that attention of Senator Clark. In the yc.1rs 187::i-,3, he year he disposed of his stock and busine:ss in Elk Creek, pu[...]c'.r the Mullan Pas~ across the Coeur of which later pro\•ed to be exceedingly rich prod[...]A m:ukcd, etiaractcristic in the career of Mr. Clark is, ton territory, and thence to \Vallula, the head of navi- that he has never cntertd upGn a[...]e rapids, when another boat was taken to the city of significantly shown :it the ti[...] |
![]() | 856 HISTORY OF MONTANA mining OP(ration$, although his attitud[...]in aroused not a liitlc s«pticism on the t)Mt of the pioneer Colorado and New Mexico, eomprisin§ coal-mines, and and p.ractic:il mining mtn of the tcrntory when be de- al$o owns a larg[...]cided to pass the winter 0£ 1872-3 at the School of State of Maine. He owns and controls the Butte Miner, Mi[...]ty in New YorJ( City. There, which has one of the largest and bcs_t cq,uiJ?Ptd offices in he took a cour.sc of practical 3$saying and an:i:lysis, with t11c en[...]or nia, he, h:ts, in connection ~ gene~! outline of mineralogy and metallurgy, and the with[...]g.tr•planta• infonuation thus gained proved of inestimable ,,aluc to tion with one of the largest sugar manufaetories in the him in h[...]under the title never been a "plunger, 1 in any of his vcnturts, and his of the Los Afamitos Sugar Comp.,ny. At Etizabcthporl, succe» in the domairi of mining industry has been the Ne,,• Je:rsey, he is the principal owner of the \Vaelark result of careful invcstiiation and c.onsideration of every \Vire Works, one. of th~ most extensive induttr-ial enter• prosp«t[...]llh which he h:,.s identified him- prises of the kind in the United Sta tes, and at Mt. self,[...]b3bly the largest and most artistic m;'lnufactory of Through the financial interf)Osition of Mr. Cfark, orle of bronze in the country, the same being conducted under the first stamp mills of Butte, the "Old Dexter," was the title of the Henry Bonnard Bronte Company. He comylcted and placed in operation in t.he winter of has large :tnd valuable real•e.state in,•cstments in Mon• 1876--7. The first smelter of importance in the city w.as tana, N'ew York, a nd the· District of Columbia, notable erected b1- the Colorado and M[...]w~s o rganit«J by Mr. Clark City/ one of the fine.st private reside11ecs in the entire in[...], which was comr,letcd by him in 19Jo. In th i.s of Denver, Colorado, and was one of the lc.idinK enter• splendid home is instal ed one of the largest and most prises of the kind in the Montan.i metrop,ohs, Mr.[...]d, and the Clark being Vicc•Presidcnt an d one of the l:argest stoc.k.- entire buildingt superb in all appointments. with its un- holde:rs of the cor:POration. l.n 188o, he organized the[...]artistic decorations, with its $\lpcrb collection of Moulton Mill, up,on a mine by th at name which he had pidures, tapestries, P(.rsi:m carpets of the sixteenth located several yc;ars before. Thi[...]ned• plctc dry-cnfshmg ·and chloridizing mill of forty stamps, glass windows, and other obje[...]haft was sunk, ~nd modern l)\lmP,- tastes of the ownH and of his gracious wife. Nc\'c.rthe• ing ,md hoistin[...]he has havinJ been thoroughlx explored at a con of about $,S00,- lived the grt'.lter p;'l,rt of his life, as hi.s pc.rmancnt home. 000, rneluding[...]This mine and mill 'w ere in Another· of the really great projects of Senator Clark succmful operation for many yCars, .i.nd until t.he de• wa.s the construction of the railroad from San Pedro clinc in the pri(e of silver rendered the businc» no longer harbo[...]nd his son, Charle.s \V. Cluk:, Utah, of which he is president. This great railro:id in- o[...]"o1ving a mile~c. including branch lines of over 1,000 ested prineipals in the Colusa Parrot[...]tte di.strict. Besides his interest$ the sale of a single bond or of a single share of stock, in these corporations, Mr. Clark has large[...]which is unpr«cdcntcd in the his-torr of railroad eon- holding.s in the mines, which 3re·[...]r a ted, affording employment to a larsc ,,umber of men. w.iish-out of about eighty miles in extent, in what is In conne[...]trating pfant for the treat- tional outlay of about $5,000,000, which w~s promptly ment of o res from the Ehn Orha ~fine, nc-ar Butte,[...]was completed with- which has ero\'cn to be one of the largest iinc :md cop- in a few months.[...]n :iddi• p3rallcl in the world's r«ord of ra1lw:ay construction. tion, considerable silver and a small quantity of gold. This r-aihvay is now doing a large[...], ness. Mr. Clark also owns a great amount of stock, and ha"e reached a depth of 1,50() feet, Mr. Clark also bonds and other securities of some of the le:tding East• own.s valuable mining propcrtic.s in the States of Utah, cm and Tr,ms-Continental Railroad l[...]ce-r ned h inise:.lf with all manner of industrial and fi.nan• of these is that of t.he United Verde Copper Company, ci:tl entcrpris~. which have felt the i1,1pctus of his con• i,n Arizona, of which he is "ir-tually the sole owner, and structh•c and executi\'e power, as well as of his immense which has °btcn o ne of the wonders of the ,mining capitalistic resources.[...]Long m3intainini hi.s home in the dty of B\lttc, copf)<:r mine in the world. a nd the faci[...]an mining operations in 1872, and where treatment of its ores arc of the best modern type:, includ- he establishe[...]stn1cting a new sme:ltint•Pfant at the new town of the general well-being of the Monta na metropolis, as C1.1rkdale on the Ve[...],highest where the mines arc situMcd, at .i cost of SC\·cr:ll million degr<'e, he has gi,•cn generously of his time, ability and dolbrs, whic-J, whe:n completed will be one of the fargest me:i.ns., to the forther:1nce of enterprises :tnd mcasure.s and most up•to•dat[...]the United Verde and Pacific building of the "Treasure State." The first water-works Rail[...]first e:leetric lighting plant, in Butte, marvel of engin«ring skill. He also ad\'anced the funds[...]ew road from a point on the Santa Fe of the electric street-railway lines in the city, as[...]forty miles in length, Cxtcnding to the new town of Clarkdale, where the new plant is ~ ing t[...]nC11tl from the Atlantic to without fear of legitimate con1radiction, that no one the Pacific[...]he has arge interest s in addi- citizen of Montana has done as much M he in the for• |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 857 •. war ding of ci\'ic and matcri.al progress within the·[...]ls, and there were a large num - • borders of this gr~t Commonwtahh. ber of 3pplic3nts that ~ uld not be, for the time being, In the counties of Missoula a nd Ra\•am , in \ VC$tCrn a[...]Montana, he purchased, years :..go, large trncts of tim- To Senator Clark, Butte owes the creation of the ber-land on both sides of the big Blackfoot river, for bc~utifu[...].c. With :i:calOu.s $truetcd a saw-milt of ,,cry large ca~cit>·, a,s well as a pcrso1ul car[...]s in extent, and also owns and conditions of citi1.ens, and particula.rl}' for thildren,[...]at which point he also owns the brief description of this resort be entered in this con• c[...]by Since 1901, a pleasure re.sort of the vcry first class Senator Cl.irk is[...]named in honor has been ac«ssiblc to the people of Butte. Across the , o f his son, who died at sixteen years of age while pre• valley, :md three miles East of the city. one of the nurn• paring to enter Yale Unive[...]-n, where as nature made it, with additions on!,y of such clu,racter they c.njoy all the coinfons and adv;mta$CS of home :i.s would cnhanc-¢ its inviting ruSlic1ty. The groves of life. It has a c-apici~ for one ht111dr[...]e incorpQrated with 3 Board eonsistintt of fi,•e Directors, additional planting of se"crat thouund trees each rear. th.-« of\vhom arc women, :ind Mrs. J .M. \Vhitc. a la.<ly[...]~·ear, to charitable work, is "President of the Home. thC)' join with others comi1tg from dif[...]n and Mrs. Moore-, \'Cry a nd long before the bed of the canon is rC3chcd, a de• rn.a..gnanin,ously devote a large portion of their time to Jightful stream babbles along o,•[...]bottom, and the intcr «t a nd welfare of the institution. The nmle gurgles over :in occasional rock into in\'itin; pools. m embers of the Board are business men who look after Luxuriant fol i3,ge fringes the banks of these tributar-y the financial and business interests of the Home~ and $\re.ams long ere their c<>nflucnce[...]ow, and as they eme rge into one, a pc-rfcet Eden of produ<:tive of much good in th<: great mining mctropc,lis. green[...]h A$ a perpetual mCmori:11 in honor of his mother. who here and there 3. lonely pine, have formed inviting bowers 'IJ") was noted for her acts of charity during her lift~ )fr. and cosy n[...]d in pro• Clark oonceived the project of erecting a home for girls vidin,g {or the com{oit and entertainment of man by the who arc obliged to work for a living, in order that they supplementing of rustic sc-ats, the creation of shaded might be providcd with ill the substa ntial comforts and parks, th e construction of littlt bridges, anQ t.ndle.ss paths :.t[...]:.tttcndancc-, withot1t considc-rin( the outl:1ys of the in- a oomminding position in the centre of the g-ro,1nds. vestments for the buildi[...]gcmerit th crt<>f. A large structure in the style of room$, refreshment-booths of alt kinds, and 3 dance floor the Frenc-h Renaissance was planned about two years ago. of gigantic proportions~ upon which 2,000 people may[...]alconies for guests and orchCstr.i. cost of about $400,000. The building is prominently Surro[...]o~n b3nd-stand. T he 1:mdseape•gar• of the hig;'h cst points in the cit)': It is four st[...]active flower•b-cds and parterres, the erection of buildin,g is remarkable for its complete[...]y p:ir• chumin.ct p:i.;odas, a nd the erc-ation of a delightful lake, tiet1lar. It contains[...], and ample on which ~hdc many bo;ats at the will of the pleasure-- dimensions, with additio[...]ere eSlablished on e,·cry floor. where thousands of Aowcrs, comprising all the various It i[...]wo hundred, on the fir&t Aoor. Also, on enjoyment Of pleasurc•sceke-1'$. The resort contains ilso[...]ion-rooms, two large parlors, a com- a collection of wild a1, imats, consisting generally of those modious library, and an auditorium[...]undred p¢ople. In the bascmcnt, there collection of birds of beautiful plumage~ all of which 1s is a l:u·gc bowling-alley .tn[...]ted, and equipped with iarly charming by re-a.son of the fact that the citizens of basket-ball and tennis cour-ts. The tota[...]week, every• Nature, not only the 11,ous.a.nds of f<'Ople belonging to thing included, an[...]aged by a spcc-ial executive «>mm.ittcc of the Young been q_uiek to a«:ept :rnd enjoy the pri,•ilege$ of this \Vomcn's Christian Association. In[...],Vhich time there wa$ a forge assembly of the people of thrown open to them, at no further cos1 than car-[...]eS$, and :t1$0 The g:ardens are under the control.of the Butte Elcc::tric a deed conveying th[...]ociation, with the condition expressed that honor of having provided so nc.cc»ary a public institu•[...]y said Association. tion. A.s P re&idcnt and owMr of the Railway Company, to car ry out the puiyoses. of the donor, and should bear he was the instig?tor of the plan for pr-o,,iding the Colum- the[...]a kw days thereafte r, the entire c~P3d ty of the building lie pla.y·grounds in the cou[...] |
![]() | 858 HISTORY OF i\10NTANA . generous and c,nthusiastic patron of the enterprise fr<>m . In politics Senator Cla1·[...]h thcs.c Gardens, patriotic citiZcn. The compas.s of this uticlc ren ders[...].. and on May 8th of c3ch ye.,r, and cvc.ry 'fhursday fo1- possible only the briefest re:vicw of his ·political career, lowing, and during the entire suinmcr school-,..ae3tion, the record of the greater part of whic-h has become a ht° p r0\ ides at his individual cxpc,,sc for the entertain- • very p:u-t of national history. In 1888, he was n ominated 1 ment of the children of Butte and its vic-inity i t this by his party as[...]owns, :md :it the girdcns, the little At the time of the se<:ond constitutional convention, in |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]in the United States Senate it is not neccs.sary of the man has shown ilse1f aboYe 311 and O\·er all[...]that he merits the high rc:1:ard a \'Ct>' ,».rt of the history of that body a nd one which in whi(.h he is held in the state of whid1 he has b«n redounds to his credit and honor. «senti.ally one of the found.crs and builders. He still Fidelity hu btcn one of the domin:tting traits in the puses considcr:able time each year in Mor11ana, and he character of Senator Clark, 3nd with the p3s.sing of time is proud of the St3te a nd oi h(r $terling citizens, glad h:i.s come a fu ller appr«iation o f the sacrif~s he has of the part whie.h he h:as b«n able to 1:1ke in her[...]and the exalted service he has ,:tivcn in behalf of mcnt and upbuilding, a nd appredati\·e of th<: c,stttm the state to the de,·tlopmcnt of w11ich Ile has contributed which he has won through the long years of as.soci:uion in prodittious measure. He has merit[...]Rc\·erting briefly to the political career of Scn:i.tor Oark. great o r ,mall. ·rhc city of lh•kn:i is indcbtcd to him 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 190[...]is candidacy for the 1894, tl1e pcrm.antnt SC'!lt of go,·crnmcnt was to be cs.tab• United Stat[...]ompetitors. Tcmpe>r-arily Jlclcna was large $tuns of mc>ncy into 1he stale. ostcn.sib1y for the tlic t'llpit3I city, but the ehoicc of the pOwcrfol An:tconda defeat of the Democratic st:ite ticket, but in rcalit\' to[...]In this connection, it should ln the <"Q1.1ippin~ of these cxtcnsi\'C pl:um. and for their be noted that the rc.sidencc of Sen;i.tor Oark was in sight editorial super[...]nts for him to throw his i1,A1.1cn« i.n fa \·or of pfant, apparently for the !-Ok purpose of .supplying f)Oli• A1t:1cond:i.. But eonditiOns appe:i.led 10 his sense of tical c:iricaturc directed against him. His perso[...]for C\'Cry po$$iblc projectile to be thrown pion of the ca.us( of Helena. Through the columns of by his powerful antagonists, but the>' found in h[...]tory-a. time forward he was the recognized !Cader of the Helena mo.st 11:mering ,·indicatioo or ~Ir.[...]d:iims o f Hdcna on the with 1he a(tion of the Unit(d States Sen:ue following: Stump and COn[...]ing Clark w:is praet!cally settled on the nis::lu of No,·emb(r spir·ilcd accou:11 has bc<'n gi\·c-n :md,is well worthy of 6, 1!)00. when 1hc \'Otes were counted throughout[...]fontana leg-is• .. Ne\•cr, in the history of this (Ir :iny other s1:uc, was lature assembled.[...]g unqu«tionably $!latched a(tcr the di$1ribu1ion of a numbtr of complimentary bal- ;1ictory from dtfcat, the J)(Oplc ofof 1hc following da)', $('n31or him 011 their should[...]in a Oark r«ei\·cd the s.olid \'Ote of his par1y. fifly •SCYcn 10 carri:lge, ~nd 1he11[...]a , •,ictor·s chariot. lt was a b:mlc never to of the fat( $(-nator ·rhomas H . C3rtcr. This wa.s[...]fonned man, and it r<'mains a source of profound gratification 10 a climax such as ~ rely rewards the c-fforts of m.1n. It Senator Clark. He C'Tllerc:d l[...]ly gave ~h. Clark rank as the Stnator on the -4th of Mar(h, 1901, :m<l by his deinr.· :a.tic )('ading c itit(n of the s1:11e and a$ one of the most com- and 3ff'able nt.·umcr, his familiarity with state an(t national manding figures of tl1e Wen." iu[...]is uni- added materially to his pre$tig:c as one of the n:ltional formly conceded that he h3S pfaycd no unimf)Ortant lc:-aders of the Democr:uic Party. He retired from the pMt in[...]d and W<'rs;c1ic men pas.std the p»;lnust's spin of t11rc-c score years 2nd ten. or the ~reat We-St[...]and inspir~tion, As a good cititcn. and alertness of a man many )'(';'I.ts his junior. He main• p.1trioti(', broad-minded, Sc:nator O,;i.rk has thOu53nds of ta ins a close personal ,upcrvision of his ,·ast interest~.. warm J)ers.onal fri<'nds. regardless of politica l lines or and shows no diminution oi his mar\'(llous business social grad.: uions. W ith man)' of them h( has mingled powcu, his mcmal and ph>•Si[...]nd had experience in conntttion with con• suit of right lh·ing and of constant tou(.h with th<'" d itions and influcnc:,es of the format i\'C prriod in the: icti\'i tics of life. history of a s;-rc·at commonwc:-3lth. To ma.ny he has gi\·[...]t estimates a hel ping hand and a c.h«ring word of encouragement. die one h(re presented is c<>nsidc[...]is. His has been a wonderful sue• supcn•ising of his great 2nd di"ers.ifitd interests. ha,s ccss[...]s, kindly h<'art found time for the gratification of \"2riou.s other dominat• |
![]() | 860 HISTORY OF MONTANA ing ins-tincts-·utistie, scholnsiic, social and p,olitical On the 215:t day of May, 1901, Senator Clark contracted activities having their quota of time and thought. He is a second marriage[...]efined and E. Lachapelle, whose parents. of C,nadian origin, lived cultured, capable of ,·ersa.tile convers.ation on subjects for ma1iy years at Butte, Montana. Her father, an able of wide range. \Vhcthcr as a humble wage-earner, as[...]with a \'Cry promising future, while yet a ma1\ of growing me.ans and larger ideas, or as a giant young man, died of heart-disease, and Senator Clark, a in the mini[...]as ever been \he same fr.1nk, warm friend of the family, r«ognizing the remarkable courteous gentleman, C3Sy of :ipproach, considcratc of talent of the daughter for musk, sent her to Paris to be the feelings of others, and always ready to lend his gen- educated. She was a pupil of the grc~t harpist Hassel• erous aid and kindl[...]with move- m:i.ns, at the Conscr\'atoire of Music, at Paris, for several ments which promis[...]fo ~fardt, 186r), was sotcmnizcd the m:irr-iagc of Sena- Andr«. in 1002, and Hug11ctte Marcelle,[...]!diss Kate L. Stauffer, a most gracious and of these children ha\'c inherited the musical ability of the accomplished young woman, whose home, at the[...]Mr. Clark and this acquired a knowledge of the French and other languages, young lady were[...]ouple set 1'hc above js a brief record of some of the most im- forth for their home in the territ[...]events' and achie\·emcnts in the acti,•c life of a by rail to the western terminus of the Union Paci6c notable Montana pione[...]hich required Ho:-:. Lu: MANTLE. The name of Hon. Lee Mant1c, 6\'e days' constant ira\'el day and night. They :irri\'Cd at of Butte, Mont3na, former Un.itcd States senator fro[...]epirab1y jdentificd with the his• the 25th day of ]:inu:1-ry of the following year, their first tory of Montana from early territorial times, and child[...]r other c.hildren were born to a tribute of honor as a man of dominant force and them, and their >·oungest ch[...]buted in no small in the year t8So, in the eit-y of PMis, France, where the mca,surc to the progress and prosperity of the state.. iamily resided during three years, i[...]French rich beyond compare with its wealth of hidden rnin• 1.ingu:'tg:e, as they did later i[...]y era.ls. passed two years in the city of Drcsdc.n, Saxony. During Lee Mantle was[...]enator Clark pas.scd his winters in city of Birmingham, England, December 13, 1853, and Euro[...]amily travelled extensively there is a son of Joseph Mantle, who died shortly before besides visiting portions of Asia and Africa. Mary th~ his birth, and his wife, Mary Sus:l.n (Patrick) Man• eldest of the children, is now the wife of Charles P~tter tit., who had six other c-hildrcn. To be left a widow Kling, a rcprescnt3th·e lawyer of New York City; the whh narrow mc:ans a[...]took .\ course in mineralogy .lnd .\ woman of unusual force of character and innate.. inetallur8)', in the year[...]have guided the little flod< Katherine Roberts, of Helena, Montalla, who died a few through[...]her main thought and it was in the hope of finding a he was married to Miss Celia Tobin, of San Fr:mciseo. wider field of opJ')Ortunity for them that she severed K3therine L. is the wife of Dr. Ltwis R. Morris» who is old tics and[...]th them for America. The engaged in the practice of his-profc.ssion in New York. long voy:i.[...]accomplished, and the still !cssie, _twin-sister of Katherine L., died at Deer Lodge longer j[...]rk to Salt Lake City. m April, 18SS, at the age of three years. \Villiam A., Utah, and ther[...]finding Junior, graduated in the Law Department of the Uni- not only work for her children. but also employment versity of Virginia, and practiced his profession for[...]er, but when every comfort He is now a resident of Los Angeles, C,:1lifomia. He was hers, and in closing her rttord it is not out of ' married i\liss Mabel Foster, of Butte, who died soon place to refer feelingly to the devotion of her youngest aft~r the birth of lhcir first child, 'William A. Clark, son.[...]s long as she lived his first Mrs. Alice Medin, of Sacramc,nto, California. Francis though[...]care was for her happiness, and Paul, youngest of the cl1ildrcn, died at the age of sixteen in hi$ later achievements it was to h[...]e and mother, Mrs. · Kathcrfnc L. of his homel and here it was his delight to ·antici[...]d in the closest New York City, on the 19th day of October, 1893, having affection. and when[...]dly away i.n. February, 1901 1 at the age of eighty-nine >·e;irs, germs of typhoid £ever, at the International E."hibition[...]me ing tO h~r the Jut, the busy world of affairs, upOn within the sphere of her gracious and gentle influence,[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]cr r(aching Salt l..3kc c-xpre$S office of \Veils, F.irgo & Company, and City, Lee Mantle wo[...]within two yc-.ars he wa.s also in charge of the first a nd clothes. and during the two follow[...].11ly. He 1hus reached his sixteenth mayor of this city, he emb:.rked in the fo•ery business, yC3r, strong, sturdy and ~n,bitious. typical of the devel- and in looking after the interests of this enterprise, opment whieh came later. About t[...]ling tics for Mr. Mantle was one of 1he earliest agitator~ for the this g reat transp[...]10, ure was brought about., in the face of ,•iolcnt opposi- 1$6(), it joined the Ccntra1 '[...]tion. was elected a member o f its first board of alder- his tc.im of mule$ he s.i.w the meeting of the first trains men. The prineiples and policies of the Rept1blican from the cast and the west and th[...]e was witness the historic e\'ent or tile drivjng of the last spike. the first to formula te -a plan[...]ng no employ• tion (or the establishment of a daily Republican news- ment :it home, h e de<id[...]p:aper here, :ind thus came about the founding of the and although the place was one hundred an d t[...]. public and was elected a member of the lower house \ Vhen, footsore and we:t.r>', he reached ~_fa.lad City, of the territori;).l lcgisl3ture. and two yc-ars later he Jdaho, he cntc-red the e.mplO)' of Hon. B. F. Whitt, was chosen as :t de[...]ican n:ttional who subscquentl)' bC¢3me governor of Montana, and COn\·ention. instruc[...]Hon. James G. Blaine. In the autumn of iS& Mr. Boise Cit)', Idaho, :ind to Virginia City[...]e, The ac:quaintan¢c thus l>tgun in the relation of cm• from an honorable cause, ha\'i[...]m.:tstcr•gcncral in the cabinet of President Arthur, A pl~sant, winning manner ev[...]graph the eastern :lnd we.stern p.irts of the then territory, operator there, \V. N. Shilling. At that time neither and a citizen of New York state was appointed. In the names no r the personalities of either Mr. Mantle 1866 Mr. Mantle once more returned to the 1cgisla• or Mr. $ billing were of much interest to anyone out- turc, wh[...]orld. Having \'igorous figh t in favor of just laws, came still ag~in no thing else to do.[...]ana. It is not a. wise measure to lc.'lrn the art of tclc-gnphy from his difficult to recall t[...]the line along his route kept ment of the United St3tcs patents to immense tr."lets in[...]g the winter season. Mr. Mantle wa.s of \'aluab1e mineral land in Montana whkh the com• an :ipt pupil and rapidly a«iuired a knowledge of the pany claimed under its land grant, and of the natur:tl work. faithfu1ly living up to his bargain to kctp the indignation of the people at large over this attempt. telegraph[...]zed to pro- the position, and gladly accepted it, of g·encral rc- t«t the public intcrttts. l\fr. Mantle was chosen p.,irer on the .main lines of the \Ve.stern U nio,, Tete- permanent president of this body :md it was brgcly gr:'lph Conip..,ny b[...]l.\lontanians. that the issuing of p3tents was suspended appointed telegraph opcr.i.[...]e he remained fl\·e yc:ir-s. becoming of , •aluabtc miner-al lands to the people. station agent, postmaster and part owner of the toll- Once more retur ned to[...]i\'lr. Mantle was accorded the signal hono r of being spo_t • that he fit$t ' found an opportun[...]easures came bcforC the house h e firs t met many of the most ramou.s of the earl>· and in,•aluable Jaws we[...];ind from being one for a rcsci.s1ra1ion of \'Ottrs, another provid• the cast. In 1877 he C[...]he ing for the Australian system of balloting. a mcchan• |
![]() | 862 HISTORY OF i\'IONTANA ic's lien l:\w and the mine inspectio[...]y. The legislature. howc\'Cr, was Democratic, and |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]t he could with the limited opportu• on account of religious pers«u1ions.. Tfie sterling r.itic-s and under the adverse conditions which sur- a.ncestor of Dr. \Vithcrspoon finally rtmO\•td from his rou[...]• his cousin, John \Vither-spoon, was a sigl\er of that im~ itics of a high order, enabled him to overcome to :t mortal document, the Occlar:ition of lndcpcndcn«. most · creditable degree these disadvantagc.s, so much The)' were Scotch Presbyterian.s of the strictest ty()f. so indeed that m.:,;ny of his public addresses have and from the time of the historic character, John Knox: co~1mandcd ap[...]d fessions. "'illiam Conner, maternal grandfather of Dr. convincing defense or the people of the we.st, among \Vithcrspoon, was of stanch Irish lineage and was a.,l whom h is life[...]ississippi, where was solcmni.icd his aspersions of some of the prtts and the people of the marriage to :t daughter of Dr. John Gustill. The grand• cast, including the then president of the United St3tes. mother was born in Pennsyl\'an[...].sissippi the dorsed by the press and the people of the west. An- journey bciog m.iide by carriage 10 St. Louis and thence other address of Mr. M::intle's most highly oommendcd on a raft do[...]educated and where ria.l services held in honor of the fate Senator Thomas she was we<lded to \Y[...]ter :it Helena. It wM an earnest, eloquent and is of French lineage, and Dr. J3mes Gustin was one of sincere tribute to the splendid character Md greM life the prominent pioneer physicians of the state of Con- work of his former colfoaguc and friend. By much necticut. Dr. \Vithcrsp0on has records that give data of the editorial «>mment it was pronounced a c1assi[...]the maternal ancestry as far b3ck 3s :tnd worthy of prcscrv:ation in the historical archives Robert Bruce, from whom ti.e is a line-31 de.scendcnt. It of the state.[...]or has Aside from his more than thirty years of continu- in his oosseMion a h ighly. pri.icd fami[...]ho dc,·oted forty ycar.s to the preparation cies of his p:iper, the Doily luter-itfo1mtoin, until he[...]spirited citizen wielding a strong inAuence. and of Natchez., Mississippi, on the 25th of May, 1868, and taking an active interest in ;ill that pertained to the i.s a son of Thomas ,Ca.scy_\Vitherspoon, Sr., and Mary welfare of his home city and state, and ever ready to A. D. ('Conner) WHhcrspoon, the former a nati\'e of extend symp:uhy :md encouragement to those who, like Alabama and the latter of Missi.ssippi~ Prior to the himself, found the carlie.r stages of life's journey filled Ci,•il war the family was one of wealth and prominence with obstacles well nigh in[...]the {u.11 the vicissitudes Mr. Mantle's host of friends .ill over the state arc incidental to tha[...]ur&ing him to 3gain enter $wept aw3.y. The father of the Doctor was a prosperous the contest for Unite[...]five years ago by methods shameful in their city of Los Ang~IC$, C.alifpmia. They arc folk of gentle t -h aracter.[...]d those who have come within the immediate sphere of health and ,s actively conce.rned rn all hfc's du[...]the con- Democrat in his political 3llc-gi311ce. Of the four chil- fide~cc and good will of a host of friends in every · dren, the two daughters died i1l early chi.ldhood, ."Ind tlle section of the Treasure state. Fraternally he is asso- ~•ounger of the t,~•o sons, William Conner Withe.rspoon, ci[...]he wholesale tea, coffee and spice the Knig·h ts of Pythias. h,win_g bctn the first grand business in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. chancellor of the l:mer organization in ~fontana. The early educ-ational discipli11c of Dr. Witherspoon[...]nga.sred in the when he was about ele\•tn years of age the family re• f)r::teticc of hi5 profession in · the city of ·Bt1ttc, the ntO\'cd to St. Louis, Missouri, where be availed himself metropolis of Montana, Dr. \Vithcrspoon holds sct-urc of the ad\'.t.nt:igcs of the public schools, including the prestige as one of the distingui$hed physici.lns and sur• high school in which he was graduated. He next en- g~on~ of this state and is also a c:iti,:cn of prominence tered the Sr: Louis College of Pharmacy, in which he :t~d 1_n~ucnc,c,-broad mind[...]1v1c attitude. He is a scion in the at(natic line of his ambition to prep.uc him$CU for the medic~"ll profes- SL"lnch Scotch •ancestry and a ref)rt-sentative of one of sion, and he accordingly was matriculated in the :?dis- th~ ~Id and patriei:rn families of the south, where the souri Medical College, in which excellent i.nstitution he Q.ng,nal representative of the name settled about two w:i.s gradu3ted :is a member of the class of 18.St), from centuries ago. ,,pon his immizration from the north of which he received his well earned degree of Doctor lrc:lllnd, in which section the family was established up• of Medicine. In all examinations during his prosecu- |
![]() | [...]4 HISTORY OF :MONTANA tion of the course in the medical college he r«civcd a[...]post-~raduatc work, and each year uniform ~\ward of one hundred per ccnt,,- an cxccp.. vi[...]only his st.'ltcs f~r the _purpose_ of doing research work in vario,1s fine pc>wcrs of a$$imifotion, but also his carnC'$t apptic::t-[...]In recog- !enhon to the surgical branch of h is profession and he nition of thi.s prttcdcncc the faculty of the college pre- 1s kno\\:n as one of the most skilled surgeons in Mon- sented him with[...]to his credit. tinction with the existC'f'I«: of the college, whic.h h:td at . Dr. Witherspoon is a member of the alumni associ:t.• th~t time co,·crcd a period of fi!ty•six ye.us. He h:i,s hon ~f the M_1ssouri Me<liC3I College. and afso that of reason to feel proud of the honor thus accorded to him, the C1ty Ho.sp1tal of St Louis. He holds membership i,; :rnd h is work[...]ty accompli.shcd in•thc practical acti,•itics of his profession, Mcd1c.,I Society, the Montana State Medical Society and of which he has be«,mc a distinguished f'cprcs.tntM[...]ified and in which he has gained repute as ~ m:tn of excep- with the \Veste.rn Surgical &:[...]ouri) spo<,n scrv~ as intemc in the city hospital of St. Louis 311d •~ 3: hfc mem~r of the Anglo-America.n Medical and in this c(u\ru:ction he gained ,,ar'ied and ❖aluable Assoc1ahon of Berlin, Germany, in which he was 1he[...]also a member of the America.n Association of Anato• ln the winter of 1889 Dr. Withersooon came to i\fon- urna and established his residence in the city of Butte, mists, aod is at the present time (1912) prc,.ide1,t of the and after being engaged in practice in an individu!ll way Monuna State Medical Soc-icty, of which he ser\'cd as for several months he form.c:[...]o be associMcd for one year, at the expir:'l.tion of which and in his home city is a popular member of the follow~ the alliance was se1.•cr«I, on aceount of the impaired ing named and representative org:aniiation.s: The S il- health of Dr. Cooper, who went to the Hawaiian islands[...]ic-c and also 3 prh·ate hos• iaHy fond of fishing :and hunting and finds his chief di•[...]had been summoned o n ac• the arena of practie.,I polities. as he considers h is ·pro• count of the death of his wife's mother. He wis en• gaged in practice[...]until November, 1896. ind fcssion worthy of his unquali6ed allegiance, Dr. Wither•[...]n that period he served u assistant to the <:hair of anatomy in his 3lma mater, the Missouri Medical[...]On tht 2nd of October, 189o, Dr. \Vitherspoon w;i,s College. ln the winter of t&.>4 he was app0inlcd pro• unitM in marriage to Miss Nina H. Butler, who w;i,s fC$sor of G. U. surgery in the Marion Sims Medicil[...]• Wallace C. Butler, now a resident of St. Louis, and a bent of the chair of physio1ogy an4 clinical surger)' in native of Missouri. Dr. and Mr,. \Vitherspoon have this iri[...]. \Vitherspoon returned to the :21st of May, 1893, and Evelyn B. \V., born on the Butte.[...]since been eontin,uously associated 5th of September. 18c);. with Dr. H. D. Kister in a general practice, which has become one of broad and representative ~ope, In[...]S&NATOJt T: J. \V1ou». I n the choice of T. J. ·walsb April. 1907, he 3Jso formed a busin[...]one of its ablest lawyers and public men to the honors and the)• arc associated in the conducting of the Mur• and activities of the larger sphere of national govern- r3y hospital, a private institution which is known as ment.. The e:ampiign of Mr. Wal.sh for 1he pl:aee in one of the best in the state, the s.ame having the most modern equipment 3nd mos.t attmctive of appointments the United States senate[...]in state politics, i$ still !rtsh in the minds of Montana :i.nd being a valuable acquisition to the hospital facilitjcs citixcns, and affords one of the most intcrcstin_g- and of the t\lontana metropolis. The hospit.,J is conducted refreshing chapters of state Political history. As a by a corporation formed for the purpose, :and of tho member of the senate of the United States, Mr. Wilsh, same Dr. Murray is president; Dr. Campbell, vice presi- by reason of his profound abilities, his progressive atti• d[...]r \Vitherspoon did tain to become one of the strongest individual factors cff<:cth·e post[...]nt national administntion. College in the winters of 1893 and 1894. In 1~; he Senato[...]s, in a personal sense, \V:\$ app0intcd professor of opcrath•e and clinical sur-[...]He closed his educational work as principal of the department of the same. Eight months ofof private study, and search in the leading hospitals and medical C'Ollcg"Cs of when twenty•two years of age <"vas awarded a life cer· Vienna and[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF l\10NTANA[...]anches date r«c!ving the h}ghest number of votes at the en- 1ncll!ded. m the u~ual college c[...]aw eral tl~1on. In !his way the authors of the law h[p,cd st~d1cs I!\ the o~c<: of James Anderson, at Manitowoc, to again. accomplish th~ defeat of Mr. \Valsh, relying \Vuco~stn, _and in 1884 was g[...]fluence. to prevent the st:ite con- t~c umvcr~ity of that state. He bc~an the practice of v~.ntion from nammg him :i.s HS prefe[...]entions favoring him where he dcvdcocd a busine$$ of such prol)()rtions that in 1907 be di,.·ided its[...]he general elec- Nolan, a former attorney gcncril of the state. The tion of 1912, _Mr. \1/alsh received the highest vote cast firm. of Walsh & Nob.n was one of the most prominent and suoccssful h:gnl combiniti[...]e3n I ate of the Rtpublican party, Hem')' C. Smith by time of Mr. \VaJsh's clec:tion to the senate. Senator[...]tor Joseph• M \Valsh is identified with a num~r of land and live$tOCk D,xdon, lhe Pro,re$$[...]er• san • Th~ sentnnent in Javor of the election of sena- ests in timber lands ;:1nd mines-. tors by_ direct vote .of ~he people being particularJy . Senator ·,v[...]~come a can• strong m Montana, m view of the rcpeate<l scandals didate for any political o[...]irmly established. newly elected member of the assembly, S-ave on'c, wn However, there w-as[...]n bound by Statement No. 1. One-h;itf of the up~r public affairs did not claim his earnest[...]ct- public quc,:tions his close s1udy. He was one of Mon- ment o~ the. law pro\•iding f[...]on ~on.stra.mcd except by the moral force of the vote at Den\'cr, in 19(18, and ag:ain at Balt[...]3tcd the ~otc was taken every member of the :assembly, includ• actual work of preparin$: the p.lrty's declaration of mg .D~mocrats, Prog_rcssive$ and Rep[...]n 19()6, Soc1ah5t, responded m favor of Mr. \Valsh. but the Roosevelt sentiment was strOn[...]his. a~ual career as s~nator, rt 1s of course impossible Republican majority, and he wa,[...]wever. to md1catc the exact Imes of his l)Osition as a member at that time he became a p0tentfol candidate for the of t~e upi:x:_r brand, _of congress with regard to the honors of-the United States senatorship, and he led the[...]~otewort~y th.at Mr. \Valsh has de\·Otcd much of his one of the leaders in the party in the · upper branch of[...]time _d urmg the last ten yea.rs to the study of public congress. So vigorot1s was his campaign th[...]ate for rongressman was elected ~sis of original res~arch. He docs not sub1uit his by abo[...]people returned to Judgment to that of others unless he is well fortified a Democratic legislature with a majority of seven votes. ~Y opinions of his ow[!. In 19u, Senator ·wabh de• Had the us[...]n elected a monograph on the recall of judges, ;,n article which senator on the ,first d:iy of the joint session. However, was printed as a public documellt and widc~y read. powerful supporters of Senator Carter from beyond He has made a special study of railroad rates and the sw.tc, including the Amal[...]enough Democrats from partici- hons of particular mtcrtst to the \:Vest, and his course pating 10 a caucus to defeat the as.sembling of 01,c. A will be watched wjth special in[...]tire with rcg,m.l to the acti\·ities of the gO\'Cmment con- sc-ssion. The S3me interests[...]their oower to cerning 1he disposition of the public land. He h3s circumvent united action[...]pre• always favore:d 1he pursuit of a p,olicy that would m:i.kc viously prevented th[...]ntion from naming a the public lands of this country 3$ attracti\'C to set·• senatori[...]capital :is 311.y the Canadi:m Though two-thirds of the Democratic members of the government has to offer. He favors de\•clopment of assembly were favorable to the candidacy of Mr. \V,dsh, the hydro-clcdric power si[...]h: porters remained firm until the very last day of the same time he is opposed to the l[...]g for more than PoSCd b>· many studems of the question, since he seven hours, the assembly[...]n law in Montan3. Popular people of the locality in which the powe.r is used. deman[...]sure Senator \Yaish is a 'man of splendid earnestness and upon the legislature about the time of the scn;t.torial of incorruptible integrity. For this reaso,, the peo[...]ntioned. To appease this p0pu1ar de- of Montana m':ly foe.I that their own interests, as[...]ted a makeshift law, dc-.signcd a,s those of the nation, arc entrusted wisc.ly, so far as for the cxprC$S purpose of thwarting the \viii of the he ha.s control over them. As aff[...]nd his atti- nominate candidates for the office of United States tude towards larger[...]d thit each candidate for called some of his prominent activities as a lawyer the[...] |
![]() | 866 HISTORY OF MONTANA with ha\·ing de-alt .1 vital blow to trusts orpnitcd the fall of this year, ahcr having (out, of these little e,•idtnce of the character of the bnd, :uid that the a~d Trnc-t1on Co[...]holdings in Polson and in Canada. He is a member of |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]gan to smile on. his efforts and rich (the father of our subject, Gottfried R. M. Strit• he be[...]dgment had led him zel) was wounded in the battle of Koeniggraet,;, Aus- aright in directing h[...]ril'er. Friedrich Strit,;el, who was one of a family of sii" fo the early days of freighting between the Missouri children, was bor[...]1862, he joined the 8th Com- and the vivid tales of the adventures of that life still pany 5th East Prussia Grenadier Regiment No. 41. possess a magic charm for the ears of the younger gen- and retired as undcrofficer in the Landwehr on Octo- eration. In the course of time Mr. Story made invest- ber I, 1865. On the 15th of February, 1866, he joined ments in California and the territories, his. excellent the 3d Company of the ~d East Prussia Grenadier Regi- business judg[...]urchases, 1ne1lt No. 3 a1ld fought in the battlts of Trautcnau, and he personally engaged in plaeer mi[...]her sections ne:,;r and remote. \-Vhile· his out of the war as an invalid he received a commission mi[...]e at B1indgallcn in ing and acquired large bodies of land and went exten• which town his son Gottfri[...]ancements Friedrich Strittc.l rose to 13,000 head of cattle from his ranch, it was believed to the rank as the superior of the customs office in Kl. be one of the largest transactions in live stock that had Kallweitschen and later in the town of Hcilsberg. · For ever been recorded in northwest[...]a Kab- resident. In addition to erecting here one of the 1nost bacber (a Sabburgcrin) died on March ~2[...]he Northern_ Paci~c peror \Villiam l's birthday). Of this. m~r~iage t~erc Railroad west of St. Paul, i imncsota, he has built bus1· were six children, four of whom are sttll hvmg : Fried• ness bloc.ks along[...]real estate and has contributed many thousands of dol•[...]ssist both public NEl..SON $TORY. The amassing of a great fortune may and private enterprises from whieh he, personally, reaps be the end and a im of many a man's life, but to ~thcr but little reward[...]welfare. wisely and well, has been the a1nb1lton of such men as Mr. Story was married in early manhood to Miss Nelson Story, who is credited with one of the largest EJlcn Trent and seven children wert born to them, the individual fortunes in the state of Montan:.t, Few men four surviv~rs being: Rose, wh[...]essed themselves more con$picuously on the mother of three sons and one daughter; Nelson, J r., who business de,,clopment of this st:,;te and his influence has married and ha[...]also been notable in the found ing and foster ing of e.nter- whose family :,;lso consists of a son and daughter; an_d prises devoted to high ideals along the lines of educa- \Valter P., who is a graduate of Shattuck Coll~ge, Far!- tion and good citizenship. The life of every prominent bault, Minnesota. 1fr. a1~d. Mrs. Story have ~vcn their and suttessful man of the West has been more or less children exception[...]al a~ well as social advan- adventurous, and that of Mr. Story has been no excep- tages. In addition t[...]:,;nd family ha\'e an e'!uall~ attrac· is a son of lr;i, and Hannah (Gile) Story. The first tiv~ one for the winter at Los Angeles, Cahf?~n1:,;, The record of the Story family in New England that has family a[...]Story was have known him for more than a quarter of a century a son of John and Priscilla (Choate) Storr, the forrne.r s[...]e in his manner with a change in his for• a son of John and Hannah Story, a grandson of Deacon tunes. He was hearty a1\d hospitable in his pioneer log Seth Story and a great"•grandson of \Villi.am the settler. eabin and he is equally so[...]s wife were both born in New Hamp- homes. The cut of his visitor's coat docs not bother shire and both[...]ed fifl)'•six years and the la!ter :,;t the age of His life h:,;s been such that fidelity and honesty have fifty-four years. Their family consisted of four children. assumed value to him and he is abl[...]ue liness under a forbidding guise. 1-te may tell of experi- to :l boy who has to toil in the open air[...]ori encouragement perhaps, to an energetic habit of life many QccaSions and of times of dang(r and cxcitcinent, that has attend~d i\fr. Story throughout his career. Dl!r• of combats with Indians and struggles with brt-akers of ing this period on the home fann he attended the[...]ure further educational nize the und(rlying sense of justice, the wise judgmcn~ training taught scltool one term to provide for the .ind the honesty of purpose. In the rctros~ct Mr. Story same. He auen[...]each the ,vest, toward which . STORY OF TH£ MAN wao H(mc Gro11.ce IVES section he had lo[...], busy life Jike ~hat of Mr. Story it would rcqui~e a _volum_e The hanging of George l vcs in 1863, was one of the to justly place before the reader every .s t[...]st exciting events which stir-red the new country of ness progress a11d to closely follow the young school that day. Nelson Story, Sr., of Bozeman, is the man \'ol, 11-2 |
![]() | 868 HISTORY OF MONTAN'.A who took the place of the ovct-awed sheriff and carried rope wit[...]d a large dry goods box for out the stern cdict.s of the law, and he it is who tells a drop. the[...]•·we formed in rank upon either side of the oecn of Februar)' 16, 19()():[...]"Much hu already been written conccming events of cast. The writer stood about in the center of the line the early d.l)'S of Monl:m:\ and although the general field on the[...]red but have never bcctt in p rint. one of the gua.rd asked Ives if he killed the Dutchman.[...]a.skcd. givt:n interesting foeu in their a«ounts of the settle- 'Alex. C.:utcr,' 'h e replied. ment of eastern · Idaho, the discovery of gold, and the · ''Sheriff Hereford then got upon the big box, adjusted formation of ,,igilancc committees, etc.[...]:a.s t build• ··The writer was a rc.sidc1H of Summit, Alder Gulch, ing and directly over Hereford's head, a rescuing party in the summer of 1863, oceupicd in the p:icking of sup• made up of :t number of men, stood with their revolvers plies and selling them to the miners of the gulch. About in their hands m:i.king thrca.t$. the first of December, 1863, :\ man appeared •in Summit,[...]Other that he would shoot Hereford. One man Jo.,d of potatoes to 1hc Ncvad3, or Lower Town, some[...]ng day wi1h under the proj«ting tr.able end of the cast building from my pae.k outli1, consisting of about fourteen Mexic-an where ho shouted,[...]out the him?' No one responded. middre of the afternoon. After depositing my pack[...]d my dinner and then order to t3kc hold of the box upon which Ives stood. went to :1bout lhc center of the town, then consisting Quick as thought we took the box from under Ives and of a row o f one-story log buildings uPon either side of down he came with a crash into the rope.. E[...]ur •places, our guns in our .hands or a quarter of a mile. · c«ked, ready for 3etion. '•Here the tri:al of Ceo. Ives was in progrc,s. He "The c[...]e grou11d. b.11· was being tried for the killing of a German by the ing over each other as they came ·down, for they (eared name of Nicholas Tabault, in the Stinkingwater valley, the guns of the guard who were now much exe:ited. near the ranch of Rogert Dempsey. A s[...]ly fired, would ha,•c ''T he jt1ry consisted of twenty-four members. Colonel caused t11c gua[...]shcd friend The trial took place in the open, out of doors, in front from foe. h was so dark that only well known :tC(luaint- of log buildings, on the west side 'of the street. Benches ances could with difficul[...]''The would-be as.sa.ssins upon tbe roof of the cast stand. Guarding this honora61e court som[...]e-s, the day l>cforc, was arrested near the ranch of " About five o'dock the jury retired to :t nea[...]ings were being upon a btnch and in :t elear tone of voice announced held to try Ives. the d[...]lows: those diss.atisficd with the hanging of Ives, were doing 'The dissenting juror is one of the ro:\d agents, beyond some loud talking.[...]anging .the prisoner. tc.ading in denunciations of the hang:inJ. We took him h-es., immediately, He[...]unter, who ran :\ saloon "At this time 3 crowd of $P«l'-tOrs numbering SC\'Crnl situ:1ted on tht west side of the street some two hundrc<l thous.ancJ had i:tat[...]up his businc» affairs. \\·hieh was con• of his front door '\yith hat ind co.1.t off and in a[...]· Long John, a do1-en of us started to arrest him-we "The ~ir was fille[...]lmost upon him i"Jr Sander's speech :tnd warninJ" of rescue. the writer. before he saw us. Charle[...]y affair) which lo.,ded at the guard were made up of volunteers. Hereford ordered a · brieeh[...]t some two "Hunter sprang for the door of his s.aloon-Brown hundred )';'lrds. then side stepped u& to the west into a grabbin~ to get hold of him and, I bringing up be.hind vacant sp:tce :tbo[...]betw~n two llro\vn in order to assist in eue of a C3tch. Into die one-story log buildings. Two lo[...]cross saloon through the northwest corner of the building ·(a fro m one building to the other[...]spacious in site) we went. From about the center of these logs w3s suspcndc<i ;a The bar was in the southeast corner of the building," |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]69 the stO\'C i11 ibout the center of the room. There was a Ro:-.·A1.D[...]1t 1s door in the so,ithwcn corner of this room leading 10 in difficult to dissip..11e or overshadow; the cloud of bc-- adjoining ap;artmcnt. This do[...]r it with Brown reaching for him. JU of the biggest 1ncn of his t.ime in the land where he was Hunter and Brown pa$SCd the west end of the bar coun- best known. Christophe[...]nd prcs$Cd close to daring and optimism of his countrymen. Leaving Brown's ba[...]nlry when only a lad into the muulc of 1n.y gun. I ordered him to give up of c-ightccn. His fearlessness and IO\'C of advc-nturc \ the pistol. He held up b[...]founder of the thnving city of Missoula. He first laid "No less[...]crowd as we much o{ the chart of the present city. Naturally, he b3c[...]had bttn dosed behind us. was one of the largest landholders. Hi.s intercst.s grew[...]my hands were foll (a with those of the great northwest until he became a[...]-1 in t.he other) then we stepped man of large :i.tlairs. He cst.;iblishcd the 6r.st banki[...]bodies for one slip or mistake or the least bit of hesita- entire time and energy of Captain Higgins. It was to 1.ion on[...]ught m:i.ny pistols to him o nlr. one of his many and varied interests. His[...]he was a.dmi1ted to be one of the cattle kings of the "Alexander Carter, who kille[...], in Gallatin valley. in the vigor of his inanhood. Hi.s fifty•fi\'C >·cars of c:on- "The ·next da,y ."after the execution of Ives, Rol>trt tin~1al accomplishment ha[...]e remembered so long found innocent of any wrong doing and re.leased. Ocmp•[...]fa mily and had been m $late proud of her pioneers and their deeds of p_rowcss. the country some years. L[...]Hall, 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 iff Robert Hc-reford w.-i.s then upwards of fifty year, of Mall, Idaho. To them were born se,•en[...]daughters, three sons and one daughter of whom arc the . case against hie:$,[...]governor of Montana bc:ing his oldest son. "At the break of day the follow ing morning after the[...]in the pub· twenty~seven years 'of age-, lived in Miles City where he lic schools of Missoula, he wa.s sent 10 Philip Exeter[...].a.rs .tfter. Mc died in Klon- AC:\demy, ofof about thirt>' yC"ar-$ · ton University w[...]Princeton, he became a member of the Cannon Club. "0( the hund[...],.;ng in the chapter house and enjoying all sides of loon the riight that Ives was hu[...]believing the Ann · Arbor feir of his life that he had lost control of himself. 13.w sc:hcol to be equal if not superior to schools of i1.s ''After eastern Idaho ha[...]five hun~ better equipped to meet the- needs of the man ,,11to h1• · dred dollars[...]no\'ed soula. \Vl1ilc- at the Univc-rsity of Michigan ·he ,be• as 1t was rn the moment of c,xeitcment and indeds-ion eamc a member of the Chi Psi fraternity. of the sheriff."[...]1\lrc:.ady his name stands for more than that of a rich |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA m:m's son. He is actl\•c in the Republican politics of the in:agnitudc and value of their achievement, though the s[...]gcncrnl election in 1910 he was of their 1riafs, h11.rdships :tnd perils r~ds like a[...]egislature-the twc1'1h kgislati\•c of pt1re fiction. Montana must e,·cr owe a debt of 3.sscmbl>• o t 1hc Sl3tC of Mom:m3, bdn_g the only Rc- honor a[...]n which was re-elected a member of the legislature. In his p;Olit• h3$ been re.ued the m.a.gnific-cnt supcr1tructure of ;, iC3.I life he has shown hims[...]n. · . of this type still li\'inz in ~ron1Ma is J uds;e Funk H. J;;l<: i$ a member of the Benevolent and Protccth·c \Vood>·, of Missoi113, the judicial ccn1er of the <:ounty Order o f Elk$. b(ing at lhc present time exalted ruler of the same name. He nn the fu ll gamut of cxpen• of Hell Gate Lodge No. 3,83, a nd 3 young a1torncy of ·enccs in conneetion with life on[...]nusual promise. As yet he has resisted the daim.s of and few c:i.n offer more varied a[...]inisccnccs concerning conditions and i11Rucnccs of[...]1he: «itl>· days. Wi1h the c:<ecption of :an interim of C1u.1s10P11t:a PoweR H1CG1NS, the father of Ron:i.ld :.bout three years he his c[...]Higgins, W3S born in Ireland on the sixt«nth day of home in Montana since 1$,;6, an[...]:cn ;:a_n influcn\fal factor in the dc,·elopmcnt of the Hit#lns, then1seh•es ruti\'CS of the E merald Isle. • state alon[...]i.me to the United a half-ccn1urr of re:sidcnce in · ~fohtan:a, has made him[...]an a uthority in rcprd to the: details of transition. mak- misht defend h[...]ing the :i.dwmce:mcnt from the condition of the wild and from within :is we[...]untrammeled frontier to 1he presem ef)OCh of most the rtgular army. After 6,·c yt.:\l"S of aeth•e SC:r\'i~ in :'ld,·anced social[...]been numbered among the rcpresentatl\'C members of Indian fighter of the northwest. \Vith him he helped the bar of l\fontana, ha.s served i1, ".arious offices of in the: orilrinal sur,·c:)' of the Northern Pacific~ He public trust, including th.at of district judge in Mis50ul:t w:.[...]ian s. This w.a.s the trtaty plane of integrity and honor, so that he has been ac•[...]the Fbt corded the lul!C:$t mC3sure ofof his services, Mr. Higgins w:as soon[...]g to ~t\•e11 the comrnis,sion of c.:aptain in the army :rnd :accord recognition in this histor)' of Montan~. He is ordered to carry •on his work of subduing the Jndfa'ns. engaged in the ac1i,·c practice of his profusion in Mis-♦ Unlit 1$S(), he rem:aincd in this branch of the scn•ice, soula and is one of the leading members of the ~r when he was assigned to t11e quartermaster's depart• of this section o f the state. mcn[...]in 01a.tham county, North years of the time acting :,s go,•ernmcnt ~c-nt at ,val13, Carolina, on the 10th of Dc-cembcr, 1&.l:l, and is 3 son -t[...]of Robe:r, :1.nd Pyrcne (Hargra\'C) Wood)'. both of ~ |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA[...].:i.ddle, pfaced my sma11 belon.iings, consisting of ii of immigrants en route to \Vashmgton territory. He single pair of blankets, a small quantity of bread and. proceeded as far .ts the Sweetwater r[...]keepsakc.s from my He then fell in with a part)' of Mormons, whom he[...]with which to pay Jndian.s for fcniagc, the 15th of August, 185> Although ill and almost[...]that some mistake urishaken, and :1ftcr a period of one yea.r's residence in had been made :ts to the time of our starting, and th:u Utah, he jointd a party t[...]£or we failed to meet at the desig- the middle of October, 1856, he arrived at Hdl_gatc[...]nated point. 1 cx,u1d sec the remains of his ~mp fire on river, near the prcSt.nt .site of the city of l\linoul:,, the o_p~ite side of the ri\'er,,.but not a man or horse Mcmtana, an[...]sight." Missoula ..-alleys until the early part of NO\'cmber,[...]ue \Valla \Valla, \Vashing·to!!.t near the iite of the present dehberation, he made the dangerous ford of the Mis- city of \Valla \Valla. There he remained until the[...]and on the following day overtook the Mc- summer of 18601 when he returned to Montina, where[...]remainder and most dat1gcrous part of his jouniey. soulion of Sunda,, December 15, 1912. \Vithin the[...]oc-ur d'Alene Indian as guide, giving comP.<':ss of a review of this order it is of coun~ im- to him one of his horses in recompense for SCf\•icc thu.s po[...]to be rendered. Up0n arriving at the foot of Coeur rtoord given; but a few quotations may be[...]s guide dtclined to go farther, but indicati\·c of the conditions of the time: procured :inothcr of the tribe to continue the journey. "Jn the fall of the )'elr I8$7 I found myself in the[...]n Plathe-ad Indian country, then in the Territory of Wash- the Spok[...]l1ere were in of Coeur d'Alene I ndians and the second night the[...]ing. Through a wild· and dangerous country, of which near the mouth of the Jocko river, this being occupied[...]finally reached a c.,mp of Nc-z. Pc.rcu Jndia1\S and cn- in the present state of Montana. and the onlr one then[...]s they refused to do, and 3; serious Jed somewhat of a \'ag:abond life, doing a little work[...]ronted the. weary tr.l\'Clcr. From for one or two of the Indian traders. and hunting, fish-[...]as. written by Judge \Voody hhnself. in the fall of 18s7 I bcc:a.mc tired of my isplation from[...]e rh·cr. I no1iccd th:\t there 3gain with people of my own race :md color; but how[...]was considcr.\blc driftwood on the" banks of the ri\'cr, to do so was a urious question. The[...]to get two large sticks of driftwood and last them of the pince where I w:as then lh•ing, and the cou[...]him swinl, and attempt to cross on my raft,- m;my of them being .i.nything but friendly to the whites:[...]y dangerous an d despentc undcrtakin,g. and some·of them being in a st:itc of 3Ctu:il hostitity.«-[...]Jac:c to make the attempt, "In the e.uly fall of "1857 two men who had come[...]Fort \Valla'\Vall.a. ga,\'e me a glowing aC(Qtlnt of the cou.ntry,[...]ing d riftwood on the banks of the stream. From the[...]inguishing m:'lrk, and I rode to reach this land of f.romise wa.s difficult to determine.[...]d them to put me over the river, About the first of November I had occasion to visit[...]with me, to tra.de for Ccrriage and miles north of the place where I wu then stopping,[...]fered. them .t.nd while there I met a lay brother of the Cotur[...]:and little pack off of my horse and put them in the of the St. Regis de Bofll-a r h·er, where it joined[...]top of the hill I lookc-d <!own the river .tnd siw an[...]e l had etoss.cd. 1 had two riding horses. On one of them I put a·pack-[...]J'U,on "'•ooes:, wlll be 1.btl(IC('d, posed. of Fort \Valla \Valla. :rnd O\'Cr a high, grau - ,tu[...]CO\'ercd country, dc\'oid of trees, streams or trails; and |
![]() | ·872 HISTORY OF l'IIONTAN;\. at·nig-ht I 'camped at a spring t[...]s. to conserve ~ ity ;md justice, so thM few of his de- |
![]() | .HISTORY OF MONTANA 873 p3.ny tendered him the po$1t1on of manager of t he sole proprietor for the last three year$ in which' the Helena br.lnch of t heir organization, and he is now busintu was conduetcd. having_ bought the interest of filling t11is office. There :arc but two branches[...]t is here: worthy o( men- siate, so that the work of thi,s office is heavy a.nd im• tion that the opening _up and $cttling of the wunt.ry portant. lts · rupon.sibilitiu arc s.uc.h as Mr. Albrecht between the years of 1S63 and 1873 was due principally 1s well ada1ncd[...]e has in addition to the activities of Gnnvillc Stuart and his party o: to his exc<:utiv[...]Stuart at Black Hawk, Colorado, but now of Deer operations in the mcrlantilc business. Lodge, setting forth the wonders of the then wholly Mr. Albr«ht is a mc-mber of the Episcopal ('liurch, unde,•cloJ)[...]Commcr<:ial Club and in the social state of the Union, orginu:::uions is one of the Helena Lambs' Club. In 1[...]h the Elks. He is a wholly b«:ausc of the st.ate of his huhh, and engaged Republican, but onlv as an[...]i mining, principa.lly as a inJ in the activities of the -local organi-a:ation. The means to[...],pcn is apt to 1876, after three years of roughing 1t, he removed to be given to reading. as he is fond of literature and freely Helena where be bccam[...]National Bank, taking the po$ition of bookkccpcr in[...]instit ution. one o( the pioneer banking hou.scs of CJtAN\'IU.'& STUAtt. Although \'irtuall)· ~ resident of that section. The confini"B' nature of the work de- what is now Mon1an.a since 18570 Gr[...]incu, bei1~~ usociatcd widi S. T. Hauser matter of little moment. The: thing of v-ast importance of the FirSt Natioh:il B:ank and A . J. Oa,•is, the mil• to the state of Montana is that he did actual!>• b«ozne lionaire miner of Butte. Since that time Mr. Stuart was .a citiien,[...]is adopted state controller and manager of that c.x.tcnsh•c business, until the best of all he possessed. Ambition, coura.gc, p,cr-[...]siness o( $.&0,000 per annum. :ind in July, pot of the future of a great commonwc-.1.lth, and t he 18$3, the \'a.luc of the in\'cstmcnt had incrc:,.sed to btne-fits th[...]0,000, as c,•idenccd at tha.t time by the s:ile of :,. sult of his life and l.lbor thus far can never be rischtl[...]for ~ .<i67, whic.h rcpre$ented the share of Meurs. Gram•ille Stu:lrl w-u born in Clark[...]ht> busineu. necessitated by the demands of such an ii,· soi, of Robert and Nancy (Currence) Stuart. , 1'hc[...]as been able to gi,·e some time to farnil)' is of Scottish origin, coming from Scotland in[...]sovcrmracntal affairs. He was the earlr history of the Atl:rntic states ind being idcn .. a member of the territorial c:ouncil in 1$72:, of the lilied w11h the de\'clopmcnt of Virgin.ia until 1837. at hou,e in 1875 :ind 1879, :ilso the extra sessions of that which ti me Robert Stu~ut remo,·ed to Ill[...]838 yc.1.r i n July, :ind he wu pr«idcnt of the council i n we find the fam il>· ,culcd in[...]1883, being elected on the Dcm0<ratic ticket, of which :md in that st.:itc Gr2n,·illc Stuart rec[...]18.;8. Sub-- present time he is libnri:ln of t hC Oum: Public Libraq·. scquently he ,ssistcd[...]e the book. "Montana As It Is :" a splendid tcr of 1851, when h e returned to his Iowa home. I n[...]on his second trip overland to tions of the territory now known as ~fontan.i. , Of Mr. C.1hforni2, ::tC'OOm~nicd by his two sons. J[...]Stu.1rt and his book,, the Bu.tit Miner of November 19, 'Gr2n\·illc. The younger Stuarts re[...]her boosters by the thousands and hundreds of thou• as Washington Territory, and settled in Deer Lodge ,and.t, the daddy of them all is City Librarian Granville "-'llc:y, about three miles north. of the present vill~e Stuirt, who i.s the author of the first book ever writtcn -of Pioneer at the mouth of Gold creek. In company with on t he re.sources and wondc.rful possibilities of what is his brother, J:imcs Stuart. Md Rciin An[...]ury ago, and wo,·en :iround the book is a. story of Stuart did the first prospccting :rnd mining fo[...]neer, b-ctw«:n 1sse is a 13le illustr:1.tivc of just what ~ little world this .is 3nd 1862, and it w:as their opcr:itions in that period :ind of the freakish pranks fate sometimes pla)·S. whi[...]im•olvcs one Edwin E. Pml)lc:, a New portion of the eountry. 1n 186; James Stuart visited[...]the ,c:,.rly six-tics, whc·n they ml.de a census of the year, where he remained until 1S,O. Then he[...]ann.a.ck Cit>·· the first pointed to the post of physician at the Fort Peck agency. mining[...]me as a them. During their compilation of the name oJ e, ·ery result of cancer, on St1>ttmbcr 30, 1873, H is body wa.s resident of the ttrri(ory the>· became fast friends. remov[...]ok place. This w;is in the spring of 1863 :rnd about one yC'.\r later ln 186.3 Granvi[...]he with his brother fo r a dictionuy of t he S nake Indian language al').d James, Since[...], 'They continued• in businC$S until September of 1865. but 1:iter dc\'elopcd into a s[...]the tenitory now cmbra«d in the state of )fontina. 'business in Dtcr Lodge, conducting a[...]t. howe,·er, hundred co-pie:s of the book were pri nted by C. S.[...] |
![]() | 874 HISTORY OF MONTANA \VC$tcott & Company, . _printers, 79 Joh[...]500.00. qu:aint little three-cent s tamp of that date m the right Before. dch\'cr/' was m•d[...]n down and on y 400 copies were saved. Later a ll of bt'a ring a notation on the back indi[...]"The book wriltcn by Mr. S t uart i$ of much his- Occr Lodge before the following winter,[...]territory now embraced in the Slate of Montami. In During the winter at Laramie snow had[...]re3ter h :we g 1\'en a s:eneral discription of t he form, climate, pirt they were wonhlen. Such u could be S."t.\'cd rcsourcc:s, etc., of the vast region over which the were dis.tributed[...]o $n3kc langu:agc is talked, in the form of notes to a what disposit ion w-a.s c\'er made o f the other t h ree dictionary of tha t lang·u~e, a plan that, as will be hundrt'd[...]ially c.arncd out when my attention Jcuncd. A few of them, however, must ha\'c bec.n and[...]other a ffairs sold,_ £or a £cw years later one of them was purchased to enable me to devote[...]. So that a description o f the S nake hard.ships ofof hi.s sides my dcsuiption of portions. of Montana, informa• book, M d on ,\pr-ii 27th, Mr[...]h is now eagerl)' souglu for were so scat- 'Yours of the mnth inuant arrived last mail. Jt ga\•e[...]S. \ Vestcott & Co., 79 J ohn stree1, New of my old s tam ping ground now known as Montana Yor[...]Hon. James Tufts, our cx-go,·ernor, had ch::.rgc of ers (if l should be so fortunate as to[...]scribed in det3il. Just the rig.ht amount of n:irrative him he may know where )"<>u ca n procu[...]Judg:e D;tncc, a nd myself, arc s till rough- of t he book to comeel inte rest. The ,w1hor recites[...]send respects. J shall be &fad to incident of his a rrJ\•al in Montana and tells o! the hcM f[...]1852 a Fre nch half breed from the Red Rh·er of the scqucntl)' wrote him but "the one time. Whct~[...]o had been to Cal• not he e\'Cr procured 3 copy of the book he did not ifornia, began to prosp«t on a branch of the Hcll~ te, learn un1il more- 1h.in fort)'•o[...]w known as Gold creek. He fou nd $mall quanti1ies of the story• commences some t ime in r902, whe!' Mr. of lijrht float gold in the sur face along 1his stream, but Stuart in looking o,·cr a catalog of books is.sued not in suffiC'ient abun[...]:i..me noised by Fr3neis B. Harper, found :t copy of ' Mol'ltana As 3bout a mong 1he mountain[...]e Jetter, Mr. Stuart states in the s ummer of 1857, we s.:i.w some men who forwarded the $10 as[...]der a rrived. About three !l'onth.$ ago ~ catalog of go out to that regjon and_ w inter and l~[...]ccordingly wmtcrcd on Big Hole. 1ust a collc<:tor of books in N as.lwille. Tennessee. ln t hat ab[...]ny with Robert Demp- Mr. Stuart again found trace of the boOk. tr, together sey, Jake Meeks, and others., ;:ind in the spring of 185,8; with an autograph letter fron~ the ~uthor,[...]en:&ble us to fo rm a reliable es.tim:ne of the richness, to be bound: Bt.t ween the cove:r :ind the firs t p."lge of this ,·icinity. We then went l»ck to 1he emigra[...]er to Purple written April 27, probability of t here being good' miitt$ in Deer Lodge,. |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTAN:\ 676 until in the foll of 186<>. we mo,·cd out to the mou1h insight into Indian life forty years ago. The clippins of the Stinking Water r-h·cr, intcndins to wintc•[...]a1ion, it contains $0 cle:tr an tied at the mouth of Gold creek and bqan to pros• account of tl1e pre.sent conditions of the Indian tribes pect. \Ve succ«dcd during the[...]n called, to coinc out wealth and power of most or the Jndi:,.n tribes of the Md join us, as we thought this a better ('Oun[...]to the British "In outlining the topogr:.phy of the territory Mr. line, thus b«oming f[...]heir cus• Stuart dh·ided it into ·a s.eric-.s of bis.in.s, fi,·c in num• toms, habits, bnguagts and mO<les of life, has caused btr, of which four lie on 1he ~st side o( the Rockies[...]y lxtdly managed the resources :rnd possibilitic, of Montana with the in the past is paten[...]scr\'ing; mind. s.ame optimism w11ich the authors of booster litcra• ,. "''At the beginning of 1hc 1idc of immigrants that le:h hire of the prdtnt d~· arc wont to sec them, is indi•[...]nent to c:ued b).' the following prediction: 'The Yellowstone California i nd Ore;go1i the many tri[...]in general prosperous, but ti'> the westtrn edge of the basin, or aln,ost to the the contact wi1h the whites produced the heretofore center of Montana, and it is by tl1is rh•er that she[...]time cart)• down our gold footsteps of cl\•ilit2tion, 311d to fall with a blisluinJ:t[...]principally, to the introd\1ction nmong them of whisky any ''f«t" in an,t r·ich silver leads, a[...]..1ttcndant C\·ils which produce. famine, dis• of the joys of going out poor in the mon,ing in search c:ise :ind ()O\·crty. dissensions and wars among them• of "lc:1ds'' and coming t>.,,ek i n the cve1,ing ric[...]extermination of all the tribes of the mountains :md "The dictionuy of the Snake l:ingu.-..ge is indeed plains of the great Wc.$t, some of whom ha.ve a lread)· intere$ting. The accomp."l.[...]r- terning tlie habits, superstitions :ind manner of li\'ing porattd into o ther and stronger tribes. of the Jndi:ins. The dictio,i::-ry of the Chinook ;"rgon "'Wash.Jkcc's band of S hoshonc:-.s or Sn.akcs. who then and still in use in and among the tribt:s of Ore- fom1crly rangtd from Bear ri\'cr to the mouth of gon, Washington, Briti-Sh Columbia and the north[...]ey ar c much reduced in num• scien tious study of the Jangu~e. One of the features hers and 3re almost entirely dependent upon the In- of the book, however, which has M immedia te appeal,[...]i,·ing, :ts there :ire now no is the itincrar>' of the route from Leavenworth City tiuf[...]a.nd quit the ch:&se for tl1c more quiet pursuits of }ton \Valla \Valla in \V::tsf'lington territory,[...]Dist:m<:ts were gi,·cn bctw«-n poinu, location, of sist in coming to their rtscrvatio[...]o the horse$ and occasionally kill some of thcin. They com• emigrant, arc described, a.nd the conditions of every plained. and justl>· so, that[...]protect them on their rcsen•ations. of this territory ,~as w1ldcrne.ss, boasting I\'!) h[...]11• tions :md little besides :t vast e-xi»nsc of rolling plam, n:icks., who formerly r:i.n~[...]s.g:cd mountain range.s. The the mouth of the Snake rl\·cr, arc now nearly all on the itineraries arc· the concluding feature of the book.'' . rescn•ation at Lemhi, ne[...]ld Fort Ha.II on Snake from the New York ToJJtS of October 4, 18;1. It ri\·cr. The[...]opcr:i.tion and thtse Indians. who ate naturally of tl1c ~' 1871, to the fodian pta<:c comm1ss1oncr,[...].. most gentle and tract3ble dispositions of ':,.ny of tlic m which he dt:tls with the lndian tribc.s of the North- mount.Jin tribes, arc gla.d[...]ey sec that they get the bcnrf,t fol $1Me-me:nt of their condition and prospccu. and of thei r labor. There is no game in their eQ-untr)'[...]i\'e on the eroducts o f the the administration of its Indian affairs. It will also farm.[...]show th.nt Mr. Stuart •m3dc :\ careful s.tudy of condi• is an abundance in Salmon ri\'cr. The- farm h::-s only tions. :md that the great heart of the man wa.s stirred been in. operation[...]ave: 10 its utmost by his deep-seated knowledge of the sixty•fivc acres under eult[...]Cr)' unhap()y conditions r>eculiar to the race. of the Red well. considering the limited means of the agtnt. Men at that time. The letter is of historiea.l \·aluc., '' 'The Flathead~ and Pend d'Oriellcs arc now ora.c• in ,·iew of the fact that it givtl such a compreheMivc[...] |
![]() | 876 HISTORY OF MONTANA er-ally o n their rc$cn·ations in the[...]many treaties midc with them, have large herds of canlc and m:,ny hor$CS. Owing has[...]!'ls to look upon all treaties as to the labors of the Jesuit mis.sionaric.s, who have had[...]is done no treaty ' will l>c observ"ed rites of the church. These l ndi:ms are quiet and for, any leng1h of ti me. The white.s arc almost in• pc-act-able. A Porti.on of 1hcm still make semi-annual v~n:ibly the first to break tre:aty stipulations of any trips to the Yellowsto ne and Missouri r[...]d will cc.,sc to go ·• ~The d ict:ites of hum:inity demand th:it the Indians -ahcr b11[...]y bcooming ci,•ilizcd, and quainted in the arts of ci, iliz-ation to sustain thcm-[...]Snake r iver, sdvcs. The onward m~uch of civili1.;a.tion is fast ex• Clc.uwater and[...]terminating tile red men who o nce were owners of all and cattle and farm to :a considcrab1c e[...]cy ha\'e sufrere~ great injustice 3nd p.'lrt of them still go with the Ffathe:nds .tnd Pend cruel[...]protection d'Oricllcs to hunt on the plains of the Missouri and fro1n the strong arm of the go,·ernment in a few short Ycllowston~[...]ours, Gran\'illC Stuart.',, intelligent. Many of them can spc3k English 3nd a . \Ve. h3\'C given this letter and the newspaper dip. few of them c.an read and write. p,ng m full, as the.y seem to throw a deal of light 14 'The Crow I ndians have an agency and fa rm in the upon the early life of the man. T hat he was a thinker, upper part of the Yellowstone valley, where there :md a m an in advance of his time, is apparc11t on e\·ery nrc one hun[...]These Indians take grc~t interest in the farm and of Montana has be:en reah:tcd !ou r-fold, and the r:[...]conduct ch:inac.s brought abo\1t in the trc31mcnt of the Indian farming opcrationS and desire to b[...]nts, seeds, etc. They seem to fo11y rcali:te th e of much gratiflCition to ~fr. Stuart,. in view ()f h[...]ill 3bund:i.nt in their sympathetic \'iew of the situation as existing at the country, the time is not br dist3nt when they will time of his letter. be compelled to. form or starve, and they fully 3pprc- ciate the kindness of the gO\'ernment in giving them AuG[...]r which hns s.ome c1ghty•six acre.s development of the St3te ~nd its present high prestige , under culti\'ation, but :i.s game of .'Ill kinds, and buf- and he h as transmitted his[...]·ieneed in k~ping the Indians He is a man of extCJ\Sh·c interests in b.'lnking, me-re.an•[...]tile lines, ra.nehing and rc::i.l e,s tate. He is of German by unprincipled :rnd inOuential men who[...]u3de the I n• which make the Teutonic stock one of our mO$t admir • di3ns to lcn\'e their agenc.ies and go _into the Indian able sources of c.itiienship; in tru th the su~rlative term <=0untry out o( reach of the agents, so that t~ey can miiht well be used.[...]sp(ct, and is gen- the unte.asing ,•igilanc:e of India n Superintendent J. H. erally beloved by th[...]~rted will soon .suc- By circumstance of birth Mr. Graeter is .i Pcnnsylva• ceed in bringing to Justice or driving out of the coun• nian, his eye$ having first opened to the light of day in try all those nef:mou~ sco,~ndrels w~o a[...]took up(ul this whiskey trading as ~ crime, . :mt of a long line of P,;lStoral men, of whom there is jn but little short of actual murder, for it brings with it the {amil>· a record dati.ng back to 1549. His father, 3 long train of attendant ~vils which arc productive August F. Graete.r, Sr., was born in \.Vurtemberg. Ger- o( a vast sum of h um.an misery. ma[...]'"Owing to t1~e j udicious. administr~tion of Indian Stutii:;ard~ coming to America in 1828, wh[...]ndent Viall, the:re ss a more con• man m que-st of the much ,•aunt«t opp0rtunity across tented feeling among the Indians of this te:rritory than the sea. He first set[...]ans within bis power t~ prom(?tC was a publish er of German literature- books and news- their comfor[...]\Varren, Ohio, and there a11 s;enuinc kindnes-s of heart as has been shown by Super- that is mortal of him was interred. The mother, whose intendent V[...]n Pt-nnsyl- and expensive Indian wars. and 1css of the hostile and vani.a, · and in Allentown she w[...]d won. T he su$picious feeli ng that Jong years of injustice, false union of this worthy and devoted couple was blc.s.sed pr[...]faith, h ave engendered jn the mind by the birth of c.ight children, the immediate subject of of the Indian till he b as grown to look upQn all ou[...]le him. The T he firSt two years of Augus,tu$ F. Graeter, J r., wer~ total lack of good faith shown by our go\'crnment and sp[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]n that city. In i881 she came to and nt the ag·c of twenty he went back to f('nnsyl\•am a,[...]ng to the Hor$e Prairie where Mr. Graeter ous hfc of tJ1c lumberman . Again he returnc<I to \Var-[...]nd during: this period followed earl>• day$ of the te rritory. She was a good and true di\'crsc[...]ch gave him arc the hear tfelt tears of Sorrow s hed in sympathy with forever to Montani[...]g family a1 her loss. $he wa$ a devoted boundnics of the grc.at te r ritory in tbc month of August, member of the First Ba,pti$t chure:h o f this city and also[...]located in Bannack. ln the fi rst y~r$ he of the Eastern Star order. ~ngaged in placer mining,[...]ed to Dillon, where he such examples of g:rncious womanhood, our linlc town ha$ lived fo[...]its h tad in poignant grief for this noble woman of its successful and able eiti.ieti$. 1-lc has followed who was t.3ken so suddenly. T he m emory of her Jife wuious lines oi cnterfrise, such as ban[...]e in the he auoeiatcs himself seems pretty S\1re of prosperity. darkened home and to the so[...]in Mason()•, belonging to all tender w:wcs of sympathy radiate f rol,, ill h~rts; may the bodi[...]d principles. Cali form a;_ Blanche, wifo of Charle.s F alk, m,'tkCS her At 01te time he was[...]a, California ; \Villlam Arthur1 ma"rried, being of much influenoc and takins;- an 3.Cth·e part in is C3shie r of the State Bank of Dillon ; ~oic resides campaigns.. R«ently, howe[...]fashion. T he stibject cnJO}'S the Po»cssion of more r un for office, but Ms 3lw:i,ys rdu!ed, e ven though with than his share of friends and his loyalty to them is. un• a man of his popularity victory would have bce-n· 31most[...]e. He consented at one tin1e to ti.II the office of county commissioner a nd also served in the city[...]he was adamant in hts U ntil the age of sixteen years he au endcd the schools determination. He is, however1 one of the most public• of that c.it)", when his parents_, believing that he should spirited of men, and ever rcaoy to give his best effort[...]seven years thereafter he followed this line of work, :.11 out•Of•door sport in ~ 11cr3l and of b3scb:i.ll and but never fo und it much[...]horscricin$' in particular. Mont.an:,, is o ne of his hob- New York for 83nnack, Montana, where he established bies a nd his d rcams of her futUr e grca111css m agnificen t the first[...]ambitious, with a keen his wifo, a11d the demise of this good woman oc,currcd sense of business, and' from the beginning his ve nture ·[...]He k new instinctively what his p3trons of the west , he pau ed away, mou rned by ;ill who[...]annoyance a nd delay o f sending to the ~st for of the local oublications at the time of her demise : every small article o f a[...]in 1872 he was g·r itf by the sad intelligence of the unexpceted death able to sell out his wC$tern interests and to return to of Mn. A. F. Graeter, of this city. A sense o f deep New York[...]he was united in mar• w untle:SS expressions of Sorrow at the untimely death r iag:e with M iss Yetta Por.nanski. She was, like her hus• of this most gracious wom.-.n. band a native of New Yo rk City and was tbe d~ughter "M~. Graetcr's illncs.s was brief. she only having of :\lorris Pot Mnski, a merchant of th3.t city. Mr. and been ill for the past week.[...]e Mr s. Cohen were mar ried on the 22nd of' J anuary; c:onge£tion of the lungs. A wce-k ago, shortly after hav- • 1813, whe.n Mrs. Cohen was but seve nteen :,cars of age. ing returned from Lewistown, where she i.[...]Cohen being engaged in no down w ith an attack of bowel a nd ches.t trouble. In active b[...]r, after his investments. During the yca(s of his Pt.OS· could do, after she had suffered a[...]m., she brtathcd her Ju t. AU immcdi;'ltC members of serious fin.incial depression eau$Cd him[...]rado, and the subsc(lueot growth of that town was the 0 Mn. ?t[...] |
![]() | 878 HISTORY OF iVIONTANA siblc, his \ Vall street losses.. Arr[...]Maine, December 2, 1838. and he is a son of Daniel slump. his savings again took wings :ind[...]and M::uy A. (Norris) Morse, the former ofof whom w3s a native of White• disc businc,S.S, in which he was fa ir[...]re, and with his his home in the state of Maine, where w3s •solemnized family he remove[...]nty-sh: years, and she died in 188o. at . the age of moved to Sc:1.ttfe, \Vashington, where fie spen[...]buried in 1\fa,int. The Colonel remaining ye.us of his life, his de.,th occurring on De• w3.s the fifth in order of birth of the six children born ccmbcr 8 iooS. to his parents and of th.at number three- arc li\•ing at S2mucd C[...]member the present time in 1912. of the Syn3,Rogue. as were ~II his family.. He was i .n The early education of Colonel Morse was obtained enthusiastic Mason .1nd a membtr of Aneiem Chapter, in the public schools of his n3tivc state, He c3rned No. 1 of New i'Ork City. Politically be remaintd a his tirs.t money as a boy of eight years by dropping Jcffc-r$0ni3n Oemocr.:t[...]New York City, •on Augus.t 12, one of them was bad he really only netted four « nts 1876 · she is now the wjfc of Joseph Rosenthal, and for his first da[...]o. Another lumber mill for a salary of thirt«-n dollars per month daughter. Mabel, wa.s born in Lt3d\•ille, :rnd lived but :md out of this meager pay he n~.nagc<I to s.·w c enough t[...]s the w.is born in Helena, Montan:t, on the 30th of No\ ember,[...]rs. durinlt Lew Altcn Cohen, the eldest child of his parents, which time he helped put[...]e tim• his early years he attended the schools of his natwe bcr departme.nt of a. r:ulro.:i.d company. He later re- city. Then came the · ebb of his father's fortunes and turned to Minn[...]uotif 186z, whc11 he came to Mon- the rcmo\•al of the family to the west. · Al the :i.gc of tana. He has since been a resident of this state except sixteen he felt it incumbent u[...]ning. Returning to Helena in 1865, with the tirm of Sands Brothers. Jn 1893 he W.lS m.tde he[...]was .1ssocia.ted with this out on one of his prosi>«ting trips, that he discovered firm ;tnd in 1907, upon the rcorganiiation of the com• l ndiao cr«k. Subscq,_uently he went to Reynolds City pan)' he b«.:lmc president of the corporation. with Mr. :md there follo[...]s no t only the oldc-s t, but by far the Jarg:cst of 1_ts arc to this day placed to his credit, n[...]les from Drummond. 3nd there pur- inherited much of J,is father's businus sagacity. cha[...]::md mining for a During the holid.1,y season of 1990, h e won for his number of yc-ars. He rcc.ent1y disposed of part of his wife Miss Y ctti Feldbcrg, the daughter of Jacob Feld.• ranching interests and came to Drummond. where he berg,. one of the pioneer families of the west. They engaged· 3Cti\'c.1y in[...]shipping stock to various of the largest markets. Since Mr. Cohen is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, 1910, however[...]ly retired, «>ntcnt- King Solomon Lodge, No. 9, of Helena, Montana, in.g h imself with g iving a gcncr:il supervision to his Hckna Lodge of Perfection. No, 4, Helena Consistory, numerous interests in this section of lhc state. He is No. 3, Helena Council of Kadosh, No. 3, ind the Chap• possessed of remarkable :lbility as a business m::an and ter of Rose Croix , No. 3- He is also a member of the although he hu now reached the \'Cncrablc age of Woodmen of the \Vorld. He is a diligent worker in the[...]fation and the Commercial Club. rnany a man of half his years . . and he is known for one of the enterprising and pro- Colonel Morse received his title of " Colonel" while ;ressi\·c busine.ss men of the state-. who has the best in i\linnc-sot.t during the time of the Spinet L"lkc mas- interests 0£ his city .\n[...]gh these youn~ ,•ohmtcers oovcring :i. number of unexplored points, sud1 a.s lndi:ut did not s[...]nd r;inching business in the vicinity time. of Drummond but who is now li\•ing \'irfually reti[...]ed in connection with all that affc-ct.s the good of of thrc-c t:rms. He is an ardent party fighter and was :'ofontana and of his home community. He enjoy$ the the first presidential elector from the state of Montana. distinction of having be-en first presidential ct«tor fr[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]s. Colone,! Mork' attended beth, the widow of J. Noland, living in Athe:ns, l_llinois. the organization of the Republican S)Arty in 1856 in the Snnf[...]ls in Kc-ntucky, and completed it in Mis- ception of 18g6 supported the Rc-public;)n ~tty on na• souri, :.ftcr which he served a full a.pprc-ntioeship of tio,1:al issue,. in 1912 he became allied with th[...]go when the party was ori:t;t· the spring of which )'car he stutc-d for Colorado with nitcd an[...], being a mcm- Gule:h, the Present site of Le.adville. and going to Mr of the Ruby Lodge, No. 36, at Druminond, but for[...]at city until tht m3ny yc:i.rs h:td bccn a mcmbcr of the blue lod~c at fall of the same year, when hc rett1rncd to ?i.Hssouri, Deer Lodge, and a noble of the i\{y-stic Shrine, affilfa.t - but ag-3in in t[...]ing ated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks this trip, which was made by ox-tc-am, Mr. Ruffner and is a member of the Society of l\fonta.na Pioneers, expcrienc«l :all the hardships, pri\'ations and dangc-rs of which he has served M vice-president several term[...]wagon train For sc:,·c:ral years he was a member of the school board which he had joined was a la[...]y the lc-.-dcr, Captain libera11y to the supp,ort of all the churches at Drum- Ander-son. Not lo[...]or the perils that awaited them by the $ight of smoking w.ts ~n intim,:i,te friend of the 12te Colonel S:rnde:rs and ruins, slain st<>C[...]many e-ampaigns. He is ~risly evidences of the activity of the hostile Indian$ interested in horse rices and[...]st vigilan«, in match. He devotes a grc:at de:al of his spare: time to spite of whtch one white m,1n lost his life and man>' read[...]attie [ · Milliken, a daugh• tana in.stc:i.d of Nc\'ada, and took a route via the Landis tcr of Edward and Serfr.ane:cs i illiken, formerly of C\lt•off, intending (O locate 011 Salmon[...]'.faine. Colonel and Mr~ Morse arc the p,1rc:11ts of two ceiving tmfavorable reports of that localit)', ehangc-d c.hitdren, both boys: Ge[...]orked at mining, and at his trade, until the fall of mcrch:mdi$e businC$S.[...]Colonel Morse hold.s distinctive prestige as one of Ruffner had done quite a large business in m[...]hc men that had died and were hung, Mont::ma, one of the fincs.t" states in the Union. His .'Ind[...]wn principle$, 3.nd it also exempliliC$ the truth of the Emcr• death on the $amc platform not long[...]wless e-amp, Mr. Rt1ffner was be one. He is a m:m of g-re.u phil-anthropy, but there :i.equaintcd with many of the notorious ge:ntry of the is a modesty and lack of all ostentation in his work as time, among[...]e City for provisions, and so suettSsfol a course of high.minded patriotism such as that of was he in this line th.tt he made St\·[...]tcenial kindly manner ha\'C won second of whic:h, while on his return journey, he en• him the high regard of all with w·hom he hu come in countered[...]clement, during the years of 1863, 1864 and 1865; was[...]ing episodes that marked the times. He a resident of Gallatin county, Montaoa, durin,1t which states t[...]o be awakc-11c-d by time he has bccn a witncs..s of the growth of this sec• shooting during the night, and the first question in tion of the oountry from the home of the red mao -':Md the morning would invariably be : 1'\Vho h:we you for the haunt of wild animals to a ct1Her of commcrc.1aJ, breakfast?" :\Ir. Ruffner turned his[...]iles fro11, a,·enuc, South, is highly deserving of a prominent Boieman, and continued thcrcoo until[...]e among those who have assiste:d in making Mon• of which year he and his wife and daughters, Stella[...]hfying to Long Beach, Washington, and in the fall of 1907 himself wi1h all mo,·ements which his judg[...]omfort.able him to believe were for the btnefi.t of his community. home 31 No. 318 Tracy avenue. In 1[...]i.cman avenue, South. :i,nd 8. 1834. :md is a son of Samuel Ruffner, a native of on Dc-ccmbcr 16. 1912, wtnt to California to spend the Pc-nnsyh·:mia, who fot1ght in the \Var of l8t~, aftu- winter. wards removed to Kcntuc.ky,[...]n mar• souri. whc-re he was living at the time of his dc-misC r iagc with Miss Sara J. Switilcr, of ~It Lake City, in 1861). The-re '"·ere nine children in thc fami ly, :1.nd daughter of Jame.s L Switzler, a n:ith·e of Virginia. 'Mr. Rtiffner haS, two brothers and 3.[...]nion_. n3mcly: James, born in 1S20, 3 rcsidc-n t of San Francis«>, Cah- Olla M,, the wife of Harr)' K. Brown, now rc.s.iding |
![]() | 880 HISTORY OF MONTANA al .B<rkclcy, California; Charles S., county trca.s urer of wo\lnd in the left ~rca~I, th~ ball pa51int·[...]all- a rib over lus h~rt, the presence of the book saving houscn; Ste-Ha A.. who was n12rr[...]c than one instance during this trip, .and of the cx~- St udio, Bo:icman; Leibi, who makes her[...]ncy; and Fred- be credited with discovery of lhe Virgini:i, mines ~nd erick Eugene., who died. at the age of eight )'C3t$. the opcni1;1g of th~ Yellowstone country. ·r~roug-h it During: the y~rs of his activity as a rancher, Mr. came the 1nformahon a nd most of the enterprise whieh Rt11'1'ncr dispbyed marked[...]among die territories within and his propc::rly of .six hundred acr-c1. in the Gallatin a short[...]st American settlements were ,,alley, was a m0dc1 of ncatncss and pro$perity. In m.ide." T[...]the many distinguished .a.ddi1ion to large cr<>ps of wheat, o,:ats, barley an4 ha>·, servictt which[...]p. It was at once seen that a new l~der of men had hi.s buildings were of the most modem a.r1d subst:rntial come to t[...]in eompi ny with M. P. Lang- le:iding ranc.hmcn of his district. A friend of educa- ford, Mr. Hauser org:,niicd a bank[...]ip, he 2llied himsc:H under the firm name of S. T. Hauser & Company. with every movement for[...]did not lin,ger. Those were- sen·ed for n number of year! as a member of the days t?f action,. ir:idustry[...]ng COmPlny, a nd at Argenta he built Assod:ation of Pioneer$ of Mon1ana and the P ioneer the fir5,t Curna.ce e.r~ted in the territory. He con• Society of Call3tin County, and is slill highly valued tiriued • the work of injecting life, strong commercial in both, h:wing ser\•ed as prc-sident of the. former in life, i~to vario_us eommunitics. He organized in 1866 1898. and of the fatte r in 1910. th~ _First N~honal Ba!lk. of Hc.lcna, the St. Louis[...]s ere<:ted the first t ih•e.r mill in 1hc \·an of ad,·ancing eivilit:ition in the northwest of the terrilOr>'· Other fin.3ncfal institutions which was Ho,,. Saml1el T . . Hauser, ex•go,•crnor of thC: ter- sprang into beintt through his aciion were the First r itory of Montana, one o f the force-Cul and energetic Nation.al Bank of Butte, the First National of Fort faC"lOI'$ th.u brought fruition 10 the hoJ)C-S of the most Benton .and the First Nation2.I of Missoula. Go\•ernor sanguine optimists concerning the welfare of this Hauser thtn :issoeiatcd himsel[...]ritor'i:1.1 .tnd tt:tte epo<.hs is to sketch much of the Boulder Y:illey, Helena & Jeffcr.son County. Drummon history of tl1c «>ul'lJ,ry which he has seen emerge from[...]lena & Red Mountain, Helena North- the rug~edncss of .a wilderness to b(come the home ern[...]a & Biller Root V.aHcy. He also or• communities of cultured, refined and progressive citi-[...]ernor Hauser is a Democ:r:it, .and him go,·ernor of tht territory, the appointment c.alled in the councils of Democracy his influence h :i.s been forth from the f)C()ple of Monta.na uniform ,pproval one of potcney, w,hile he h"as been an ~rnes1 :md able a[...]exponent of ahd worker in the heat o f numerou.s Samue.1[...]ratie n'Mional con\•ention, in which he was one of educ:i.tion, the founda1 ion of wider sehol:)Stie attain• the committee t[...]public s<"ho<>ls, and in 1854, Hendricks., of lhe.ir nomination. In Ju1>·, 1885. PrecSi- when[...]dcnt Cle,•eland named him :ts go,•ernor of the terri- Missouri, where is a civil eng inttr he was employ«! tory of Montana. and he was its first re.sident gover- by[...]r he served as nor. After 3. ser\'lC"e of eighteen months he resigned :usistant enginttr in[...]ie Railroads, and was chief · engineer of sitnal distriminMion an d ability. one whieh con- on 1he Lexington branch of the former. the divis.ion ser\•ed the be:s.t interests of the territory. In his fr:t- cxlcndint.! from Lexi[...]ored order o f F reemason$. ln 1871 Governor ha1f of 1hat year he C".a.me uo the Missouri to Fort[...]country to the head• r~r. :t daughter of a· di.stinguished physician of St. w:ttcrs of the Columbia rh·er. where he prospected for Louis. Missouri. and of thi$ union two children have siold for a timC. Th[...]reasures to the industrious presence of Governor Rauser and his manly char• ~!:teer min[...]acter have endeared him to all with whom he has Yellowstone over the .Lewis and Clarke course. T he met in business or social rel:ttions.. history of this. the "Yellow5tone expedition ofof the most tl1rillin" in the :innal.$ that chronicl[...]ore unpublished episode in his career that i$ Nnd of sturdy pioneers. opening to ad,•ancing 1bou•[...]and sc<'l.ucnt to the brc-.akins:r out of the Civil war, and .tfTordin~ perennial and luxur[...]cne was in Missouri, where the Governor was lions of c-:tltle .and sheep, none· was more indcfatig- assisting in the construction of a railroad in some of :abfc-, none bravcr and none more sagacious and r[...]as to sourceful than Governor Hauser, The history of this be tried for his life by ;i just ice of the puce To ch•il-military enterprise i.s ore:servcd in the journal of Mr. Hauser this _t>r()('ee<!insr appeared st[...]warranted. and with 3 friend who was a resident of the ccnc<:s of Governor H:uiser. There were fi!teen men[...].!' where they found a in the 03rty. On the night of May 12. 1863. the party ~ung m~n of riot l_i nprepo~se$simr ,appearance charged was illtackcd by Indians, and a number of the m,n with placing poison[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF :MONTANA[...]on• ternal world was :'I. lcading member of the i\fasonic .\·tncd to con\•ict · the priso[...]en:ue. ing grove, a rope wa$ thrown over a limb of a tree his landed property consisting of some thrct: thousand and he wa.s asked if he· h[...]acres. Both he and his wife were communicants of plied that he was innoec:nt of the a lle_gcd crime, and the Protc,st.ant[...]ch. r«aucsted th:it his mother might be informed of wha t ~Ir. Lo\•cll was m3rricd on[...]o Mrs. he had said as he thus stood in the shadow of de;i.th. Ellen T hompson, a da\lghter o John :i.lld S\IS3n T he pathetic incident and the wrong of it aroused the (Shower$) ikGowcn. Her father wu born in Penn• indignation of Mr. Hauser and he loudly protested[...]Fra nk Thompson, who is now fifty years of age. tha t Mr. Hauser w a$ :a Kentuckian, but th[...]erful S1)JON Pf.I'm. . A pioneer of Montana, Simon Pepin a thlttc. suddenly pulled him from his hor,e in time was one of the founders of the c:itr of Havre a nd one to a\'Oid his being shot by one of the guard.s, and then of the 1nost substantial pilbrs of its subuqucnl pros• threw h im uPon his hor$e[...]led and directed :i. ~ llop. The d:uing efforts of Mr. H2uk r were some of the lUs;'C$l productive resources in the north•[...]ts sul)s.cquently ascertained, a n crn portion of the state. A hi$tOry of Monuna during 1nnoecrtt man w~s lynched. Mr. Haus[...]nt a p:ipe:r at reference to him, one of its most $ubstantial char• Boonville, 'Missouri[...]to th.:it stction, :ind a.s Simon Pepin, of frc.nch stock on both sides, was :\ result the Go[...]n in the same l~lit>'• ;is was but one incident of the many cxci1in,g 3nd tr:tt;;ical ::i.ls[...]par• it illustra tes both his kindly qualities of mind and ents were substantial but uoau[...]r. Without e.3pi1al and itcd fro m the university of th:it sute in 1817, with without inAuen[...]ty and dctcnnina• with distinction on the bench of Kentu(ky, his later tion, and, throu_Rh all the chanec.s of a rus:gc<I c,1r('cr, home, and where he w.1.s uni[...]and three d.1ughtcrs. The f)3te rnil grandfather of :u S:ioo, ~fain~ In the spring of 1$63 he joined the Governor Hauser. wa,s George Hauser, born in Ger• tide of emigration to the w«t . .and fro,n Om:.b:a 1n3de[...]Jn the spring or 1 ~ he entered the se:r\ iQC of the[...]P·n1Lut Lo\'tLL. The death, in June, 1907, of Phillip noted Diamond R Fre,,:hting C.om~ny, a.nd was con• L:ovcll, of Dillon, Monta n-a, removed another of the old ne<tcd with th:it famous ttinsporta'tion[...]being at first :\ side issue to his regular time of his death, he was alwa,ys deeply interested in[...]large land holder c:i.me e\·tntually pne of the farjl:cst cattle raise.rs of ,ind :in influential and prominent citizen, :it \':trious the state, and to the m.ljorily of old residents his name time.s holding imp()rtant offices of public trust. is prob.i.bly :issociat[...]ndustr)'. Hi.s experience as a freighter was full of there on the 12th of April, 18.;o. the eldest of th·e incident and adventure. For fifteen )'cars he made childre,n of Jon:athan and Ann Abbey Lovell. It was[...]. He located in Bannac.k. :ind fir1t became tions of the Diamond R. comp:Uly, from Salt Lake engaged i[...]Benton on the no rth. Dur• tinued for :\ number of years. In 1872 he ~ve up thi,s ing all th[...]r3nehing busincs.s, his ranch being round of h3rdshio a nd huard. From 1819 to r8s)o located mne miles so1.1th of Dillon. While c.urying on he h:td ch,;irge of the con,p:u,y's tr:rnsPort:1;tion con• 2n ,:t<:[...]Politically Mr. Lovell believed in the principles of the of )(ilk ri\'er. and in recent years under his ma na[...])"S bctie\·cd in· \'Oting mcnt has become 01,c of 1he model farms in this \'icin• 1or the m:in wh[...]is eyes for the ity. office, regardless of party. In 188o he was elected on Whe[...]ity, the Democratic ticket as county commissioner of H:ivtc w,;is not yet :. towns.itc and only a few[...]wee<: scattered about in the neighborhood. He ind of. S-1,:< ye.a.rs. In 1893 he sen•ed as a \Vorld'[...]er pages, w(rc the prime mO\'C:rs in was a member of the Pioneer Society and in the fra.[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA point on the railr03d. the sue«-$$ of their efforts bc:.ing the Crand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Mont:1n.'l.: chic.fl>· responsible for the subS-CQuent upbuilding of this to the Grand Olli-cc.rs and all Subordinat[...]Mr. Pepin is president and senior A. M. of Montana. Comp.,nions: The working 10015 ~rtncr of the Broadwatcr•Pcpin Company, which own.s ha,•e fallen from the funds of a $killed cr;,,ftsman who many business blocks. m[...]. Companion Jol!n M. Ramsey, .P:ist Grand Scribe. of the principal stockholders in the Security State After but a w«~.s 1llnC$s Companion R:imtcy pa$$C<I Blok of H:wrc, and has interested hinucl! in prac- :i\ya_[...], September 241 19r1, at his home in tically all of the imPOrt3nt enterprises which h.t\'C con- Btlhn[...]tonitis.. His tributed to the commercial progrcM of the city. Mr. burial services were conducted by A.sblar lodge No 29 Pepin has never married. He is one of the btst known· of Billings, on September 26, wilh a Tempb'r cSCori among the pioneers of Montana. has enjoyed a large from l\ldemar Comn1andery, No. 5. At the graveside sh:irc of the prosperity of the Tr~surc st:itc, and as Excel.Jent Compa".)iOn[...]on the life and f>t'!manent upbuilding and weHare of his Portion of s-erv1ccs of our dep:irted companion, Companion Ram- th1s «>[...]tSUAU.. RA~fSP.Y, Proniincnt :)mong the of his 11e1ghbors, friends and brethren. • • • His businc,s men of Bi.llings who arc making this city o-nc of wife sur\'i\'CS him :md ~idc.s her ;,,re t~\-o s.ons, Harry the large commercial «:ntcrs of this part of the west of Billings, and Arthur o! Roseburg, Oregon, and one[...]Sts. Mr. Ramsey a_ stepdaughte!, l?oth rcs.1dents of Billings. 0!,1>' a. stiort is essenti.i:lly a product of the west, ha,•ing been bon, 3t t1n1c before his[...]ass. \Vyoming, November and the heart of the fat.her was rejoiced in the pride i7, iS12. and ,s a son of John Marshall an<I Roselia A. of h;wing his wife ~nd c.hildrt,11 :ibout him. His i[...]as.sociation .of forty years he cheri.i:ht<l hig11ly; was a Joh[...]as born in Lo\•eland. Cler• splendid exemplar of its precepts 3nd a faithful devotee mont county, Ohio, June 7, 1842, and received his cdu- of its te:aching:S. It was in 1886 that he affili:ue[...]ter which he learned the Ash.Jar Lodge, No.,: 29, of Billings., and in 188!) he ~crvcd trade of carpenter and wheelwright. When he was only as. !ts master. l•or two years he served as ~mg of ninet«n rears of age he entered the Unio n sen·icc dur• B1lhn,g[...]Rosecrnn's division. \Vhcn he had complete:d his of Alde:mar Comm:mdcry No. s, K. ·r., but held none army ,en·icc: he went to C'lliforni:1, ,•ia the isthmus of but an ;ippointi.,.e office therein. When the com[...]hrough ld:iho and <'ntercd and with the exception of one year, filled the positio,; Mont:ina duti,,g t[...]ld minin,:: a,,d trading clc«ion to the position of grand scribe. He did not :it• with the Indians on the present site of the ei_ty of ttnd subsequent annual meetings but was[...], :rnd in rS6S went down the paper : 'The friends of John M. Ramsey included all Missouri river with a[...]he assisted in building the first house the charm of attracting the IO\'C and friendship of those in that city, and the.n entered the service of the Unite:d with whom he associated, and this was[...]being cng3S:c<l in work• any co1~scious effort of his own :,,nd solel)' by the kindli• ing at tii[...]stemed to radiate from hi$ tieipated in a number of r."lids with the trOOP.s against presence. Enemie[...]y his Ramsty came O\·erland to the: present site of Billings, kindly thoughtfolne.s s and tenderness. Of the tcne:ts where he spent the sumn1er. and then removed to of Freemasonry he was a loyal follower, and held the[...]love no member better exemplified the principles of the sold l1is interests to the Courtland Cattle C[...]f.1:h l~te<I in Billings. where during the winter of 1883-84 office. As a publie officer he discharged[...]with he conducted a roller skating rink, the fiut of its kind fidelity to his trust. He tempered, so f[...]c\'cr Ainchcd from any task; under the firm n:tme of Ramsey and Smith, an associ:t• howe,·cr danger[...]or suffering lies ncr\'elcs.s across bi.s · n"me of John M. R.lmSey & Son, and which had its breast;[...]ception in 1834, l\fr. Ramsey was cleettd shtriff of within · the man will no more be seen by mortal eyes; Yellowstone county at the first st:ite e lection in 1889, but the memory of all that wa:s good and true in John scr,,.ing in[...]er 10, 19tr, by the Grand ",\s a token of respect to tl1e memOr)' of our bclovc.d i\fasonic Ch:tptcr of the St-ate, of which we quote only companion it is ordered th.it[...]orrespOndcncc with the next re:,-ular- conv~tions of the C'h.:tpter$ within |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MO,NTANA[...]ts jurisdiction :md that suitable mention be made of of, and phucs of his character were exhibited that it in[...]enable us to !.pc-.ak of him with re,·Crenee and admira• "[...]ry." c-ulcatcd in the moral code of ethies taught by symbolic The eulogy[...]onductmg · t.his burial $CtVict :at the .request of our ing faith in the immorta.lity o!'thc soul, an[...]\vt\o' on different ~asions fix.ion and ascension of our blessed Saviour, ::,;nd wt rcqu[...]dust to dust, there to remain unt,il the sounding of (the believes io Md pr~Cticcs the Christian \'lrt[...]1-ast trump.ct. This I have done to the best of m): abi itv, •-•70 die Brothers who s\[...]r fituil. who h,wc reached the meridian of their existence and ''Jn dosing[...]p.c, this addrcs;"s is fraught 1ivcs of the ccrcmoni:ils. and t3kc advantage of the op~ with feelings o( ,det-J) meaning and inte[...]bclie\'ins: th:i.t the life :md death of our dcc-c.iscd brother rc.,lize the importane<: of c-ons.iderittJ::" the present and i[...]e few moments ! shall pressed with the lOleinnity of the occasion, 11nd resolve occupy, and I trust that my efforts m.ay be of such that we will consider more se[...]fate, an d make prel)arations for the eoming of th:t.t "We 3rc assembled today,[...]the long and the last said tribute of our aff-cctio1l and esteem to WC-'l'Y[...]d ifferent ave1,ue~ ·· the memory of one bclo\'ed while here on earth. We and our paths are marked by various degrees of su.cccss: h.ive diop~d the symP3thd[...]d the l,i ght afforded. 'W.c mantle of \fa.sonic chMity; :t.$ perfection on earth his ha\'e ,:cacl1ed the zenith of our power, and in looking ncYcr yet been auafoed, the wisest as well as tl)c best of backward if we ta.n feel that we h~we lighten.cd[...]his pi.lgrimage here below, its mission of sen•ing as an r ites of consignint our bodies to t heir list Jesting plae[...]heritage of youth, and buoyed u() by ' hopes of future '"This gr:we, th:it coff[...]d no longer a with the breast·Pt3te of r.ighteousn~. i'ib: .earnest part or pa.reel of him we knew, '.(:his bank o{ beautiful p[...]vo1dU'IJ::: the Rowel'$, the symbol of affection of surviving friends nun\erQu5 inares a11d pitfalls tha,t ever beset the fath of typi(y the be~uty of hi$ life. ' you[...]eath, who 'reaps the bca(dcd si;rajn of manly t raits :md virtuc:t, :ind embodies a ll th[...]itutC an ideal li(c,, :.s i( tbc gods the arm of friCnd's~i..P.:' th~ \Y~ lt~ of th'e world, the in• h:t(i a ll .c[...]give t he n~ence o i )'o\llh" :ma the cfi#'rm'i' Of bc:rn'ty ~n 'not inter• world evidence of a man,\ l-lis grcat~st chann was his[...]realize )'Our fondest hopes and the full fruition of your tious display at 311 timb and[...]s mag:11.uumity he rejoiee<I more in 1hc sutc'ess of his • ''Let me address a final word to[...]ding friends than in any achievcmcm of self. on the br'ink of the grave of one you loved, who was ''In t h[...].r shrinking from danger or pm:a• tion of se.lf, a nd follow in the steps o{.this great man: ti<m while in the disch,rgc of duty and nc,·cr rcnuss for he was gre.·u, b«:n[...]is to be good. in ·1he performance of them, exec-pt when he was, oiled "A'o d as we return at the dose ofof the. lurnp of earth is not Our Biollici'.• He still liv~s,; he b,ufdcn. Misforwnc and gficf of others appealed deeply will be with u[...]turc~ selfishness W3S a personage he h~rt of hearts: . ·[...]the community, amid the ccMcd we havC but little of tt,Jis ,Vorld':; com{o'r't to daily ·walks of life a c-.hccrful oompanion "i.md ~n in• offer.[...]lea$\ :i.nd talcing optimistic views of :'.Ill things. He was in the consolation afforded[...]lamented :rnd h3s le{t be.Hind' him of those whose life was a menace to society and decw[...]deeoly atfaehe<l <luring a period c-0vering mt»t of genera!10ns yc-t to come. !1)[...] |
![]() | 884 HISTORY OF MONTANA a Tc.sting place in your heart for fulur[...]your time and patience in \•ain." den1s of a s.imilar nature have m:,,rkcd his career and[...]he h:1s ;i, ripe and comprchensi,•c knowledge of early der the parental fOOf, his education being secured in the Mon1an.::t, pubUc schools of Billings. , vhcn. he wa.s. '?nly twelve Mr. Brown is a Democrat, staunch and true, and h3s year, of 3.ge he showc<l .such busmt$S .i.b1hty and sa- been acti\'C in the ra.nks of the p:i.rty io his dist-rict. gacity that his f[...]ranch at He is a member o f 1hc Society of Montan.a P ioneers. Golden Creek, on the Mu$$cl[...]st:i.tc Md is the inti• father bc~mc sheriff of the county in J889 the youth m:tlC friend of W . A. O:trk of :U~ont:an:a. mining fame. was made ~ deputy. In[...]tte came to Montana. He was an ,pent the winter of 1897. Another year was spent a t :mpor[...]eturncd to wh:ich he re.sided and was one of the worthy pioneers Billings :and enp.gtd in buy!ng. and se1l1ng horses of the state, recognized as a prosperous stockgrower[...]on Dearborn r1\•cr in the vicinity of Craig. The mcnta.1 1 & Son until the time of his father's deAtb, since which moral, so[...]oontinucd in businC$S a lone. He mcnt of the stMc e,·er received his su,P.port, and he is a member of Billing.s Lodg~, No,. . 394, Bcnc\'o~ent served in positions of trust and rc.sponsib1hty. Mr. Gil• Protecti\'C Order of 'Elks, and tn pohtic:al m:ittcrs 1s a cue wu[...]rs were French Hu.guc• county, Texu, daughter of \Villiam and Nancy nou. who lo[...]ad one t8o2 Orimel Gillette, the father of our Montana pioneir, son : Harry Darrel, born Oc[...]is brother, Caleb Gillette, w~s likewise ~ native of sey is s-uccusfully carrying on the bus1;1c.s.s[...]mo\'ed his father and is a worthy rcprt?cntatwc_ of that hon• to New York, where he m:'l.[...]led in Oneida county, perta ining to the welfare of B1ll1ng,, and 1s rc:ady at :all where the fath[...]g mo\'_cmc~ts cal,cufatcd to ing to the age of four score years, his wife p.usmg away make for[...]and his w1.fc re.side at No. :u the age of sixty. Of their two sons and thr« daugh- 22 North T hi[...]eldest. He ne\'er married, nor always sure of·a w-arm 3nd hosp11ablc welcome. did[...]er d~th. HARJtJSO:,{ BltO\\'N. The fortunes of Harrison Brown Warren Caleb Gillette. a[...]ni: the pub1ic ha\'C be-en identieal with those of the state of Montana schools pursued his studies in Obe[...]ing for a time years to this stateI then a part of Idaho, He •s a n2h\'c in Columbu:s.. afte[...]ourian, born in Jasper count)·, near the 10'_''" of and was engaged as a clerk in Oneida county until Carthage. on the 25th of Novcmbci;, 1845. and 1s the 1855, whe[...]d Sus:i.n (Gormely) Br~wn~ bo~h ploy of E. R. Kc110$'g & Comp:my. wholesale hatter.s of whom were born and reared and passed their b\'C-$[...]nmng _with this f;"!' un1il 18?9. and the state of Missouri. in that year h e engaged, in. the same 1.mc of bu$111css _as The early $Chooling of }!.arrison Bro_wn did not ex• a retailer[...]ear he for two years. In the s.ummcr of 1861 Mr. Gillette once lc:£1 his home in Misso[...]as ~upied in the manufae• . pin~ for 1hc winter of t863 in ~ Ider GulcJ,. In t~c turc of furs in New York city until the svrinJ of 1862, following summer {t864} he ~,•cnt_ to .B?nnaek m when the di$Covcry of gold in Montan:3 led him hit~er. Bea"erhcad cou[...]~houg·h but a lad.in l>c.twccn the mouth of the Milk r i\·er- and old Fort yc:irs he retur[...]o Fort Benton. J'wo days later they fin e ranch of three hundred a.nd twenty. acres situated met a large band of Assiniboine and Crow Indians, a nd &0mc six miles northwest of Grant m Bcaverhe~d the younger ones were inclined to stOf) the journey of county, which is given over to the stoe~ :fnd gra!n the party up the r iver, . while son,e_ of the older chiefs business. For a number of years he w-as m1ercstcd m were in favor of telling the emigrants do as they cattle raising[...]the wes.t, h.3ving pa.sscd th r?ugh t;he ):ca~s of lawless• turned their teams in th:tt direc[...]nformed 1hcm that they must go up the river, as of de,,elopmcnt, but which ha \'C long since been re[...]ey a r rived there e xperienced his. foll share of annoya~oc-, ai:id _plafed a n in September, but soon went on to the old town of imp0rtant part in the Nez Perce wttr in :i.ss,stang 1n ~r- inK for the unpro1cctcd during those days of terr0r. Montana City on Prickly Pear c[...]hey called the place Camp Jndcc:ision, hanging of 6,·c lawless charn<tcrs in a partially com- bee3use they here learned o f the disco,•er)' of gold at pleted buil<ling which wa.s ori[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 885 g-:uion and learn the true st:Uc of affairs at Bannack, mate with him in his later yc:irs. Mr. Gillette was past and something of its attractions u a. place of settlement. pre$i<lent of · the Society of Montana Pioneers, and Thc>'t however. remained at[...]their liclatcd e,·er ac1i,•e in the interests of that organiiation. supphcs reached Fort Benton an[...]Herc Mr. Gillette purchased a 1911, at the :ia:e of seventy 4three years, eight months ~bin of C. A. Br~dwatcr, intending to OC(upy it as a and sixteen d:t,YS, after long J?Criods of strenuous ex- store, but as Bannaek was far more[...]dcd to that place, arriving in December, 1862. He of. 1he country and under circumstances widely vary- brought his stock of ,ood,, an assortme:nt of miner$' ing in character and requirem ents, the l[...]ly, bringing the goods on paek hOt'$CS Van Corry, of Butte, in all his carter showed h.iM$clf in three trips from Fort Benton to Bannadc. O n one to be a man of unusual gifts and qu:diti.eations for of thcic trips the lndiMs stoic all of his horses while he work of m:rny kinds and rc.ady adaptability to his sur- '[...]gs, howe,·cr new and untried, and whatever iitc of (ire.at Falls. He rcco,·crcd nearly one half of the c::0nditions involved in them. He was leh an[...]ned enough more from the Ameri- orphan at the age of_ twe:lvc yc.ars by the duth of :.·m Fur Comi>l,.ny to enable him to continue h[...]B:mnack A yea.r later be tran$ferrcd his stock to of the great world, with all his standards and ide.a[...]west ".'as the coming hope of his country a nd the Upon the disco,•cry of gold in L3st Chance gulch, e,:nbodim~nt of opportunity for a$pirin,g souls Uke they brought[...]his, he ,ourncyed some eight hundred miles in the of miners thither. Hert King & Gillette: were eng~cd wake of the setting sun in SC3rch of chances to mend in the freighting and mcrc.,ntile[...]ership in mining OJ?C:rations is now a metropolis of the middle region of our coun- until 1817. These earlier trips were at[...]both Indians and road agents, ind Mr. Gil- number of years.. His subsequent achievement$ will lette ha[...]~e follow ing paragraphs, . throughout He was one of the early promoters of t.he pl:).ccr min- ;111 of .which 1t w1l1 appear that from his boyhood he int; system it Diamond' Ci~·, and a sen•iec of great made his own way in the world, and that in[...]t his chief asset was his self-rc- Hereulcan task of opening the ton ro:ad of ten miles h:i.nc::c. down Little Prickly Pc.ar ca[...]oad s.a,1cd Mi-. Corry was ;1. native of the village of Newport the travelers on the road between Helena[...]rossintt the Lyon mountains :md Medi- progenitor of the American branch of the family, 104 cine R«k, as it went down. the c[...]is arrival from England in this eountiy a t route of the Montana ~ntr:'ll R~ilroad. This important an[...], and where his own life beg.,n on Se_p- work was of inesti.m able v,1Jue to the miners and other tcmb[...]truc1ion public 'fchools until he reached the age of twelve of this road oonsisted of two plows, for which they years, when, as h as be[...]Hi$ father and hi$ oompltted in 1000 :it :,, cost of $40,000, and this amount grandfather were farmers[...]rs. Later the fluence he worked at the s:,me line of productive use- tr:1xcl declined. but the road wa[...]h he had been shehercd e,nplO)'ed a 1:argc number of men in the construction :ind c.arcd for from infancy Md took up the i»ttle of a bedrock flume, elc;iring up $10,000 in one seas[...]he pur• t:,111 it cvcntuat1y caused them a loss of $6o,ooo. They suit they had fol lowed. He made his way to St. Louis, closed tltcir of)Cr;'ltions in 1877, :tnd Mr. Gillcne en,pgcd and[...]e th.an a quarter century, having some At the age of twcnty•O!IC.. with his (acuities precma- forty thoupnd acres of 1:1.nd and raising sheep on ~ turel>· dc,•clop[...]scale, his flocks :weraging from six• the sense of personal responsibility he h:ad bc:c:n guided te[...]rn improve- 10 _prospceh!1g and the. dcvclopa:nem of quartz: erop- ment$ ;md facilities, :tnd after the death of his $iSler he ertses_,. and •!' .a s~ort tJme :1cqu11:ed the owncr$b1p of dh•ided hi$ lime between this residence and Hel[...]productive locahty, in which he passed five years of proper intcrtst in the public :,,ft'airs of both territory :ind useful labor with good results. state. He was twice elected to the lower house of In 1~3 he follo,wed the trend of the argonauts of the territorial legislature. and was a member of the the pcnod and came to Montana loc:tting a t B[...]mt>cr 9f years, a nd during pre:scnt constitution of the st:ue. In public affairs he the last years of his residence in that region was gave evidence of wise discrimination .ind mature j u<lg- ~unty rcciorder of hfa~ison county. Before and dur- ment, and his influence: in the councils of hi$ party were ing his oeeupancy of this office he had many claims in e,·er of ;, helpful order. Mr. Gil1ettc g'.:iined and· re[...]In 1879, at the end of his term as recorder of Madi- In his ~uing Montana Jo.st one of its oldest pio- son county, he moved to Butte, an[...]- His prmc1p3I occupauon in. Butte was as manager of |
![]() | 886 HISTORY OF MONTANA cittu1:a1ion for 1l1c Butte bitrr•.\ f o1111toin :uid ·An3c<>nda munity :and a center of genuine hospitalit>• to which Sto11dord1 but[...]d in thM he also kept up the hosts of friends of the family frtqtientl)• resort. his interest[...]ated :it 825 West Galena st.reel, dc\·clopmcnt of his eb.ims with as nmc,h energy as[...]the resources :wail- The fother of the late A ndrew Van Corry was a 3blc to him un[...]er in the Ci\•il war :i.nd lost his life on one of ~Ir. Corry . w JtS • m:i.rricd ;-tt FJori[...]sins_uinary battlefields. His . son. the subject of Jun~ 22, J~2, to Miss Anna ~1:1.rtha· .Mattingly, a this review, was a man of Jtrcat natural aptitude for d,ughter of James :i.nd i\far)' i\fattingly, old and es-[...]s, :tnd, :tlthough he had not teemed rcs.idcnts of · St. Louis c-0unty in that sta te. a n extensive education, was cap.able of .solving any To this union four ehildrcn were born : Ar1hur Vin- kind of :i.n engineering problem, He was of a modes.t cent, whose li fe b(gM in Virginfa Ci[...]and retirin~ disposition, ncNcr boastful of his attain. May 10, 18;4; Clarence A., who was[...]mcnts or capacity, and seemingly .unton.scious of them. place on June 13. 1$76, and is now :L resident of He was :i.lso a m:an,of generous and genuine pr:ietic.,I Butte; Agnes P[...]bciic,•ole.nec. but never m.-.dc his works of charity 1$78, also in Virgfofa City_. and is now the wile of known to the public. He did his dti~[...]y Ctorgc B. i\kOonald, a promintnt mininz m:a'n of :'lnd wiscl'y in :ill the. refa[...]wa$ born in Butte on March hope of reward e:<eept in the approv.)l of his own n, 1$Sz, and died in that eity on Janua[...]y re$pcets -a remark• circk$, :md at the time of his death was one of the able mai1, :utd was esteemed i[...]revered aher oldest F reema$0nS in the state . of ).loot:ana. He w:is dt"ath as one of the best me11 this counl)' has ever a member of a ll the branches of the fraternity in numbered amonz[...]nd Ho:-.. (;, \V. $TArUTox. O ne of ~lont.'l.na's most uu:luding the thirty-second[...]cminc11t lc:_g"AI cotmsclon, :ind one of the sturdy ch:,r•. Noble of the Mystic Shrine. But~ while lie w-as de• acters of the old days who l1ad no small p.,rt in shap:Rg[...]took an e:.rnest interest the destiny of the tcrritor>· :rnd state, belon;cd to a in its bcn~ticent work. he W3$ c.sw11ially a. ,n:m of m<»t able a nd brilliant coterie or[...]t liulc interest othcr\visc in da)'S of state-hood, and included such men as Col. W. F.[...]. \V, Dixon a nd othC'rs :among its the service of his party, but in the dediuing 1>criod numbers. Judge Stapleton w.,s one of the forcefo l of his life he left political contentions a11d the work men of ).f0ntana. a.nd no history of th:it commonwealth im·olvcd in them to )'Olmgc[...]Arthur Vin«nt Corry attt'ndcd the schools of Buue among his contcmporaric"' :ind a t a time when not even · un1il wi1hii, a V<'ar of his gr:i.du:ttion from the hiA:h the olde[...]able and brilli:ant school. Then. ·on :i«om11 of a st'riou, illness, he bars than )[...]western frontier• .t11d where Judge Staple• of )fol c,;, being g:radu:itcd from the l.a.tter in[...]ltory spirit l:as.t tl\enlioned with the degree of Engineer of Min• kept impcllin~ the-m to follow[...]tern s12tcs until 1 ~ . then the liiht of day, later to Illinois, to low:t, :11, d so on[...]·cr sin«. He has done indeed one of the most inAucntial in the first half cen- a g reat dca.l of work for large oorpor:1tions. and h:as~[...]ed, his oorents. Cyru, S. 3nd Margaret countits of this' stnte. and ha.cl conn«tion with omcr (Scott) Stapleton, were nath•es of Kentucky. T he)' enterprises of the s;ime kind in otlier parts of this mo\·ed from th:tt stale into I[...]-and subsc-- Mr. Corry is a member o f 1he firm of 1'1:\rpcr. M:i.c• quent\y 10 ]ow:..[...]g be• ).1r. Arthur V. Cor t>' is 3 member of the Amcric.'ln nistnity of disposi1ion :ind manner. Institute of Mining En,t;incers and the i\tonu,na So• The scholastic tt.1ini1,g of Judge Stapleton was re • ciC'I)' of EngincC'rs. So<ially he is prominent in th e ceived.., first in the public $Ch001s of low-a and later at Siker Bow Ch1b 0£ Butte, an[...]t ~fodison. that state. In bclon;s to the Order of Kni~hts of Columbus. His 185.2-, when but a boy of cig,htec-n_. 11c began the study religious affiliation is ,\•ith the Catholic church, in of law in the office of Hon. Joseph M. Ca.SC)', at L."ln• whose behal[...]ce in No,•embcr. the improvement and progress of his community :ind 1855, when he was b:.rc.ly of :igc. the benefit of Its rcsident.s. He pr:ieticcd in the courls of Iowa for four )'ears. On September 20.• 1[...]in Butte with Miss Mary 1\rmstrong. a daughter of there, ?f!d att~ndcd to tcsal bu[...]un11I 1862. 0£ Vancou,·cr, .British Columbia. Of this union one In that year he[...]gold, in paying quantities, a ritdiating point of social enjoyme,nt in. the com•[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]bear his name. lt w,;is the dr$irc the body of the statute-s and proper trend to the course of the miners along the crttk to name the n ew town of subs~uc:nt legislation. after him. but, <U it w.is in the country of the Baonack He also str,·cd conspic:uously in the convention of Indians, Judge S1.3plcton saw grc:i.tcr[...]1he refusal o f e\•ery offi<:e w ithin the gift of different periods with s:rcat succc», a[...]ted d in. About a milC Ju, 11«, member of cong re», and all the rest, abSO,o belo[...]u N'otwi1hst3nding the exactions of his ~ro(e-ssion. he the rite of from $200 to. $so<> pu day. Notwithstand-[...]ed only modcr:.tcly to contribute his share of inspir:ation, counsel 3nd sub• su«ess[...]enterprise of merit. He wJ1$ :m interested and i:c:ilous[...]kh thrilled the western world with membtr of the Masonic fr3tcrnity, al'ld W3S one of the its wonderful gold oro<lu<"tion, and, like nmny others, organiz.ers of Virginia Cit)' Lodge No, ,. the first lodge[...]t, chartered within the present limits of the st:.ite. But with a prudence and fo[...]cumufated a .comfortable fortune, he re- of gre3t exatement. h e halted the expedition at Be.[...]ionally in court, either in his own code of laws for the go,•ernmcnt of tbe new camp,- b-ch.11f or for $Om<: old time friend, prob:tbly the first codification of :iny kind m:t.dc in the Judge S taple1on was regarded as, not only one of ter rito ry. He att0mpanied the expedition on to the the, :ablest but as well o ne of the most $lle«$Sful of gulch. arriving in tJ,e first 1>3rty. e3[...]~tl Mc.l.e-,an tos:ether se_eured a spc,ct of his brothers in the legal profeuk>n. number of v:alu:abte ela1tns from wh1tb eons.1derable quantities of· gold were extracted. In 1865, he removed ,As a cititen. he was not only on~ of Montan:1's oldest. to L:tst Chance gulch. now Helcna. and .\gain t90k up a t the time of his death, but one or her worthiest and t he practice of l:aw, findinR gr~t dem,nd for .h,s pro- mo[...]hypocrisy. as well :as being a bitter foe of fraud , a m3ined there until 18;9. engaged m qu:ir tz• nrnmg and hrm advocate of political honor and :m <'arnest :tnd i n-[...]that he permanently located dc.aling. One of his stro~ttt ch aracteristics was his in[...]l(Ss in execution. · number of years ,:rave liis time and attention, almost[...]ng warded h ,s devotion with the gucrdon of her bri~htcst fo r several years. but h[...]s out walking with his son, laugh. death of the latter. in 1881. · ing and telling stories.. The firm of Robinson and S t:ipleton w.is then formed.[...]he game's o,•cr." These were the last ·of his partner,[...]o the beyond. son1 Guy \\ ., in the finn of S tapleton & S tapleton. Re lived to sec the fru:t of his labors in the pros• which continue[...]l~cr rem:iincd in perity and haopincss of the people he so faithfully acti\'e pra.[...]tter's se.r,·cd, and the established success of valued public de:ath, April 2,;, t910.[...]t l1e Judge S tapleton was really one of the fir$t attorneys so essentially contrib[...]s destined to become .such an important fc:att1re of measure the public tttce-m he so richly[...]The Anaeond.t Sta11dard, at the time of J udge mining and from dos<: touch with[...]n part: o f e:trly Montana life. pro\'cd of \'Cry gr~t ass1stan·ce "Loved by more tha[...]im in his professional career, :i:nd w;'l,s :also of in~ e.sfccmed by m:mr and respcetea Sy aH.'1[...]ri. Their o nly son. Guy in the fr:uning of mi·ning ~nd other laws of the new \V. Stapleton, r«Ci\'ed his academic education at Dttr country. Few. i{ :iny. of Montana's pion eers were an1. Lodge. i\([...]in the l:t;w aepartmcnt 'o f the Uni\'ersity of Virginia, la ws a nd ~ rly bistor>• of the territory. 'He was tlc-etcd f tom wliich h[...]nce been located. He ser"c-d .2.s county of the house and then president of the senate. He was :\ttorncy of Silver Bow county and lfa.s 31$0 scr\'Cd as also a member of the j udiciary committee of each house. a member of the Mont.i.i,a $late legislttture. W hen it was founij n«eSS3ry to Codify the ll\WS Of the He is one of the well kno \\•n of the younge r profes- territory, a[...] |
![]() | 888 HISTORY OF MONTANA GtokC& VV. l1"•rn. The paui1~ of George \V. ln•in 1882 to 18$.a, and he[...]n March 18, 1907. dcprh•ed BuuC and the st.i.tc of Mon~ and 189<>, being the last man to hold that office under tana of one o( her p1oncc.r citizens> and of a man who the old territoriaJ regime and th[...]ent after made history in the state from the days of his earliest !\lontana bttamc 3 state. As n result of his connection connection therewith until his death. He was ~ man of in th:at respect he was superintendent cx.•officio of the stroog character, poMc$$ing all the attribute[...]the territory became a va.riably make !or success of the highest and most last• state he resign[...]s s-tate com- iog order, as well :i.s citizenship of the finest type. missioner of mincr31 lands, and while the incumbent of A native of Chicago, llJinois, George \V. Irvin was th[...]and fought the born on February :n, 1844, the son of John B. and Ellen Northern P3cilie Railway suc«$sfull,y in the case of the M. (Walton) Irvin, both natives of Pennsylvania. The Northern Pacific Railwa[...]cago, in the days when Following the decision of the supreme court in fa-.·or it was not more than a cabin village upon the lake of the deknd:i.nt, through the aid of the senators and from; indeed, so unpromising wa[...]ive st:tte. But in the enactment by C,on(re$S of :i law for the subsequent 18s,3 he rtturned once[...]ng exa1nination, classification and segregation of 11.000,000 in the southern part of the state. He later remO\'ed to acres of land wi1hin the Northern "P3cific land grint, Dub[...]thus sa"ing for the prospectors about one-h.alf of the and the center of his businc.s$ 3.Cll\'jtics. land[...]n diligently 3Uendcd school until he Jands of the United States. was seventeen year, of age, that period bringing him to In 1881 Mr. Irvin changed his residence to Butte., the opening of the Civil w:ar. He SOu1'ht to enlist in wh[...]rvice, but The public offices named above of which Mr. Irvin was ~vith his entire compan.y W3$[...]quate ide3. Ju]y, 1863, when not yet twenty years of a.gc, he assisted of the mental capacity and executive abilit)' of the man., John Bozeman in organizing a party 10 make an over~ and they show clearly the character of his ScNi~ to land tri.P to Idaho, wes-tcm Montana[...]and the reg;ird in whieh he was c-.•er held by of that territory. Thus early in life did the bold a[...]all<s o'f life. In March, 1898, Mr. Inin was .1p- of ).fr. Irvin :assert itself in his connection with thi.s pointtd postm.,stcr of Butte, a post which he rctain«l expedition.. Whe[...]ommtncbtion for his ability and skill in the band of Sioux. and Oteyennc Indian; several hundred administration of ilS affairs, and the man)' impro,·ements strong,[...]distance many inryo-.•:ations for the ~ of the $)"$~Cm origi~~tcd of 17.; miles, to steure relief for the beleaguered[...]ober 23, 18671 Mr. Irvin was united in mttr- Sult of which the party returned to the Platte river.[...]Miss Bettie H. Irvine, the Certain hardy spirits of the party, however, including daughter of Thomu How:trd Irvine. One daughter Boteman, Irvin[...]pose, and set out :alone, e:ach 190-1,. Of the :nuriage ceremony a. local chronicle equipped[...]ra• records that "three hundred citizens of the territory tions for a day, looking forward to[...]espect. whom were many Indian women, wives of white set- It w:is in late August that they reached the summit of tlers,'.' a co1pmcntary whidt is eloquent of the freedom the Beh mounta.ins, there getting their first view of and Joyous abandon _of t;hosc early da~- . bcautifo[...]me which it has Butte Montana. The widow of Mr. Irvin ,still retains[...]~idcnoc in Butte, whci;e she is rcgardt:4 as (!DC of sin«: continued to bear, and upon the site where[...]e is prominent in !he camped is ,located the city of Bouman. At the conflu- Episcs,p.'ll ch~irch. m which she ,s one, of the leadmg ence of the three branches of the Gallatin river the little workers. in addition to which she. car!1cs on a deal of party encountered two men who infonncd them of the charitable work in 3 E;fC3t many dar~hons. . . discovery of gold i n Alder Gulch, now Virginia City.· Concerning the p:issJnS' of Mr. Irvin, many in~cresting On August 22:, 1863,[...]ing operations, to which line the time some of wlueh we slfa.11 here quote a.s bemg of cnterpr1te he gave his attention there and in Cali- reprcsc11iative of the general regard a!ld es.tee!?' In fornia Gulch[...]which the dccc~ed was held. In spcakmg of ham to E.arly in life Mr. Ir-.·in formed his[...]ted Slates Sc:nntor Lee Mantle said: with affair$ of a public nature, befog but twcoty-one "His Jong aod efficient public service. in nu.merous im- years of igc when in 1865 he was appointed clerk of the portant positi(?nS, his. acth•c in_tercst ii:-. public a ff.airs commission to codify the laws of die territory. In the and his proromcnec m[...]ce following ye:tr he became assistant .'IS$CSSOr of intern3I made George :I.V_. I~Yin a disti_n,Jt[...]crhead counties, also serving :;as deputy life of· M'o nt~n3. No n,,an was more widely o_r more Un[...]favorab1y known throughout the hnglh and breadth of the digni~y of a post office, and Mr. Irvin was appointed th[...];tear perctp• 1874 to 1876 he was under-sheriff of Deer LO<J.ge county tions. h 1s strong md1v1duahty and d.o mt.natmg force of and he was public administrator of the county in 187~ character made themselves most distinctly felt. 0n and clerk of the SCQOnd judicial district in 1879. After[...]own, :ind when aroused gave c-.•idencc of grc.at pow«. |
![]() | HISTORY OF i\10NTANA[...]a commanding presence and his life considcn.tions of tact, no p:mdcring to expediency, no was a Potent force for good." appeal of clique or faction could stay him from giving[...]ustic expression to his dissent and terms of Mr. Irvin: "It would be hard to name a cita- bis condemnation of wh-3,t he deemed to be wrong; and i.en of those acti,·tly identified with Buttt:'s communi[...]mc time, he was a sag3cious counselor, PO$.SCSscd of a women :snd children in every walk of life 1hnn has been ,•ast fond of strong, practical common stnsc, all of thc __pa5siog o{ George lrvin. which[...]a century. or since the days when and destinies of the Re-publican party in this statc-. \vh.ite men began to people what is now the state of "He was a man of unflinching cou~gc and great Monta[...]n's erect fig-urc ha~ been as famil- indc~ndcncc of character. I do not think he kne\f iar as the noble outline of the hills which endrcle Sum- the meaning of fear i11 aily sense or under any circum•[...]y, and was gifted with a tor in the growth of the territory, and it is recorded of most tenacious memory, which rarely ever let go of an him that from those stirring <Jays when, with John event or fact of interest or impcrtanc-c, either local or Bo[...]at gray da\\'n when pcaeefuUy and upon questions of public concern. He had the courage in the slumber like unto that of a babe, his kindly soul of his convictions and gave them forcible ;;ind effe[...]1 'As a Potent fac,t or in the pioneer life of this commu- 'Disda.ining show and ostentation of any kind, hi.s nity, in the early establishment of law and order and undisgu.i.sed analyses of mc.n and s ituations were at the rule of justice., and Jaler in the ad,•anccment of the times almost startling in their c:andor,[...]suffering or in distress, to all who were in need of the in a class with that great Montani:m, the l;\mented \Vil- sincere condolence or assistance of a friend or counsel- bur F. $3nders. In manner he[...]s interesling as a courtier, with a heart full of human sympathy and :and cntert:aining, whether ta[...]. in public. His fund of in£om1:ation was inexhaustible-, 1[...]was indeed a rare. treat to listen to his recital of made him a ntan with the young ht.art of a boy, George ~r1y experiences, interspersed, :a[...]umor :.nd in a manner pecul- ship. Fluent of ton,gue, and of pen. a keen obse:rvcr, a iarly his own. In all Mo[...]worth hcui.ng or reading. recall with sentiments of p:cnufoc pleasure, now mingled Although hol[...]uld h:.ve in larger fields attained a much gr~ter of unmixed delight, teeming with interesting rcminis• mca5urc of success. But men of his stnmp arc not to be ccnccs, sp:arklin~ with k[...]um«?r• ~d measured by the degrees of their material ,:,ro6t, or by always accomt>-'n,e[...]or anecdote to glvc pith their aC(luisulon of place or power of wealth They arc and pcint to the subject.[...]influence is reflected in honor within the gift of the people had he so de.sired. the In.sting love n.nd respect of aH who come in contact 0£ bi's abilities and cap[...]it. Nei.thcr did he care not count the death of 'Uncle George' n personal loss. for great wC31th,[...]ul friend; a wife ha$ lost a lov• his i~ times of stress by those holding positions of great ing bus.band; but neither the snows of the centuries nor rcsl)Onsibility in the community: the sands of time wHI ever cover his grave deep enougll "I[...]e~ from en'Y to oblite.rate the memory of his kindly personality or and I never hc.ud a word fa1l from his hps except 1n th~ grcatne.ss of his generous heart." grntification over the good fortunes of o'-!lers. He ~as Editoria1ly, the Bull[...]been c.alled upon to moum the untime:ly death of George s.ide of • thin"1 always ho1dtng out eneourage.ment to W. Irvin.-onc of its best loved ~ubtic: citizens, who at others. I[...]le and worries he kept them to the time of his demise was servrng his third term as himself. He w3.S punctilious in the discharge of every postmaster of this city. obligation, no mauer how trifling. Add[...], manly man: ~ loya;l. and cast n shadow ofof age with John M. Bozeman, and Port to whatever of happines.s or S:3;)vabon might be be• alt[...]nd commissioner,- he always called Mon- arc a fe; of my imprcs.sions of one of. the ~ t men I tana 'home,' and took[...]e pride in the upbuild- h:wc cvc,r known, and one of the best friendships I have ing of this commonwealth. With the history of early ever had. Our friendship ran through !Dore[...]had a most intimate knowlc-d.a:e, for be quarter of a century, and my regret at thts moment 1s had occupied confidential relations of friendship with all that 1 h;wc not the powc-r of expression to put into words the prominent f[...]. of making Montana what it is today.[...] |
![]() | 890 . HISTORY OF MONTANA ttndcd obi1uary notiCC$ be g:i\'(:11 him, for he often occupy a gr(at deal of his time and he is by no means cxprmcd ch:n senti[...]Judgment. , And rn3)' there be no moaning of the b~r As a c1t1ien Mr. ,Bish[...]pm out to s.c;i! of ;ood government, and is a RC'l)ubliean in his con[...]by no means an office secl<cr. He "The dcatl~ of 'Undc George INin,' as he wa$ fomil•[...]fferent bodies and ba.vin,g ;'tra\'Cled club life of Butte thnt can ne\•cr be fi.llNI, and he will[...]living . he exeltlpli6cs t.hc id~ls of mor::il a.nd social JOHN" F. B1SUOP. Montana owcs a debt of gratitude to its pioneers, ,\:hose stout hearts,[...]•le 1s a member of the Beaverhead Soc.,at Club and at[...]wilderness and whose cour• board of managers of the Montana State Normal Col- a3c, dc:tcrmin:atton and infinite p:uicncc ii1 the face of lege. At present he belongs 10 the se.hool[...]in \he new the st.i,unch champion of good education. He h35 the country 1hc paths of ci\·ili>:.ation straight and c: cM. A distinction or being the first justice of the pt!l.«: in rc:9.resentati\'C of 1h·c tinc:$1 type of pioneer rcsidts in Bea\'erhead. valley. He is[...]hority on Dillon, this being John F. Bishop, one of the most horse.s and loves good hor"Se Resh and horse rac.ing, honored and prominent of the citizens of Bea\'Cthcad and on his own property r[...]ome his wifo raising, his being tlic distinction of inaugurAtin~ sheep- .\nd the mistress of his household being Jci1nie F. Pain- raising in[...]stock sl1eep dri\·en into the ter, dau.ghtc.r of Edwin a nd }fannah Painter, the father s.mc being[...]and an 1griculturist in the viciJiity of \Varsaw, Into their is familiar with many «1nlers of the c:om1try. Mr. home h;wc been b[...]Mildred E., born in Dillon, is the wife of Leslie A. is nothing of Public 1mport ::at Dillon or in all the[...]at \Varsaw, \Vyoming county, the age of fi\•t years. Jean F., a native of Dillon, makes New York, his eyes first· opening to 1hc light of day on her home with her p.1rents nnd is[...]accomplished )'Oung lady. T he household is one of the the age of twenty-one and then followed the tide of favorite gathering-places in Dillon,[...]g on the Benjamin B. Bishop, father of the foregoing, was Wisconsin rfrcr for about a t[...]hire, and when young that. he bought forty acrt-s of pr.1iric 1::1.nd in the vicmity located ill the st:.te of New York, where he engaged of Kilbourn, with 1he intCJU1on of cuhh•a1ing it, but in farming, He d[...]ne years. The mother, Lydia Bishop, was a the end of six months he built a flat boat and went native of ·wars.,w, New York, where she was mar ried down[...]e:wenworth, Kansas.. There at the age of sixty~nine. There were eleven children in he hire[...]nd tr:1i,, for Pike's Pc,ak, in the fomi lr of these good people, Mr. Bishop of this some useful capacit)-, and his substquent journeys took review bem g the fourth in order of birth. Mr. Bishop him to Den\'cr and to Nc\•ad:[...]was rear<'d to t11c stu rdy discipline of his father's farm enRagcd in mining and teaming f[...]a.nd eamcd his first money at the age of twelve, digging • In the spring of 1$63 :\fr. Bishop's pcrcg:rinations potatoc.s. He became a e:i,pitalist to the extent of s ix ceased, for h e came to :\lontana., whose ad[...]• wanderlust was ne,·er again able to get hold of him. lars. T his was a real start in life imd he has bet'n He settled, on April 20th of the year mentioned, in hu~tling for[...]e is an extensive East B.,nnack.,· thcrt a. ~rt of ld3ho. and his first occu• tr.\veler. mal<ir.ig regular trips to such parts of the p:ation was mining in Bivins Gukh. Subsequent[...]\ isit 1 City and S.'llt Lake :md in the summer of 1665 he PMama. He. is familiar with a :\'ast extent of country |
![]() | HISTORY OF ?110NTANA 891 necessary to an unacrstanding of the charictcr and work said: '"There arc many mills among the Monlana of one of Montana's most conspicuous dtiicns. Roc:kics which arc monu1ncnts to the courage of this Charles D. McLure, so 11\311)' )'tars of whose Cl.rly remark3blc man, man>' hoins wh[...]ls to life were s~t on the Wcstcrn frontier, w3s of 3 race his <faring. \Vhcn he was confident there was ore to be of pioneers. two gencrMions before him h:wing been i[...]tated a minute to risk his :-11 to the \'anguard of the progress to the wc,s t. He was find it. ln the face of dis«>urag(ment, he btc..lme the born at Carroll[...]22, 18,w, and was rtarcd principallr in the city of fight, the better he fought. A nd it stan[...]st lector for :i. railroad ~mp.,ny, at a $.1lary of SC\'Cnty• until he had demonstr:1.ted by d[...]nth. neu of his theory re~rding it. Obst:iclcs which would[...]owed his plan throug·h thick and the conditions of the new and developing country along thin.'' the slope of the RO(kics. After three JCirs 0£ freight- \Vhat Mont1l.na me:i.ns to him in the light of his own ing in Color3do he c.ame up to Virginia[...]nce Mr. Mc.Lure tells in his own words: ''[ band of c.~mlc, 1he route being over traili dim y b1aicd[...]o;i.ds. J :md through the Sioux infested valle)' of the Pl.ttt('. h~wc .s«.n it grow from :i[...]ory to its He disehaig·e d the responsibilities of tlu.s trust, and thus prcscnt dC'\·c1opme:nt.[...]praetit'.11>• ever since when wc had sot11c of the best immigration that C\'Cr bee n the sc:cnc of his eareer. came west from all parts of the Uintcd States. 1 left Ha\ in~ accumulate[...]op<:ratfog_ an outfit bctwce11 the people Of Montana, and the st:ite in general, were V1rgini[...]d Fort Copcl:1.nd to the rnrncd.'1 mouth of Milk river. After that he tr.i.1uftrrcd his[...]er- 18$5, to Miss Cfo,ra M. Edgar, daught<"r of Mr. :ind ate gulch for one year, his a$$0Ciatcs being Charles '.\lr.i. T. 0. ~ dgar, of that city. They arc the parents Dahler, ht)' Myc.rs and \V. H. ParkinSon. He then of seven c.hililrcn, four sons and ~bree daughters,[...]lotte particularly \'31uabh: lode, an exten sion of the \Vhit• a nd Charle.s L. :\II of thtm reside in this state, and lath Union. But h[...]'Ed~ir :rnd \Villiam arc married and ha\'c homes of their in qu:uu mining depended upon a thorou.gh[...]own. Titey recciv«l excellent Khooling. and some of of geology and metalforgy, and ha,·i ng reached thi[...]p )Ir. McLure has for y('ars been one of the lc.tders himself (or wh:it has been his life[...]in the public life o{ the state, :ind is o ne of the most in_g to Missouri, he studic-d the science that underlies prominem members of the Democratic party of Mon- mining, and when he returned t.o Montana it wa.s to take t:lna. He is a 111e1nbcr of the Society of Montaoa Pio• charge of the old Ccntcnnial mill in Butte. neers and hf and his wife arc. m cmbc:u of the Episcopal Jn 1877 Mr. Mcl.ure 3ssumed the m,.'\nag-cmc:11t of the c-hurch. At his hoine in Philipsburg he h[...]s l>attlu wh<"n a. t'.llit>• he found the field of achicvcmcllt for which all boy:. and spc1\t many yc:i.1i among the crude scen c-s of his prc\'ious 1ifc had been a preparation. It w:,[...]quaintance with books and their contcnts. ~foeh of to its owners, and while therc his attcntion was[...]a1,k. Much that he has achieved arc, the dCl:tils of the story c-•rnnot ~ told J1ere. B ricAy during nearly a . half century of reside:nec in Montana. nar-ratcd, he displayed hi[...]miner's has bttn wrought into the histOr)' of the state. To state intuition :is to the stores of sih·er aw:-iting behind the his c:ircer in[...]uage, he first came upan Mon• granite fortressu of this mountain. Jn 1$8o he .took t:rna's soil as a freighter and became one of the state's a bond on the property, wit.h difficu[...]o:, /..il OV"1'- 1 great ledge. After weeks of unprofitable work, with no Hos . S,,)[...]ho died in 1907, was~ pion«r ✓ prospect of a nything bi:ttcr in sight, a da>· came when and 3,n emincot citizen of Helena, who c-i.roc to the there was no more money 3\'ailablc. 'fhe dig,ging of west before the existence of :Montan.a 3$ .\ state or that day did not change[...]that operations must suspend. for afl';i.irs of momeot. His ancc-stors wci:c 3,mong the 3 time at[...].s fired on the c,·ening t-:irly settlcrs of South C.1rolina who eamc from Scot- of that day. It hurled bonanza ore u p0n the. muc.ke[...]nt tr.:1.nsformed Charles D. ~Ic:· brothers of the name, sprang the \Vords now iQltered Lure from 3n almost penftiless prospector into one of throughout VifWnia and other southern states. the greatest mining' men of the times. Samuel \V[...]!'s twcnty•fi\'C millions to the wciltli output of Montana. VnHcy, Tc-11nesste, in i ~ and in earl)• m anht)()d rc- Most of ic, and ofof it all, and was born at BarbourS\'illt[...]Somerset.., Pul:,,ski county, 3.nd ,vcalth}' m en of this sts1te. As another writer has[...] |
![]() | 892 HISTORY OF MONTANA to St. Joseph, Missouri. and there the;[...]al fields and were he was scvcnty•thtcc years of a.gc. His widow sur- as.sociated in the i[...]ell-known vh·cd him for a bric! period, and was of the same age men: Samuel 1'. fuuser, Henry[...]pa$.$cd away. F. Oakes, then prcside.nt of the·Northern Paci.fie; James \Villiam Word was[...]h he L. Pfatt and James B. Mub~ll. A railroad of fffty and his wife were faithful adherents of the faith of mi!cs in length was built from Laure.I to Red Lodge Alexander C.an,pbe]I, the founde r of the O,rist!,m where the coal fields were located[ and while other church, ofof that nature and the firs.I in vantagcs of a somewhat mc:,,gre nature, due to ~he the denlopment of one of the gn-a.t natural indu$lriC$ undeveloped educational system prevailing in our of the state. CO\lntry in his )'Outh; but he was na[...]gurcd, he the Jaw. In time he entered the 01ticc of Andrew· J. h.t$ done much, both on the stump and in party coun- James, afterwards attomcrgcncral of Kentucky, 3nd cils, to bring about its[...]D.1wson City1 Alaska, capped as much by his Jack of c-.arlic-r education .is 3S counsel of the Norih American Transportation Com- by hi.s J[...]1c, 19001 later goin_g grounded in the rudiments of cduea.tion, howc\'er, th:tt to Cape Nome, wher[...]n fortunes by lime. Mr. \Vord was a member of the house of rep• teachinsr those lc.ss advanced than himse[...]tered upon his legal studies, entering the office of Prcs-ident of Soc:iety of Montana Pioneers 1891-2. He Silas \Voodson; afterwards governor of Mis$0uri. Un- was a Mason of high degree, being :,. member of all its der the able ereccptorship of Mr. Wood.son he con- branches, and he w3s Gri.nd Master of Ma.son.s of tinued with h1S studies until 18~ which year fou[...]him qualified to enter upon the- acti\'e practi« of his cititenship of the west, and as a man of bii) affairs, profe$$ion, and he located in Orego[...]to no ne among Foster and soon was in C'()mmand of a flourishing prac- those of the pioneers of his time in the st.itc of tice. It was here that he met and married' Miss Sarah M:i.rgaret Foster. She was a tlativc of Clay county, MiS$0uri, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, her father having[...]Born in Vir«inia Cit>:,_,Montan3,, been 3 native of Ireland and her mother, who wa.s Mis.s J une[...]d Helen J. Thomp$0n prior to her marriage, being of Sarah M. \Vord. \Vent to Ann Arbor h ig[...]Admitted to the 1).,r in 188o. Clerk of the supreme ing engineer of Helena; Robert Lee an :rnorney and court from 18$7 to 18SQ. Member of the law firm ex-j udge of the supreme court; Charles F., an attorney of \Vord, Smith & \Vord from 18Qo to 1892- Mem• an[...]• bcr of the Jaw firm of Smith & \Vord from 1892 to Shortly after his[...]d for 18o(>. Appointed associate justice of the supreme the west, ben t upon SUOC'CSS and firmly com•inccd th.at court of the $tale of Montana to suecc«I Wm. H. in this as yct but par[...]at a time when MOnt3na· was yet e1nbraced of the law fi rm of Word & Word from 1901 to 1911; by the territory of Idaho, and to Alder Gulch, famous which firm was d issolvtd by the death of Chas. F . in minin$t' history, Mr. \Vord made his[...]1fuit he could make more rapid progress by means ofof his ultimate splendid success, One year of William Lowe anywhere in the st-ate of Montana in the practice of law in Ald~r Gulch was a sufficient without bringing forth words of such praise as it is not "try out" of the west for Mr. \Vord, and h e accord - often' given men to listen to, and cxpre.ssions of grief ingly returned to Mis.souri, settled up his[...]that in its genuineness is thC g reatest .proof of the af-[...]ect ion and esteem in whieh this fine old citizen of It was in t865 that Mr. \VOrd was appointed b[...]ey to friends, but the strc-n$1h and power Of his memor)' is fill an unexpired term in the firs[...]e wu later elected reg- has the opp0rtunity of writing the life of such a man. ularly to the place, 6.lhng- the posi[...]eely active in all movements for the betterment of hi$ asserted by men o f prominence in H.clcna and[...]may 1884-5. and it was he who conceived the idea of (?lac- forget that he built uo a·grcat business from practically ing the stock of the famous Drum Lummon mine on nothi[...]s due much little, almost unseen deeds of kindness, h is rigicl stand of the credit for t he earl>' development o f[...] |
![]() | [...]was to be had in the bardware line. race of men ought to give the men of Montana su- Mr. Lowe was married[...]Pro\'idence, Rhode perior advantage over the men of most sections of the Island, to Helen Baird. Seven childr[...]to them, two of whom died in infancy. Edwin died William Lowe was :i. native of England, having been at the age of fourteen and &ther, at the age of twenty. • bom there on the 17th of February, 1829. His par- The li\•in; children arc . .Mrs. f ...;.nk Fleming, of ents came to Amc.rica and scnlcd in Rhode Island[...]r in the busintts, attcndins;: the public schools of Providence, where his are k«ping up the s[...]rd, reliable business men, and the business which of that old settlement. After the completion of his their father founded bids fair to[...]tinner's •trade, and this busi- the hands of the sons as it was in the bands o{ the ness or modifications of it, he was destined to fo11ow father.. It[...]cted, however. more or less throughout the whole of his life. He fol .. for 3 $On necC$s3rily inherits some of the trait.s of lowed h is trndc for 3 time in Providence. and h[...]began his wedded life. His first child of a wise· and careful training. Their mother was a[...]nd gcntlc1 and ocean, he crossM the great stretch of country to the she was the devoted wife[...]t other w~tw3rd move .ind e:i.mc to the territory of ~lon- date back to the early days o r this[...]e td be found in the mining camps, l»c.k of a p1c<.e of wa.11 ()lt)Cr. In {ratcrna affairs Mr. save for t[...]aving bc<:ome 3 first to penetrate the fastnesses of Montana's . moun• member of the lodge at C3nton, Iowa, before coming tains. T[...]try swarmed with wild g3me The death of ~!r. Lowe occurred on the 26th of o( al1 sorts, and in fact conditions of life were much May, 1912, and at the time[...]the first settlers in New EnRland and of Oaws.on county. So p.aued from among us one of Virginia in the days when America was a new and the noble spirits of · t11e earth, one o( the men who practically une[...]ng ta.lks," for instanc.,c, or any other of die stock phrases the next eighteen )'Cars he rciided in that part of that make up the practical world's phil0$oph)•. Mr. t\fontana. During all of this time he wa,s. principally Lowe pro,·[...]onestly and the re,:tard with which. he is spoken of by was l_ittlc else to do in the country. He had[...]rritorial development o( this sectio1t of Montana. h:wing located judge for Montana. He wit[...]in the years that h:we elapsed acquired one of the most be-en orgam:r.ed to sec that justice was[...]es in the state. Kc is a who took summ::1ry means of executing it. The faw man who has sc[...]when the new settlers li\'ed in momentary la~\.\ of which 'f!dctd there was \'Cry little, and the expectation of Indian nids and depredations of law- 1{1gdancc Committee was a \' Ct)· ntcttsuy institu- lcs~ characters of ~very sort to the days of compar.ath•c tion.[...]Quiet and the present e"eu trend of events in the great In 1881 Mr. Lowe came to[...]near Clcvel::md, on April 23. 18~, and is the son of shop here, in a tiny little I~ building. As the t[...]became larger. and he Cattcr, both of whom were natives of Vermont. The was c.nablcd to gradually increase h[...]At seven years old. The eonntry schools of his nat1\·c com- the time of his dt'.lth he owned one or the largest and[...]arter such schooling as he n\C?St complete stocks of hardwue to be found in was pe.rm.i[...]business was partly due to the years of a.gc., when in 1&;;1 he started for (;;alifornia.[...]d with Mr. Lowe for his work on die claim of €olone1 \Voods, one of tlic[...] |
![]() | 894 HISTORY OF MONTANA well-known miners :ind p-rosptttors, who was .1lso During· the spring of 1858 he ldt Michigan wi1h J1is known 3$ :i. prea[...]hison, Kansas. At City :i.nd purcMscd three yoke of c:\ttk: and :l w3gou. tl1at Point they[...]eam to l\meric~. ninety 'and br<>u;i::ht .:t load of provisions to Virginia City. He miles west of Atch ison, this l>cing the extreme wu1ern arrived w ith his Jo."l.d of supplies on Christmas da)·, frontier to[...]gi\·cn his :md had :i. fair mea.surc• of s11«eu. :i.hhou,gh of con- energies to the st()(k business, sheep, e.i[...]and nei~hbors even less. 0£ being the products of his r:u\ch. He has a fine P.lacc lndian.s and b1.1ffalo, howe,..er, there were :t plentiful of sixteen hundred acrts in the vicinity of Dallon, qua.n1i1y. On July z, 1862,[...]ins, Color3do, where he they moved into the town of Dillon, and here h.\\'C spent the foll a nd winter of 1862-3. nnd in the spring resided C\'Ct <$inc,c, • of the fatter year he 311d his family joined n freiJ[...]joyed a train fo r En.st B:11mack.., territory ofof the Newman SL'l.nce,s $peak for his business pro[...]nd then mo,..cd on c,·crywhcre regarded :as one of the financially rc.spons• to Alder Gulch, and at the present site of Vir~inia City ible men of the cit)' :and CO\lnty. Jn the cirly years of Mr. Newman wa, engaged in digit'ing a dra[...]rs. N~wman assis.ted her husb:t.nd in the ocrson of n. C. llconett, their :association con•[...]oug-ht tl1ro11s::h from Kans.as. as well a~ were of the most an:i.i~blc order, and were only discon• dis'posing of bread which she had biked, and afttr they tinued[...]er day. but came to Montana in 186.J. She is one of the pioneer during the six yt3rs that he remained •in that l<Xa.lity women of Montana, and is the mother of seven chi!• he met with sutteS$[...]~tar1cd o\'crland for C,tifornia, and in October of tha t[...]01tsox N. Nt\\'llAX. Prob:tbly within the conlinu of Ye:ir. In 18;0 the)' went to th:u portion of S:111 Ber• the Yellowstone Valley there. is no family better known[...]_Me:h has- recently been made River• tha1, that of Newman. Certain it is that i1s members[...]gation ditch in t11:u · growth .\nd de\'elopmcnt of this section since earli<'.st p<>rtion of the country. He loc:i.tcd ten acres of land pioneer da)'$, :md m:an>· now t>c-ari,~s::[...]nd oranges. but in May, 1873, with ing p<>sitions of importanc-e in public and prh·:i.tc life.[...]\'(r• Since colonial time-5 in America mcmber.s of the New--· land 10 $.,tem, · Oregon. D uring the winter of 1$7,'\•4 man fam ily have been kaders in the se[...]in contracting :ind cutting timber for s-cctions of the country, and ;1m011g the reprcsentati,·es sawmills, and he 1hcn went to the Snohomish rh·er. of the name in Montana the venerable Orson N. New-[...]territory, on Puget Sound, about fifty miles man, of Billings, stands pre-eminent. He was born in[...]a and Edwin ~f.. spent 1he summe r of 1874 working in 3 son o r Joel a nd H:mnah (Lyon)[...]tarting' for Portland, Ore• when three brothers of the name came to A meric-a, and gon, over t11e Barlow Pass. in10 the \Valla Walla some of the.it descendants fought as soldiers in the[...]ng the latter point they were t now- also member, of the Lyons famil>·· Joel Newman was[...]e tra,·elcd lived m1til th e spring of 1875. At that time thC)' c.,me 10 Orle:iil)s coun[...]settling in Pl)·mouth township, where th e rest of his on to l3o7.cman, where they spe[...]ural pun-uiu. 1n political soring of 18'6 they enp'l'.td in fann ing in 1he G-:'lllati[...]ek new territory, they loaded a large wagon pa.rt of the War of 1812 he fought .is a soldier in the with provisions and seed, a nd with three yoke of c:attlc American armr. He m.arricd H3nnah Lyon. who was came O\'Crland to the Yellowstone Valley and l<Xatcd bom i,, New Jersey, June 18[...]n five dau,ghters from the ,pre.sent ~ity of Billings. They arriv«l March and seven soils, th[...]in the sheeo bus.in<'$!, M r. Albert, a resident of C31ifornia. New[...]ivc state, Orson N. Newm!ln left home :1t the age of spent on the Pacific coast, princiro[...]il 3, 1855, was n,arricd. as chai rman of tl1e bo:t.rd up to October, 1829, when he |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]895 resigned. He was appointed i uttice of the peace by hi.s life as a farmer of Plymouth township. I n 1855 he Hon. Sidney E<lgcrto11, the fir.st govcmor of Montan:,,, gave up the polities of the \Vhig par,y for those of the but declined the office, and 13tcr was appoin[...]ring the remainder or his. ~ rcer. CiOUJll)', All of Mr. Newman's undcrtaking-s ha\'C met[...]is en- subsequently went to the lumber woods of northern joying the fruits of :t c:trccr that has btcn filled with M!ehi[...]Elii:abeth Matild, Tripp, who was foll conlidcncc of all with whom he h:,,s come i1, con- bom m Ont3rio, Canada, daughter of David and Ltna tict.[...](Cl:.po) Tripp, the former a native of New York state On April 3. · 1S5s, j\fr, Ncwm:in was united in mar- and the later of Ontario, both of whom arc deceased. riage with Miu E liubcth Matil[...]She was born in Ontario. been the mother of eleven children, :ts follows: Ch:arlt1 Canada. dau.¢htcr of D:wid and Lena (Clapp) Tripp, the H.; Ed[...]ves one and one-half miles south former a nati\'C of New York sta.tc, who died in ~far- of Billj1_1p: \Villiam "farvin, also Cllgaged in farming' shall county, Kansas, when tt.\'Cnty ycats of age; :ind in the Yellows.tone Valley; J ane, the wife or Hcnr-y the laner "' n;1ti\'c of O ntafio. who is also dead. i\fc:Kinsey, of East Boulder, Sweet Gr3ss count)'; Asa They had a[...]and Elii;a.~th who m:uried \V, J. Scott, of Billings; Albert A.; Abe, M· (Trip!?) Newman, as follows: O,arle.s H., of who met his death in a railro.,d accident when twenty• Billings; Edwin )t. living in Yellowstone county, one SC\'en years of 3.ge, in 1Soo; ~fart ha, who died when :rnd one-h[...]nch ou Uluc Creek. Yellowstonc county: farming in Yellowstone county; Jane. the wife of Henry nnd Bmton, who died in infancy. During the sprin~ of Mc.Kinser, livinsc .at EMt Oouldcr, Sw«t Grass c[...]an extensive M1chig;m ind went by w:i.r of Chicago, St. Louis anci shctp r3iscr, and 1he owner of 3 lar,:c r.ineh in Blue Ate:hison, KanS-3$, to America. the frontier of the west, Cnek, Yellowstone valle)', who is marri«l :md has two a[...]om Atchison. Aher four childreu: )fary, the wi£c of \ V. J. Scon, or Billings, who h3s two children: A lbert A.. of Billings: Abe_, who[...]Collins, Colorado, :uid in the spring of .l86J a freight[...], Montana, wa.s joined. time twentrse,·en yc.trs of a~e; Martha, who died The train broke up at that t)Oiot, but' after :i. st.ay of a when SC\·cn years of age; Mark, the owner o f a fine week[...]and on cattle ~rnd s.he('t) randl on Blue Crttk, Yellowstone the prescf\t $itc of Virginia City 1he fa ther was engaged county. who[...]miners of the \ ieinity. '.\fr. Newman was paid at the[...]1 CnMtLBS H. NEWMAN', A mcm~r of an o ld ::md hon- rate of six dollars ptr day and Mrs. Newman made |
![]() | 896 HISTORY OF ~10NTANA the Gallatin Valley, but after two y[...]ALuttt A. Ntwl.l'.AN. A worthy representative of one L:trgc 'wagon with- provisions and $CCcls. and wit h three of tbc YelJowstone va~lcy's pioneer families, and a man yoke of oxen came ovcr13nd to the Yellowstone Valley, ~vho, for more th~"! thirty[...]mg and sheep r-a1sm.g, Albert A. Newman of BiUin~ miles from the present city of Billins-s. The father and is deserving of being cLuscd amons- th: progrcss1,·e sons w[...]maki1ig their way comimsioncr and as justice of the pccc, a.ltboi1g:h he IUtO th31 $1:[...]ined public office. He The foundeu of th e' Newman fam ily in Amcdc-a came is one of his lc>ca.litYs most hig.hly honored citizc.i1s,[...]and members tl1erc- is C$tccmcd bo1h as one of the Yellowstone's hardy p10-, or fo~ht vahantly during: the \Var of the Revolutio11 need, and as a citizen whose[...]land a nd the United States in 18n. One of the latter, Charles H. Newman secured his[...]the loci Newn1an. the grandfather of Albert A., was born public $Choob or the var[...]family lh·ed. and grew up in ~n a11~1osphere of conti!1ual sequently was engaged in agricul[...]$late, :ind spent his last yca,rs i,1 in che Yellowstone Valley, Marc,h 16, 1878. and during Pl[...]e hides and Hannah Lyon, who. was also of Revolutionary stoek, pelts obt:iincd by the y[...]county, Michigan: Orson N.; ii ram, of Polk county or earnest, cnerg:ctie cndca,·o[...]lumber d1,triet o f northern Michigan sheriff of Yellowstone county. He ser,·cd in that office and[...]18, 1886, when she had been the mother of elc,·en el«tcd county commissioner, and in[...]., chairman or the bo.lrd el«tcd for a term of six years. Since Jinuary 1. 1907, or comm1.ss1oners of Yellowstone eount1.; Edwin M. he has act.cd as chaimian o[...]n Jiving one and one-half miles south of Billings; \Vm'. himseH in ever}• way an e.ffieient official. Mr. Newman )t., a farmer of the Yellowstone valley; Jane, who mu• has brought :in enthu[...]rk that has done ricd Henry McKinsey of East Boulder, Sweet Gr.us much to advan ce th[...]county; Asa D., a n extensive sheep raiser of Billings; present is ~ctivc in the erection of the fine county house )fary, who married \V. J. St'Ott, of Billio~: Albert A.; three miles from Billings[...]k. Yellow• with Rathbone L<idge, No. 28. K. of P. ; Camp No. 6269, stone county; a nd Burton, who died in infaner.- Woodp:ien of the \Vorld; Billings Lodgt, No. 394. B. • Durin.g the sprin~ of 1858 Mr. a nd Mrs. Newman,[...]· went by way of Chicago, St. Louis and A tchiso·n, Kan•[...]fou r )'tats rison county, Indiana, daughter of Joseph A. and Olive spent in farming,[...]e to Camp Collins, (Crandell) \Valls, natives of Indiana. Mr. Walk was Colorado, and in the spring of 1863 the family _joint'<I a born February 10,[...]fa rming in Indiana until 1872, a stay of a week the Newmans pushed on to Alder in whic[...]Kanns, G ulch. On the prcstnt site of Virginia City the. fathe r and S(ttled on a farm near Eureka, and the rest of his was c.n,aged in digging drains, :i[...]e died M:uch to, 1891, and he survived of the vicinit):• For his work Mr. Newm an w.u paid at her until August 19, 1900. Of a fam ily of sixteen chi!• the rate. of six dollars a d:,.y and Mrs. Newman made[...]nough c;ipital to invest in a hay turity, and of these Mrs. Newman was the }'O\lngest.[...]ne in which in- to pay a ·salar)" of live dollars a day to his har cutters dustria[...]use which who have shown their apprcc,iatio n of his work by Ri,·• ~,•3s libe[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 897 in October of that year reached Santiago, where they underlying principles which form the basis of all hun,;n remained for one year. In 18;0 they[...]rmination to iully utiliu: the me-ans November of that )'car Mr. Newman assisted in buildini[...]-hone su«e$S comes only as a result of natural capaeity, un- tea.m, going O\'Crl;,md[...]e ability and inflexible integrity. the winter of ·1873-4 in contracting and culling timber[...]ing went to Snohomish bmch and bar of Montana is Judge William Young rh•cr, about[...]rom Seattle, Washington, where Pemberton, of Helen3, who has the distinction of hav• he .-ind his two sons, Charles H. and '[...]ing scncd with s.ignal ability as chief juuicc of the the winter of 1874, working in a lumb<:r camp. Still[...]h their location, the family again started of the able jurists and legists of the northwest. on its journey: aiming for Portl[...]\ Villiam Y. Pemberton is a nati\·e of the state of going through the Barlow Pnss into \Valla Walla[...]se, were snow-bound in wC$tcrn Jdaho of June, 1843. His parents were \Villiam and Martha[...]he was one o! four sons, winter. In the spring of 1875 they resumed their of whom he was the youngest and is now the only one[...]allatin li\•ing. The gen.c::ilogy of the fami ly may be traced back \'3llcy, Montan[...]seeds and with' three yoke tute.lage of his aunt, Mrs. Rcbc«:t E. Willfomson. of oxen came overland to the Yellowstone valley. lo· Herc he remained until[...]attending the, p_~blic schools un1il he \\':t.S of :.,,ge to two miles from the present city o{ B[...]voted him· eounty commissioner and as justice of the pea.cc.,. al• self assiduously to[...]purpose 1hat he was g raduated with the el.ass of 1861. public office. Mr. Newman is justly este[...]itizen ind is numbered with the honored pio1tccrs of came one o! the pioneer fawyers of the state. He lo• the Yellowstone valley.[...]ts i1t their practice. The c::arly Jaws of the tcrritOr)' were vague various migr3tions,[...]ater at- Therefore the interposition of a skilled 3nd discrintin3t- tending school in[...]ing attorney, who in addition to a gre.it store of legal ing :rnd stoc-k raising on his father's ranch, and in 1886 knowledge h:.,,d also the gi!t of common sense, was engaged in the sheep busines[...]hip hailed with delight on the part of those who were in with his brothers up to 189c, when he took up farming favor of a reign o{ law and order. Judge Pemberton on h[...]his scr\'iccs were in demand in :i:11 p.3rts' of the ter- school during two winter tCtl\\$, and[...]l>ctn made or mining the old homestc:id in the Yellowstone vi!lc.t, and en• c.·unps cst:abtish[...]e homestead property untjl He wa$ one of the car,liest settlers in what is now the 190[...]se sheep on Bull beautiful capital citY of the s-tate, although he did not ?.fountain, Mu[...]lcomed to his old Mankato, Minnesota~ daughter of Andrew S. and Chris- home. and i1t 1882 he was elected district 3tlorney of tina E. (Spencer) Shannon. Mr. Newman, in cons[...]trict, which included the greater por~ qucrice of his genial manner and his general worth tion of the territory west o{ the mountains. He was an[...]cceed himself in 18&, '-(qttired is the result of his own thrih, energy and His fitness[...]ach yc.,r and therefore' in 1$01 tic was ap• of the first to assist i1t promoting cntcrprim of a bcne• pointed district judge of the district including Butt~ ficial nature, an[...]January 1, 1~3, when pertaining to the welfare of the people. · he entered upon the duties of the highest judicfal office[...]in the state. becoming chief justice of the suprtmc WILLIA).( Y. P.&3r,UlERTON. In no[...]scovcrt'd than ceding Noveniber. is that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there No man thus ident[...]ffice with more eminent qualifica- appr«iation of the absolute cthie:s of life and o{ the tions than di[...] |
![]() | [...]tch to General Green. during the .. of the law, famil iar w:th minutia and precedents, and siege of Yorktown. · having an intuiti\'cly jud[...]he Or. Steele was 011e o f a fami ly of t)'l)ic:il pionec-r pro• .supreme bench the at[...]. there being no less than sixteen children. 0£ of equity a nd justice in the tribunal, the fi nal resort of the brothers, three bce,me residents of Mo111ana. T he the people of the e<>mmonwc::i,lth. His r ulin~s on t he[...]n• mental grasp and thorough tcg,.11 knowledge of the chief .;aged in pedagos-ical work an[...]1899 and 1hc state will C\'cr owe him a 1ribu1e of re• reading of mc-dic:inc. In 1854, he matriculated in the spc:[...]d .ri 1hrce years· ooursc, rccd"in,g h is degree of Pemberton res.umed his pr.i.cticc of the law ill ll11ttc. M. o. Ill 1857.[...]e made the journey aerr>~ the nc:ct:on with much of the important litig:ition in the plains to Colorado, a nswering like so miny of the flower \·arious courts of the slate. 1n Jun<', 1909, J ud~c Pcm• of Americ.a1i manhood, the beckoning finger of Oppor- ~rlon was t\ppointcd libr:ufan of the St:ue Historical tunitf from the w[...]to ltim. In Colorado he became superintendent of the given :\11 t1nswc-n·ing support to the princ[...]ditch, whic-h supplied water for the placer cies of the oernO<'ratic party, and he has wielded a[...]arked _influence in shapin~ the political affairs of the prise. He also dt\·otcd co1uider3,b[...]teele's rcsidcnc-e in Mont3,113. da,.tes from the of tllos<: principles which he considers 1he · true[...]:mnack Cit.>•• his powers in di.aletics being of :tn exceptional order. whenee in course of time he re-moved to A lder Gu1eh, :md always at the dispos3I of his party during a poli. 1n the latte[...]ing implied his p residing ·over the local court of justice, degrees. He has taken a very prominent 3[...].ally supreme. T he country p::trt in the affairs of the Sodcty of Montana P ioneers. was new and wild ;rnd the doctor in his judicial capacity scrvin_g as president of the orga.ni.tation. pre-sided O\'Cr the trial of several outlaws 31id it was[...]condemned to cxc(ution. I n 1864 1hc <"hronicle of human cndc~wor, east :tnd we.s t, there he brought a stock of goods to Alder Gulch. and· in 3, could 1Jc para[...]ite usdulness the very short time disposed of them. I n November of that rC'COrd ofof the most mining camp, a nd th is w:-is destined to be the scene ol disti,,g;1ish cd members of _his pro~essio.n. !n 1hc ":est is his remaimn[...]tely purchased ::1 but 10 begin· the cnumerahon 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 diverse and[...]«lunty. and also in McClellan Gulch. All of these he ne.\r Pendleton, Andc.rson count)', Sou[...]68 he tonducted freighting, with He was the scion of s1a11ch o ld Southem stock, the $On Fort Benton as hc:.dquartcrs. • . of William and Margaret (Guyton) Steele, natives of Jn 186.) Dr. S teele was elected sheriff of lewis and the county whiC"h •was the sce-11e of his own birth. The Clark county, d uring hi~ two years' term of service fal11cr was a mids11iomin in the United[...]oir1g much to suppress lawlessneS$ and crime, the of• ;md particjpatcd in the decisive n:wa.l OOttle[...]ct. Chc-s.,peake a nd . the Shannon in the \ V:ar of 1812, when rnuch d iS(rimin:uion, inccss.'\[...]the heroic words, "Oon't g i\'C up part of his attention to acti"e medical p;:acticc-, al)d in· the ship," which h:we been the insi:,irMion of all subsc,. the latter year, being then of ad\'l\nced :l.ge, r eti red quent Amcric;m genert\lions. After the termination of for the most pare from its active du[...]ghtcnc-d praetitiontr :rnd the friend a nd doctor of in the touth, until summoned to the "undiscovered hundreds Of families. • country.'' He was honorC"d with the gift of several lnstincth·cly all tfas[...]il'l · public trust, serving in the legi$1ature of his Steele a11d were c-a_s::cr to entrust to h[...]. The- public--5pirit the respGnsibilities of office. He was a immigrant a ncestor of the Stceles was of Sco1d~•lrisl, meml>ci- of die $late senate in the legislature ~f 1896; stoc[...]lina, their exodus to ·was elected mayor of Helena, and in 1&;)8 he was elect• the south pr[...]t ion, in which the Steele$ ed treas\1rcr of Lcwi.s ·and Clark county. I n that same[...])'Car he was strongly urged to allow the use of his were ::tctivc a.nd v-aliant for the cause of freedom. The n~me ~s candid:uc for governor of the state, but h e de~ matema.1 gr:rndp.,rcn11 of Dr. Steele were named 'Wat• chncd. In scores of oth er ways, the leading c:iti;:cns son. and exta[...]Gr.indmother ~ve dignified e\'idence of the esteem in which they held Watson, p,using throui::h the camp of |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]active loy:\lty did much to promote the S\1c«ss of the old home in· Germany. It was while v[...]hich the t>3rty stood. Profossionally he of his boyhood days in Gcrm:tn)' th:u he r~ei\'td a was a member of state and county medical societies. le[...]his fraternal affiliMions extended to the Knights of th:,.t this friend had staked a splendid mining claim fo r Pythias, and the Ancient Order of U nited \Vorkmcn, him in Conftdcratc g[...]ined In 186.5, Dr. Steele l.tid the foundation of his domes- for :\tr. Kcsslcl' if he would ret[...]on. and Mr. Kessler went there wuh the intention of Dr. Steele was president of the AsSO(.ia.tion or Mon- building a brewery fo r Charles Btthrcr. of Nc\'ada, tana Pion~rs and in its ra11ks an ho1~[...]ut before its completion In a.II the relations of life bis record was unblemished it was discovered[...]s were beginmng to ~nd all the s plendid trait$ of the sterling pioncn w:1-s play out, 3nd the fuwre prospects of the camp would his in ~bundanee. His indi\'idtt[...]is benC\'Olcnce :tnd lo\'C Helena and toOk charge of a b rewery owned by Mr. of hiS follow men unbounded. It means n:'lueh to a ([...]since which to number among its inhabitants men of his type in time it has been known as the Kessler[...]ays remained in the family, a record in the state of burns so ~rcnely; s.uch men :i.re of ncecs.s1ty rare ;ind Mont:'ln:t for continuous ownership and operation of an ~'Ill honor is dui to them when they arc fou[...]time to time the pbnt has to the venerable age of se\'Cllty•Se\'en an d of him it been rebtiilt or e.nl:trgcd, modern m.ichi[...]now it is •·The sweet remembrance of the just. one of the largest and best equipped manufacturing[...]establishments of its kind in the north\,·cs t. Mr.[...]R. A n:ime identified with Mon• an output of less than 1,000 barrels of beer annually. tana territorial days. and conne[...]to O\•er 25,000 barre-ls per annum, and life of Hekna for almost a half cenlllry, is that r~re,.[...]ty by Charles N. and Fredcric:k E. 1Kess1er, sons of N ickolas Kessler, whose death Kessler engaged in the manufacture of brick. and later[...]01. ufacturcr in th3t line of industr)•, which was tnlar~ed Nic:kobs Kes$lcr, one of the pioneers of Montana, :,.s and improved :'Ind included in its product f):t\'ing bttc:k, well :1s one of the most prominent business men and standard ::tnd ornamental flower pots and \'ascs, fi re : itizens of his da,, in the city of Helena, will long be proofing. :,.s well as an output of se\'cral millio n com• remem~rcd as a· man w[...]e prise were important factors in the upbuilding of that the \Ve.stem ~la" Manufacturing Company, :,.[...]. He was born in Luxemburg, Germany, ~b)" 26, one of the most extensi\'e pfants of its kind in Montana, 1833, the youngest of -six children. His father., whose. ::md one of Helena's lc:tding industri:\I institutions. name[...]as. owned a small fa rm near Mr. Kessler wai. one of the origin:.I bo.'lrd o f dirtctors Befort. in the grand duchy of Luxemburg, where the of the National Bank of Mo,itana. and was presidtnt of son was reared and recci\·ed his early educ:i.t[...]\Vhen Nickol3s Kc.s.sler was a )'oung i;nan of but public.'ln and ser\'ed in the territorial legislature of liult more than tw<'nt)' he immigrat«I to Amtri[...]t New York on J:,.nuary 10, 18~. Afttr a a member of Mornin~ Star Lodge. also to 1be Elks. 'b rief stay in that c-ity he went to Detroit, where he Sons of Hermann and was for one )'ear president of .secured employment in a g rocery store. Following the Society of Montann pioneers.. thii. he was employed in se.\[...]n, and at one time worked in the lumber a nati\'e of New York City. whose death oc<urred in districts[...]busine$t, F.. an<I 'Mathilde. the fatter the wife of Capt. \V;t. in partnershi~_ with J:i.mcs '.\·tc[...].te a s in.all Lo11ise K. and Marion L. The death of Mr. Ke-ssler capital.[...]n. 1901. and his demise was a fo the winter of 18,w,6o, when the news of the gold sad blow to the city of HeJena as well as to his inti• discoveries at[...]joined the ex• more to the industrk1I progress of Helen:\ than di.d odus to that section. In disposing of his busincs.s in• Nickofas Kessler. 1Jis[...]ll capit31 which was inve.sud geniality. kindness of heart and a .s.trong sense of public in a mine at \Vhitc Gulch, Colorado. This[...]n in• Helena lndcpe11dr11t. is a truthful reAex of public senti• crc.Jsc his capitil. l{c had con[...]mely delth: " The s~dd~t news the minini <'3n1PS of Colorado, without pro6tablc re• Helena people h[...]n many :\ long time tl,ey suits. \Vitl) a oartv of othC'rs in Augun., 1863, he St3rted rccci\'cd yes[...]it for many days time Mr. Kes_sler had eomolaincd of not feeling well, the party arrived in Virginia[...].selling at fabulous prices. and and w~ile m:tny of his dose friends knew he w:ts sick, Mr.[...] |
![]() | 900 HISTORY OF MONTANA while he was confined to his home, but th[...]nto un- yc.ars having been a prominent contractor of that city. c,onsciousness .1nd then went off into a (luiet sleep from He married Anna Gall, a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, which he never awok~ and it was such a passing away and of the eight children born of thcir union but two u seemed fitting to the ending of a good man's life-- arc li"ing, as follows: John, the subject of this sketch; quiet, painless peaceful.[...]living on \Valnut "It is problblc the dt-.1th of no other man in Hdcna Hills, Cincinnali, Ohio, would haYc oce.isioned such unh·ersal regret as that of Coming with his parents to America in 18[...]rs he lived in Hines attended the public scltools of Cincinnati until this community and during all of that time he was a sixteen years old. Beginning life then as a wage pOtcnt factor in the business life of the community. In earner, he w:is for three years .a clerk in the grocc-ry C\'ery relation of life-husband, father, business asso- establishment of Patrick Tr3cy, whose store was lo• ciate and man of affairt-he was tried :ind in each of catcd at the corner of Ccntr:il a,•enuc and McFarland them acquitted h[...]farewell then to parents and friends. imous voice of the people w.1.s th:i.t Hden:t had lost one he responded to the lure of the wild west, striking out of the best citizens she had e,·er po»csscd. In all of boldly for the gold fields. Going by rail to St.[...]he out6tted for Montana.• Cro$Sing the sideratc of others, and always willing to take his share Missouri r iver June 10, 1$63, Mr. Hint:$ :1rri\'cd at of the misfortunes which came to those who take, 3n[...]er croning, Mr. Hines and his party, saw m:tn)• of the boys and girls grow up into manhood which consist«I of seven men, scp:uatcd from the and womanhood, and they liked him bcc-,ausc he always main body of the wagon tr.tin, compc,scd principally h:td a pltisant word for them. of Mormons, who we.re bound for :in entirely differe[...]he men who have been associ:,ted with him in part of the country, Subsequently Indians overtook busiM.[...]ty one night, and stoic some his death is. In all of the years he lived in Helena he of their oxen. Mr. Hines and three of his fellow• was c,·er forcmos.t in c"crything[...]o ch:asc the thicve.s rather than return building of the city. \Vhen it was proJ)Osed to build to the[...]r:tilroad Jines from Hclen:i.. Mr. Kessler w:i.s of the party started out after the savasces, tr:wtli[...]ubscribe money twenty miles before catching sight of them. By .in fo r tlic enterprise. When the hard[...]enter• :,bandon the cattle, but not before one of the :mimals prising were the hardest hit, Mr. Kes[...]ways h::td a cheerful smile and he did not ·band of emigrants secured their cattle, and re.traced try[...]urden on others. their steps to the camping place of the Creig·hton Instead, he was lenient wilh thos[...]Col. C. A. Br03.d· hind quarters, the remainder of the carcass ha"ing been water, he was a loy•\l[...]way by the Indians. Helena, and where the dolbrs of one went for the up• Mr. Hines remained at Alder Gulch, mini1,g_ and building of the eity, there the dollars of the other prospecting, until 1868, during the tim[...]him not only to build up large enterprises and mg of the telegraph line from Virginia City to Helena.[...]ty, valuable :'lid to :iny enterprise or mo"emcnt of benefit and a short t ime later moved to Missouri \'alley, where to his c:ity or st.ltc. He was one of the best known he pre-empted and homesteaded land[...]en pioneers m th e st:i.tc, and the :i.ssociation of those old in agric.ultural pursuits, ~tr. Hines h[...]tic member. rut career, be,ooming one of the most prominent and The two sons of ?\fr. Keuler, Charles N. and Frede• J)rogrcssh•c farmers and ..stock raisers of the county. rick E., arc numbered among the acti,•c business men Disposing of his ranch and stock in 1899, spending of Helena, where the)' :'Ire prominent in the busine[...]Chnrle! ?§. Kessler married Mis,. Sarah Hewett, of ing days in a plc.tsant leisure. His many friends[...]ss Florence county commissioner for a sceond term of six years, Gordon of \Vhitcwater. \Visconsin. and their two chil• he having served his first term of two y(.).rs from 19(6 drcn arc Helen Kern 3nd Lo[...]us amon~ the best known and his wife arc inembcrs of the Catholic church. and most prosperous citi:i:c-ns of Broadwater county Mr. Hines has been[...]affairs, bcin>r now counh· commissioner ·widow of Edw.trd V. Moran, a ranchman of From• of his home county. A son of the 1:i.tc ~Edward Hines. berg, Montana; .[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF i\10NTANA[...]marriage she had one son, Frank N., who was death of his mother, in 1852, when he started out to[...]. he was skilled in that branch of his trade, as in others, In his politic[...]op served From New York he sailed for the Isthmus of P3nama, one term as justice of the peace and other offices were where, at presen[...]mbi.a to Fort a very .ictiYc member of P)"thagoras Lodge) No. 2 \ Vallula, 1hen crossed the· country to \Valla \Vall:,. Knights of Pythias, and during his twenty-four year$ At that point, in partnership with Arid Chide.ster, he of membership has ser\,ed in all the offices and on scv- bought a pack of ponie.s a.nd they started for Florence. t[...]re, for sixteen miles, the p.utncrs dent of 1h~ ~ionccrs' ~ciety of Gallatin .county, Mon- h:td to pack on their own[...]pOs- tan.i. He 1s mtercsted m a number of successful busi• .siblc to get thro~b with good[...]e _the city•~ prosJ)Crity, often took advantage of Md it was not long before lie had ~[...]ndred dollars, with an income wealth of experience. i-Ie is a representative man of sometimes of fortr dollars a day. This money he in-[...]_the river de,•clopment and progress of the great state of Mon- to Fort Owen, and finally reached Elk CH)'.,[...]arked returning to Florence. It ,,·as in October of that >:car the vanishing y~rs with greate[...]Pete hM Hon. Anton M. Holter, one of the best known :ind Riggs, and seriously wounded[...]most highly honored pion~r citi1.c.ns of Helena and identified omd was finally executed for other crimes . for m:lnY years past one of the representative business • On account of the severity of his wo"!nd, ?\~r. Gallop mc.n of the capi~I city. Virtually half a ccno1r)' rep- w[...]wing winter and resents the period of Mr. Holtcr's residence in Mon• spent the s:ime[...]ning on Clearwater river, which history of this commo1iwealth, both as a territory and he co[...]n the pur• a ve.rit-:iblc pioneer of pioneers; here his constructive chase of the Mont:ula House, which w:1s conveniently[...]~rly bcc:1me potent in ]0(3tCd within a few miles of Clearwater bridge, and results; :md[...]ubst::rntia.1 suecc.ss1 together with the gaining of the the properly for $1,200 and went ,into the ca[...]esteem. In the. most significant sense the archi- of cattle, mainly rows, 1oe:-tting at Magpie, )fom:-[...]and engaged years. has stood as one of thC strongest and noblest in stoc~-f3.isin,g. Wit[...]nt the oJ the Scandin:.w ian C:lc:ment of citizenship that has g:re.iter p:.rc, of his rc-.i.lly adventurous life closed, but wielded wonderful influence in the dcveloPmcnt aud 1he records of se"cra1 years were replete with hard• upbuilding of the great empire of the \Yest. His ex• ships and dangers that only[...]varied, as may we:11 be ~nfcrred, and he was one of fortune and dangers of all kinds. For ten yc◄us, up of the lc.,dcrs in the march of ch·ie and industri:1I to 18;6, he remained in the neighborhood of M:igpic, de\·clopment and progress i[...]won to venture not rcmuncrahvc, io 1873 disposed of it. him a most s;racious independ[...]ought and found 3 desir3ble is a man of broad mental grnsp, of well fortified r:mch on which he determined to es[...]ng twenty-six miles north- well as those of industria~ and commercial order. Mr. WC$t of Bozcm.tn, and in April he settled there, home-[...]the steading i6o acrCs, taking up a desert cfajm of 200 founders and builders of Mont:ina. even as he yet acres and purchasing a one-half section of r:,;ilroad continues · to be one or 1[...]tion at Mag- spirited citizens. He was one of those w~o ) ad i,re• ~Jc. Farming a,,d stock-nising were his industries. H is scic-nec of the future greatnw of the state, and be was Durham C'~,u~c 3nd his Norm[...]t ranch, ~farch 1. 1910, ior development of this (avored .commonwC31th. Scarcely $36,000. The[...]any project advanced for the general good of the second ranch ·w:\S named Gallop, in his hono[...]his name shJl1 merit a p1ace of distinction in the On July 6, 1873. ~(r. Gallop was married at Fort Ben- history of Montana, where he has long lived and labored ton[...]to goqdly ends and where his circ.lc of friends is. Michig:m, and js a daughter o( Nath:i.n Chidester. .Oy coincident with t1iat of his acguain1anccs. His r<:nii~ |
![]() | 904 HISTORY OF MONTANA nis.ccnccs of the early day$ :uc · most graphic and in-[...]y successful in permit only the briefest outline of his (:l.r«r. A most ~h~1.r f2?,1fllng[...]fo11owm.s account, which is well worthy the text of whtcl, was an article prcp3rco by Mr. ofof m.'lny of hi$ experiences in the fionccr days of !11CrllS1 ap~ring in his article o[...]' resi- amplify indcfinitcb·, in the production of cqua1ty va lu- dence at P*-e s Peak , ret[...]Iowa, :ind in the spring of 1863 st."'lrted, with a team Anton M. Holter was born in the little seaport town of oxen, bac~ to ~lo~ado, where I stopped about six of Moss, on a fjord thirt)'•two miles $0Uth of Chris• weeks. During _this time a company of two hundred tiania, Nonva,y, and the d.ite of his nativity was June m~n _was organized to go to what was thc.n called 29, 1831. He is a son of Foin and Berta M. (Floxstad) Stznk11!J[...]a. This com• Ambitious ..and self-reliant. of alert mentality and pany ~cit Coto~ado o[...]ch coun1ty a §~verncd by 3 forma set of rules and regulations. tide of immisration was setting in from the Norscland[...]was spent H e matured his plnns1 and on the Sth of April, 1854, m sport tha~ we m:i.dc s[...]anniversary, Mr. Holter, in company with others of with whom I aflcrward did busines.[...]s.ail for Que~. They arri.vcd in name of Holter & Evens.on, and myself became fearful the Canadian city on the :25th of the following month, that we would be[...]bering busincs.s on reach- tr.tin fi,,e me.mbers of his p3,.rty were killed, while others ing our[...]ing the night a few more has suffered :i.ttac.ks of cholera, 2nd the quarantine teams over[...]. caught _~_p with us1 until we were about forty of the immigr3nts could gain accommodations in any[...]ls in all. We h:id some heavy snow storms during of the hotcJs or hxJJing houm. Mr. Holter, de•[...]what w:is the difficulty, as he had no knowledge of City, Montana. The remainder of the comp.t1\l' how• English, seized his trunk[...]' without any idea as to the destination of the ,•esscl. "Mr. Evenson ~nd I[...]ecorah, Iowa, where rc:iched the top of the . divide bctwctn Bevin's and he joined one of his boyhood fric-nds and wncrc he[...]he modest scale. with the result that .u the end of the notorious George Ives and his co[...]He still held his Mr. Holter pa$~d the winter of 18SS·6 in worki_n g revolver in his[...]ooked suspicious to me,, at hi$ trade in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, ~nd in so, in spc.[...]hC'.'ld auisting in construction work on the line of the Mis- and found that he had his re[...]e had and I reccJVcd the full force of the unexploded f)Owder passed some time in the state of Iowa, and returning in my face, the[...]y hat :1nd to thM st3teJ he passed the major part of the ensuing hair. It stunned me for a[...]taggered four years at Osage, the judicial «nter of Mitchell against the near leader, a[...]nted me from falling. Al- the pioneer aeti\'itics of the Hawkeye state. Within most at on[...]pointing :\t my breast. I heard the click of the ham: a.nd on one of these expeditions he was amon( t6c first[...]re. I ran aroUnd the oxc-o to arrive on the scene of the historic Spirit Lake which bec[...]cared them still more, and they In the sprin1 of 186o, M.r. Holter joined the hegira rush[...]n's horse-, and doring the confu.$iO,n l district of Colorado, to which territory adventurous[...] |
![]() | [...]905 by, but the men $00n got · control of their horses, and, of which he was o nCof the fit$t rcprcsentati,•es[...]It would be impossible to enter into full details of :i. m3n who had just .11p~rcd over the hill and w[...]vt-rted the water demanded for the opcr-1.tion of the tender rduscd 1hcm whiskey, this accounting f[...]t the c.amp, the next day, Mr. Even- son ofof the fabulous. So, wilh · my face bandaged up, in[...]t when n«es- a{>pr«:i.a.blc P')rtion of his freig ht, but also a number of sary we were able to nip it along with h:rndspikt[...]ay. Smith shop, but the latter soon bee-ime mor.c of a ma- Concerning the progrcs.sive p[...]what seemed insurmountable difficulties. of more modern appliances in his lumber businC$s it[...]speak in detail, but it 'should be noted · chase of the outfit to Mr. EvC1\SOn, who cbimcd to be[...]this miehin- extended to eover virtually all of the principal mining ery or that he had not under[...]_ lumber prices bcc-amc deprC$Sed, and mill o ut of the materi3I M hand. As there wu no[...], with the fot1ndry or machine shop in this part of the country, result that Mr. Holt·e r[...]h they controlled. and mined to erect a saw mill of some kind, so out of our formed a partnership with his broth[...]under the firm name of A. M. Holter & Brother. By sm.ith bc11ows, then we burned :t p,t of charcoal, wh1~c the two brothe.rs the firs[...]an a'nv1I. est:1blished in the summer of 1865, and thC same was Mr. E,•cnson knew a lit[...]both at Virginia City and Hckna. In spc.akil\g of con• the track irons or pinion, and to devise some mcchan• djtion.s of the lumber bus.iness, Mr. Holter h:1s wrhten ism[...]he had made a trip to the ~st for the purpose of pur- a great d eal of thought aod exp,crimenting wt finally ch[...]as "I arrived in Helena on the 17th of May and found patented and widely used u nder the name of the "rope the lum~ r busincM in a bad w[...]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 short time they were out of lumber that several manufacttircrs used and recommended this, and al,o out of busincu:. My 6:,t mo,·e was to hur·ey charging[...]tly a.Her I had le{t He.Jena in 1866 the t_utting of ''However returning to the point, in order t[...]prices bcpn, :i.nd from this time on the custom of scll- strnet this {,·c had firit to build a tur[...]rs per thousarid feet shafting which we made out of iron wagon-axles, E\'en- for sluice, fl[...]el and I, with a rawhide str:\p, rri.orlth of August we reduced tlicse (>rices ten dollus wra[...]consultation with other dealers. on c:ich c.nd of the strap, would gh·e a steady, h_ard We" had reduced the price of planing-mill work to pull with the right hand u[...]days, and we worked early and l:..tc in the face of most tained the prices on the last three"[...]ek. Sevcr:1I more flume, etc. i\s we were short of belting, we made _it mills sprang up in the vicinity of Helena, mostly opcr.. out of untanned ox-hide. a.nd it worked well enough in[...]ot the mill started, and we high nte of interest,· so they soon cirne to gticf. I sawed about five thousand feet of lufflbcr before we h:.d bought up some of these sa.w mills in 1868 and 18t'i9. a beast of bur:den in the camp!'[...]r mi11 near Jeffer• The foregoing account of Mr ..Rolte,-:s dctcrmi~ed efforts in the de\'e1opmcnt of the industr11l enterprise. san <::i[...] |
![]() | 906 HISTORY OF MONTANA that we located nc:u Lincoln, ifl what is now Lewis gracio\~S social amcnitic-s of life, and that his broad ::,.nd Cl:trk c<>utlt)'[...]have been exercised mMt effectively in positions of Helens, the first s."lsh and door factory in Mon[...]n a consistent .ind resolute ad\•oC'atc oi one of the {orc-tnos:t 6gurts in the lumber industry !or[...]m~ his .f:uth has not wavered in tnc face of recent P.,'lrty bcr businesi at Great F:tlls, in[...]ions re\'Cf$C$. He, h3d the distinction of ~ll'.lg the first Re• still continue. In is:89[...]pubhc.Jn evc-r clcct«t to office in the elly of He.Jena. Jn with William Thompson in the organitation of the Mon• 1878 he wa~ elected a mc-mber of the tcrritori:11 lcgis• tana Lumber & Manufact[...]lature, and 1n 1888 he was elected a member of the city the western i>3rt of the new state, with main offices in eouiic:11 of Helena, of which municipal boch· he was Helena and lluttc.[...]sen prC$ident. In 1&p he was cl«tcd -a 1i1C1nbtr of lumbering operations in Idaho, Oregon, :ind Alask:a, the house of rc:pre$Cntattves of the new state, 3nd he and no one has s.tood so c[...]do with sha.ping the fundamental policies field of enterprise in Montana as this venerable and and laws of the commonwealth which h:is honored honored eititcn of Helen.a. l.n 1S67 he beame :i.ss,o-. and[...]nt ci:ncd with hi.s broth<'r in the establishing of :i. general- of the Helena board o! trade and has been identified[...]business, which the capital oty. He wa.s one of those primarily instru· is now conducted under the title of the A. M. Holte.r mental in securing t[...]igh school H.'lrdware Comp.any and wliich is one of the mos.t im• building. He creeled tl[...], in which his J)OrUnt :md extensive enterprises of the kind in the hardware business is[...]retains The progrcssl\'C idtas and liberality of Mr. Holter a deep interest in all that[...]long m.1ny. Jines, and he is one tory of his home city :ind state and is one of the ic:th·c of thos.e who have done much to further the dC\•clop• and valued members of the )(ont:ana Pioneer Society. mcnt and upbuilding of the state that h.a.s long rcprc• of which he has served as president. He is affiliate[...]nity, in which he h:1s re<ci\'ed tion for the use of the w-aters of the Missouri river the ehiv3lrie degrees in the Helena commander): of nc.w Melena for power purposes and had :i. bill e[...]erected across the mony with the tenets of the Lutheran cl1urch, in whose river. T his was the shrt of hydro-electric dc,•clopmcnt faith he[...]a communicant in Montana. Mr. Ho1tcr was also one of the organizers of the ProtC'S13nt Episcopal church. and ineorf)Orators of the company that csrnblished the A[...]ng inwrpornted in January~ 1865. The installation of the to the public good. He and a few other admirers of system wa.s attended with great difficulties., ow[...]e St:1.tc C3pitol building :\ st:i.uie a distance of .two miles, and the pipe were made of logs to perpetuate his memory. 1tr. Holt[...]ole was bored b>• means president of the a.uocfati o,1 formed. From this btgin- of an 3l!J.Ur tha.t was made by hind in a local blac[...],fc end into the proper aper• The work of this body- ii now nearly finished anti the ture i[...]and t11cit :appraisal was approved by the \'Otcrs of the play in t.hi.s connection at m:my timc-.s when the prob• state at the fast clc:ction. lc-m of ~nstruet.ion and service stemcd impossible of In 1867, in the city of Chicago, was solemnized the praetiea.l sOlution. nn.rriaJC of Mr. Holter to Mis.s Mary Pauline Lo.berg, In 1[...]ts to mam1• home life h3s bee,, one of ideal associations and in• faeturc what wa.s kn[...]• given in the concluding paragr-aph of this rc\'icw. chine ever worked su«cssfully in t[...]and cffe<th•c, in vcrsity, in the: dty of New York, a.s a member of the promoting the sruning indu$lry ever introduced in the class o! 1891, is vicc•presidcm of the A. M. Holter northwc,t and first used S\1«es[...]r Hill Hardware Company ;:incl secretary of the flo1ter Com• Sullivan mine, \Vardncr,, ld?ho. In iSs>S h.c w""~ concerned in the orga.muat1on of the $3nd Pomt Li1m•[...]y paoy, be.sides having the active supervision of the ex•[...], Idaho, the s:,,me bCing now He is one of the prominent Md popular factors in the lcnown .'[...]ncral business and social acti\•itics of Hcleni and is wc11 way the following ch3n.cteriza[...]ne familiar upholding the high prC$1.igc of the name which he with the career of Mr. Holter is of $pccial sifnificance. · bears. He wedded Mis.s Fforcnc::e Jefferis, daughter of by reason of its absolute: consistency: "He 1s one of Charles M. and $3rah (Be.II) Jefferis, of Helena, a.nd those rugged, indomitable spirits to whom the com• the two children of this union are ~'larian and Richard ing generatio[...]'.cci31ly M. Clara H., the. second child of the subject of this Montana, will owe in a l:,,rge degree the ma[...]" Further th-an· this it may stC(>SOn of Hon. Samuel T. Hauser, who was the first be said that Mr. Holter is a man of distinctive c.uhurc reSJdent governor of the territory of Montana, and the and one deeply appreciative of the finer i<Je31$ ·and more survh•ing children of this union arc Holter P. and |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]ld Phillips-Exeter Academy, at Exeter, the death of Mrs. Hotter, the following tribute is p.1id\ New[...]ale, in • to her memory, which is deemed worthy of perpetuat- 1$1;).t, be entered the law department of• Columbia• Oni- !ng i~ th!s manner: "Th~ death of i\frs. A. M. Hotter vcrsil)', in which he likcw,[...]ion the now engaged in the: su«cs.sfo1 praetice of his profcs- part the woman pioneers played in the making of this .sion in Nt\v York City. He m:i.rricd Miss Sar:1h S:agc. state. In t~e c.a.sc of l,frs. ;Holter, her life in Mont3n3, daughter of Dean Sage, of Albany, New York, and · was spent m the Capital[...]her Edwin 0 .1 Jr. Albert L._, the next in order of birth, ch ar11te-'> her womanly quaht1C$, Jie-r unselfish scn•ices w,u likcw1.sc a(fordcd the advantages of Phillips-Exeter to the si<'½ and ~mfortunate, mo re prominent than :\eadcmy, and is one of the well known and popular o thers. This prom111cnce was not of her own volition )'Oung business mc.n of Helena. He h:is been a z.c.al- but simply b«ause, while much of her wurk was un~ ou5 worker' in the r:mks o f the[...]e recipient. in hun• 11.-i.s scrYed as a member of the legislature of ·his nati\'e dreds of tn$tances those whom she assisted did not $ta.le. ~tio..M.- died :tl the ag-c of five· ye.us. Aubrey confine their cxpre,sions o[...]·crsity, in "Mrs. Holter was a type of those good women which he was g_r_.,,du:atcd in[...]re Com~ny. · P_!.rs.r..Y{., permanent settlement of the territo ry J)OSSiblc. The the younge$t .of the children , w:i.s gr.;1.duatcdl n ---yfilc !ne[...]ly days arrfrcd with the University, as a member of the dass of 1~7, and dit.-d, intention of making a .s1.akc and then going back in Helc11a, on the 23d of No\·cmbcr. 19()8.. at the age home.' They underwent many hardships they li\'Cd in of twenty-three years. He married Mi$$ Emma Gnm.:r,[...]with thnt one object in viCw- winning a daughter of Frederick Gamer, of Helena. fortune 2nd lea\'i[...]women to mnkc. homes, and Mrs. Holter wis o ne of Mits. i1A11.Y P. HotTl!lt. On December 5, 19[...]art in the home making. Scat- curred the de.J.th of Mrs. 1\fary P. Holter, wife of A. tered O\'er the ttrritory, in mining camps, in out of the M. Holter of Helena. at the (aniily home o n Benton way plaec-.s, were other women, some. of them women avenue, a(tcr a lingering illnt-S$ re[...]s. Holter, to :i. cult to say when the p;tS$i11g of a pioneer cititcn of country in which were lacking all the finer thing[...]have sorrow in the community ::is h;ts the death of Mrs. n~t occupied the place in the public eye whi[...]e "When Mont,ma honors the memory of the 1>ioncen. shared in her ::t«1,1aintince :md ,._•ho have benefited b)' b>· the erection of a monument, 1hcre must be two- the many noble qu[...]illumined her every- one surmounted by the figmc of a man, the. othtr by day Ji(c ."Ind made brightu the p.,thways o f so miny thit of :t woman." who were unfortunate a1,d "acquainted[...]?\tr.s... Holter was a. communicant of St. Peter's Prot• Born at Modum, Norway, on June 6, 1841, M:i.ry P. estant Episeopal"chttrC"h of Heleni, and was active in (Loberg) Holter came to this CO\llltry in young wom• all the gOOd work.s of her parish fo r many ycar-s, but anhood and in C[...]rough mining country. Coming to the She w.i.5 one of the. original members of the old J:!clen:. town ,s :i. bride, she took up her existence in a rough I mprovement Society :ind one of its officers. and as c.ibin, and all the hnrdsh[...]tst was her lot in those cMly years. in tlte work of the society. Conditions existing then may bette[...]and tbc stairs in her home, Jroin the effects of which she with out complaint, happy to share tht humble home of 1le\·er folly rccove.rcd. The winter of 19lJ~12 she spent her ht1sband, which was o ne of the bright .&l)()ts of the in California with her husb:tod, and although[...]nd in Mrs. Holter, a fric,nd in those times noon of Decemocr Sth . ~ ~ w[...]ir needs, and Mrs. Holter was the mother of -fi¥e children.., wh n,o ne knew h er but to I[...]h h:i.s experienced dty, and 1!:dwin 0. Hol.tt r, of New York Gity. a wonderful g~owth a11d prospe.rity, but the good of• fices oJ Mrs. Holter have ever b«n in deman[...]. It is the lot o f some men to be born in m~ed of S)'mpathy or of m3leri;:i.l aid have ever gone g-r~t, while other[...]COl)?J.)', and in \1.nnumberc-d eases she Booker. of H$leaia1 i\;tontina, was clearl.Y dcsti1.1cd to t[...]hose who were burdened with earth's the irthilecc of his own fo·ttune. Beginning life on a tar es a[...]d iid to those who would low rung o f th.e )adder of success.. he has, by close ap• h:tvc gone On[...]licatio11, untiring cner~·. ai\d a diligent< use of his bc;cn a shining light io Helena for fifty y[...]ame. .. citizen. A native of Minouri, he was born in St. I.oms I[...] |
![]() | 908 HISTORY OF MONTANA born of E nglish parents in this counltf, and spent the[...]ining until his death :i.t Sacra• greater part of his early lifo in St. Lou,S, where he ,-.:as[...]p;lrents, settling in Missouri. After the death of Mr. ery for the purPoSC of supplying merchants and steam- Harris[...]Thomas, and boat companic$ with the Prod\ictions of his establish• her death occurred at[...]at the age of scventy•scven years. John Harr.is' only After the rcmov:i.1 of his partnts to B1.1tlington, Iowa, brother, H[...]in St. Loois, George Booker, a self-relian_t boy of thi.rtcen 1,ears, le* Missouri, and now res[...]until John· Harris was five ytars of age when he accom• twcnt}' )'Cars old, during[...]r across the plains to California.., going trace of the fami ly. In 186o, having previously sup-[...]spring, and there Mrs. Harris received word of her souri river. Shortly alter his arrival at the point of husb:'lnd's death. The stampede to Bannack in June, destination, Mr. Booker b«amc one o! a party of seven 1863, saw Mr. Harris a member of a prosl)cctin~ party, venturesome youths who out[...]and he was located there when the discovery of gold !,"Okc of oxeni....and t.ra.veled across the pl:uns to Denv[...]e foJ. and arriving in Den"er in the l:uter part of June. For lowed mining there until 1 ~[...]d in Colorado prospecting for owner of a numbtr o! elarnu. but subsequently the gold. In[...]in a freighting business fo r two Gukh a distance of three hundred miles and while m ye[...]from freighting and purchased a herd of cattle in Deer county in 1866, Mr. Booker took up his residence in Lodge, be-coming one of the first settlers at Highwood. Hc.lcna, which wu[...]point, being widely and I. G. :S..'1.kcr, of St. Louis, orsµnized the Benton & St, f::worably[...]Louis C3ttle Coml).lny, th.is becoming one of the le.-i.ding the nor1hwes1. Possessing good bus[...]eau foresight, he ha.s :i.ccumulated a fair share of this county. He continued to be conne[...]cern until 1911, in which year he d isposed of his inter• ing valuable business property on Ma[...]ris is and has been for icveral years :,, member of the quietly in the interests of his party, and for one ytar state boa.rd of stock commissioners ::md is member o·f scr\'ed .[...]o. 3, Ancient Free and Accepted Order of the Cattle Men's AsSO<:iatio1,, of the Odd Fellows, of Masons; is :i KniJht Templar; is identified with[...]stanch Dcmo<:rat in Algeda Temple, My$l1c Shrine, of whidt he has been his political vi[...]s formation in 1888; has t.'1.ken the man of the board of coun1y commissioners, was for a thirty•stc0nd dtgrce in Masonry and is preparing for number of years 3 mcmbtr of the school bo.1rd, :i.nd 1he t11irlt•third dcg:[...]also served for :t lonE: period as chairm:i.n of the Demo• been sec:rttary of Helena Lodge, an~ is probably more cr[...]ines.s familiar with lodge work th:m :i.ny·otncr of its members, intcrc$IS in and :ibout Fort Benton, and is a director He is a charter member of the society of Montana ofof Trinity business circles and in public life. E... erywhcrc he is Gukh, )fonta.na, and of the six children bom of their highly esteemed as one who has[...]t tmion, three are living, n:i.mel,y: Ethtl, wife of John factor in building up :md developing his con1munity•, D. D3ttlctt, of Gaksburg, Jllino1s; Clinton T. of Helena, various fotercsts. an elec:lridM[...]married February 28, 18851 to Miss. tion3I B:i.nk of Helena.[...]Otouteau county ranchman; Mnry carne to the state of :Montana, bringing with him only E., b[...]n in 18s>4, and now at• a good brain and a pair of capable, willing hands. tending co[...]on high school; and Edward \V., born in the world of busineu and 6n:1ncc, and in f)ub1ic and[...]udents in social li!c. Montana has its foll quota of self.made the graded schools. men, but probably none have been the architects of their own fortunes in :'k greater degree. than he[...]AS J&Fn:RSO~ J."-)!F.S h..1s been engaged in days of the s1:i.m~d~s to Bannack and Alder Gulch the pr~ctiec of his profession in Kalispell since 1908, he w:i.s[...]ing for a pittance, but He is a native of the state, born on a farm near Bloom• so well d[...]odent, :i.nd now takes a prominent of his taking up professional work, wa,s engaged in[...]. Har. ranching and in other business of a similar nature, with ris was born in St. Loui~[...]Doctor J::imcs is a distinct western product, son of William and 1iarguerite (Edwards) Harris.[...]ccustomed to the various H is fathe r, a nati,.-c of Virginia, removed to the stite j,h:ascs of we.s tern pioneer li!e. He is the son of Esau of Missouri during frontier days, and in 1849 1· oi[...]ng the plains to C:i.1i omi:'I, the son of Morris and Mary (Bc,asll'y) )ames.. |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]hich the Indians had Californi.a. during the days of the gold madness in that ma.de off with :a[...]18,so, still a young man. Hjs The w:ater$ of the r·ivcr were almost too much for wife: was bo[...]tom o( the river, he finally managed to reach the of Doc.tor JatntS of this review, was born on May 24, shore. Herc he found his attic in charge of a small 1S,38. He was but a b.d wl_tcn bia parent[...]de his w:.y safely but their stay in Missouri was of the briefest. They back to his p:trty[...]re they went to Bannack, Helena and latterly part of the st.-,.tc, where Es.au James was employed by[...]gh the winter._ From ended the pilgnmagc of Esau James and his family there he moved to Kans.[...]from their quiet, Iowa home into the wilderness of the turned to Iowa once more, contitwing there un[...]went to Mi$SOuri and there mar• spirits of the nation. ,, ried Melincb Congill .i.t Lan~stu,[...]ents were Gulch, and in 1hc spring of 1865 wc-nt to Last Chance c:uly Iowa pioneers who[...]ntama, and engaged in ranching where he was owner of a f'ine farm and there he fol- until[...]r he so,~c eighteen nules fr.om the city of Helena. In the b«.ame auracted by the western country and decided to SP_T'!lt of, 1867 he ag-:tu\ became enthusiastic over the mov[...]o i\lon1.ai,a, some opcnt1ons were never of :1. wide S00Pt' or more than fih«n hundred miles[...]wife b:tck 10 tow:t on a visit to her old pcct •of a trip of such magnitude presented no d1s•[...]rdy n.:H\lrcs. Their trip took .a s.tr111g of racing horses a.nd trained them for the wu unatte[...]CU travcli1tg through- :.m.ickcd by a sma.11 band of Jndi:i.n.s. They were suc- out the ~Vest[...]al~ nn the hotel at that place, in which he body of hostile Sioux atL-i.~ed them. The party formed[...]73. From there he w.c.nt to Mimub. a bre:tstworks of their wag-Ol'ls in a eorril, :1.nd for four a[...]Benton, Butte, Deer lods:c il'lccssant attentions of the Indians subjected them. At and Heleru, and eontinuing·until 18$3. He then went the end of that time, when they were just about to give[...]diseo\l.a,ged .it the a ranch two mile$ wut of Missoula, which he con- continued rcslSt:mee of the J).l,rty and took their dc- ducted[...]came to Kalispell where he socurcd a that p:irt of the country they encountered fi.crcc forest[...]his conducted since that ti.me. In (go$ the loss of a f{'rt of their stock as a rC$ult of C:\ting Mr. Jame, lc3scd his bo:\t and ma[...]Kan.s:as, Nel>r1.ska, Mis.souri the eh'oice's t of Montana trout, and other g~me w3s Io[...]Montana, the trip ¢◊vcring a period of four )'tars of river crossing, they encountered new difficultie[...]d the river m"ch During the years of Mr. James' residence in this swollen. I n order to make the pa.ssagc over they had section of the country he was deputy sheriff of Mis- to elevate thei.r wagon boxes to a considerable height, roufa county for a number of ycus, and proved his and it required four days of s.trc.nuous labor to safely efficiency i[...]No sooner that time. He is a Democrat of the Progrcss.ive were they $:\ftl,f across the r[...]type, and has always been a ,trong _partisan. of the again m~de their aepea~ncc, this time stampeding ca.use of t'he Dcmocricy. Hi.s life has been one of :\d• their C3ttlc. They wcte not so persistent[...]nto11ntered. and the travelers were able' of many anotlicr spirited man who has hcl_PCd to mak[...]with but little effort. At this point, of Montana the great and glowing,trcasurc spot which |
![]() | 910 HISTORY OF i\iONTANA $he is totby in her further de,·c1[...]i$pe11 wlJ~ is c:,·er ~P _and doing in 1hc cause of is 3 member of the Benevolent Protcctavc Order o f E l.ks[...]nditions, a nd ll 1s not too much 10 pted ict of lulispe:11 and is :i. member of the ,C hristiom c;hurc:h. !hit hi,s future l[...]as h is being." out door life. He is the owner of con.sidc:rablc p rope~y in this section of the state, two valu:iblc nnchc.s !>ting[...]EDWARD ) :h;RR,\Y w:is born in Ireland a part of the holdings. In additio~ to the M!ss~ula[...]ntinues to be the home wa$ in the sta te of Maine. Later the family own er.[...]mo\'ed to New Dn.mswic:k, a nd there som e yea rs of t11e M r. :and Mr$. J:,,mcs become the par[...]y younJ:" Thomas Jefferson, who is the subject of this review. when he left home, a[...]he high 54:hool. ,\fter his mont~ of April in 1he same )'tar. He hid many graduatio[...]a nd his partner Jost their w~y in o f a number of schools of osteopathy, :1mo1\g them being Colora.[...]s they subsi:Sted on. seeds 1hc B:.rbcr College of Osteopathy of Mis$0uri, Pa.lmcr ;Jnd wild rose bu[...]raduated from the In the spring of 1863 Mr. ~:lurr.iy left Coloudo :md '.\ledic:i.l Elcctr-ic College of Chicago, and in 1907 from headed for Bann[...]ace he reached the Los Angele$ (Calif.) College of Ophth.1lmotogy. In on the , 12th o([...]e .1:nd a few that s..,mc year he took a course of instruction under <>the~ hardy spir[...]itenn Murray was elected prcsidc11t of the mining d istrict. :ind New Mexico, after which he took :,. course of study It wns about that time 1hat \V. A. Clark, since one of in. ophthalmology in Den\'cr, fini shing in J9Q[...]ce, the Jeff Da"is Gulch, a. tributary of the one: in which ;,iidrd 1herein by his wife, wh o is a graduate of the th~y were oe,criting~ known as[...]h he r«ci\'cd his In the sprrng of 186.; Mr. Clark boug ht out some of degree. Sh<: was '.\trs.. 01..\ L. Minnick, and[...]in the mines don't know wh.at they arc talking of, for won a wide pa1ronage in and about Kalispcl[...]1865. Mr. Mun ay sold his h:wc: the confidence of a ll who know. them profeJsio nall)' inte[...]he wa~ e mployed in the operation of any , ·ah1c, so they crossed over to the west fork of :md minagcment of his father'$ mnching interests for[...]md followed it down to Virginia• City a number of years, as suggc-.sted in -'"Other pcrt ion of slarting fro m lhcre to Hclen;,i, At H[...]in severa l lotations. Between Ilic years of JS6$ a nd of the O\'Crland stage between Helena aod J cf'fcrso[...]icinity aod in 1873: he wJs elected to the office of that time. Tho~c were the days whtn the ''hold•up'' prob:ue judge of l\lc3gher county. frc served four nl;'ln was we.[...]t his wishl"'s . feiti11g hi, life as 1he resu1t of a n e1\com1ter with a 1t was in 1887[...]h called h im. I n J&.,4 J udge Murray was ap• of him when the fast shot broui::;ht him down. He J')Ointcd postm:1;s-1cr of Lewis-town .and set\·ed f6u r years still owns t[...]c skin is but one worker in the ranks of the Democratic p~rl)·. He was <:f :1. hrn::c number of trophie.s of the h unt which he a member of the Pioneer Society o f Monta na 3nd his has to[...]. Judge ?.harray was united in he i_s. the owner of other valuable Montana property. in m[...]1hc P.arcnts o f two children, but one of who_.nt_, John Ed· James 1s m~~t oby1ously one of those more _prog~es~h·c war<I Murr[...]t a time. Ho~. \V. J. McCoR)OCK. Few of· the honored pio,. :md wh1<'h makes it oossib!c for him tc>' entertain 3 neers of Montana did more in the w3.y of developing the variety of il1tercsts • . He- is one o( the ,·:i.l[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF llIONTANA .[...]his dtath on February J, 1889, as the result of an ;u:(':i• of the st:uc from 1863 until the time o f his de.1th[...]ich property he had pur• a1.1d liberal citizens of )lissoula. chased fro[...]ted in marriage with Miss Kate Hig 4 of Harr1sb~1rg, Virg·inia, and the descendant of a long g:-ins, the dnu.s;htcr of Christopher Power and Edith c f this re\'icw W3$ a Baptist minister of many t:alents, mick, all nath•c sons and daugluers of Mis.soula, and |
![]() | 912 HISTORY OF l'lfONTANA TuoMAS Ii. CARTEJt. A life consp[...]oughout the length .ind magnitude a11d variety of its achic,•emcnt •was that of breadth of the st.1tc, for there is sc.arcety a nook or cor• the late Scn:ttor Thom:i.s H. Caner. one of the mo.st ncr within its wide botindarie[...]di.atinguished and honored figures in the htstory of the its towering rnountain.s or up and down j1s broad valleys state of Montana, and one whose i11Rucnce tr3nsccndcd[...]ermeate the national life. So gnat grasp of his hand has not been felt in friendly greeting,[...], Senator C:ntcr merits ~crpctual honor by virtue of m his own state, was largely true also m the C3.pital of the very strength and nobihty o f his character[...]ng ~nd conspicuous service in fullest comp.ass of his splendid J)Owcrs he rendered the ho[...]on.:1litr, h:td made soaring, and his hone.sty of.purpose was ~yond cavil. bim an equally familiar figure and had won for him The reflex of the high honors conferred u,pon him was[...]htr one has been due Ohio, on the 30th of October, 1854, and thus he was the securing of that governmental co-operation which nearly 6fty•seven years of age at the time of his death, has made p<>s.sible the magnificent development of the which occurred, without premonition, in the city of gre.1.t western empire of our n.1.tional domain, and he Washington, on the 17th of September, 1911. The was in the truest sense one of the great men of Amer- future statesman gained his rudim[...]his native county and was 3b,out eleven years of age was distinct in character and who a«omplished so at the time of the family removal to Illinois, where he much i[...]chool$. He was itations imposed by the province of this publication are rcued to the sturdy discipline of the farm and early such hM to make possible only a brief review of the gained close fdlowship with hones[...]inued to be identi- ord or critical an:::tlysis of char3cter. • fied with the grC:tt basic industry of 3gticu1ture for In a preliminary way it may[...]e was t1igible for pedagogic from the territory of Montana in the United St.ttes honors,[...]e in congress after the in the public schools of Illinois.. The writer of the state hu been admitted to the Union. and th[...]ments concerning this stage 1n the career of Senator m the United States scn:i.te. A m:an of action, a force- Carter: '~A .r.oung man of such marked :1mbition :md ful and effective director of pub1ie opinion, a statesman distinct individuality could not prove dilatory in formu- of 1>roved ability" a lawyer of h igh attainmtnts and a ·1ating definite plans for h is future life work, and thus ei1iten of high 1aeals, Senator C;lrtCr we.II merited the[...]n which, more than any other, has sources,-that of "'Mo1•tana'.s: most distjnguished son." touched the public life and welfare of the nation. At F rom the address delivered by H[...]Burlington, Iowa, he b~an the study of law, and he the occasion of the assembly he.Id in memory• of Sen- so persistently applied himself th[...]mark- ator Carter, at the Auditonum in the city of Helena, able powe:.rs of absorption and assimilatio1!,.. he soon bc- on[...]practice of his profession in Burlington) and his dis• "fo e:ndtavoring to <lo · honor to the me.mory of tinctive abilities soon pined .him r«[...]1'882 Senator C.1rter, 'he was the.n a young man of truth requires and 1·ustice demands, for in view of the about twenty-eight years, took action tha.t was destined magnitude of his .ibors and the value of his public to have momentous influenc[...]ratcd eology. 1'here is, indeed, interests of the territory of Mont:ina. He established much more liklihood of failing to do full justice to a his resi[...]d to a life filled with use- from the scene of life's mortal endeavors. Herc he iulnes.s ::md[...]forthw ith cntcrc<l ,,igorously upon the practice of his "On the J7th day of Septtni~r, 1911, the citizens profession, and he soon secured a representative clien• of Mont;m3, without di\'ision of senllment, wcre shocked tagc, in conn«ti[...]tling and de-- n place amo1~g the leaders of the bar which has ever pressmg lntclhgc:ncc, wh[...]ly unlooked for inany yc.ars the firm of Carter & Oyberg was known for and unexpected was thi:i c,·ent, and so large a place ns one of the foremost in the. state, with a le-gal busi- had he filled in the pub1ic mind, that the sad news of ne.u of broad scope and importance. \Vhen Mr. Carter his death was in the nah1rc of a public calamity, :md was elected to c[...]ame !or days n o other thought was in the minds of the a member of the firm, and from this time onward u11til peop[...]ion upon their lips than ;i, sense the close of his life public :iflairs engrossed the major of profound regret and irreparable loss. It set:med part of the time and attention of Senator Carter. \:Vith incredible that one so f[...],igor manded for this artide no better epitome of the- political of body and mind 3nd in the plentitude of his splendid career of Senator Carter can be given than that offered[...]in the text of the me:moria.1 address delivered by Hon. intell[...]ade, it is deemed expedient to reproduce a number of at first eoutd realize the full import of the blow which paragraphs from the s.1.me, with but slight par.iP,hrase had so suddenly robl>cd us of · a beloved friend and And eliminatio[...]izen, an'd plunged an entire «:>m- fri end of the deceased and o ne who is himself one of monwealth into mourning.[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA or 1hc s tatements gi.\'Cn is the more cmph3tic a nd author- taken to the address of Hon. Lee Mantle, who spoke as itati,·c:[...]n:1.tor Carter's in congress: ''His quick grasp of parlfamcntary pro· great natural l{lftS, joined[...]y attai.nntcnu. c-cdurc, his vast store of knowledge upon public Ques- were such a h1Jh orde[...]nd his mark and acquired distinction in n.ny walk of life he great persona.I popularity,[...]stamp might have chos.tnt but it is in the domain of politics the impress of his strong indi,..iduality ul)On his a"ocl· :ind of statcsmanslup that we must look for the splendid[...]d for him a standing and inRuenc:c rarely rcc:ord of his great CJrccr. He was a n ardent believer :i.tt:,ined ex¢ept after years of scrviet. From that time in the faith and tenets of the Republican party, proud until death claimed him he grew in uscfulnus :ind c,c• of its l1istory nn-d a devout worshiper at the shrine of its f):tnded in knowledge and power until h[...]spread bc)·cmd the narrow boundaries of his own $late Jand admiration knew no bounds. He[...]and he had become :a recognized figure of nation.al in,- vigorous partisan, advocating and[...]litical port:tnce,-the welcome associate of the g'rcatcst intel- beliefs I\V1th •a force an[...]assed: ad• lects in the nation, the peer of the ablest sl3tcsmen drc»ing his arguments to th[...]in the: land, the trusted friend and counselor of prC$i- :ind reason of the people rather than to their p,assion.s[...]d prejudices. Senator Carter's partisanship w;a.s of ••fo 1&,)o he wa.s appointed secrcl:ary of the Republi- a high order ; it was patriotic beC3[...]• :in_ earnest de.sire to sew.re the supremacy of those dent Harrison, r«ogni:11ing hi[...]und place, appointed him c:ommiuioner of the general l:tnd , to the honor and glory of his country and to the l\ap-- office. H[...]is important J)OSition wis pincss :md prospctity of all its people. He was a hailed •wilh delight by the p(Oplc of the west, who had ~litical le~dcr of sound judgment and rare skill,-rcso- $[...]ng in an tious rules-due to i.JOOrane:c of western conditions- e minent degree the indispcnsib!e faculty of in,piring which then prevailed in that dcp:utmcnt of the Erovem- eonfidcncc and :arous.ing cnth~1$iaJm[...]ned and relentk» tion the oolkies of the department were immediately political enemies[...]nd 1)1.ae-cd upc,n a reuon:tble b:tsis. "O ne of the mo$t admirable traits of Senator Carte.r's '1n 1892, lcu than[...]lt was an execp- nncc on the stage of loe.al politics, Senator C,uter was tional case,[...]olitical difference into selected chairman of the Rcf.ublie:.tn national committee, his persona[...]the highest position ittainab c in the management of na- warfare mi?ht be raging, he could alwa)'s mee[...]to his abi11t.ics as :in organ izer .and a mark of the conti.• 1n faet it was well nigh impossibl[...]. It is csist when subjected to the genial warmth of his per- 10 be doubted if in the :inMls of our politic.,1 history sonal presence.[...]there is another instance of such a rapid rise from com• "Senator Carter[...]to political and national prominence. best $CT1SC of the tenn. He sought a n·d enjoyed political[...]• ccede:d by Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, of Ohio." tunity for the gratification of his personal ta.Mes ~nd At the close of the campai,S'O of 18p2 Senator Carte~ bc1ll of mind, and for the c:xcrcisc of his cx«:ptional resumed the p raeticc of his profc.ssion in Helena. but qualifications for[...]He was p01itically a.mbi• the peop1e of the state had too profound a n appreciation tious[...]bition was tempered with a deep love of his :ibility and loyally to permit him to rcm.:1.i.n loai; of country, a glowing pride in its traditions and an[...]n:itcd as cindidatc nest desire for the wc:lfore of its pcot)le. And it can for the senate of the United S~tcs.. Concerning this truthfully be[...]t ever labored period in the care-er of Senator Carter the writer of the more zealously in the intcrctts· of his constituents than present article h[...]ng- C$• he. His public bbors ran over a period of nearly a tim:itc: "1"hc c nsumg c-ampaign was most spirited and quarter of .\ century and co,·crcd such a wide area[...]al enthusiasm ran high in Montan:., but the re• of activity that it would take volumes to enumerate[...]c<:ordcd in detail. Into them he J')Oured frec]y of his time, him being 2. fitting cro[...]riltiant e.a.rccr as itrcn~th ind ...itality ind of tl,e reserves of his great representative of the interests o f his state. In the sen.ate brain[...]he assumed a position of no le» relative imporUnce In 1888 Senator Ca[...]yc3r prior to the ing member, as a matter of course, for he was essentially admission of the territory of ?i.fontana to itatehood. a m,1n of action. During- his first senatorial term he T he campaign was one of the most notable in Montana's served on a number of the moM important comittces, political a nnals.[...]A. tcdion oJ game. besides others of scarcclx less import- Cfark, of Butte, whom he defeated by a majority of an~. His brilliant and long sust[...]tmt cam- sition to the: passai;-c of the ri\•cr and harbor bill at the paign. Monta[...]te<l to statehood the foJ lowing close of the Fifty-sixth congress will e,..er be: remembered year and tb is extinguished the office of territorial dclc• in the annltls of our political history. It is a n undoubted $late[...]e convention Mr. fact that the defeat of this cxtrnva~a.nt measure wa$ due Carter was unanimouily ma.de the st3ndard-bcarcr of to him. It is unnceessary to r«.[...]r $1)CCCh, which (Ontinued in the i.;.st scss-ion of ~Jartin Ma_B~nnis, the Democratic candidate, by[...]ss, which expired before the: addrtss was Jority of 1,648_, and thus to him was ~veo the distinction completed, for the same arc a matter of r ecord :ind of having been the last territorial dclc:pte :md the[...]ha,•c been duly exp1oited in the public press of the nation, to represent the new st.ne in the national house of his cou1'$e ha\•ing gained to hi[...]this juncture (tcoursc is again tion of a grc.a.t major ity o f the pcoplc of the countr)', |
![]() | 914 HISTORY OF MONTANA . irrcsp«ti,·c of political :tffiliations, and stamping him as[...]i1h which be urged i1, a11d none could sue• one Of the x-c:llous ad,•ocatcs of fairncs.s :ind true «On• ccs.sfully cont[...]ure$ and logic with Q1t\y in t he 3dminisu::11ion of public affairs. The con• which he so ab[...]as won and he enjoyed the intcosc gratilic.a.tion of s«-- scored, without h!ar or f:n•or, a measure[...]nRu• ag:iinst the West in an unwi~ expenditure of public encc bce<>mc a law of 1he land, He a lso li\'Cd to sec funds for the b[...]o recc1\'c praise for the great work pc1Ual debt of ~r~titudc ;md honor to Scna'tor Carter[...]ished for the good o( the people for the results of his ac1ion in connection wi1h the dcfc:u in[...]or rh·cr and come a. fixed and \'it:il part of our go,•crnmcnt policy, h:lrbor fotpro\·cmcnts of questionable w,h,c and in dis- one w hich[...]1. Its tinct discnmination :l.g,linst the demands of the \Vest enactment was the climax, the crQwning act of Senator £or federal :iid. T he SenMOr's antagon[...]was not primarily because he opposed the demands of the lasting and worthy monument 10 his na me :md fame.'' eastern seccion of the countr)' but bcca~1se o f the fact[...]E:i.st w:i.s opposed to the ltgi1im:tte dc1n:rnds of ator Carter commi.ssioner o f the Louisiana Purchase the Wcs1. 'fhc defeat of this bill, apJ)roptiatin~ millions E xposition, in St. Louis, :rnd upan the ammblin~ .of for rh·er and hnrbor work. made the &st take cogni• the ~rd of commissioners the Senator •w:as chosen 7~nee of the fact that the \Vest a l.so had claims upon th[...]ch, 19 11, Senator Carter became ch:urman o f the of its \'3Sl 1ra.e1s o i arid lands. By the action o f Serutor American s.cction of 1hc 1lewl)· crtatcd Intcrn:uioruil C:trtcr 1he ultinute su«css of the r«larnati01) rno,·e~ Joint Commis[...]: of th'is new post, which he hid assumed with c:h.tra[...]or those At the lime o f the death of Set,310r Carter the fo1· 1-h1J)endou1- irril;)ti[...]n the columns or 1he \ Vash• der and admir:nion of 1hc scientific world. To Senator iugto[...]ed me,, in public lift. H is manner w.-s $0 pfacc of honor in S('(c1>ring this great constructi,·c lc[...]w.-s a :ind to the \Vest in genera.I. He w:ts one of 1hc piom·eN, big. br3\'C•heartcd fighte[...]ed the , •er,• ablest champion :tnd ach-ocatc of the mo,·emcnt e:xcC1)t by his own s1ron~ p[...]fruitful orchards His mauerfol grasp of 1>01itic31. affairs was shown in millions o f acr[...]it wis dl!C to, the efforts wa.s no ·1au1t of Tom Carter's. His usefulness w:1s not of ScnMor Cuter th:\t i\fontan.a obtamod a greater[...]shington :md Montana. but nlso the whole coun • of the other western Sl31e.s combined, and it was throu~h tr>· with 3 sense of shock and personal Joss." Solemn his intcrpOsitio[...]n dollars was Roman Catholic, in tl1e city of \ V:iis.h ington, and, in rrlade by con,gress in 1911 for the completion of the conformity wi1h the prc\'iously exprtsst<I wishes of the Milk ri,·c r irru:ation project. one o f the[...]al Park, in Monta11a, T h e remains of Montana's IO\'Cd and distinl;\1ish cd son destined to rival the Yellowstone Park as 011c of t11c were laid to rest in be3utiful ~[...]tional c.lpita l. He was a. de,•out communicant of throu~-,11 the earnest l3bors o f Senator Carter,[...]rch, as is also Mrs. Carter. Prior to recognition of his efforts 1he hia.hcst peak in this great[...]in the life histor)' or Senator Car1er, there is of its gl::tciers as the Carter glacier. a lt of consistent)' in pcrpetuitir.g in this endurin_g form At the Republkan n:uion.'11 c01wcn1ion of 1t)0$ Sen:itor further sentiments from the[...]able and 3ppr1».chable men the c-st:1t>li.s11ing of p<>s1al u,·ing.s banks, ind he put in public life., wholly without vanity on the score of the forth hi$ claims with characteristic , ,ig'Or[...]t honors whic.h were his. He was born i nd reared of the bitt'er opposition of the National Bankers' AS$0• among 1he common pcopl<',-lh:it element of American ci:ation :ind other powerful inRuences, AproJ)Os of this cititcnship which the g reat Lincol[...]eaule ranch'. on Mot1ta na.'s plains or the floor of the intr0tfoced his bill for the creation of the system of sen3te or the United S tates; in some[...]cabin in the hill.s or in the comp.,ny of the chief justice the :'l hsolnte public need of this legislation ind h:i.d de• o f the supreme court of the nation. No man enjoying voted a \'ast nmount of time and labor and re.search to his exc[...]and distinction wa.s ever more a thoroug-h study of the subjcet and to the oocration of Democratic. more unusuming, or de.pende[...]prestiJte and popubrity upon the mere accessories of and stubborn opposition from thc \'Cry ouuet_, an[...]wer and position, He stro\'e tenaciously ~nd inch of its pro~rw was ,,igorou.sly contested. But[...]quence and per- the 'slings ~nd arrows of outrageous fortune/ which fre• |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]im a shining mark, with patience and by the death of his father. Fortune thus laid upon him lorlitude.[...]efeat and magnan• at an early age, the necusity of providing for him- imous in , ,ictory, ·3nd no m[...]t.dy or self, and prep.inng for :t la rger career of usefulness. willing to condone a l)Cr$0na.l injur[...]''Senator Carter's hfc was an unbroken rooord of un- schools, during a brief attendance at high se[...]e$$ and normal and he brought to it a combination of extraordinary eollcgu for brief terms, but was al[...]nstructor in books. Brought up on a farn,, he was of a philosophical mind and gave much thought to had the wholesome and vigorou.s environment of country the grave .problems of life and death. He r~ ivcd the lifol, and perhaps the most s.:ttisfactory accomplishment cod of life's acti.,.·itics with the s:une philosophic calm of is whole career ha$ bec.t1 tl1e fact t h-at rrom[...]a distance which h e walked every da)', mortality of the soul."[...]n the y(.'J.r 1886 was solemnized the marriage o( of age. made a trip up the Mis.souri River by steam- Senator C:trter to Miss E11en L Galen, of Helena. and boat to o ld Fort Btnton. It was this[...]m3,ke Montana his future home. Re- is a daughter of the fate Hu;h Gale n, one of the well turning to chc ccntr3I •St.·•UC$ he took up the study of known ;i.nd highly honored pioneers of Montana :m<I a law in Indian~ and Missouri, and was admitted to the resident of Helena at the time of his dc.ath. Mrs. Carter bar at Sedalia in the latter state January 30, 1886. is a wom:>.n of distinctive culture and marked .social On Au.gu$t[...]ed in Montana, he graciousnc», a nd is possessed of much musical and liter• was admitted to _practi[...]lent. She has been a ltader in the r cprescnta• of the territory... Some months Inter, in ~farch 1~7, tive social activities of Helena, a cit)' endeared to her Mr. S1.anton oecn[...]at c.ity ever since-. \Vhcn Grc:i.t Falls was in- of the national capital, where she still passes much of corporated a.s a city in 1887, he was elected the[...]ious a nd charitable o rgani.z.ations in the city of 191 r, he ag:ain served in that office. In p01itics he has \Vashingtorf, where, she is vfoe-president of the Christ voted the Democ.ratic ticket, since t he early eighties, Child Society, n member of the board of trustees of and was an inAucntial factor during- the campaigns of Providence hospitalt as well a.s that of the Children's Mr. Bryan and Mr. Wilson for tbe p[...]Gu::trdiin, a municipal organiiition, and thti.t of the At Greit Falls, September 17, 1891, o[...]Poor o,urchcs. In 1912 Mrs. Carter was marri:agc of Mr. Stanton to Miss L ulu Burghardt, of e loctcd prt.sidtnt of the National Federation of Catholic Chicago. Her fa ther was George H. Burgh[...]O rg:mi~tions, an d she is a lso \'Cteran of the Civil wir a nd now dc:«ascd. ncr president o[...]e, in mother is Lucy A. Burghardt, now a resident of \Vashingto1,. In the na11ona1 (a_pi1al she is a m[...]rs. Stanton h3.ve 3 most rrnd liberal $UPJ)O:rttr of 1he C3tholic parish of St. fdicitous home life, and through twenty-two years Paul's church. John Galen Carter, the cider of the two they have rejoiced in the beauty of a n undimmed matri- sons, was born :i.t Hcttna, on the 18th of J:i.nuarr, 1891, monial sky. His home has been the object of Mr. a nd he is now a m ember of the class o( 1914 in G('Orgc:- Stanton's 6rst tho[...]onors in Montan:a. by serving added the ble.ssing of four ch1dren, who arc still li\'irtg: :i.s a delegate to the Republican c<>unty oonvcntion of Mis.scs Paosy, L~·• and Viola, and Willard Qui[...]s a delegate to the st:ate Stanton. In the winter of 191:2-13 Mr. a nd Mrs. Stan- Republican co11,·en[...]th e Philip- son. was born a t Helena on the 18th of August, 1892, pines. The f.1 mily a re members of the First Congrega- and he likewise is a mcm~r o f the. class of 1914 in tional church of G·rcat Falls. Fraternally Mr. Stanton Geora:ctow[...]is well known in the Orders of Masonry, .Woodmen of the \Vorld, Modem \ Voodmen of America, the ]OUN \V,\l.KtR $TANTOX. Durin,g[...]Ma«abeC:$ and esl)«:ially among the Knights of ter of a century of acti\'C connection with the bar of P)'thias. In 1910 he attended the con,•tntion o[...]r Sta.nton h3.s attained :i. dis• Supreme Lodge of the Knishl$ of Pythias held at tifl ctl\•e position as a lawye[...]~ ind again at Den,,er in 1912, as supreme t~ders of his profc.$Sion in the state of Montana. His representative from Mont:uia. He was a member of career h:is been one in which his own abilit)' ha[...]$ part, and he has always rtlicd upon the affairs of the order, cspccia11y in f~nl.ing legislation forces of his own mc.nta lity and ehir:acter rather th::tn[...]usand member-s in the United State.s. recognition of these qu:ditid brought him to his high place o( e[...]JostrH N. btL.-\N D. \Vi1h the exception of the ac-- many other sections of Monuma, eount$ of exploration an<l d isco,•ery, the operations John Walker Stanton was born,on a farm near Cover- of the old fur-tr:i.ding companies and similar acti,[...]rch 31, 1861. Hisancettf)\ originally the history of Idaho's substMtial and real dc,•elo~ Englisti[...]the ment · might well be oonden $ed in a pe.riod of half a time oJ th.e Revolution> in which one or more of his ocntury. Fifty years ago there were only a mi[...]?ofory ( \Va lkcr) Stanton. in all the territory of ldnho . It is remarkalHe, how- His grandparents[...]witnesses and a<:tors jn this half•ccntury era of to lndia1fa. T be mother w:as bom in Ohio, Her h[...]as still in his teens when left an orphan pion~rs of pioneer,, and it is with more Uian or(Unar[...] |
![]() | 916 HISTORY OF MONTANA inlttCSt th.at the inodcrn reader wil[...]id, and another whose n3mc was Dance. 'Within of a career which has continued from that time do\Vn[...]thirty more men eame in. to the pr«cnt, One ofof the First National Bank of PocatcUo, most of the Indians wanted to drive us out of the but in the main Ji\'ing retired after his[...]nd told them if they killed us more white men of thi.s o>untry, and there is no better informed[...]we were then. \Ve and the gcncrnl charac:tcr of southern Idaho. He parleyed with th[...]had to nencd but took part in the formation of those ;igencics give them the larger portions of the supplies we had. which were preliminary[...]was smoked, Indians and May 15, J8~9, a son of Thom.as and Rcbc«.a (Wilson) white men[...]~ to Philip going on a buffalo hunt in the Yellowstone. Ireland, :,. nephew of Joseph · N. Ireland. The earlier "In April or May of 1863 they e,a;mc back, seeming mcmbc.rs of the family gave scn•ie1: during the ~evo•[...]in America. The father died i11 1847 :at the 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 e:h~racters. Instead of in 18~7, ::aged fifty•seven. Joseph N. Irel[...]he district school near his home, :rnd at the age of cipally of these toughs was organized to attack the four[...]itting point for travel Frenchman learned of the plan and told the Indians, and into the N[...]June 14, 1862, and which tack. The leader of the attacking party 3nd most of was three months enro1.1tc. When it 3rri\'ed[...]the latter ,Vere a httle shy, but some of them came into town, having been the first woman to go foto the mines of Buck Simpson, Hayes Lyons, Skinner :\nd othe-rs of Montana proceeded to the new diggil\gs. \Vhcn[...]the .street and killed two or three of them, and the on irail to :idvisc them of the discovery of gold by Indians left the country, killi[...]thers in a creek they named Gr-as$hopper, of Guy on the.ir way out. which is now Bannack, Montana. His object in coming "The winter of 1862,.63 was a very dreary orle in to the tra[...]immigraJlt$ to come to the B.tnnack. One of the first men who c.,mc in after the camp, th[...]i'!g the dircetion to the mine.~. 1'he d~tination of of Salt L3ket with three or fo1.1r wagonloads o f pr[...]azi,cr R1\'Cr, B. C. Buffalo Gtileh though of poor q_uality, the people bought all he had.[...]\Ve were snow-bound from the last of Novc.mber until It will be much more intcr[...]and take the m"il, if we could 3S$urc medium of his own reminiscences covering tltc time him of two hundred ind fifty letters, 3t two dollars[...]ter. This did not seem an exorbitant lcetions ofof social conditions and l.tw and ordc-r as maintain[...]re the early mining cam,PS: and thi.s history of Idaho con· used for chips, and gold dust w[...]ing !:actor in those few years monoton)' of the winter was brokcn by the kJlling of than the 'following account from the words of ~fr. Ire• a man named Cleveland, by Henr[...],mites from where later a man by the name of Kossuth was killed and Bannack City, Montana,[...]unded, John Burnett, Sam Ellis and ·another. of Au.gust. They had just discovered gold thcrie. On[...]trouble came over an Jndian squaw that a man of the dis('()verers came o ut to the immigrant road[...]amed Moore had bought, m3,ldn,g payment in a pair of struck our camp telling us of the find, and :Mr. and blankets. The sq[...]d Reeves found that it was from the territory of Montanat.. \Vashiogton Stapleton: b[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]vote. This you remember was right in s.ight of the them back A minus• meeting w:i.s called :i[...]mistake had been made. When about two-thirds of the spott~ every man who had had ~nything to do[...]they parted, 1hc next time they rode out of the country.[...]Alder himself concealed until he could get out of the country,, Gulch a man namc4 George Ives[...]man owed hung Ives and on the strength of this affair a vigilance you money and did not w[...]nd twenty-five or to collect it at the muu..lc of a gun, :md it was ·often thirty of these highwaymen we-re hung. Among them done.[...]exica.n was they would meet dtath at the hands of some of the shot to death by the vigilantes for killing one of their b3nd. Towards spring scvtn men started o[...]nt out to the in the community," Yellowstone country. The lndfans took nearly ever)••[...]considc:rablc thing they had and drove them out of the countrr. fonu.ne in nuggets and[...]hty discovered Alder Gulch, said fall of 1863 ,returned to Oma'ba, he and his p.utncrs to be the richest gulch of placer mining that ever was driving a wa[...]h cast to Omaha, where the J>rocceds of their ve.nturcs i nd each man located a discovery claim of one hun• were carefully deposited. Jn the ,spring of 1&S.4 Mr. · dred feet up and down the creek bo[...]went into the western country and hundred feet of :i pr«mption claim, thus giving each[...]e we take up the personal narrative and seventh of June, 1863, they went in with a stampede description of his own adyentun::.s and conditions in about se[...]was 10<3ted the next thing was mer of 1864 to carry the mad from Salt Lake to Mon•[...]cr, but when rections, attracted by the reports of the rich pros- the government Jioe was[...]t to J3en Hollid_:iy. The '"There was a band of road-agents orP.nited in 1863 first stag[...]ello in 1863. The in Bannack. A man by the name of D11lington joined station was on Pocatello €reek and about two miles them for the purpost of bernaying them. He learned south of the creek in a liule ho11ow the robbery oc,. they were about to rob a man by the name of Todd, curred. The robbers were led[...]k. They got about six or seven thousand dollars of the men btlonging to this-band foolish ly Mkcd th[...]ughes .if they had intended to tOb him. The men, of course, from Denver had most of t.he: money. ,Hughes com• • denied it, and as[...]een left and he said Dillingham was the sou rce of it. Dilfo)g- him to pay for his mc.als O[...]order to get home. sitting in a circle of men. I wa.s in that circle. They "The ficst winter aftc-r the cstablishO'lent of the .e.aU«t him out, sa>·ing they wanted to se[...]ovem;1~cnt stagc.,linC there wa.s a greot de,:i,I of tr.ou~lc had hardly gone twenty feet, when they[...]es we-re themselves all highway- buildins of ca.ch ,tation. Lockett was a hard•working men. 'the killer.s of Dillingham were arrested, and indust[...]. miners' mcetiog called. An attorney by the name of came along he ~id lrockett in gi:c-c-nb[...]ntlcman \vould st3.nd. facetious uses of them were made. Getting P-aid in The camp$ bcin[...]souri :i.nd otbc-r s1ncs the The result of th3l settlement was that Lockett and his .scntiment was in fa,·or of Forbes, and they cleared friends[...] |
![]() | 918 HISTORY OF i10NTANA was nothing for the $tc>ck to cat, and the e3rrying of twelve hour$ ahead of schedule. The robbers nOt look- the mail to Boise failed on that accoynt. Most of ing for him so early, he and his treasure cscaptd with- the men remained on the roa(I a nd took care of the out da~c-r. Lockett being diS.1ppointcd in th[...]d thcr had to li\'c on the bar cy which other lot of money on board. T here was a St. Louis had b«n[...]firm that had a branch busincs.s in Helen:i.. One of game that could have been gotten if the men had b[...]o kill and :u1d the stage driver notified Lodcett of the coming: eat. The s.now w,11s not $0 deep but[...].aid they would 1ell the whites when pointing out of the s1age, nnd :t$ soon as they s.aw the the Ind[...]. The fou rth man I do not rec.all by name. most of the winter. The Redmen were about the sta• The drh·er, of course, was uninjured ;,,nd none of the tion a good deal, and finally one da,y while[...]ner, and Frank Williams was the dri~·er, and one of the passcn- when they were about half done they s[...]he g:t\·e them to the latter. The Indian gorged of 186.a, he bcc:i.me one of the contractors for Beo himself, and ill about two hours died of indigestion. Holliday, .i11d helped to bu[...]t, came :i:long rhc Holliday Jine. The most noted of the-SC w.u through from Boise, to•ing to get th[...]w them, but first Oakley told Yank 3nd lie WM one of the first e:i.ttlemen in this s«tion to take the oxen and haul out a wag-o n that had m ired of I daho, The fir$t cattle that he us.cd in stockio[...]c<l cattle r:i.iscr, nnd afterwards sold hundreds of hc.,d to and came back to the Sl3tion. I n the mcantiinc the Mr. Swift of the Swift Packing Company, other Indian, of the two spiC$, had come in with a Probably no other Jiving resident of Idaho has a pr:tiric hen that he wanted to trade for something. I longer and bro.,der \'iew of the b.,sic inditstriat activity told him to $CC 0[...]not the station agent. which have made the wealth of the Gem State than 0:akley came up ju$t then vexe[...]g adventures, baek and told the Indian 10 get out of the door. The and mcclinJ with similar su«us in[...]o .swc his personal supcrintende,lcc to his large of the e<>at and jerked him out. The men in the stag[...]t I said •don't home and business headq_uarters of Mr. Jrel:l.nd were kill him, ~nd he put up r1i$ g[...]n Oakley pulled out his gun and shot tion:,! Bank of Pocatello, In 1!)0$ h e mO\'ed to the the India.n[...]t the oxen e;'lme fatter city, and took the place of vice pre$ident in up with th e Jog chain dragtz:iog behind them, ha\•ing the lis.t of offi«rs of the bank. Soon after moving to extricated themselves out of t11e mudhole. Oakley said, Pocatello he was cl«ted as vice president of the OOnk, 'Herc Yank put the log chain around the[...]k, and drag him away from the sta1ion.' Yank Bank of Blackfoot, a dircc.tor in the J. N. Ireland & obe[...]body off. It was a ll done as if it was a matter of Commerei:tl National & nk: a t Ogden, Ut3h, and h[...]ntain to Portncuf Canyon, and in the fall a stage of Bois.c, who wa.s born in Malad in 1878 ind has tw[...]ockett de- born a t Malad in 1888, and a resident of Bellingham tcrmil'!ed to get C\•en ~\·ith Holl[...]ied the :sccon<I timC paid in greenback$ 111stcad of gold for building the :ti Baltimore in October, J[...]in politics, and d\1ring the territorial banke.r of Salt Lake. Halsey was expected to go period ser\'ed a,s a member of the Idaho legislature. thro1.1gh on the st.age fr[...]m Et.A CoLl,rnS \VATtRS. The live$ of few ?t.font-ana money. L9,ckctl resolved to rob the stage the da.>· citizens cont~in sO m1.1cl1 of dumatic iotercst as that Halsey was on. The driver stood in with Lockett and ofof a m~m of big affairs in this stitC. be through. Halsey fea[...]until he got much that has l>ce:n character i,tic of the period o f en• |
![]() | HlSTORY OF MONTANA[...]up my debts, ind in the $prin1t of 1869 with one bun• line Rockwell, who was born[...]i,·e other men st.uted for 1hc Big a desct:ndant of Jonathan Trumbull. 'l'hc famil>· mo\'cd[...]tha1 ytar, and they corralled the outfit dt'.lth of ~lr. W at ers., b«<>ming l11c wife of William M. in the Wind Rh·er "ilJ~y. wher[...]and I re1umcd to Fond du Lac, a ·rhe education of :\Ir. Waters was obtained in the po[...]Goodwin Houst, ior the ,·cry enticing salar)' of $16.00 scle<:1 $ChOOI where he s tudied the primn[...]. and r :iising chickens Chicago Board of Trade, which l held for :t time, when than on boo[...]a lettc-r from my dear mother informed me of t he ill• when he applied his mind to the ttu k[...]d:t.y, :i.s well :i.s for the Other mcinbcrs of t he famil'y, 1r:.i1s. J,Je could never keep s1il[...]with the same fc\·er. My $tepfothe r s t ill one of his ph)'sical characteristics.[...]g,we into my care his 0"1Y He was turned out of school during the winter of fo·ing c.hild. Adeline Alsever, who[...]in on April 15, 186.i. and s en-iug until the end of the \ Voodenw:1re Con,pany, u lling wOO<lc-nware. Th('.y war. The colonel of the regiment offered him for hi$ f[...]a New York tea hou!C, fore he w:as sixteen years of age. In an account writ- and fin.illy[...]ilt El:a \Va ters nc\'et Jived." The lieute111 nt of bis com- the Morrell House. a hotel that[...]attle bu~ines.s in the easlcrn part E. C. \Valcrs of Fond du L.1.c. \Visconsin, sen·ed in of D.awson county, and my cattle :i.nd Roosc\·elt's[...]consio Volunteer were nmnin,: $Ontc of them on the ~me r:i.~ge. In Infantry, during the \Var of 1hc Rcbcllio1t and he w:as the s pring of 18$.5 I opened t he Hcadqmuters Hotel at an unusu[...]d to bear armJ, he went into f:1.11 ofof 1~7 we had the hard winter, and I lost a front of Pcte r$bu,rg and opened 3 t ernlic eng:I.J{emcnt large number o{ cattle. which meant the loss of a large by the capture of F ort Stedman, that youns: Waters :i.mount of mone)'. D uring that same winter l was J:Ot pcrnti5$iOn of our captain to go to th<\t p:irt of our elected as department commander of the Gr:.lnd Anny fine, some four miles to our ris:ht, and th:u he a.rried of the Reoublic of Mont;ma." 3 gun and fought on the firi ng l ine until the fort was In 1887 bcnn the ph;a$C of ~tr. \Vaters' c.areer which recaptured. Though on[...]ears o( age he did provtd the dim:ix of his buJinm expc.riC:1'.lee and brinas 1he sen•ice of n grown soldic-r :i.nd was always faithful[...]J the Yc11ow$tOne F.-..rk As:socia, :it 1he hands of a government he- so faithfoll)" s.cn·ed[...]h Mr. ~Vaters deS(ribcd it cral mamlfer of thi.s a$$0Ciition :i.nd c,.•entuilly Dart 10 th[...]C'ral year, he gave up the, debt $$ex) at the end of t.he ye.ar. I also bought cattle l)O$lhon of general manager and became orcsidtat of and sheep,. froze diem up and shipped them to the Yellowstone L'l.ke Boat Company, and directed the nor1hcm Mic[...]ne)', Then I went to fortunes of that com~ny unl it the fall of 19()8. He' Cheyenne. \Vyominsr, in 1868. From a btd of s ick- a!so o,~•ned one;t~ird of the \\fylcr _(;.om~ yJ.n,d. a,:! nc:$$ ( m[...] |
![]() | 920 HISTORY OF MONTANA Jn 1!)07 he was offered $300,000 for[...]ened his letter to the pre-.si• and franchiS<: of the boat com~ny. The privllc:gc of dent, "which I have apprceiated for nearly a genera• eirrying on the business was of course derived from tion and which th[...]i.gC$ me to bring ~cforc cured for a continuance of the francliisc under a new you what I r[...]ust.ice perpetra.ted-Ql le-au at the cx_Pitation of the old l~sc. Mr. Waters Jcast contemp[...]mission to sc.11 t11c boat company cran of the Ci\'iJ war." Then in a sub$«1ucnt letter pr[...]testimony ,hows that munica.t,on. The rdusal of Mr. Roosevelt and the the tr."tn.$por1ation company and the ofliccrs of the secretary of the interior to gi\'e any recognition to[...]my concurred in wishing to drive him the request of Mr. Waters for the trans!cr of the (Mr• . Waters) from lhe park.[...]r J>:any'.s lease about as follows: ''At the end of ten years, and aged, defending his possessions[...]osl)CC-t$ if so authorized by law, the secretary of the interior, aJ;ainst what he concedes to be a combination of l,os. acting for the United States government, may purchase t1lity among army officers and greed of the transPor• the property of the Yellowstone Lake Boat Company, tation comp:in)',[...]by unanimous or overwhelming sentiments of his owr\ the go\·ernmcnt, one by the boat compa[...]he two so chosen. If they do not mcnt of the «>mmunit)' as infallible. But \Vaters is purch:i.sc the oroeer~y of the Yellowstone Lake Boat the. object of sympathy, not eondem.nation, by his own Com,pany[...]d in the old contract." The facts in the of the park. Humbler folks who live .i.nd labor ther[...]o dri\'c.rs o{ ,tagcs, subordinate porters of hotels, hos• renew the lease or fulfill the terms of the contract thus tiers and hall.boys were[...]s. Qi.p- erty from the parkr The entire equipment of boats, lain \Vatcrs s:iys: That it[...]pital. It Majo_r Pitcher, ~upcrinttndent of the park, or his wife, is the opinion of Mr. Waters, based uPon a lar1tc w:i.s 101cres1cd m the hotel or transportMion company amount of detailed evidence that cannot ~ reported[...]here, that the p.lrty $«king to get •control of the whole Mr. Cochran further sa)'S : " This attitude of dislike of the transportation business in the park :i.nd sta[...]apparently was pas.sed on to his successors, each of in the. favor of officials of the federal government, whom S«'ms to' ha\'e regarded it as a feature of duty used their influence to discontinue 1he l>Nt coml).lny's of his position. fr.lnc.hisc, and thus force a sale of the property at a ''.Thus, under date[...]. Mr. \V:uers carried acting superintendent of the park, in an indorsc• on a futile fi,:ln for his propcrh• :'lnd former fr:'lnch isc mcnt says of ccrt:i.in statements to C.'lpl.iin Waters! rights with die officfals of two administrMions. but in r~fcrrcd to h[...]" C3ptain \Y3ters S3)'$ he can prove the truth Of any tions, and when the $,S0,000 had been applie[...]rs. Mr. W:'lters was left superintendent of the park that Pitcher is not sup• 6n3,nci:illy[...]ccc$$ors in his statement. I nm 1hc accumulations of a lifetime swept :)W~)' by think he is not supp,ortcd by 3ny of them. what he considered -;i monumental :i.ct of injusiiet-. He ''On October 5, JS)0..1,[...]w_hieh the department can rid itself of Mr. \Vittrs and "'?'anJ,cd him to sc~ that Mi:. \[...]he cxf)rC$S putl)OSC but when he bcc:lme informed of the powc-r!ul com• bination a,gainst me he stat[...]of driving \Vaters from the p.a.rk. (Sec Ex.[...]To those who follow the remarkable \'icissitudcs of ecrson to take passage on his \'Csscl,[...]'l.\'Or or withm the tcnls or building$ o{ the Yellowstone to. secure what he bt1ie,•cd w3s but simple jus[...]ttl.' (Se< Ex. J.) CongrcMm:tn \V. Bourke Cochran of New York City. "As the Lake Hot[...].tion arc the Mr. Cochran m:i.de a thorough study of :\II t11c docu• terminals of lhe boat service and therefore the only mcnts and[...]s a direction th:i.t he atiandon h,s blisi• arc ofof the argu.mcnt. but the would never be likely to hear of his service, or to following random pa.ragraphs a[...]n to thc-r comment. The first rca<ls: "Your IO\'C of a squace them. |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF ~10NTANA[...]it is expected to rei1der, it is points of interest, together with hotel aocommOd:thon[...]at the different stoppins places. On none of these constrnc:tcd in the hope of incrcas.iog traffic: by enlarg- tickets is there nn>' mc-nt1on of the l:lkc trip by w::,.y of i11.g the accommodation for p:asse1lgcrs :1.[...]Vatcrs' boat. Passengers arc never likely to !cam of their oomfort. Boats built expressly for ser vic-c on it, unless, some :lg:cnt of the stc:i.mboat meets them 3:l the bkc would be of little value ;i.nywhere else. It is Thum[...]would never tnoui;:h to pay the cost of transpor-t~tion to another have crossed[...]ring the long period in which he has urc of our trip to Yellowstone P:trk would have been operated this[...]peratcly an~x ious to retain it. To the good will of ''Under .Major Pitcher's order, there[...]tled in sound morals. if not in the strict letter of from doing the one thi11g through whieh[...]under such oondi1ions must cast, ' \·icw of havin~ it fall into the hands or the transporta-[...]ly he indulged in strong The ruin of all his prospcets ;i.s wcU as of his whole langu:agc and possibl)' he may[...]$\1111cd undcrit;mding bctwctn the author of this notice of' the \'Cry gra\'c.St c.har:ictcr could justirr a[...]in, Mr. Prc-.sident, if all be a SO\itCe of regret, but not of surprise. \V:\ters be cx~lle-d[...]to tra\'ersc this m~lifictnt she-et of water. Cin )'OU \Vh:.tC'\'cr \Vaters may[...]he p;my will bcc.omc the beneficiary of the de,cree that could scarc-ely h~ye exceeded thC \'C:hcmcnec of ex- ruins \V:,,ters, $hould :i.n o[...]' pression which cl1araeteritcs the langu;igc of :trmy issued?"[...]offi~rs with respect to him, or the \'iOlcnce of )lajor Pitcher'$ course. at least in on[...]"\Vhen I met Captain \Vaters in the Yellowstone, be- 10 undertake this labor ;ind inOi,ct snc-h :t len~hy com- sides many storie$ of ill usa~c which I considered mun[...]tial and unbending justice ag{;ei.l.tion of some ne~lect, real or fancied. on the l').'\rty of which the Ameriean people bdic,·c you to be the[...]-fi."c yea.rs, and while active head the Yellowstone company in their warfare upon him. of 1he Yellowstone Lake Boat CompanYs affairs, Mr. had actu[...]inued in the live-stock business. At one of his famit)' :u their hotel$ and this refos:il had[...]Pitcher's. own signature, could h:i.s of course varied with different seasons and oeriods.[...]had bee.n suffered by :ln)' citi1en at the hands of :i,n during the most of his years of rtsidence in Montana. offictr wearing the uniform of this govemment. (Sec He was ilso[...]Bear Creek • .'l,nd w~s president of the Plcific Uunch thank you will :a.gr« that had Caotain \Vater$ be-en a Como:rn)' of Tacoma, \Vashin_gton, who.se plant w;1s[...]w-as :i.nd c.st::tblishcd under license of the go\·crnmcnt for e.arricd into the[...]lny l>calmc 6..,nk- the cxpre.ss puroose of ;\C(Ommodating every citi:r.en rupt.[...]as it affected his guests or the members of his family) Mr, \Vatcrs orga~lize<l t[...]uEN(l,, if we assume evtry conclt1sion of. fact which of :,,11 the fond lyin~ alon~ the strcams in middle[...]with the watcr-ri1tht con- the severity of the punishment he r('(Oinmcnds is all[...]nd.s. The :)grcemcnt also included out. of proportion to the gr-a\'ity of the dclinqueneit'S the purchase by .M r. \Vaters of all the sheep which he ~e 1mputts to Ci[...]. penalties as must follow the adootion of his rccom- and thus s«urcd <>pti[...]. entire capita.I (includioS{ all the ·resources of a result. in a short hme. he obtaioc<l a l[...]been invested in boats :i.nd other prop. of sheep ~t a little mo,i:e than two dollars[...] |
![]() | [...],HISTORY OF MONTANA and a half an acre, including the first[...]dicate was unable to control the yeus of age. 0 their seven children, four are still |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]s obliged to walk to Harvard, ' 111inois, a order of birth, distance of forty mil<"$,· to sceurc a chance to work. A[...]- scboo1 and then matr~culated in the Uni\'ersity of Min- ison, \Visconsin, and there he found work on[...]olis, where he pursued a four-year fi"e miles out of the city. The farm was owned by a course in scien[...]be more profitable. circumstances., made the most of his ·hard-earned oppor- \Vith this idea[...]he secured cinptoy,:ncnt with the Chicago & life of a commcrcfal traveler, for he cng3gcd as such Nor[...]isconsin, to work independently at c:arpentry and of the tirin of Dunn & Carlson 3t Albert Lea, Minne• contractin[...]e. won for him. here he has c.noountcred the best of fo'rtuoes, in the She was born m \Visconsin, a.nd[...]h,wing won the Clemmy i\•1i1ler. · The ~ldest of Mr. ::m d Mrs. Carlson·' s confidence of the community. He has a most .com- children died[...]loquent, 3nd he is in gre.l.t de- cecfoh was that of buildini a barn for 3, prominent mand upon occasions where eloquencc is in order. At farme r of that dt)', and as the building was a lar1:tc the[...]little profit on the. job. This make the sptt:ch of nominatio1l. He is a Democrat and brought him ott[...]e fa,r m adjoining the place Jife. He has plenty of fighting blood and his suj)port on which he[...]n first arri\'Cd in Helena he worked for the firm of He is enthusiastic o,•cr outdoor life and a[...]r & )foncrief. remaining with them for ne3rly and of fishing in p.uticular. He is a member of the a year. He left them to go into contracting f[...]Mr. C.tr1son has ercctcdl,a large number of the fi ne won. Apropos of Mont3na, Mr. Carlson says: ''I am modern dw('llings in .l;ie1ena. and most of tlle.sc from here to st.a,; that expresses my view of the state. 1 designs of his Own. Soon ::after coming to America 'he h3\'C[...]son was rcspondcncc Schoo1. He was one of the school's best married at Humboldt, Iowa, Octo[...]is o ne of the fargcst of th.!: kiod in the city, .l.nd it, has[...]buildins: at .Noi 16 CnAlL&S J. CARL$0~. One of the leading cont-ractoM South Park street, .l.nd has rcc:ent1y purchased other of Helena is Mr. Charles Carlson, who is ,k nown not[...]e.s igner, his desigrls being sought ahcr because of Ha"inl( sotuethfo.g of a ta.s te for military pursuits, their good t-as[...]Gustafson, had died the month pre• the \Voodmcn Of the \VorlQ, witli the Royal HiA'.h • ecdinl7 h[...]lthough his mother, Clara, nee fanders. the Order of Moose, and with the Eagles, be· Nordling, remarried, it fell to the lot of Charles and sides being a prominent member of the Ca:rpcnters• his older brother, Gust A. Ca[...]ies he is an independent voter, and so take care of them.selves. Mr. G"Ustafson ha,d be-en a consider[...]rence to his political party. Mi::. €art- wife of P. R. Berquist, 10 whom she bore lwo sons son him[...]and lwo daughters. They a.re all still residents of life~ He has taken his course in the school of ad- Sweden.[...]contractor. he has still before him a long career of usc-- llhnois. In \Visconsin he had worked at the tr.tdc of fu1ness and profit. The brother who accompanied h[...]the mills and fa_ c(ories and cut off hls source of income. thi,n a ouarter of a centurr uo ha\"e made a place in He was completely out of funi:1$ before he found work. it "for them[...] |
![]() | 924 HISTORY OF MONTANA for .such men of enterprise ind c.tpability. They 'arc Ju~e Hcdgcs was a member of the Washburn p:irty needed in Amtrie3:, c.spcci[...]which• 17, 1870, with a small detail of United States Cavalry. in tum has been .so gene[...]m, under the authority of General Hancock, and returned[...]tun1 trip tbat Judge Hedges proposed the idea of a Na• scntativc and constructive men of the state of Montana tionat Park. The lofty timbered mountains, the im• the name of the l:ue Judge Corntliu$ Hedges comes im•[...]hese virtue, the force o( h,s n:i.tur2l powers of judgment and were men of pubhc spirit,_ state pride, and the idea that his unselfish labors in the c.iusc of p.3triot1sm and prog- orig·in:itod with Judg[...]:i.t \Vcstficld, Massachu• the :approval of the p:i;rty. It w:is his ide:i that the gov•[...]lc.ss illus- CongTess. The active cooperation of Senator Pomeroy trious :inccstry, hi$ forefathers h:iving been among the of Kans.,s and Rcpre.scntativc \Vi.lli3m H. Claigctt of c.:irlicst settlers on Long Island, re.moving f[...]and btforc his time to Ma$$achusetts. of Judge Hedges became a reality; to the United Stat[...]erved under was preserved the wonderful Yellowstone region, now Ccncrnl \ Vashin;ton in the War of the Ke,·olution, and the g-rc.it Nationa[...]· w.:is the progenitor of a long Mne of honest fanning In 1874 Judge Hedge[...]bf the Republican people :rnd strong supporters of the Congrcg'3tional p-3r-ty ;:i.s 3 dcfegatc to Congress, but in those <bys of church. \Vhile the Nobles were of English extr:iction, Dcmoc:r:itic supremacy he failed of election,_although it is possible that the Hedg[...]nnis Hedges, owned a small a member of the territori.31 constitutional convention, far[...]the and in 18So he was elected a member of the first state vicinity of \V'cst6cld, Mass:lchusctts, where he Jived into senate. Jic was recognized as a man of great legal resp<:c.tcd old a~c, and when he 2n[...]he .occasion was made notable !or brnnch of learning was thorough. Mc prepared several 1hem by the attendance of their only son, Cornelius, volumes of Montana supreme court reports. t88o-1S87, who had already become a cit.izcn of ~reat prominence and prepared much mat[...]was its recording secretary from 1877 until one of afJ«:tion and stntimcnt and was referred to by[...]orneliu$ Hedges 1!)06 he was scerettt,ry of the $l:ttc board of sheep com• prepared for Yale CoUcge, from which h~ was gradu- missione:rs. Up to the dose of his life he retained hi.s ated in 1853. During[...].'lsonic fraternity Judge Hedges seemed to ment of lhrv:ird Coll~c and was admitted tO 1he bai-[...]ng New Engfo.nd, he loc.lted at measure of enjoyment. He devoted much time to study- lndce[...]ice and ing: and working out the spirit of the symbols and rcm;uncd until 1864, during a 'portion of which period irchiteetural teachings on[...]Masonic literature and fo, publisher and editor of the f,idefelldtnt C1'.vilian. ye:trs he held the office of grand secretary of the Young, ambitious and enterprismg, it ;s[...]in the Chapter, Ma$0nS, grand recorder of the Grand Com- wonderful developing changes tha[...]mandery Knights Templar, and :it 1he time of his death the wcs.tern comHf)' about that time,[...]e' oldest acting Masonic grand secretary in the of 1864 joined a party and crossed the plain$ to Vir[...]to Helena, whjch city ch:lfter member of Miri:im Ch:iptcr, No. r, :it Hclcn:i, c:ontinuc<l to .be hi$ chosen home throughout the rC$t of and w:is grand worthy patron "'f the Order of the :in unusually active and usdul life. \Vhilc[...]es eo,·ered the honors during the dosing years of hi$ life and nu state, and in the g reat develo[...]dges was married_ to Miss he was prob.,tc juagc of Lewis and Clarke county. Edn3 Liyette Smit 1, of Southington, Connecticut, :ind Judge Hedges was[...]0n July 7, 1906, Mr. ~ulted in the establishing of the Helena Public Library, and Mrs. Hedges celebmted their-golden wedding. Mrs. was one of the directors who secured as a lxgicming a[...]room, in the fall o f 18$, on the pre.sent site of the Hedges w:\s :t. man of stro1~g rchgious convactions, and lntern:uion.[...]his appointment in 1872, Although full of years 31 the tune of lus death, l~1s hfe by Govemor Benjamin F. Pott[...]y _achie\•cment t~at h~s l_oss superintendent of the public schools, and i1,1 e his devo- w[...].,ll umtcd to do honor to his traveled hundreds of milcs, under trying circumstances, mc1u[...]d said, cditorifllly_. at the different centers of population, in$tructing-, providing time of Judge Hed_ge.s' dc-ath: " [n t~c death ~f Co~· ~[...]luch occ-urrcd at lus ho me III this with a man of collegiate training and unsdfish enthu-[...]ed this position !or five years, one pie of Montana owe a debt oJ gr:atitudc "'·hich can y[...]successor, Governor Crosby. • of the pioneers, his whole after life was spe[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]lf sonic secretary and since ·the death of his father has. on 1hc side of th05C who \"Crc dctcnnined Mont~n:l[...]lia, Mrs. builder and from that time to the day of his dc.ath his Harr.Y B. Palmer, who res[...]1:i.lcms :i.nd his 1imc were always at die scnicc of his ion, 1s. Mn. John ~'1. \Voodbrid,ge, of Newton, Mas.s. ,eo'mmunity :rnd his stite. "'In those c:,,rly days there were few of the pioneers Sn.tU.IAN FD.so~ Tunt.e. '[...]nstinctively who had the eduC3tiona1 CQuipmc.nt of Judge Htdgcs. and 1·ustly renders d[...].ogni1cd tation is 5olc.lr the result of preeminent mcnt in his and whcnC\'Ct there was[...]formcd by anyone son Tuttle, president of the Bank of Boulder, member else, lie obeyed the e3,II. But[...]hin.g and :stock-raising. stnse 3 pionee r. One of the firtt lawyer'$ in Last Mr. T[...]e countr, lndia.na, Jul1 21, 1848. In fide.nee of the mmcrs and of the rough clement as well, April of the next 1car his pa~cntS mO\•ed to Warrc.1\[...]thority ties until he attained to the age of fourteen )'tars. The of the laws made by the miners. As the territory and[...]re going on to Stockton, \Vhcthcr :.t the hc,ad of the territorial edueational sys• Q);lifornia. After six months in- Stockton, they came um, a judge of c.ourt, the rcpres.c.ntati\'e of the United to Montana in the spring of 1864 and on July S o( that States government a[...]ocation at Alder G"Ulch. There they lived itor of the le.:i.ding daily p:t,pen of the st:ue, Judge until the fall of 1866 and then took up their residence Hcdgtt w[...]fferson count)', whicl) was at that time n1ent of the b(:st in Montina. a part of Madison county, legislation .subsequently div·id[...]edges !or Mon• ing it and making it p:trt of Jefferson county. The tana wiH be more apprcciM[...]was in placin; before the world the bc:iutics of the There Mr. Tuttle of this review lived for m;iny years, YcHowstonc National Park. He was a member of the but in 189; he went to Whiteh[...]ated the background, others ha\·e rtapcd much of the credit one mile from Boulder, and i[...]sides. Boulder has welcomed him as one of tbe r:.no5t scuing aside of the park :ts 3 national pleasure g.i:ound. prog·reMi\'C and useful of lier citizens., and very shortly ''The Helc[...]after coming here he was elected county treasuter ofof his time..., and its good two years. Af[...]an. }{e went through the the conduct of its affairs until 1.~ whco he boug~t out[...]s, and never did J,e l0$C the interest of F. C. Beherendcs in the Bank of 'Boulder faith in the greatness of the st.-tc and its fuu1re. As and has e\[...]ny )'Cars had been his home, was to of president. Th.is is one of the r,nomentary msthutions l1im the one ~la.cc[...].e and exert marked influence in con• friend of every man and woman in it.[...]kind, eharitable1 e\•er re3dy to heed the of Jcffer$0n county. H,(. is also a director of the White• call of the unfortunate, without scl6shnC$s or guile,[...]ctcd OJl the Democratic is there a higher meed of praise due for what he di_d ticket to[...]fif. lie rs also presidc1n $)f the the parents of eight childttn, two sons and a daughter,[...]g arc: ,vyll)•S in his ch3mpionshil;) of the best cduca.tion oossible. Re Ande.rson, of Fergus counl)'. Mont.,na, formerly a is one of the stalwart ad,·ocatcs of Bemocmtic policies sheep grower, and was spe:.tl<.cr of the lower house in .ind principles. has[...]s \-..•ell known for his public-spirited ata ofof Valley Mr. Tuttle was married i\fa«h[...]businc.$.$; Cornelius Hcdgc-s, mistress of his household being Derinda Jane Butt., llis[...]was. closely :1s-socia1cd with him daughter of Jonas and Louanna (Gist) Butt, originally for miny ycar.s a nd suec«dcd 10 n,,any of his rcs1xmsi• of the st:ttc of Missouri. Mrs. 'tutt1e was bom on a bilities.[...]He e.n~ been bom ten cHildrcn, eight of whom Survive, as fola tc~~d upon the study of law, but owins;r !O hjs father's lows: Arthuc Gora Jane, widow of George Melton and fo1hng health, w.i.s oblige[...]rcsidc5 in Esoondido, California, and the mother of five and ne\'cr continued his law .studies to[...]Sacramento. €:llifomia. \Vhcn 6ftc-cn years of age he was .appointed a pa~c ind h.[...]lo, Idaho: at the co:1stit.uti6nal convention of t)w state. and fa~r. J:;arl resides at \Vh[...]afer works office at Hcftna for Moore, of Boulder: Lulu Oleta and 'tulian Errctl. The s[...], as a ssistant in attcndmg to the n,cat mass of woJJo as Ma• assistant cashier.[...] |
![]() | 926 HISTORY OF ~10NTANA Mr. T uttle's fa thc-r, whose name was Oa,·id Tuttle, Aftc-r the do,c of the war, Mr. Jordan re:.tumcd to llli• was born[...]to Ohio at 2n nois and was mustered ~ I of ser\'icc at Quincy. an early age and i.n ihc Buck[...]s Retum.ing lo Iowa, then the home of the 1amjJy, Har• Lt1rinda Cornwal1. Shortly aft[...]a.vid Tut,. gogic.,l and ci\'ic. A period of teachinJ, combined with dc's name was originally Tuthil, but upon r ~ehing the work as clerk of the board of commissioners of Marion Noble county and •Wab..1.sh river countr[...]county, occupied hi.m until the winter of 1851-2, :.t which catcd he found so many Tuthi1s[...]y As town agent_, he htid out the town of Indianola, in which name hi.s family has c,·c.r[...]Iowa, for the intense interest o that epoch of gold dis- 18;0, but tl1c mother survi\'«I for ma[...]co-..·crics in the wtst had clai1ncd him as one of Hs par- mise occurring in 1&)5, Both arc interred[...]e's pa.rents. fornia by way of the Isthmus of "I>aoama.. He found Mr. Tuttle, of this review, is a prominent Mason and the[...]rofitable activities, hi$ religious faith is that Of the Mcthodi.st churc,h, due to the r3pi[...]prices paid for commodities. H is main line of activity , :'lnd diversions of various sorts. but finds his grc~test was dair)'in,, in which he engaged until the _!Pring of ple:i.sure at his own fireside, in the com()3ny of wife 1855. at which tio1e he retun1ed to[...]t se\·en years in mercantile busineM, at the end of senti.2lly domestic in nnture.[...]i~• His schooling was terminated at the age of fourteen posing of his interests in Iowa, he undertook the experi- y[...]since rcmeditd any such cduc;1.tional ment of crossing the plains to Color-ado with mule defect[...]s arrived in Color1do. where for 3 )'C:ir the age of tweh-c years his prmcipd ;.lmbition in li£e[...]erprise, closing that activity was to own a p.1ir of boots, and he worked sixteen days to res[...]ding ag.tin for a neighbor, at a compcn:s,.'ltion of twenty•five cent.s to California, though w[...]tr.wclcd ~o C.'llifomia with mules of mer<h.andisc for miners. Mr. Jordan c.-imc in Jul[...]y the same method to Montana. On of the: )'t'3r mentioned to Alder Gulch, where he st[...]h Creek, somewhat hostile spirit. Jn some way one of the fam• where he entered upon the activities of dairyin.1:; and ilies became separated from the crowd. the lndi:ms cut• the raising of stock. For thirty-two years he continued ting off their return. Later the noise of ao attack this work, the latter p~ut of that time bcin~ de\'otc-d frightened the muks of the toit family :md the mule$ chiefly to the stock.raisins: features of his buirne:ss. In dashed m:tdly away and rejoined the tr:i,in, Just how 18s)S he disposed of Ins -Fish Creek holdings :md they a«omplishcd th[...]rtside throughout his remain• In the spring of JS,o, for the purpose ·of carrying on mg years. the lh·e stock busi[...]d Harrison The: many accessory interests of his life did not cease Jordan, :md this p:trtncrS[...]e last thirty-five or {orty 1tith the pleasantest of relation-, until the dc-~th of years of his life he was a notary public ;.lnd also for £[...]th• worker and an influenti.,.,I member of the Demo<:ratie ers carried on a very extensive b[...]• ass()('iattd, and its only ex- a member of the territorial legislature of Mont.'\na; :rnd pl:mation is the unselfish spirit of c-..·cry one of them. in 1874 he was chairm31, of the Boar,d of eounty Com- Mr. Tuttle enjoys th, resp«t and confiden~ of all with missioners of Jefferson county. whom he comes in contact and as one of J cffersoo M r. Jordan wa.s ac[...]no one is nect.ion with the Jn(epcndent 0:rdcr of Odd Fellows., in beHer entitled to a position in[...]HARJUSON JOR,DAN. T he l:ue Harrison Jordin, one of advanced in the )'Car J8S() to tl\e Ro[...]ln 1871 he organized and became the first master of the turists of the Treasure state, CO\'crcd varied ex~rienccs[...]ge and di,·ers loc-alitie:s during his fu11 life of e1ghty•six w3s later merged with the Mystic Tic Lodge at White• y~rs, forty•t:ight of whkh were merged in the fortunes baU, -and of that o,~niiation he ,remained a member of the young and scrowing Montana. H is parent$, rep1:e• until tHe close of his lift. He was senior grand steward senti.ng rtspeetively Seoteh•lrish and German aitcestral of the Grand Lodge: i~, .181.2. grand w3rdcn in 1873[...]in JS85. the place o{ his nativity was that p:ut of southern llli• The companion of•Mr. Jordan's m.,tur:e life was Cathe- qois whkh is known as ''En"pt;" and the dite of his rine Tuttle Jor<lan~ a nati-..·c of Mansfield, Ohio, where birth was March 17, 1825.[...]he was born on February f4, t8,36, and a daughtc~ of removed to Plcasanl\•illc., lowa, a town suo•eycd and David Tuttle, of Long Island, New York, and ·Lucinda plotted by b[...]at state he called (Cornwall) 'J::utdt, of Canada. Mrs. Jortlan's father his home for sc....eral ye:i.rs. In 1846 three of the Jordan had in his cliildbood removed wit[...]Ohio, hnd gone l.2ter to Jndi;ma and still later of the First Illinois Volu.ntcus, under Captain Jamd[...]· Morgan a,,d Colonel John J. Hardin, the latter of whom siderable time n.nd eventu[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]Henry M. He remained with his puc.n1s until cnts of six children, all of whom they creditably reared lie was fourteen )'Cars o( .-ge and attended the common to years of maturity. T hese $011$ and daughters. each schools and then took a thorough busineS$ .course in of whom is creditably csl:3:blishcd in lifc1 arc .u[...]lo, Ctlcstc Grace. Mrs. W illiam Wesley i1c:Call of White• New York. On leaving school he was employed as hall; Violet Josephine, Mrs. Reese \Vampkr of Gold- a clerk at Towntine until 1857, w[...]field, Nc\'ada; Pcrn«a Eua, Mrs. Arthur Phelps of ~farS-hall county, lndian::i, rcnuinin,g there until 1SsS, W hitehall; Ida Isabel, Mrs. F. A. Riggin, of Barr, Val- when he went to Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1[...]y county, Montana; Re\·. W:iltcr Marion Jord:rn, of mined to try his (ortune in the gold fields of Colorado whom sorncwhit extended acco-~nt is gh[...]lh·e and hust• Plc.tsant Valley. The fami ly of H:urison Jordan :ind Jint _population. 'The times were exe.iting and many his wife al.so includes a number of grn11d¢11ildren a nd thnlhng incidents occu[...]lden wed- bookkeeper in the P lanter's House, one of the leading ding., at which 3 goodly number of lhe:ir de$Cendants hotels of the town, and remained there un1il the follow•[...]ing spring, when he assumed charge of the Mass.asoit 'fhc family of Harriso1, Jordan ha\'C bcco eminently House at Ce[...]ination Mr. Jordan b«-11me C()nncctcd at the age of i1~g an imme.nse amount of yellow met.al and Mr. Par• nineteen, while :i[...]r in :i.nd charter member oi the church of the mining camps, :.md with a view to bettering h[...]bout one year. promintnt in the Montana Society of Pioneers of which He then' joined Dr. \Vcrnigk ;ind Louis Key[...]On April 29, 1903, Mrs. Jord:m, · a wom.an of rare and grocery store. Later on the firm was cha[...]nd.ard and other imporu.111 points. The busines.s of the firm the highest spiritual ideal- he, 1he p[...]red a new country and a new tail, and bcearne one of the recognized subst.1ntial and home of dh•ine perfection and eternal satisfaction. growing institutions of the territory, In 1874 the in-[...]ainta ined until the gion to the proud position of a flourishing an d progrcs• present day, greatl[...]lgC$ cnjo)·ed by ncss as time and 1hc conditions of the trade warrant·c d. the oldest settled regions of the United States. 1n the By his establis[...]r integrity in all his grow1h and upw:&rd march of the state Mr. Parchen has dealings he has reached the acme of success in the b«n 3 recognized force in 3dvan[...]u al;>ly with similar concerns in any e ity of the world, alwa)"$ maintained a position th:tt has a decided ten• The Parchcn Drug Company is the name of the firm dency to foste r and to clc\•atc the st.:md.ards o( oom- at the prttcnt time, and is composed of Henry' M. mircial affairs 'in his own community[...]and unfaltering belief in the ultimate de.stiny of Mon- · a nd Adele i\J. Parchcn, his daughter. Th[...]s that he was sure to prosper as the state corner of Main str~t and Br«i.dw3)', and they own and _p[...]enviable posttion in the business and social life of Bro:,,dwa)' :md Jaclcson stre~s. They :nc also the manu- the city of Hc1tna, and may £tel justl)' proud of the facturers of pharmaceutical prepar.ttions :i.nd sta.ndud fact that he was one of the citizens who laid the fol1n• remedies :md h[...]\Vashington and \V)·oming. Mr. Parchc11 is of Gtrman des«nt ind was born in Mr.[...]d with t\·cry Prussia, June 13, 1839, the son of Ge<>rgc and Mary mO\'Cment looking to the progrcu of h is city and state Parcl1cn. T he fa1her and[...]lowed the business o( millers and were owners of grist the inRuencc of Mr. Parchen ahd his: five associates, mills, I[...]new fand. 'T h ey chose Amtriea :is the object of their bc.nc,fieial to the miners and to the eommc[...]d in Townline, near Buffa1o. where an d expansion of the busineu •of Helena. He is pres• they lived until 1861. T[...]whidl he continued until his death, in 1895. Of the four in and about Helena. He has been[...] |
![]() | 928 HISTORY OF h>IONTANA gani.u.tion of many industrial cntcrpris.es of a public ;md was graduated froni'\t§.£>-SChool in 1856. It may be nature in this pan of the state that have had a direct stated here that[...]e his busines.s cdu- and lasting benefit. As one of the -foundcu of the catioh in this college possible by tcaching,school for a Helena Bo:lrd of Trade he was honored by being n:irncd number of terms, be(anning when he was. but si.xtc-c.n as[...]mc. It was more by accident than desig1l that he of the former orpnii:nion, is regarded 2is one of the arrived at Pike's Puk in 1861, he being in St. Louis strongest and me)St useful of t.hc kind in the iiorthwcst on a visit when he mc.t his only brother, Daniel R. for the promotion of the general welfare. He is also who was then prc~[...]c.r's part1· and they went up the dvcr to owner of a vast tract of land in Cascade comlty, on Nebraska City[...]a wagon train to Denver> which arc r.angcd herds of c-.atdc and sheep, he beii>g making the trip in twenty-six days. Denver at th:,,t part owner of the Cascade Land Company. time consisted of but a few street$, a number of fron- In c.i.rly life he wa:s affili:i.tcd w[...]1 idency in 1S6o, but since the second election of Lincoln then the best camps in Color-ado. Mr. Bec[...], where he oc:eupied himself 3t min• |
![]() | [...], OF :MONTANA[...]re cause. In all his dealings he acted the part of a con- herd. scientious and upright . man, 3nd none was hcld in At the time of initiating his cattle business Mr. Tibay higher[...]end whom autumn o{ 1867; in the spring of the following ye3r all were proud to claim.[...]his stock.. sociat1ons. He was a charter member of Red Mount3m growing, usu.illy wintering from 500 to t,000 head of Lodge, N·o . 12, of the Masons, org:tniicd in 1869, ~md caU.le and fro m 300 to soo horses.. At tJ1c time of his he •later joined Butte Lodge, No. 22, of which he was death he owned this cxtcnsh·e ranch of 1,6oo acres. . the first master elected in 1877. He w-as also a charter another of 32'0 acres near \Vhiteha.U, ,·a1uablc farm member of Damon Lodge, Knights of · P1thias. He pro~rt)' in F r:mklin county, low3, real estate in the wa.s a mcntbcr of the Society of Mountain Pioneers, and c.ity of Helena and holdings of a similar kind in M011t• for yens w.i.s prcsid.cnt of the Rod :md Gun qub of gomery, Illinois. In Whitehall he .also owned two large Butte. He w:is p:uticularly fond of dog·s, of which he brick business buildings and a. number of dwellings, owned several valuable o nes at all t[...]with the other appealing to him as a true lover of nature. . buildings surrounding it[...]died in Butte on April 28, l!)OCJ, and is of tJ1e owner of that property, for it was counted one buried in Mount Moriah cemetery. of the best in the county.[...]MT'S. John F. Tc.bar. was one of two dau,:hters of JOllN F. TtllA\'. The late J ohn F. Tebay, a success• Joseph and Lucina (Young) Hager, of NCw York. ful and well-known dtiicn and stock•g[...]n Kendall son county, ,or.ts. ;i, Montana pioneer of marked pros• county, Illinois, :ind her[...]ve o( E nglish families. e~me the P3ren1s of thr« children, a.II of whom were William Tebay and Mary Furthcrgole, his[...]inois, where they were mar- John, V. Huffman, of \Vhitchall, and is the mother of ried at the little town of Bristol. \ ViHiam Tebay be• one daughte[...]John M. Crow, who.sc husband has taken charge of the gaged d\1ring his lifetime in mercantile busi[...]. He. conducted a Crow are the pa.rent$ of one son, John Franklin Crow. store on Dearborn st[...]e river on the John Tebay, the creator of the prosperity outlined north side. He died in th[...]tropolis in 1849, above and the pro;cnitor of the fami ly he has left to and his burial place was a plot of grou1id in the section enjoy it, dosed h1~ e[...]n worthily attained Johl,l F . Tebay, the, son of Willia~ rcbay. and M_ary, by Jos~h Hainds, who is today accounted one of the his wife, was born rn 0$WCJO, Jlhno1s. on the mnth most prosperous and influential citizens of the Beaver• day of October, 18.$0. In the public schools of, that head valley. To his energy, enterp[...]r many years he followed ranching nineteen ye:ars ofof the Mo1~tana pioneers-a idea of fin:mcially findini himself in the west. Five[...]braska, he fou1,d it advisable to wait will of an entire community, but also it.s affection, as until a train of teams oould be formed in order to in- one of that f'ine company who paved the way for lat• s[...]ar prosperity and goOd government, and in all the of the jOurney. He was obliged to rtrnain at the for[...]'Cars h.ts fostered it. for two weeks, by the end of which time seventy-five Mr. Hainds w[...]c• or age. Then, lured by the rcport.s of the richne$s of ing any excitement from Indian attacks, although[...]h•ed in the state Dc<:embcr 5, 1864, His tenure of trouble of a serious nature. From Salt l."lke they pro- residence within the favored boundaries of Montana cetded to respective points in Montana. M[...]he took but a short time, going on in June of that year to pre-emption and homestead claims, later a part of his Blackfoot, where he continued to live fo r twelve years. ranc.h property. which at the time of his de.1th com- At the te:rmin.ation of that period he went to Sin River prised r,6oo acr[...]tock business. His next move was to Miles w1,ntcr of his residence and business at Jefferson Isl-and[...]sing. From 1875 to 18:So he p_?slltred 1,400 head of upon an indc-pcndc:nt footing :i.nd[...] |
![]() | 930 HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]he su,gc office :it from the beginning to the end of the Ch·il war. Blackfoot for this firm and havin[...]d the gn.dcd sch0<>l and high ment a large number of tcam5 and men. He h:is sch0<>I of Monroe. Michigan, and r~i\·cd a brief course alw[...]·e ability, tireless energy, Cl'lginccring years of a.Jc, his brother•in-law, Fr-C'd Bittirig, offe[...]on in his general store at Bcllvuc, Ohio. tration of applicable for«s. He gained his clemcnt:try It w[...]t prietic:al educ:,,tion in• the public schools of Missouri Md then c:c:pcricnec in mercantile life.[...]chc college at .Mounds, Mis- hood he had dreamed of the west, and the little .Ohio souri. He ca.med his tiu c money as a boy of twelve town seemed lifeless and encrv:uing in com[...]uri, ind at an e.arly the freedom and inspiration of those dreams. For a,sc were lcirned those lcS$<>n[...]two )'tars he clerked faithfully, in the employ· of his which h:we since stood him in such good stead[...]rclah\'e, ·sa,•ing :all th.at he co~dd of hi$ meager wage Mr. Hainds is acth•cl>• id[...]reality. In the spring part)', in the supcriont)' of thoS<: policies and prin- of 'sixty-four, he left Ohio by rail for SL Joe, Mis[...]e has ever held himseH There he joined a comp.any of twenty men, bound for in rc:idineu to do an)•th[...]o his lot to drh·c the four-yoke o,c the welfare of the cause and h.e i.s decidedly influen• team most of the dinancc across the pbins to Alder tk\1 in party rank$. He formerly held the office of Gukh, now digtlilied by the name of Virginia City. The justice oi the peace and is st[...]ioned a nd in all th::it effects Dillon a1,d it.$ of the rcali:i:·: uion of his ambitions. He can remember ))<'Opie he h.'1$[...]ny to contend in l.ltcr life. considerable number of his {cllow citirens that doc.s not On hi[...]while the faith was in gold dust, the only medium of c,cchange known or his admir:ible wife i.$ th,t of the B.'lptist church. to that camp tnat winter. P[...]came very He is like the normal m:in, ,·cry fond of 0\1t•door life scarce before spring and pric«[...]one dollar and thirty- an expert nder, fe:trless of the most fiery .iind ca pri- five cents :a pound[...]a dolbr tan:1, January 1, 1883, the m:aiden name of his wife being for e\'cry letter he ea.rricd in o[...]Dillon, and Jessie. born at Red Rock, No\·em• of the site that is.now Butte. In Helena, he. worked[...]ble speculating. 'The mother, whose maiden· jury of miner, appointed for the oce:ision. He :admitted[...]is the eldest in a In such manner were the rights of man protected in the family of three children. He wa.s but twekc yc.ars old c:irJy days of Montan.t. when his father died, 3nd virtu:tlly ever sin« that time Jn the autumn of the same )'Cat, Mr. Buck went to he has been hust[...]California Gulch, near the prcs-cnt location of Black- ' foot City, where he mined until OCtobcr of 1886 before A~os BucK. The life of Amos Bu-ck is in itself :'l.' going to Lincoln Gukh whe,rc he purchased his, first minaturc history of the state of Mo1'1:ana. It was $Uch mine. During the f[...]tle mca.n$. fair .ind prospe.rous .n:uc, the peer of any o her sisters, In 1$701 the property bein[...]try, where known as a merchant king in the oldest of her cities, they rip-sawed th~c Ire« i[...]family to Michigan, where he spent the last days of oldC-$t brother, George, in the mc.1ntime engaged[...]ining. The other brothers, Amos, Henr)' and Fred. of P.ennsylvanii, g3\'C birth to thirteen children and lived joined George at Camp 67, where each of them _pur- to the age of ninty-onc, being at last laid to rest beside chas[...]3lled to Bitter Root ,·alley on business. and so of the thirtun offspring arc now li\'ing: Amos, the[...]he with the ttrip o( garden land and it$ subject of_ this sketch; Susan, a w idowed sister, who · fu[...]k and now make.s her home in were able to dispasc of their mine to advantage. they Sacramento, Califor[...]Root, locating in Stcvcnsvill~ where for a number of )'Cars assoeiatcd with Amos Buck in they cst.ibli[...]bis brother and has now :assumed the largest firm of its kind in the community. active man:igcment of his extensive ranc-h and orchud The[...]e Ne% Pcrce:s Indians deceased, . was the captain of Company B, Michigan reached i[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 931 n.i nth day of August. 1877. The women, children and[...]born in Albany rounty, New town to Fort Owen, all of Mr. Buck's merchandise being York. De«mbcr 27, 1840, and w3.S a s.on of Jonathan removed by wagon. The Indian l».nd outn[...]3nd Mary (Turner) Fratt, fal'ming people of the Em• many times the small compan.r. of soldiers reinforced by p,ire state, :ind on his father's side of the family of the brave dtii:ens of Stcvcnsv11lc. Among these citiuns, Germa[...]le his mother's people were na~ Amos Buck was One of the lc.adcrs. During the twenty lives of England. Mr. Fratt was the )'ounges, of his hours of hot oonflic.t he alone fired thirt)·-five shots.[...]Jonathan Fratt followed the occupation of farming in Big Hole Gulch and the outcome looke[...]d in th:\t ye.ar .movcd However, the discipline of the soldiers under General to the territory of \Vi$COns.in as a pioneer, settling in Gibbons. together with the determined efforts of the the vicinity of Burlington, Rae.inc county, where he long-suffering men of Stc-.·cn.svillc, finally won the day; spent ,he remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits. another instance of rig ht against might. Sixty-nine and w[...]ed in his s.ixty-c-ighth yc-ar, white men, miny of them settlers who had come to his[...]their fami lies, Jost their six years 'of age when he accomp,;1nicd his p3rcnts to lin.s[...]red in '11c after IC3ving more than two hundred of their braves primitive di$trict school, the greater part of his time, on the field. The best account of this-the last stand however, being sp-c[...]:md cultivate a farm from the wilderness of the new himself, :ind. now remains on file in Volume VII of the count~. He rc-m3ined 3t home until l\[...]e pro- he 'd ecided to go to the territory of Idaho, and accord- tection of Stevensville, added much to the already[...]leith, Illinois, and crossed growing popularity of the young min, and time has the Mis[...]3, on a ferry~ front proved that the confidence of his fellow citizen.s was not there he went[...]\Ve.stem R3ilroad, now a part of the Illinois Central In the autumn of 1905, Mr. Buck was chosen by the Republicans of his d istrict to represent Ste\·ensville and[...]tem, ,o \Vaterloo, Iowa, the western terminus of[...]with an o:-Hcam in company with a lirgc pa,rty ,of he fathered the bill naming Ravalli county and[...]oounty and naming it the north side.of the P13ttc rh•er, and oppo-site Scott's for[...]· member of the company and wounded another, be- In fra[...]gain a leader, having sides stealing a portion of the stock. \Vhcn they filled :\II of the ch3irs in the Masonic blue 1odS{c and[...].r. Jcft the Platte, having in the Odd Fellows of Stevensville. It was largely due changed[...]e fund was raised for establishment instead of ldiho, proceeded to the Sweet \Vatcr river of the prosperous manual training high school which[...]via the old Cilifornia trail of 1849, and went thence is so important to the youth of the c-ity. up the river to S[...]t · in winning for his wifo1 Miss Rosa V. Knapp, of Albion, point they followed the old Salt[...]e com- favor him. Mrs. Buck is the daug·h tcr of Jared Kna,pp, pany there disbanding, \Vhcn this party left ,vaterloo. of New York state, who in his younger days settled i[...]e men, women and chil- Michigan and bceamc one of her wealthy agriculturists. dren in the[...]only ones · kn_own Personally, she is a woman of culture and education, to be li\•in.s: arc Mrs. J. E. Morse, of Dillon, Montana, a tnduate of Albion College, cla$S of 18,.S, Their only and Mrs. \Villlim Carter, of Dillon, who W3S Annie child, Charles Duck, has[...]d is now Soon 3fter the disbandment of the company Mr. Fratt department m3nagcr in hi[...]mer of 186s he was engaged in mining, 311d subse[...]confined within the chine in that part of Montana. In 1871 he turned his four walls of any mercantile establishment. He owns[...]wing. and he continued to follow large tr-acts of mineral and ranch lands not to mention th[...]ved over ·his city realty. The orchud industry Of his state has the ra.ngc to Shields rh[...]ness that was excelled than thirty-five- years of age and arc one of the attrac- by few in the state. His faith in the future o( Mon- tions of Stevensville, 3S they did so much toward proving[...]anch to the doubting. another greM possibility of the Montan:,. properties 3U over the state, 3nd the genera.I supen•i• soil. One of Mr. Buck's favor ite title$ is that of Hfother sion of these tr~cts occupied the greater part of his at- of the red McIntosh," bestowed ut)On him by the[...]is home, however, in Billil}g5, and nuNeryrnen of the state. .[...]t in 191,1 lime in travel. Their favorite mode of pastime, how- rcsi.gned from this office. He was one of the organ- ever, is journeying overlaod, not w[...]ke ox izers 3nd princip31 stockholders of the Yellowstone team but in their powerful automobile, National Bank, of which he was ,·ice-president for a[...]1tumbcr of years. and in t ~ was o ne of the or- DAVID FRATT. One of the largc,S.t individual cattle g3ni1.ers of the Mere-hints Nation31 Bank of Billing-s., owners in the state of l\font-ana, and 3 man who had and was a director in this institution at the time of his been closely identified with the fina ncial intc.rests of de.a.th. His political belief was that of the Republican this section of the country for a number of years, was party, but he never souih[...]David Frau, oJ Billings, an excellent cx.·a mple of the success which attended his efforts \V3s the result of ctns of men who c.ame to Yellowstone Valley as pio- ,crscveranc[...] |
![]() | 932 HISTORY OF MONTANA proper channels, combined with absolute i[...]neral merchandise businc1s. Jughly esteemed u one of the pionccf"S of this $ection. Mr. White 1s one of the prosperous and poeular and honored and respec[...]hout the county and men o f this s«:tion of the country, and i$ as hig hly stuc.[...]• esteemed for bis 9 ualities of good citizenship 3,s for M r. Fr-ntt w,:s uni[...]at one K.:ttc l\nnour, who was born in the state of New time was tspccially active in the interests o[...]but of latCr years h is e\•t.r growing business interests His death oceurr~d on the 19th of March 1912 ·at have detracted in a measure from[...]his r ~dcncc in •13iJliogs. Thus anoth er 01{c of 'the those lines. He was a member o f the state l[...]reward. in 1901 a.nd 1002. :t.'nd while a member of that body but his memory will be Jong cherished by a host of w.is the instigator of. a number o f reforms now in friends and admirers[...]in Twin Bridszu sinec tions, and is not a member of any ehurcll, although he tSS.,, wi.s born in ~p:m[...]cst respect and courtesy. 29, !858. He is the son of Peter and Susan M. (Terry) Mr. \Vhite is an arden[...]nd is especially \Vh1tc. T he father was a native of the Keystone fond of horses. He is als:o devoted to automobiling. slal[...]s r.cpresentcd his home during the later' years· of hi.s acoompanicd on the trip by his wife and thre[...]d adventure$, and will ab!Y known in thi~ section of thC country, h is life long be: remembered by them 3.$ one o f their most bc,!1g marked by h is. many d~cds of ch3rity, a trait pica.sing experiences. Mr. White is enthusiastic in w_h1c~ was one of his strongest characteristics. He his ,·iews of the future o f Montana, and says her · died in A~1gtm, _1886, when he was sixty-threeyears of prospects arc brighter than those of any other state in age, and 1s burux:I at Roehest[...]numerous t rips and mother, who w:i,s a nati\·c of ·c:mada met and through the west in search of :.. businc.ss IOC.ltion, but · married Mr. \ Vhi[...]ving in California. Eight childr~n . were the way of opportunities.. Thus he has continued here, · born to Mr. and Mrs. \Vhitt of which number George content to be a part of the busy life of the northwest. · F. was the second born. three of the sons besides and secure in his belief in the continued prosperity of 9«>rgc ~.-. arc residents of Mont:ina, as follows: Henry the country. is a rcs1dcnt of Rochester, PaNhall E. is married aod O[...]bus iness; he was born in Alder Gulch in daughter of George \V. and Adelaide J. Milt$, for- 186,s.. Ira J., who is aJso married, lives at McArty, merly of Kans.as City, Missouri. They have three Madison[...]SP-)nish Fork \1t1til he was about six year$ •of ~e is a graduate of the San Diego Nor-mal College, and at which time[...]r. Mr. business careers o f Montana has been that of the oldest W h11e has stnce ttiat time 6ccn a resident of the state and the fi rst jeweler of the state~ The profession o} gold and has with t[...]s done his fu ll share tO a11d .silvenmith is one of the oldest in the world; rank.. the makins o f .[...].gcs in ing with the artificer io bronze and iron of early Bibli- l\fontana m his boyhood days were noticeable prin- (al times. But so intim3tcly is the coining of motley: cipally by their non•existcncc, and as[...]atcd with th e prOOuction o( the p recious metals of such education :1s Mr. \Vhitc received was the result gold and silver that the mint .seems to have a n\ofe of his own ambi1ion and initfative. H e was fortun-[...]ng and. inqu!ring nature, and those cstabhshmc-nt of a manufacturing jeweler. Bu·t .some e.harac!er1sties have cn~Mcd him to acquire a fa ir Of the first inh;,bitant.s o f Mont3na the men who m[...]e first lucky strikes in the mines, J)rought part of att.1ined· with decidedly better advanta.gcs. M[...]hapc.s o{ service :tnd adonm1cnt. reading 1s one of his c>rmcipat pleasures-a fact which Few mCn would have more intcre.s-ting rcminisc.cnccs hts been of i'mmcnse :td,•:tnta,gc to him in the punu it o[...]ed in burnins charcoal bi_ contract, also upwards of haH a century, an d has long held the n1ost did[...]o honored as He_was thus occupied fo r a period of two year$~ ·after one o f the sterling d titcns[...]ear$. In 1889 following his A nati\'e of Germany, J oseph Carl Keppler was bom s«qnd mini1ig experience, Mr. Wh ite tngigcd in the on the 1oth of !\farch, 1844, and atten ded the se.hools mcrearitile businC$S in Twin Bridge; and he has been of h is fatherland until he was fourtcc1\ )'C[...] |
![]() | HISTj)RY OF MONTANA[...],·er, Colorado; and EliL,bcth, the widow of Benjamin in d iffere nt enterprises ai Galena, an[...]HESRY Ea.use, in l1is life time one of the most loyal o f the world and lacer beeamc president of the country a nd public spirited citiz[...]was bom in German)', the date of his nati\'ity h;wing 1n 1S61 young Keppler went west to Dcm·cr, where been 1he 9th of December, 18.p. Both his pirents died he fihishcd[...]rs was before he had rc;ic.hed the age of fifteen years and at that gr.iduatcd as a profici[...]w:is then twenty ye.us old1 a nd with the spirit of )'Outh the United St3tes, proceeding d ir[...]he was in he rccei\·ed the meagr:c salary of six dollars a ·month busmtss for hinueU two year[...]oc-ated in Dffl,.·cr, Colo· much ma11ufacturing of the native metals on the s,pccial rado, in whiclt latter city be worked as salesman in a orders of his customers. This was :a unique line of b usi- clothing house until 1864. In that[...]::i.nd accordin~'l)• purchased a stock of goods which he he returned to Bannack, which wns[...]ginia City by team.., opcnfog a store here pl:acc of busincs.1 for the r,ie.xt ten ye3rs.[...]now Helcn:i, burst forth as the newest 'Eldorado of He had been successful in his previous ventures,[...]t period. as guards for his wagon, ln the spring _of 188.4 _Mr. He paid off all his debts, secured :i new stock of Keppler moYed to Anaconda, the city with whi~~ h[...]then the supply point fo r the freighting outfits of the F rom the narrow scope :md me.:,.gcr stock of hi$ bu$i- west. For a time he was su[...]o Omaha he was once more keeping with the advance of the state, and has con- (?blig:ed to ~,•e up, this time with a large stoc-k of ducted one of the ,·cry be$t :md 13,rgtst concerns of the goods Ori lus hands. He then retur[...]City and here. it would s«m the tide of his fortunes than Mr. Keppler, and his disti.neti[...]as eminentl.)' suc.ccs.sful from the very jeweler of Mont3.n3 is not the chief among his clauus[...]r and with the p:i.ssagc o f time ler postmaster of Glend:i.lc, and at the reque.st of the became the riehe.st man in Madison county. T hrough businrn men of the town he continued to hold the[...], and stn•cd ber in other paru of Madjson coumy~ Jn 1894 he was four years. Mr. Ke[...]ade prcsidc.nt o( the Commercial Exchange Bank at of the town of ,Anaconch, and scn·cd among the fir~t[...]n JtOO<I running order :lldcrmen. His home is one of 1hc best in the cily, he assumed charge ofof rector in the State National B.·uik in Miles City and his prosperity has btffl the re.suit of his own ch:tr~ about that time also[...]Bank at Big T imber and 11\ the B:mk of Ftrgus County: beg.1,n life when only a boy in )'[...]January, 1898. he o rgani.1.ed the Uniori culties of a new 1an.s-uag,c and a new countr)' to contend Bank & Trust Com~ny o(-tleleo:i, of which be was with. He is prominent in Masonry and[...]rlier he had joined Star and is <alled the fother of the Anaconda Maso~s, the syndicate which purchased the Gallatin Light, being' one of the incor1,>orators _o f the first lodge m Power & R::1ilway Company of Bozeman, that held this c.ity. He is also. aAllia[...]$trCet riilway and cl«:tric. lighting franchises of Fellows, and the Knights of Py'lh1as. . ,. the cit)'. He ,,;,:,u a bus-ine.s.s man of tremendous Mr. Kcpplcr's first wife, who wa~[...]t with success in all his fina ncial uo- Patric~ of Boston, Ma$Sacl1us~us, d ied a t D1Uon,, i\fo1,- dert;:iJcings. _ tana in 1890. Of her fi,•c children, four arc dccC'3sc<!,[...]n which he had passed through the circle Company of this cit)' In 18o4 Mr. Kcppkr married of the York Rite bmnch, and he ,vas also affiliated[...](;:l1lada.. They with 1hc Ancient Order of United \Vorkmcn and the ha"e no children.[...]tical alltgiance, he could (Fuoke) Keppler, bolh of. whom .arc no~· _d«eased nc\'[...]He wis at one time., however, m:tyor of Virgmia City. d.ren 3Tc named as (oDows: Michael[...]. Cooley, Galena: Sopfiia wife or Mr. Nick Roth, of Gakna; a nath·e of lowa ::md :\ daughter of \V. A. Cooley, who Anna ifary, 1hc' wife of John Smith. of Dubuque, Iowa; came to 'Madison <:ou[...]e, May :22, 1911; Joseph prolific. of tc.n ch ildren, th ree of whom arc de«ascd, c• tl:ic n~.xt i1, the !:unity; John,, a resident of Gutttn-. m 1912;, n ainel>·, Alice, Htnrf[...]f Den~ lh•ing are: Helen K., wife of Jim 89wman a nd a rest• |
![]() | 984 HISTORY OF MONTANA .[...]arelt escaped with their ll\·c.s. His lit· dent of San Fr·anc.isc<>, California;,. Hcnrictt3, wife of P. H. Gohn, of Pony, Montana; 1\fabcl, now Mrs. T. ti[...]e 3$Sa1lcd by hostile warriors at every G. Hu!t., of Kan".sas City, Missouri; Carlotta, wife hand, and for three days and nights they dared not of R. n. Fenner of Sausahiti, California; Karl, as- sleep. They final~y reached Fort Bridger in a state of sociated with his brother Horace B. in the bankin[...]rded bu.sincss in Virginia City; and Harti$0n C., of Har- their outfit the travelers slept th[...]Mr, 'Elling wa.s summoned noon. The rest of the journey was made under escort to the life eternal. - A iuan of h igh impulse, strong and they reached the[...]ity in which he lived :md p_rc-scnt site of Twin Bridges and for years he car- it suffered :m irreparable loss at the time of his death. ried on a ranching business h ere. He is a pioncu of There is no ~rfection in huma.n character, yet he[...]- yc:tf'$ as near to the most attracti,.·c ideal of such perfection in which he has watched Monta[...]gathered about him the affcetion state of semi-civilization to that of one of the g rtatcst and admiration of his fellow men. He was free from commo11wealths of the nation. Much credit is due to a cCJlsorious s[...]d for the state, more especially unkind criticism of any one. His convictions were as for Madison county. He has built mile upOn mile of solid as adam.ant and neither fear nor favor could good roods in the county, one of the things which shake them from him, yet he trie[...]cttlemtnt and advancement. character in the light of that eh.irity which " hopcth 3H He has held m[...]ngs, which is not casi9' tion o f the affairs of the county and of Twin Bridges, provoked1 whieh thinketh 110 e,·il." He exercised a and is at prcsc.nt a member of the b<,ard of aldermen comm.3,nding inRuencc o, •c.r men, not as the result of a of the city, on which he has served for years. He is[...]er now practically retired from business of all kinds, his from an instinc,ti\'e homage the world awards men of office on the board of aldermen being the only public cx:i.hcd character[...]efused to stand for re•election. He is a member of truth and spirit of God. His ambition to be right and the 1'.[...]s served his local lodges as master. not thc.,con of so noble an end. . At[...]is an enduring monument more president of the Society of Montana Pioneers. ineffaceable than polished marb[...]dren h::wc Juoc-E MORTIMER H. Lon is a pioneer of i\fontana. b~c.n born to Mr. and Mrs: Lo[...]lives at Twin Bridges, where Mr. as . the fadicr of Twin Bridges. He it was who Jiid Comfor[...]an been Judge Lott's home. He was the first mayor of t~c hard pion~ers, who, le-lving comfort and comrara• the town and was for rears a member ofof fruit• responsibilities of tl1c office longer. He was j udge f~1lncss through their unrcinittins,:' toil and the exer- of probate of Madison county for years, and a lso served cise of a stupendous amount of labor. Of this cla.ss a.s county commissioner. In all, his life has been one was the l:\te Newton Budd of Di1: Timber, in Sweet· of the fullest ac::J.i,·ity, and he has been a citir.cn of grass county, one of the Monttu.1a pioneers of 1864 great intrinsic worth to the countf and city. and one of her most honored and respected citit.e.1u. Jud[...]nia; he died at Big Timber, Montana, on March son of Hewlett and Maria Lott, of that state., where 25, 19051 and between these milestones of time lie many they passed their li,·es. His educ[...]ented weary miles 0£ travel and 1nany da)"S of hard work o n by e,arly p~tblic s~hool training and a s~ial academic the part of thi$ sturdy pioneer of two statCS. course at Fndoma, New York, and until[...]ded by the sad seemed suit3blc, and in the course of his seeking he death of the father of the family. The mother wilh visited many states,[...]Marshall county, dependent upon the labors of her eldest son, Newton. Kansas, where he remained[...]i3 Gulch, Colorado, from Kansas, and cn- of the father. In 1854 Newton Budd married Miss zage[...]\ Ydham H., born in Iowa and.!to w a resident of Mary$• 1rn,·cd in Montana, and o n reaching Ba[...]uary dcnccs, and so insistent were the attentions of the In· 18, 18;6, at Clancy, Montana. |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]n B'udd left his wife and three chil- of John Blake of Big Timber. Two children have dren in Iowa, in the town of Bellvicw and made his been born to[...]ning and shared in all the many dcpri,•3tions of the pionrtr prospector in untamed M:on- ·[...]h e brought his family, the two younger children of to what w:i.s then in unsettled cou[...]Montana at that time in both its meanings, for of one John Rohrbau2h, Mr: Budd ri1\ a stage line[...]from Hclen3, to Wicje:s. Montana. In the summer of added to the .depredations of the lawles.s clement in 1882, having sold his r[...]The elder White pursued the occupation$ in the Yellowstone vallc>·, near Big Timber, and there of ranchil1$ and mining, then the only cons.idcrable[...]is regio,!,.. :ind he e)(pcrienced 311 the town of Big Timber to engage an the general mcr- ,;,bases of pioneer life: ttc lived in a number of dif- ch:lndise tr:lde, the hardware business. 3nd in later ferent towns in the course of his career 3S 3 miner years, the drug business.[...]cau1e man, including Bannack, Dfamond City, ncr of his 5011 (Dick) in the drug bu$.int.ss .\t Big[...]ycirs. He wa.s a wife, the mother of his two sons and one daughter, man of excellent health and ccase1css ac.tivity, and his[...]il its close. forty-three a t the time of her death. Her hu.&band Newton Budd was a member of the Society of Mon- sun•ivcd her twcnty•two years, living to the age of t:ana Pion~rs and had served as vice prcs.idcnt of the se,•e.nty-si:<. He is buried in[...]C$ in Red Lod;:;c, her married na.mc being Mrs. of th~t month. The Mo-nto110 Doily Ruord of March J. H. Licht. C. H . Sherman, a half.brother of \Vil• 27th S3id of him: "Newton Budd, se,·cnty-four )'cars liam \V'oods the sheriff of Fergus county, is in business old, is dead. Mr. Budd was one of the oldest resi- in White Sulphur Springs. dents of Sweet Grass county, having come here from[...]in Penn• was born, on the ::0th of No,·embcr, 186.4, He was the Sylvania in 1830. was married at the age of twcnty- 1niddlc one in the family of three in point of age. four, and r:1ised a large b.mil:y of children. His fam- When he was six, hi[...]ig Timber and more prc>mising town of Diamond City, where. they the otheTS m ,·ariol[...]us count>•· In that city, tic set up his per of March 28th, said in part: '"The foncral services[...]e11a M. P,ylc as his wife. Her over the remain$ of Mr. Newton Budd were held M p.ircnts, 3re ~?:ircellus :1nd Ruth P.yle of White Sul- tbc Congr~tional eliurch on Sunday,[...]e ehurdi would cei,•cd the most of his schooling. He had bcJUn to not accommodate[...]d- work on a cattle ranch at the age of fourteen, and ing ouuidc during the scn•ices.[...]\'Cd money to put himself Dick Budd, the son of Newton and &r:th (Sim- throu,E[...]y, Montana, 01,1 FcDruary 18, 1~"7,0. of but four c:ltt1e companies. :When he C:\me to this From the age of six he passed his tioy)lood on the[...]in farm near Big TimbCr, attcndinJt the schools of that J ~ he a,ddcd a Jivcry cslablis.hment in Lewistown to tow-rt up to the age of sixteen. Wficn he h:id reaclied his ra[...]that ~c he left school to ,to into the drug store of Alw~•s fo\erested in 90litiC$,[...]did much. hJ!'e to the interests of the Rcpt1blican ~arty he advance in the work th[...]in 1900 toolc his sheriff for a term of four year,s., and he is now fillin father jnto partnership, dis90sins: of tlie establish- the office of sheriff:. Hjs life-long ac:qua:int.1nce wit men[...].e3,r. count'y tre-asurcr, a55uming the !duties of the office in lc.ssncs$ and despatch.[...]6, serving until high value, and 1hose of Ib is eight, children who are; March., rm. In April of that year he mo,·cd to old cnou31:!, arc cnjO)'ing the ad,·antaRes of soooe of the ~ tt1c, ,vaShjngton. and until Seotembcr 1, 191:a, ,v:1.s famous m stitutions of the tountr)', • ~!argarct is now connected with two of the largest drug store$ in that attending Oberlin, the 6rst, of the schools a._cross the city. 0n S~tembcr r:a, 1912. he purcliued the intez:._dt · of J. G. 'Fucker in the old established Fisher Drug[...]and his fratcrn,al noted tha.n O~rlin1 though of diffetcnt pur,eQ$C in H$1 affiliations arc with the Muonic order, the *nights of ,raining as it nulCts a S~iahy OJ die commcrc:;,;~ Pythias a1,1d the Modern ;Woodmen of America at BJg branches. Wi[...] |
![]() | 986· HISTORY OF MONTANA Evergreen, Ohio where M r. Dc-nn>• is a forme r of the three c:bildrco: Charles S., born in .[...]undcrst:ands how to make agricul- a te of th e Cl1ic~o Edectic: COtlcg,c, arid now a p{3e- ture a paying busine:ss. All of the children were born ticfrJg phy$i~an;[...]d Deccmb<:r 151 1909· Mr. \Voods is 3 n1cmbcr ofof \Vashington. Mrs.. Whitford died at btlongs to the Mct1todist church and he is one of die Deer Lodge, July 4, 1870, and the Do[...]$3n La,•ina (Sweeney) Hol- old-tim e disciplini of that communion~ which forbids loway, daughter Of John L. Sweeney, a pioneer of the use o f liquor and tobnCC<>. For, remarkable[...]ntana, and whose social graces and her many slate of nnyonc born and reared 011 lh<; frontic-r, 11.fr. talents have been of the src:i.tes.t v:tl ue to her able \Voods h.:i.s ncn:r pcrmincd hims<:lf ci1hcr of these in- husband. To this union there w:i.s born one ·son dul:::;c11ccs. Mrs. Woods is one of the most earnest O'OillOn B., Jr., born in 1874 .[...]s been before st~t~d, is still en• ,\ny sort of r«rcation which takes one i11to the op,c.n gaged in acth·c practi«, :1nd is in the best of health. ¢0mmends itself to Mr. Wood$, though he confc$SeS He reads and writct without the use of ila.sscs, ;,,nd to .i preference for hunting. Hi[...]pe«,h, J1is latest ranch. he had the reputation of being one o f the one. deli,•crcd during the .summer of 1912. He has champions of the district, which is eminent!)' fitting frequently spoken bcrorc large as.sembla,Res of pione:cl'$ in one to whom the range is native, ~[...]:ind their childrc.n, and was prcside,nt in 1908 of the is in the state and its wonderful future.[...]lows, not only discloses the sterling principles of Dr. 0 '01LLON B. \VmTFOM, M. O. Probably there[...]wn nor more highty esteemed citizen in philosophy of a m an who, ha\'ing lived among a.II Butte than Dr. O 'O illon B. Whitford, a resident o,f kind ~rnd manner of men, ha.s bcC"Ome !'I faithful j udge_ Monta na for nearly fifty years, .:1.nd for more th.3n of human na.turc and :still has an abiding faith . in thirty-five ~·cars one of Butte's leading men in the medi~ mankind: eat pro[...]ng industry and in public life. "While some of our old-timers have blazed diver- Althou,s:h he n[...]he i.s still cnga$cd in the active the glad hand of wdC"Ome to our unwrinkled-faced pr:tcticc of medicine. h:wing · so lh•cd his Jong and use-[...]•cd into fol life that he is in full p0sscssion of his faculties. the bowels of these roc.k-ribbcd mountains for the in- Or. \Vhit!ord was born in the new town of \Vooster, ticip:ited prize that has stimulated th[...]child ,,igorous manhood to declining age in hopes of 3 re- born there, and is a son of Augu.stus H. and Charlotte ward (or his nrduous l[...]sha(ts, cro$$• (Bidwc11) Whitford, the fa ther of Scoteh st0<k :ind the euttin~. faults :ind seams. drh•ing tunnels :ind follow• mother of En,S1ish descent. The families' of both had ing the trend of stringers to tfieir barren ¢0nRucnt. come to Amc[...]times, and D r. Whit•• Such has been the work of )'Our humble serv:rnt sJnce ford's parents pro,·[...]A. D. 186o, in Colorado and Montana. 1 htwe been of colonists. 1.'he)• followed the westward tide of. within a few feet of my fortune sever:tl times, but pr~css, settling f[...]with the majority of my old•-timc fric,nds, whose cheer- Dr. Whit[...]ful faces now confront me with i .satisfied look of the Edcc:tic College of Cincinnati in 18,s6, and duri ng contentment that[...]cd in nracticc unt:I 1864, Th:it year wa.s of n:iturc to lc:i,·c this mundane sphere for an e[...]ity, and after four C"Ontributed to the ,..-ants of the needy, clothed the ye.us he went to Ro-cheste[...]ions, and from 186.s to ~is i n• the ;itl':iirs of st3,tc P3SS judgment upon .our 1$68 spent large a.mounts of money in de\'eloping Ster- conduct . according to[...]organizations formed by J udge H . Z. Hay- guard of civiliz.a.tion.' I am a pioneer of Ohio, In- ner, a comp.any which was widely known[...]Ncbr:iska. Colorado and Montana. made large sates of mining l)rOp,crties. In 187~ Dr. No r.ailro.'lds were in any of the states mentioned Wliitford purch.u cd a mine[...]ere at S ilver and subsequently became the O\Vncr of two mines in Bow Junction when the n:arrow-g:augc[...]n- structcd from Cnden to Butte. During the month of derer," which he' purchased. in 1876. He was also[...]e, July Or. \Vhitford built the Miners Hospital, of Butte 4, zS,-o, and a son ( now living in Lewisto[...]four inter\'Cning years, 18;1-18;4, he w~.s mode of travel then, wended our•weary way towards surgeon of the pe.nitenti:try nt Deer Lodge. In 1870 the setting sun. \Vhcn within sixty miles of Council he wa$ clectd an a ldcrmin of, Butte, a nd in 1883 Bluffs, Cass cou.nty, Iowa, the hand of death s.natched rccci"ed the clec,tion to the office of mayor, in which from , O\lt evcr-w:atchful mother[...]ion. and father of her ten devoted children. \Ve dug .his On Nove[...]\'ised a crude ca.s• to Miss Mary Jane T:inncr, of Indiana, and they h:ad kct out of some rough lumber we could spa.~~. 1f~om |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]d year after }'t3r, we carefully laid the remains of the one so dear to Ha\'e our joys bct[...]ouJd sec beneath that little mound the noble face of As til..nc rolls on fron::i year to year,[...]continue counting the number still here i tr«s of the forest, where I first learned to lisp his[...]is virtues. There May he do so unmindful of those who arc gone. we ldt 1,im with the rtquicm of the- sighing winds :-nd roving Indians and rc.st[...]es farther And travel the blattd trails of the o ld pioneer? weS1 to the 'Elkhorn nvcr bottoms, where we pre• ,empted lands. On the 13th day of October, just three 'W hy think of it, friend s, a million yc.ars h cnce month.s to a d.3y from the date of the death of our \Vhat an ;tto,n we will be in the m,easureleu expanse! fathe r, our mother died of a broken heart, grieving \ Vhat thought,[...]red.i<-ting :i future that no one can see? parts of the United St,ucs. Two sister.s arc bur• 1cd i[...]ia: one "As well tc:ieh that the mind of man was in exist.. brother is buried in Clar's:s[...]s to augment her pioneers with a dolefol history of a· once-happy the hapeincss of the mcntonous and assist as much as fa mily, the majority of whom, have passed into the we pou1bly C3n[...]viating unknown, which teaches us that the fate of man their distress: and their sorrQw. Thus will we (ulfiU resembles the fate of nature. It is similarly depend.. the inherent mis,ion of the old timer at whose de• cnt on n3lur:\I laws[...]d inexorable necessity which gov- in letters of gold: 'Here Mncath this little mound erns all that exists.. It lies in the nature of every rests in peace the remains of o ne of the noblest of human being that was bo.rn to die; no one has ev[...]t the li\'in,g, will be as durable as the. race of n»n.' can be made .i.nd the unavoidable keystone to every in- "Aged pioneers. we are all mindful of the many, dividual existence. The supplications[...]s' work done in Montana. in anticipa- the tc.irs of the wife, the despair of the husband, tion ofof life, and in my irregular bcndmg powers which have nClthcr morals nor heart. train of thought, my silent mcdit-alion, I half dream No <~11 can awaken from the slc-c-p of death; no an.gel of something bciuti.ful C'Oming_to us, but it don't[...]no v3,poring dreams vani.sh with life of the ,dreamer u n- p<>wcr abo\·C answers the supplications of man; no rewarded. power from above eve[...]1t is attracted ther,e it won, in the language of the poet, Robert Burns, 'O will strike; the path of the cydone is strewn with wad some powe[...]earthquake power, tO tu.rn the whee.ls of time baekward.s to the blots out the lives of many of our ~ people by flood youthful. happy day.s, months :and )'ears when .w e or fi r,e-, r,egardlcss of the S\1pplieauon to the unknown were as one family gratuitouslY united, when the to stay the han d of death. Change and decay, life and drau1hts of k indness overwhelmed the present sordid death f[...]have SC3rcely time to look when the joys of life were unconfined, when equity around us ere[...]ous chastisc-- "As I gai:c upon the features- of these sturdy pi• i:nent at the hands o f[...]bowl is br~king. The inevita.• denuded of the u nde.sirable clement that disturbed blc cod that awaits every one of the old-timers • of the pcac:-c and quietude of he.r r,eputablc citizens., until the Treasure st[...]verned! by the same impending, just Ja.ws stof)! of the last survivor--of his jovial personality, cn~etcd by these o1d[...]cessities de- ·his many k indly a-cts, his deeds of valor and his er• manded retribution1 we could stilt be enjoying the T3nd, of m..erey.[...]·ago. compelled to look into the muule of a gun with a I attempted to address them, but on[...]laws, and when found g uilty, paid 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 y[...]f '-':ilf rccapihifate the closh)g ~rt, :is a few of the ture, trial and con\'iction Of the criminal, which now factt l see here were pr[...]c:ost,s the tax•payers thousands and thou.sands of dol- the ha.rdships, trial$ and tribulations of the early pi• lars defraying the expenses of witnesses, -jtirics, courts · o n«rs, I closed[...]and the quibblings of lawyers O\'er hypothetiC'31, teach! |
![]() | 938 HISTORY OF ~IONTANA nic:i.l brain storms. In an altcre.:i.[...]possibly (but no1 proba.bly) be. gamblers, where Of1c )\'as_ killed, as ,Vas fre<1uc1.1tly t.he 1he[...]ly pracllce<I during my m.iturc honor and fa1ttc of a people m pl.acing Montana·s bril• ~·C'.'rs. I have a lways been a student of reciprocity, liant st:ar on otir nat101,a.l ensi[...]:ning cfful$:c1H:e in to Jct t he scnntion of humanity interest )'OU for the representing a st:nc with n.:uural inexhaustible re,. eonditiOn of your a.ssoci.:itc$ and f<'llow creatures. Let so[...]he suspicious character from the eyes of oppressed innocence the u:;icklin,g wit h a war[...]oss it, which he politely crysta l.s of ~onitcd («ling. Let t he distressed virt ues obc:yed. Thus ha,•e the pioneers of Montana played fall upon your sympa[...]-'_rt in the nation's historx~ never los- of since-re friendship .injmate )'O ur honest hearts[...]hour unttl age and rc- the fond anac~ment ofof comes to the \,·orn and weary as the plucking a[...]han·estin,g o{ the golden g rain, as the falling of the dcrneS$, t hat s.hc m.ay reward /Ou by 3 reciprocity of autumn leaf, which forces us to rcali:r:c that t[...]s o parents united ill.,,•ir• tling garments of time fore\'Cr stilt the beating heart tuous cst«m y0ur children miy learn to set a proper of 1hc :,.gcd. Hence it is only a qucs.tion of time wi1h value on p~etic;il , ,irtuc; th[...],' and, ..T he $trongcst imprc.ssion of my life. 1s coupled wi1h I ~Y, hi.s life is 8rca[...].'That far throug·h ltfc 10 the npc age of almost se,·cnty• nature (as far as we can dis[...]transforms a,td retrans• Should any of you bcoomc derelict in your duties forms foreve[...]and obliterates him ing the lines of the poet, that 'man's inhurn:mity 10 without regret.' Nature is the governins- power of man m:1.kc$ e<>untlcss thousands- m[...]11 between a.ppc:iJ 10 t~e. sympathies of My who n lucs li(c as the beneficial ;rnd the hu[...]a1wa.ys was. she the em•ironmcnt of man, his many duties in worldly is.,. :ind alw:tYS will be, in proof of"which the eminc-nt affairs, his cnero.,c,hin[...]dentist tells me to draw a dnrk circle on i sheet of :avarice, we should appt:ll to him in the lan8'1a.gc of a white JXIPCr :md as in its orbit the end joins the DC. philos.ophcr, in tones of eloquence~ t h.it 'reason · is t he ginning, so[...]ery beginning hun in e\'el")• clement of gratitude, rendering lu.s c;.ars yearns. to be w[...]it. Therefore, we deaf to the cries of t he widows and orphans. The should quarrel no[...]uti,ful,, the be immort:il spirits, for no power of death e:in break g~d and the _true, nor :,; sense of duty to. fa mily. the imperishable chain of th1nis.. A ll t hat is· h~ bctn fnends or[...]consider the dust ever loses itself in 1hc arm.s of death. Supersti• welfare of the human ra.cc, also extend a helping hand tion[...]we c.,n be reconciled to the immutable order of things, ''Now I ha,,e a few thoughts s.tor[...]hC ciate it, but the aged do. The glory and pomp of caste which bound us to the st:at[...]oken when in carly pioneer days. we di• wealth of Croesus. were mine, and my body racked with[...]for radcs. Herc i n . thi~ society the door of pri\•ileg:e is h<-alth, for what worth is m:in without st rength of open to the ~entor1ous onl)\ to the p[...]ughtcrs. 1.n conclusion I .\Sk you ,:ood J>COPle of the whole world will cmbluon th€[...]und .'Ind observe how many old-timers footprmls of >·Our time for t he good you will have[...]for g:cncrahons unborn. I fa.nt)' I hear s.ome of y0u th~t unkno~n country, 'from wfiosc[...]ou.' :\1y young friends; sons and tmg of the sun, so th.at t he grand prc-ccpts es.[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF 110NTANA[...]aughtc.rs as. a rule and t;uidc 10 section of the country. T hey continued in th:lt busi- their[...]'C won a name ~nd achieved fame eral hundred head of horses, which he drQve to Chou- that wilt for 311[...]hat o,•.-. erous proportions, and o n the death of the elder Green, tion which g:rcctcd it:S bcginni[...]ted under the st3te · 1a.ws. cat~ to the service of the public through the chan• Charlts M. Grcc-n was made presidtnt, iud has since ncl of the lofty profession of medicine. Jn 1&S1 the continued in that position; Walter M. is sc-cretarl and Ecltctic Medic.ill Co1legc of Milwaukee be:stowcd an 1rt:ts'\1rtr, and resides[...]onontr)' degree upon Dr. \Vhitford in recognition of J. is vice. president, a nd Mrs•. Isabelle Gree[...]edic;:i.l knowledge in a nd Prances Green, sister of the subject, arc a lso mcm• the treatment of pneumonia and typhoid fever. 'fhc hers of the firm. In this way the interests of Jolm H. stridc.s which have· bten made in the ·[...]o agains1 these d isea.scs arc among the 1riumphs of mO<I· have united to form one of the really big stock breed• c rn theraecutics. ing enterprises of the state. T he company was incor• Dr. \Vlu[...]g cattle, h01'$C:S, ranch fratcrnit}' , and also of the Old Timer$ Association propc.rty, etc., all l[...]addition to his ranchint imtrcsts, Mr. Green has of the society. He is one of the most Po_pular cili• identified himself in a prominent way with numerous ztn$ of Buttt., as he is o ne of the fo remost in his pro• other industries-, am[...]C$ident ol the G reen Cattl<" He scr\'cd as mayor of Fon Benton from 1go6 to 1908, Company, which was[...]the de,•tlopmem o f the wtst during his · her of the Commlircial Club of Fort Benton, and is lifetime. The industry in wh[...]ied inclined to a n independent view in ma tte rs of a political is one of the most cxt,msi"c enterprises of its kind in nature. Montana, being devoted to the brctdin.g of thorough• On No\•Cmbcr 14, 1892,[...]rt Benton to Miss Lottie E.. Smith, the daugh ter of Mr. G reen has bttn inttrestcd ill the stock bus[...]a.\·c been bon, to that h:wing been the busintts of his father, who was them: Mary C., born in Fort Benton in Aug\!_ St, 1893; one of the big stockmen of the state. Helen H., bor[...]20, 1$1;», being his 16, 1864, a nd is the son of John H. and Isabella (Mor• natal day. row) Grte[...]he· son · :\1.n~o ]vi. EsLtR was a pioneer of Montana and one of PJ1ilip 311d Clarissa (\Vood) G fcc'.n . of New :York who1 during the thirty•six years thM marked the period sta te. T hey had Ci8ht children, of ";hich nmnbu two o f nis residence in the stat~, was cngtiged in min• rc:i.ehcd _:):<':\rs of maturity. · ing, and f[...]e development John Ji. Green, 1hc third child of his p.uents, spent of that Portion of the ,·ast r<'.sourcc.s of the state. his voung Jifc in Ohio and Michigan, aod a uended . Mr. Esler was a n.ttivc of Carthage, Jefferson county. sch OOI in Detroit.·[...]New York, where he was born on October 5, 1837, of engaged in . the s.1.le of merchandise until 1864, when he F rench Ances[...],the C'Wcmott) Esler, were both nati\'CS of' New Yotk. livestock business. In 1867 he went to[...]h• there dealt in miners' supplies for a munbtr of yc.i.rs, ters. of which Alfred M. was the eldest. The father and in[...]is sixty•sccond year. The five thous.ind hc.i.d of stock on his ranch at one ttmc; mother sur\'i\'ed her husband a number of years a nd and . pro.spered sttadily, He l>cc:,mc the owner of a died in New York. con.siderablc amount[...];hout the county, and l>ec:iimc iirominent in the of his native .state and there learned the trade of a house financial activitic.s of the city. He was one. of the Painter and d«orator, He e ngaged as a merchant at o rgi.ni1ers of the St()(kmen 's Nationa l Bank :ind was Bo[...]a line o( wan pa.pcr, books, st.ation- a director of the bank for- years, H e died in Fort ery, etc., and was so engaged w h<'.n the r eports of the Benton November 23, IJ)O.l. survi,·ed by his[...]and seek a fo rtune. October 10. 1847, a daughter of i\falcotm Morrow, a Accordingly he sold out in 1864 and ma.de the joUrney pionc<'r of Montana of the y~r l863. Six children were ."erou the plains[...]ox teams, the born to Mr. 3nd !\lrs. Green. two of whom, J annett trip being accomplish«![...]"Eber \ V., died in · d,ildhood. The others arc of tr;n•cl. He a1)d tiis brother-in•law made the jour• C1arlc:s H. of this review, \ Valtcr M., \Villiam J. and ne[...]ng 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, enterprise of w hich Charles H . is the head. -[...]n was an infant the family Esler getting two yoke of oxen for his share. He traded moved to }-lelena[...]ther:e was started the mammoth .stock pointm ent of justice. o f the ptacc-. \Vith this office and bu[...]lis death by h is sons. In 1887 Charles tlic Joss of his, wife. I n t11:u year he engagc-d ,in[...] |
![]() | 940 HlSTORY OF .MONTANA Tender and which was the first q_uartz claim worktd in Mr. Esler was a me1,11bcr of the Episcopal church the stale. That fall he started with a sjx-hor~c wagon and wa,s a tcustce of St. Pcter.s Hospital, in the af- load of ore a.Qd took \t back actos.s the il:uns to the[...], and thence to E-uropc to a smc1t~r. His showfng of 1874, he w~s ma.tried to Ophclfo. B. Johnston, eldest it to the pcop1c of the c~st resulted 1.n the fo~mat1on 9£ dau[...]olc:1 a three-fourths uucrC$t 1n pionctr of Montana, coming first to the territory in 1862,, the mine. 'In the spring of 1866 he .returned ~o cnpg:c and bringing[...]r. Esler ga,·c him $20.000 a.<i_.,·cnt of Mrs. Esler an the state. Col. Johnson died in gol[...]er and smelt two hundred .tons in 1&,)t. of the ore. It proved a success, and Mr. &lcr after-[...]cy; Frances ~L is 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~s[...]r. ":_1th May 25, 18o,i. in the eighth year of his life. his brother Fr.ink, leased a smtltu at[...]. ¥,r. Harrison avenue) where the family of her daughter also Esler locitcd va.rious mines: i[...]:1th ,•ar~ed re,sidcs. Mr. Esler was .a man of quiet tastes, retiring su«es:s, and at one ti'!l[...]n the. Par~ol in manner, but yet pos.st,ssed of a strong apd forceful mint in Butte· in fac·t,[...]a.c:ilities. for mining !he ore were sce.tion of the country and well merited the high es- greatly[...]y at \Vic-kcs and .a.lso bad larly fond of bis adopted state. Montana, and h3d great holding[...]rospects ip the Coeur d'Alene aod good of the state received his heartie.st support, and di[...]erested 1n a d,e:i\ looking to tb.e number of imp0rt:ant districts in the state. de\'cloprntnt of property purch.tscd by the Bunker Hill .tnd Sulli[...]hat MAI.0)1,y Mou.ow. The entire career of Malcolm de:al which had more. to do with the development of Morrow, one of the prominent citiiens of Fort Benton. the great silver an.d kad distric:t than :uiy other enter• is iltustr.ltive of the many trying experiences with which prise. He[...]an\ze the Helena & Frisco Com, the pioneers of Montana had to contend, and an itcm- pany, oompo.sed. largely, of H,elcna ca~italists, who m~de iztd reoor<t of the varfous h:1rdship.s through which he a great amount of m.oncy (,;om the m1!1e, th.c C1?ntroU1ng has pas[...]the miners this volume. A somewhat brief record of his career, who had struck for hi,ghcr w3gcs,-a demand whiclt however, will be of interest to those: of the younger the owncr.s of the mine deemed unreasonable and with generation, in that it will show of what hardy stuff which they could not comply. Tbcy shut down lhc thc.sc. P,i onecrs of the commonwealth· were made, and works and later[...]Sl◊tY ~en were 3.t work in the. mill one of the greatest states m the Union has bce-n de• i[...]of Perth, Canada, and was born February 8, 1850, a jured. Two of ~r. Es:1.cr's btothcrs \\'tre 1n tJ:\e mill at th[...]was tak,cl) prisoner and the other es• son of Malcomb :ind Jennett (i\fathewson) Morrow. captd[...], Esler bad been His father, :1tso a nati"e of CQnad:1, came to the United firm and rC$Olutc dur[...]young man, locating first in Colorado, where time of the att.1.ck one hundred mtn ,v.ent in search of he wa·s for some time engaged in mining in Ge[...]ining there and at Last· Chance foot ceded strip of Altyf!, Teton. ~unty, Montana, and Canyo[...]18. 1891, when he was sixty-five rear's of age. He was was stric:kcn and died ver)' sud,dcnl[...]te. Mr. Morrow married Mr. Esler was a mcniber of the l\fasomc fraternity, Jennett Mathewson, who w[...]s took :a. deep interest in po. fifty-three rears of age. ~•lcolm was the eldest son litica matters. Str"\'ing his ,:>arty well. He was elected of their ten childrtn. a mc.mbtr of the tcnitOnal legislature of l\1.ontana Malcolm M·o rrow was a me[...]other he joined in the stamec<1c for Ban- efforts of Senator Sander$, the whole action ,yas an• nack[...]dentified w~th e._ublfoan, and it required a deal of cour3.gc (or Mr. the <attic business. After contm[...]d act and vote accord~ in 1864, in the early part of 1865 he mo"cd to Last ing to his com•ict[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF ?-10NTANA[...]So. ·During this time he tains or in the, ~ds of 1he stre.im.s. His first job- wa.s wH in const3n[...]lo0d shove_ling "pay d!rt ;" he is now one of the best kriowo Indian5; a.nd on one oc-casion h[...]uch turcd he rc<:0vcrcd only three or four ht.ad of his occupied with hvin~ to spend much· of his time and horses. During the spring_ of 1865, Mr.. M,o riow started tho~ight_ o~ the prC?blem Of getting rich, but as the freighting to Salt L:akc Cit>·, and 'on one, of. his sub- saying is, You c.an t keep a gOO<[...]party were evc~uually reached a positio~ of prominenC<: in th~ continually on the watch for[...]s held up and :.1 himscH in the service of the people. Whenever there pass-cngcr severely[...]rformed I"-. turning and placing him in a place of s.-,frt,y, · which George Heldt w3s one o![...]taking into consideration personal risk He is'one of arriv."11 in Fort Benton, in 1866 the fort was of mud, the most J)rogre$sh•e men 1n a pro[...]a.s located one..half mile above the present site of played an imporunt part in her growth and de,•eJQp• the new fort, and on the night of his coming great men1. He holds an -enviable place in the hearts of excitc.ment prevailed, a white woman having been killed all who know the story of his hfe. here. From the time of his coming -here Mr. Morrow F. ·[...]r, believe, that has continued to be a resident of Fort Benton, having a man 1s wha~ he mak[...].now- Chout~u county, ;md be.irs the reputation of :m excel• i,1g that he is or royal line[...]en. He grnndmo1hcr _bc.inj? a daughter of the Gr.ind Duke of has interested him.self in numerous enterprises,[...]lso known :ts the Gross this time is pre,sident of the Benton Drug: Company, Heriog of He.S$C Onnnstadt. He was c,•idently a and a d irector and vice•prc.sident of the Shonkin Stock member of the younger branch of the house o{ Hesse, Association. In poHtit,al matters he is a Republican, and therefore a member of the line that is yet ·rc.ign- and his religious[...]with the Episcopal ing. Tl1c ~uen1.s of Mr. Heldt were of the stuff that church. Montana owe.s a debt to i[...]t life offered can never fully be repaid. Man>· of them had little more in America than[...]vmel being a slow sail- wisdom in the sreatc-st of sehools-pionccr life. They ing ship. Th[...]lafflJ again. They deserve the honor and esteem of their fellows as men settled on :a· f[...]county. who were part and p:,,rccl o( the making of the com- in the state of New York, and there on the 12-th of July., monwealth, and without whose courageous e[...]· H :s schooling was not very extensive, all of his of Police or Helena. '1:hey have had cig.ht, childre[...]ool. folfows: Macke Conraa, born June t6. 1,$76, of •Cas- During the season he worked on[...]; Mr$.. thus his school fear consisted of three months ht the Berln:i. Russel, of Cascndc, wife o( Dr. Rt1ssel, born winte[...]Creek, Montana; Jen- consisting of fourteen weeks, at Falle)' Seminary, Ful- nett M[...]ton, ton, New York. With the outbrc.ak of the Civil wi r :1nd now a school teacher of Galata; Mrs. F1ore1)ce ;md the presid[...]t was on fire with p.itriot• and now a resident of Boulder, with one child; \Varren ism an[...]nety- fourth New York Volunteer Infan- has charge of his father'$ ranch; Le-om1rd H., born[...]e; Isabcl Ruth, born January 4, comm.and of Gen. Michael Cochn.n. renu,ining in 1893, a graduate of the high school; and J. Dewey, this[...]ia, and he happened to be in \Vashing- 1he state of Montana he mu$1 feel that it is fairly a[...]r:tl Burnside's anny w:ts to pass in review ,part of him. 'A'hcn he has fought to maintain i1s honor,[...]ately had and has stood by its standard in times of apparent a room in Willard's hotel,[...], and adjoining the b,akoJJ,y whcrco!' President of the state and of lter citi:tens was in as great danger. Linco[...]ized ~nd s~a~en with, as Mr. Hel4t ing 'resident of his state, from the first city marshal in ex[...]hen . there was little to ~ seen st:ance of the big~hc-arted friend liness of our g rcateSt but, buffalo. Indians ·and ·a few adventurous white men of all presidents. ,rc.:tdy t<> risk C\·erything ~f[...]se he lieved to c~is!., hidden away in the heart of the moun- w:ts ti.red w1th the amt[...] |
![]() | 942 HISTORY OF MONTANA marvelous tales of the we.ahh re«-ntly disco\·crcd ih w[...]e two parties separated and the the gold fields of Id,ho. He started upon his quut smal[...]oceeded on its way. It w:i.s on the on the 11th of May. J8(4, going by way of steamer as seventy-first day of their journey since leaving Omaha, far as Chica[...]as in sight.. Success and for~ · on the b;1nks of the St. L3wrcncc river. Thc:rc were 1u[...]t a time that they L3.kcs, P. J. Hughu, a nephew of Archbishop Hughes, regarded it as a good omen for the future. of New York, Albert Bushnell, F rank P«k and Mr.[...]was for-tun.ate that creased by t he withdrawal of Mr. Bushnell and Mr. amor,g 1hcir p[...]and also a mason, Peck, who were frightened out of the project, for it fo r they would ha[...]d then each man hirned out to hunt ,work. Before of the dangers and prl\':uions oi die journey. Mr.[...]mised to give his is- alread>· had thr<:e years of the hardships of an army sistance towards ridding the oountry of the thieves. life and so were willin,K to ventur[...]Vig:ilante. ,vcstern men know what this band of men Grinnell to Council Bluffs, Iowa, stage coach M'IS the aceom~1ished, but for the bMc:fit of those who may be means of transportation. Herc they <:ross~d the Mis-[...]t this time place fortunately enoountered a band of men, seven m there was: no law in the[...]number who were on their way 10 the gold fields of were banded together to protect the[...]come from Wisoons.in: Mf. Heldt and of citizens, not as some. ha\·e supposed for the sa[...]e arrangements to JOin this i»,rty, and of the excitement that was the daily food of these they set out on the 1st day of Jm1eJ 1864. The party men. Plate ~urse[...]ity, on a Sundab as 1t finally stood w:as made up of nmc men with th.cir in the year 1[...]ns loaded on four two.horse spnng front of a large gambling house filled with men who wagons[...]me into town for their weekly spree; the survivor of this band of pioneers, poker tab[...]n full swing at the On leaving Omaha the line of march followed . the other end of the building; e\·erywhcre a.re men, failed PJat[...]untry. ~x- in order to get it. The clink of gold, or the soft thump pe(ting an attack any day from :i.ny d 1r«t1on. In fitti ng of a bag of dust, are the only sounds ~ve the voices the P,arty for the trip care had bun. l?ken to have a of the players. To your left is an auction stand, plenuful supply of guns and ~mmumlton at the sac,. presided o,·cr by a , shifty-eyed, soft footed rn.:\n ri6ce of other comforts., so--ca.llcd. A dose w~uch wu[...]ng'$ himself on the divided into watches and each of the party sen•mi their b.,ck of the beast, and dashes madly up and down turn at this duty. However in spite of :,JI their pre- the s treet, rcgnrdlcss of the crowd, throwing his arms cautions, it would h[...]o doubt but that the Indians center of an admiring, excited crowd_., and to the right wo[...]eet from the gambling house door stand,s his band of men never set forth o n an expedition. One compc:titor. a clergyman. preiching. the gospel to a of the member$. however, though not cowardly was yet crowd of sc,·ernl hun.dred. Every m.inute or so a man very cautious, and was in constant expectation of a drunk with whiske)', or mad with rage at having lost band of l ndians swooping down upon thCJll from the[...]oke each morning with the minister of God, muttc.rs a c-urse beneath his a new idea abo[...]eeting, then meet• vicci were not onl)' unheard of, but laughable. \Vhen• ing thC eyes of a 9 uict lookfog man, who is lounging C\'Cr any of the party ridiculed him, or hinted _that he[...]suddenly with a. wild \-.,•hoop some of the worst of the Precaution Enough," and he ne.-(r lost thi.s[...];,.king up the ser\',~s_. Suddtnfy from the ruins of wh3t must haYe been a train of :t doien or evuy side appc.,r the watchful Vigilantes, and :tt the more w~gons. of which only a smouldering mass of word from the quiet lounger, "Men,[...]o n, overtak- crowd. These were the sort of men of whom the ing several large trains, but although w[...]id not star t to work unti1 noon o! the worst bit of c:ountr)', where ever)' bush looked sus- th[...]y, however, wtnt to receive his p.t)' of $2.so in gold dust. \Vhen 3nd so with a gm[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF i\iONTANA[...]ould Th~y did not place a single stick of timber to guard not be nc«ted tomorrow, hi$ G,Ti[...]aim .and a contract for cutting a hundred c<>rd.s of wood at the gathered in about ten thousand dollars. They the:cfore rate of $2.00 a cord, and since they had no money to returned to Virginia City, but the summer of 186,7 saw buy food in the meantime, they were to[...]n Heldt St.'<:ured a position "grub.," the value of which was to be taken from their in the po[...]oncluding that the huge pile ·omsion• of a number of laughable incident$, amo!'_t.g they had chopped[...]eir ~y. On measuring Louis re.s1aur:i.nt, of which Joe Appolona, an Itali:in, the amount done[...]o h-..,cnty-thrcc cords, thus making $46.oo, out of wh!eh before George, and alttr ,hey had bee[...]ood boys and 1 will six me.a.ls a day instead of three. He thought that the call it ~quare."[...]the same mountains to the c.ity, with four yoke of oxen and two thing continued, so 1ommr con[...]n." whom he could bluff, cried to chC3.t him out of his \Vhen George :irri,·ed, he therefo[...]mif ht ha"e it if h e wanted it. Being j ust out of b)· George M. P inney in Montana, in which r[...]made to his almos.t losing his life at the hands of his duties i1nmediatel)•. In the early spring of 1665, a mob. Mr. Heldt was almost an eye w[...]to find Be-al dead. "It .w:'ks a clear ca.sc of self.defense. pl:1cc. for he hnd continued in hi[...]ver, and Mr. Pinney was tried and speedily ae• of the change of superiors. Until NovCmber, when the q_ui[...]thrt.ats being made ·aW)inst him. duties of this office, and after the c(ectio1l he remained In the autumn of 186.S J. X. Bcidlc-r and Mr. Heldt with the new[...]arrest some men who had been plying the the story of his cxpcriC'nces as follows: ·[...]born St;1ge Station, and the afternoon of the next day to the polls to vote and found the D[...]a war and told him the •Rebels' had posse:Ssion of the polls party of lndi:i.ns almost to within sight of the st3tion. and would not let me vote. After a m[...]neeessary. The next morning the horses were four Of us we.nt to the polls. I never will_forget ' t~e[...]expression on his disturbed the pc.ace of the f resh morning, then after face. A£ter takin[...]to ma.kc a passageway land, a band of about twenty-five Indians appeared. It throug h t[...]lls u.nmolC$ltd and deposited my five of us aQd two Indians I b(hcvc I would feel more bal[...].. I . tomfor;tablef' All of their preparations went for Mr. He.ldt was fi[...]nought, for on a nearer approach, the leader of the March, 1866, of his twin brother, John. They o~ly re-[...] |
![]() | 944 HISTORY OF ll{ONTANA FOrt Shaw and Helena, the $a\";:tgcs becoming so bold He tells a story of a buffalo hunt that took pface ill as· to auack men within twenty miles of Fort Benton. 1$72. About ten rnilcs northeast of the point Where In 186.; an Indian war threatened, and the pioneers the city of Grc::at F~lls now st:ands. the party found will n[...]9robably times when 1hcy were both with the army of the many more. It was during this[...]e «iuld not 1r1,·el. and .stood done your share of the fiJhting; l may need you here looki[...]Mr. Heldt went to Fort Shaw a$ clerk of his shot a nd .so relieve the poor beast's- sufle[...]ty feet away bri:md was stationed hcrc,in command of the Thirttcnth from 1hc buffalo, '\vhen s[...]rlh mUeh below zero, and the march to the c.'l.mp of the Jnd1ans money to P. T. Ba.mum, could h[...]Indians and half•brecds about In the spring of 18:;o Mr. Heldt resigned his position fh·c t[...]ring the: $~-SOil, and after that to acc.cpt that of bookkeci)er and general utility man yc:i.[...]ition to his other vanish. duties thos e of postmaster, s-tage a.gent and cxprtts[...]apP3ratu.$ con- or positions, ind among the joys of his life was th.at of sisted of a truck, two ladders and two ' hooks. The his duty as postma.s.ter of arising c,•cry morning, with name of the company was the Hook a.nd Ladder Com- ttiC th[...]pany, No. t, and Mr. Heldt was the secretary. One of tween one and thr«, to retti\'e the mail and exp[...]as honored b)' c1cc.tion to was made up of a pair of blac-k doc skin trousers, red the legislature from the northern portion of Lewis 3nd Oanncl shirt a nd red cap.. On the Fourth of July, 1865, Clark tount,. In these days there was no such thing in the mid$t of rain and snow, they had their first as C\'Cn a wl1ispcr of bribes. ·If :my o ne w:i.s e,·cn sus• great p3rade, in which · the center of interest was a J)C('ted of being a grafter he was ordered from the[...]country, 3.nd the g:O\•crnmcnt was run by a set of which took place in the C\'Cning, th[...]s Pous called a special seuicin, it meant :a trip of 2:z5 the olde.st notary public, with a co[...]\'iee, in the $late. He was 6r$t .commissioned by of the members when during the regular Se$sion the[...]hat time he h3s scn·cd without a On the 22nd of Occcmbtr, 1874. Mr. Heldt was break. mnrricd to Miss Mary \V3.tson, of Virt;inia City, the Mr. 3nd Mrs. Heldt became the p.uents of two chit• oceasion befog celebrated by a big d.ancc which w:i.s dren, both of whom were girls and both born in Mon- tendered di[...]wife o f Captain L. J. Their honeymoon «>nsistcd of a two days• ride on Fleming, of United States Cavalry. The youngest the Gilmer an[...]being unrnarried. :\frs. Heldt died on the 801 of Febru- h;i;d set for their departure for their ho[...]n turned cold, and there wa.s now SC\'eral inches of snow where there had bttn none before. This did n[...]more closely identified with the interests of Boze-mah stage and S(t out. Soon the snow was axl[...]whi~h they ha"c extended over a ~eriod of forty-seven yeari, dur- reached that niJht, 1hc d[...]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, wyth[...]erienee a.gain. Until 1888 Mr. Heldt re,. of forty-fh•c years. He was one of the pioneer farmers. maincd in Fort Shaw, and thcri se:.lling the J. H. ~fc. of the· Hoosier st.uc, whence he Md been t'akcn tiy[...]parents in ehild~ood. His wife w:i,s a nati"c of Jndi• connected he moved .to Great FalJs, M,ont[...]Ma, but spent her last years at the home of one of her he has since resided.[...]wC$t farm until fie was si,xteen years of age, and .sc(Ured ·hit durjpg, thc ,ycaT$[...] |
![]() | HISTOR)".,OF i\>IONTANA 945 of ta.kin; uj) J:i.rm_injt land, and first located n[...]ed alderm3n from " thc ·Fourth ward in the tirst of 18,sS. At that time he ·went to Jac.ksonviH~ lll[...]in& where he entered the college, the prc:Sidt-nt of which this time he was intlucn1iat in securing a number of wa$ a brother of the fate American comcdfo.11, Sol Smith impro..•emcnts for his community. A member of the Russell. After his g raduation, in 186o, Mr.[...]g to Kansas.. Owin~ to a s.cvcrc one of the organizers of \Vflliam En~lish Post No. 10, drought, he ab3.ndoncd a.g;ricuhur:i.1 pursuits a nd s~t Grand Army of thC Republic-, named m ho®r o! 'Nill- the winter of 186c>-'61 in Atchison, but in thC spring i.am Englis'h, an olc:I schoolmate of Mr. Lindley•s and of the latter year entered the state scr\·ice, the go"ernor adjutant of the One hundred and fi.rst lllinois Volunteer hav[...]ntry. Adjutant E nglish was killc<l at the battle of from • depredations by the '"border ruffian.s[...]enlisted until May, vice-commander of the Department of Montana, Grand 1861 1 when he was musctcrcd into Compahy K, First Army of the Republic:, and in 1911 was elected com- Reg,[...]eer Infantry_, Capt. George C. mander of his home post in Bouman. He was also Fairchild.[...]10 the prominent in the formation of that noble society. Pio• front and joined the troops at Gra1td River, Missouri, nccrs of Gallatin county, of which he was secretary and under command of General Lyon, July 7, 1861. The[...]in his last b.i.ule. During the 1erests ofof the fo,cs and ac:ti.vitic.s o! those ceived a bul[...]courageous men who· m;:tdc the $Ctt.lcment of this sec~ been un3blc to e.x.1rac:t. \Vhile in the Gt-nernl United tion possible. He was a mcnibcr of the 6rst city council States Hospital at St. Louis, Missouri, he was dis• of Bozeman was the first prctidcnt of the Chronicle charged, being unable to perform further dut>J. and was Pubtisl1ing Company of this city, and his n;i;me has been then $ent to[...]terprise or movement whicl1 has promised to be of bos.s" on a line of frei?,ht w3gons, his di\'ision being b-cnc-fit to the commynity. In :all the walks of life he from Nebraska City, Ncbras.ka, to Dcm·e[...]HENRY L . Dts Co).1er.s.. Truly a pioneer of Montana Salt Lake to Virginia City, Montana, and on the 4th of is Henry L. Des Combes, of Belt, whose ad.,.cnt to this December, 1863, lch[...]state dates bJ.ck to the tcrritori:1I d3ys of 1864 and "who by stage from Salt Lake for Califor[...]rctuniing: with w.'.lys wilh the life of this growing commonwealth and mcrchandile by the[...]ce the vast and remarkable changes The experience of Mr. Lindley as a pioneer, homier[...]ken place there-. pioneer and plainsman, in point of danger, hardships Mr: .pc-$ Co[...]d excitement, is $.C.ldom. equalled in the annals of so-ur"i, ·011 the 11th of December, 18.)8. and oomes dir~cdy early weste.m life. It was in the spring of 1864 thit of Swfss and French antecedents. Frederick Des Mr. L[...]Comb,cs, his father, w.is a farmer and a native of shortly after his arri\'al in the territory he C1[...]ca in 1828 3nd the Gallatin .,,,1i1tey with muc-h of the mcrclrnndise:. sold it bec-.anxe a pioneer[...]old Chouteau form. He died there at the age of sixty• erise and settled on a farm on }.fiddle[...]eight. His wife was Christina Preise, a native of continued to reside uritil 1871. He then engaged[...]188o. Four diildren were born to the union~of these cattle in Utah in 1S7a but selling out, how[...]y addition, through which schools of Kirkwood, St. Louis county, Missoun, ana 1he fine[...]r, rm .• I~ 1864 ]1.c with a p,."lrty of ~me thirt>· men from a st9rc- for selling farm i[...]s\;tc, arri"vt'd at Virginia City on the 5th of A:ugust, their insurttn·cc and loan busil)eM. Du[...]re Mr. DC$ years' tic . has acted in the capacity of U nited States C'.ombts took up work in the mines, at wl:ich he con- agent of pcnsion.s. On Au~st 22 1&)2., Mr. Lindley[...]ect a cabin ttiere. H C in 1909 was the organizer of the Lindley Concrete Cotit- also a.s si[...]'f'ilc, posts and ornamental work, as of what is now the .most valuatilc property in Helen[...]not foresCC'i ng the c-i~y•s future he solU all of th.is sou1h end of Rouse avenue., 'w hile the oA"tce .is locate{J[...]f( in various ea.res uary t, 1882, to tl'ic widow of Capt. h. C. Miles. She Of t~e S!a'tc until 1SSQ b~ t ne.,·er .eroved very[...]"la~mg n«?thing more tha.n a ltv'• Stepfather of Mr. Lindler,. Politically Mr. L indley is[...]ial vote was cast for Grover soffle of the bcit mines in the st:He. In 1888' 'l,e[...] |
![]() | 946 HISTORY OF MONTANA moved from Cora, whc.rc he was ranching[...]G~ry's division, he took part in all the battles of Sher• which place the nilroad h:ad btcn built[...], Sav.'l.n• and there wa.s dcc:tcd :a justice of the peace and notary nah, Go1dsboroug[...]ring son•s surrender, uuring much of this time he served his residence :tt Cora he s[...]tant-gCancral of the brigade. The Sixtieth New York .He is a.[...]litical affairs., nnd his interest the honor of having been the first rc-gimcnl'S in Atlanta, in the development of Belt. is shown by his mcmbcrshtp a[...]11, and what he has accomplished is the re.suit of long Twentieth COtfs, was firs t into Atlanta. The Sixt:icth years of honest 3nd energetic cndca,·or. He stands !or[...]e city hall. As assistant adjutant-general Mr. · of his fellow men. Mr. DC$ Combes is unmarried.[...]head of his regiment, 3nd received the surnndc.r of tht G&N. l.EsTU. S. \Vu.t.SON. Distinction throug:h mili- city at the ·hands of Mayor Arnold. At the earnest tary prowess comman[...]iration a.nd r C• solicitation of Gen. H. A. Barnum, commanding the sped and when[...]remaining as assistant adjutant-general of the brigade. duced heroes whose military achievements arc not U ntil the decl3ra1ion of pc=ace he was in constant, C\'Cry~ shadowed by those of any pa$C age. There arc military[...]st:atd, now in peaceful count of wounds i and by his close attention to duty .J.ll[...]ourccfolocss in ;i.ction, stOOd in the confidence of his such grave dangers for many stormy years tha[...]cate and dangerous du~ Gen. Lester S. \ Villson, of Bozcm:rn, Gen. \ Villson is tics. He wns accredited with being a most faithfu l and a nath·c of the Empire sbte, h;wing been born at Can- intc:Uigcnt officer a1,d of his regiment l\faj. Gen. George ton, St. Lawrenc[...]S. Greene has said: "It wa.s one of the ~ -s t in the and is a de.sc.e.ndant or a li[...]scn•icc." reaching back to the time of King Arthur and the After the close of the w.ir General \Villson was :ap- Knights of the Round Table. His parents. Ambrose pointed assistant quartcrm3ster-general of the st:tte of and Juli:.i A. (Hill) \Villson, had seven children, all of New York with the rank of colonel. The office h:td whom grew to m:uurity.[...]the adjustment of miny large business nutters with General Wilbon aucndcd the public schools of Canton · the railroads pertaining to the transportation of troops, and ~upplcmcntcd this by :'l course in a[...]ed eral government, the disposition of accumulated sup- as a clerk in the s tore of an uncle. \ Vhcn the CiVit plies bclonginJ to the state, 3nd other matters of ma.g• war came on he offered his services in defense of the nitudc and importance invoh•ing large amounts o{ Union as a member of Comp.a;ny A, Sixtieth Regiment,[...]handising, banking.~and was advanced to the rank of sergeant in September, other[...]1886 he served is quartermaster-general of the territory ten.int and adjutant a month later, and was offered a with the rank of bn,:adicr-~encr:.I. He has ahv:.ys voted captain[...]186.;, he having served as a member of it.s national committee, was m:idc a captain, in[...], but not mus- He was a member of the t erritorial legislature in tered by reason of reduced number of men in regiment, · 1868-69, and in[...]in financial circlu and is a director of the Commercial last honors being conferred upon him from the recom- Na tional Bank of Bozeman. mendation of the two commanders of the Twentieth On March 2[...]nder General Sherman at Atlanta." of Vermont, and three children were born to this uni[...]A. M .• and is a charter mem- in the hardc-st of the fight at Antietam and a.giin at ber of the \Villiam E nglish Post, Grand Army of the Ch:a.necllorsville, where he was severely wounded and Republic. He has filled most of its officc.s and has been compelled to retire fr[...]r a time. He department commander of ~.f ontani. He also belongs rejoined his regimen[...]e'"'ring to move to the Loyal Legion of the United States in the com• for the Gettysbu[...]but bis wound broke out mandtry of New York. afresh and he was ordered to \Vasbingt[...]CnusTOtUER H . \VATUMAN. The da)'S of the e:.rly Corp.s under General Hooker, and ~rticipatcd in the settlement of the state arc a,s haU-rcmembcrcd dreams battles[...]kout Mount-ain, Missionary to such of the pioneers of Montana who remain to recall Ri<Jgc, Pc.a-Vine C[...]rous and flour ishing Trcuurc S tate, the cc11ter of and personal inRucnc.c, his regiment veteranizcd[...]ike century ago onlv too often the s«nc of s.ava~ery. the this step. The next spring with the Third Bri~dc, home of wild animal a.nd wildtr man, a place of dangers |
![]() | . HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]American people, howc\'cr. tbi-t break of the Civil war in America he came to this their[...]ave ihc way for ci\·iliia1ion, and every section of the time st:i.rt1ng for Mon1ana. (then I[...]t contributed to its fu11 quota to the population of wife to stay at the home of her mother in Brooklyn, the new country. From the stitc of Vermont came New York, as she w[...]ealth many who were to rt-present the best type of citizenship to endure the trip. At St. J[...]4, pc::ricnccd all the hardship~ and privatt0ns of pioneer cx- 186-1, left .that city on the j[...]lains, one utcnc(' is Christopher H, \Vatcrman, of Bouman, a of a party co1nprising about 200 emigranu. T he trip rcsidc1{1 of Montana since 1864. Mr. Waterman was[...]lfatin "alley, where he forthwith took . is a son of John and Carolioe (Hilliard) \Vatcrman, tip a go,•emmcnt c.laim of 10o acres, and to this ori,.inat Vermonters by[...]now h:ts a magnifi~nt landed estate of 18cx> ;11crcs, in• spent the r est of their fo·cs in agricultural pursuiis, el[...]. They ~ad a pm:nilive log cabin of the regulation frontier type, and fa mily o eight children, of whom Christopher H. 1s the ffl3.de every Po»iblc prepuabon for the comfor't of his onl_y $unh•or.[...]water route, crossing the Isthmus of Panama and thence twenty years of age when he left home to go to Mic.hi•[...]n which he continued for the re.s t of the journey. Arriving in Virginia Citr, · fou[...].rcd that h er husband wa,s in Virgima o n some of the finest \'Cs.sels a.float, and for seven years[...]w Montana), and according~y resumed was ~plain of smaller en.ft In 1851 he went to Cali~[...]n1e infested with hostile Indians, and when the of Sa;, Francisco, and then. with others, obtained c[...]which she was tra,•cling reached Austin, trol of an island lying to the we.st of that city, where ' Ne\•a<b, the c:itize[...]ng seal oil, eggs, furs., etc., and rest of the journC)', as the stage coach ahe3d had been within two months had marketed 10,000 dotcn of eggs held up, looted :,,nd burned,[...]t to at $1.00 per dozen., and sold $3,000 worth of s~I dc.ith. Fini.Uy she found that of all the passengers. oil, the venture netting th[...];i.n then returned to New York, and as first mate of but wh en they found she was obdurate[...]ity, l d.1ho, October Catherine Boyle, a sister of the landlady o f the hotel. :u. 1865, w[...]•COnducted hostclr)', $he 13, 1835, daughter of John and Cathednc (Devlin) there[...]ews that the Indians had gone Boyle,,. natives of the Ein erald Isle. Her father was cm• t[...]age she met Jame$ McCormick, 3 brother of Paul McCor: of forty•Se\'CO ycirs. His w_ifc long S.t!rvi\'Cd h im, C~ffl• miek, both old Momana pioneers, of Bozeman, who in• ing to the United States wi[...]ll and No"ember 21, 1887, at the venerable age of eighty•six) li,•ing near hiin~ On[...]a note to Mr. \Va.tcrma.n bdng then an inmate of the home of her daughter, Mrs. the l3ttcr lost no tiruc in coming to Virginia City witb Henry Monforton, of BOtef!'lan. M~. ,\Vat~r'!)an is the :m[...]a)•s. \Vhen be only survi,·or oi her family of nine chJldren,, The h:td re:a.clicd[...]e Civil war. and met his death in the of the third d.1,r. It was already dark when they reached Battle' of the \Vildcrncss, May S, 1864. Mr. and Mrs.[...]oman, whose: h fe prior to th,s time had been one of 1906 Countr commissioner for a tcmt of two years, and t:tse and h~x.ury, !>u[...]was married No,·.cmbcr s1ble the cw1htahon of cvc.ry pa.rt of our cou.ntry, $lie 7 1 ~ 10 Mi$$ Mar)• C. A[...]e marriage share i.n the development of the commu'nity. From of ?.fr. :md Mrs. \Vaterman took place· No"ember 30[...]O(<:a$ion the: come bf R(w. Father Van Gorp, of the Catholic chu~ch. After mandin~ of[...]nd ready, for the Indians were com• \ 'of. 11- : |
![]() | 948 HISTORY OF l\fONTANA ing :.nd he could not lt::l\'C the pos[...]fa, :ind for grc:ucr sa{dy, with the cx« ption of• Mrs. \ V:u cr- eromd the Missouri river on ste[...]fo scd to lta\'.C he r husb.tnd at the little the Yellowstone, they fo rded 1hat stream and floated home. During the_)'ear 1866 a Wnd ofof the across. At this point two men were lost in a bed of band l)cc3mc , ·cry mucll a uachcd to Mrs. Wat[...]ty in J3.ozcm2n, at S59 West Main scr&t, c-ha nic of no mean ability, he w3s able to produce a 2nd h[...]the r-:lnge, where sc,·eral )'tars :is justice of the peace, and i11 1868 was the they 5,pcnt the summer of '66. Their next mo"e was c3ndidatc of his part)' for rcprcs.enu.tivc in the terri• to[...]erman pcctin.g on the side whcne\'cr a new report of gold identified himself with Odd Fellowship, an[...]nally g:we up his mill work the lit$\ prCJident of the reorganized Gallatin County :ind de\·Oted hi[...]rt was place in the religious and $0031 circles of 'Bozeman. employed in ·a quart-t mill, which cvc[...]a\·id Wa - ily to what is now the thrh·ing city of Helena, and to terman, enlisted a t the age of SC\'Cntecn ye:,rt, in 1777, this point they mO\'t[...]19()1), was celebrated the golden wedding- anni- of th e early pioneer times until within the past lc\V, vcrs:\r)' Of Mr. a nd Mrs.. , vaterman, at which, in addi• y[...]rcn a nd nine gr:i.ndchildren, fri end$ :ind many ofof 1864 and able :u that time and pfaee~ I n J$76 he[...]y, Paul , veydert, w3s born B3$i n, in the autumn of the n ext ye;ir bringing his on the a t day or[...]:11ul Railr0.'1.d runs through his place. T lui of a wagon-maker in his home province. He was a[...]came to be self-supporting youth from the ai:;c of sixteen. and one o f the fi nest pfaces i n the J[...]be the home o f the famil)' until after the death of tion to h is trade until he moved to Mont:ina i[...]ne.a.r Coblentz, Germany. on J une ~ 18J(i. She of a tr:1in of one hundred :ind · sixteen wagons drawn came to[...]thei r. tr:.\in th ree Minnesot::i., on the ~ th of June, 18SO. :.tnd there con• hundrtd w[...] |
![]() | ~!STORY OF i'IIONTANA[...]his opcration.s. He has acquired one of the fine ranches 1:s made: Susan, the first born,[...]teen months; Theodore, born near of the p rincipal factors in this business. His residence Shakopee, Minnesota, d ied at the age of thirteen is maintained at \Vhite[...], months; Peter C. is now a rc.sident of California, The subject's fa[...]marriage was Eliz3bcth T. H ussey, also of Maine. Bodi in business in aaii fornia for the. p[...]ther dying in 189p at the his m other spends much of he r time with him in his age o{ ni[...]in 1879 home there; Lena died in 1sx,3, the wife of Hc.nry C. when 3bout sc\!enty-fl\•e years old. These fine people 1:1c1chcr and the mother of th ree sons; Anna M., now arc buried[...]old homestead. There M rs. Gc<>rgc J. \Vicdcman, of Lewistown; Augusta E.., were six chil[...]fo.mily, Mr. CooK, born in 1812, died :at the age of twenty:si:<, her dea~h immediitc subject of this review, being the fou rth in occurring m Tre[...]in Montana, 3ttendancc at the State Normal school of that place; Denjamin B. Cook, who i[...]\Veydcrt were devout Cathohcs in of about fourt«n yca.r-s, by working on a neighbor'[...]a Quiet farm at the princely .salary of, five doll;i.u a month, all home man, more addicted to peacdul habits than the ofof the pirty, he was nC\·er a;n office seeker. He w[...]ed h is e.irly education ir1 the district schools of deeply mtcrtsted in the public s<hoo1 syst~ms. an[...]. Born in New E ng land, tha.t ter of the blue lodge of \Vhite Sulphur Springs. His po• c radle of so mueh of our national history, in youth litical faith is pinned to the policies and prine,iples of the Charles \V. Cook followed the star of . empire west- Re(>ubliC3n party a[...]and effecti\'e part in politics., his word being of yc3rs. He is a pioneer, his ;irr1\ al here havmg[...]nd it h_as been his good fortUJ1e office of county cominissioner to the satisfaction of all to witness as marYelous ~ period of dc-.·elopment 3-S a concerned and he is now sheep inspector of Mcigbcr new country h as C\'Cr experic.nccd. He k[...]ranch and was ap- perilous. h:ud, thrilling life of the' earl>· seuler and al- pointed postmaster o! the same by President Grant, though the rough li fe of the early day~ so.metimes broug~t holding[...]on his scvcr:tl d istinctions is that of being one of the three check his courage never faltered. His h[...]ith Indians and o utlaws and the rc- Yellowstone ri\'er to investigate. its source and in this countal of his :t.dvcnturC$ i.s calculated to make young[...]ood thrill. Mr. Cook has shared the good fortunes of love of the free life of plain and mountain and thor• Montan a and has e[...]ha.\'ing tttkcn many delightful t(jp.; some of · th.is nature Springs. He c.3rr1es on extensive[...]nventional char,.; growing and is sheep inspector of Meagher county. ictcr. He enjoys the fi__ner things of life, good books. ~fr. Cook was born in Unity[...]ebruary 24, 1839, a.nd there resided unul the age of a fi.ne library in which he spc,ids[...]and continued a student there him one of ihc most intere-s ting of men and an unsur - fo; th rte years. At the conclusion of l),is educati_?n passed com•Cr$ational[...]the gre.1lcst opportunities and best orosp,eets of any state had ~en painted to him in j:lowins:t c[...]On June 26, ~88o. Mr. Cook laid the foundations of te3m and d ro,·c through to De1wcr. At Denver h[...]utfit to come to ?.~oJlt31,a, ·co'tt, daughter of James ll. :tnd Abbie \V. I<ennicott, his duties[...]oe<:ur-ring 1in Helena, rMontana. To their head of ~ttle through to Virginia Ci_ty, Montana. This[...]ome; :rnd Donald H. hns- fi nished the curriculum of within its splendid bou!lda.rie:s c,:er s ~n~ th[...]ollowed lege at Bozeman. Their home is one of the most hos- mining here (or about six )'Cars.[...]snt into California and \'.tlue:d member of the Travel and &i.µdy Oul:>'. Like Oregon., w):[...]eep and drove her husba11d, she is of ~cw England s-t.ock, her father them ;nto Montrn:'I. They were the nucleus of w~at having b«n a n:\ti\'e of Rhode b land. He traveled[...]dustry, Meagher county being chosen a.s the scene of Ncbr:tska. City, Nebraska,[...] |
![]() | 950 HISTORY OF MONTANA smithinJ. and forming. He: passed awa)'[...]Henry Krug and a Mr. in April, t88o, 3t the age of c ighty-.SlK )'C:3X$. The Ha.x. Tog[...]a $istcr in this Slate, lc:nnic K. Lewis, widow of Un a general store. A{te-r a few days·[...]e ad- ticul.Jrly vh•id with him 3nd was a part of his adven- herent, returned to S t. Joe with the outfit, A ucond tures when driving the herd of cattle through' to Mon• party was org3nizcd, th1$ time induding a number of tana. One daf he wM surrounded by a band of ln• old German wa.r veterans, a[...]h_ad planned, Mr. Uhman engaged were too ·many of them :tnd, :,.s he cxprttS(S it, he in[...]being mc.nt suc:ee,SSfuUy until the complet.ion of the railroad. his own-or the privilege of ktt-ping it. He declares His roving sp[...]n was one o( the ,·cr, but he disposed of it with his other holdings .tt most widely known and but beloved citizens of this whatever price he could get, and went to Lc-advillc. section of the state, with which he w-a.s identified in[...]r :another long: ovcrb.nd trip, this t-ime mak- of his death, which oc:eurred on March 19 1911. Born ing California his objccove point. For a number of in Melrose~ Germany, on August 15, 182$, ~fr.[...]years Mr. Leltman worked in the placer mi nes of Cali• left his home when a boy oJ fourteen y[...]n he landed in New York without knowinj a word of Idaho. j\fr, Lehman spent two years[...]'Ovcred sufficiently he the Blue mountains of Idaho. From \Val12 \Valla he ,s.ccurcd employme[...]rriving- there in 186,a, mained fo r :i number of months. His knowledge of and since that dMc Montana has been h[...]or him- dentally picked up a workjng knowledge of the stone self. A t one time Mr. Lehman[...]e blocks in the tical use while in the -employ of the southern railro.,ds, city. He continued in[...]ract- man & Company, which came to be one of the largest ing in stone work. At this place h[...]and one affair in particular is C$ • state of Montan.-. pccially worthy of nic.ntion in this conn~tion. I n the Mr. Lehman was a member of the Lutheran church, instance in hand Mr. Lehma[...]um- church wofker, he was a faithful practi(c.r of the ' 1 rc- s-tancc which aroused the hosti ity of the unions. They ligion, pure and undefile[...]. l{c was always a generous :and charit- method of killing off Mr. Le,hmanJ and tbe ehamp16n[...], and even i n his boyhood. when he first r:i.n of the workmen went to the hotel where Mr. Lchm{ln[...]mem- dead shot, and the first bullet went wide of it.s mark. bers of his fa mily, for he w-3.S an ideal husb.,nd and[...]his sc.at, ad- father. U nlike many men of strOI'){ persona.lit)' and vanced slowJy toward[...]raits 1n his ntr\'ed by the unexpected demeanor of his intended childr-cn, and dia not h[...]s leisu re hours w-cre him and thre\\· bun out of the hotel. This httlc pass- Sl?tnt in the r.nidst of his family. Though ofttn 't1rgcd 3ge dte:ided t[...]an attempted to reason with him on anolhcr line of argu• i ndi,•idual he supported the[...]consideration, death th e entire town of Lew,uow.n felt a scn$C of agre(d to lca"c the city.·[...]t tnfc spirit o{ a pioneer. . t10ued his businC$s of contneting , In the Missouri· city She il a[...]d.\ughte.r o{ Jacob ind be accepted the office of the firSt street eoou:nissioner of ~farie Bach. :and she was raised i n New[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]and late in 1865 he came to Helena, trip by w.1y of Sc. Louis.. Missouri, thcnc,c by bo:at to[...]Sih•cr Sow, the Flowerrc:e w.u one of 1hc m0$t disting1.1is.hcd and s~c• only sidc•[...]he ~.tissouri river ctssful business mt-n of Hclcna, o r, indeed, of the state. with Capt3in Ray. \Vhcn they linall~ a[...]gh on June 10, 1869, it wa-s :after a s tage ride of twcnt y•four inexhaustible resources of the st:ttc of Montan:t as a hour$. Eight children were born to[...]stock growing rcgion, and was :ilso one of lhc first to man. The only daughter, Helen, is now the wife of profit by this knowledge. He was one of the: lar~cst Au$tin Marr of Lcw1stown. One $On, Charles, junior,[...]go, Califor11ia, il'I 1898- C. A. C. Lc:h- of his death. and this mammOth business was l)urcly 1he man lives in Pueblo, Colorado, where he is rcctor of St. outgrowth of his own c;:i.rly business v<:1llures. Jn 186,s Ja[...]l\lr. Flowcrrec had brought a herd of cattle from Mis- L-cwistown. Alexander is in the[...]fteen hundred and a successful man in tha.t field of cn1crprisc, while more from T exas. . Fr[...]he: closed • his t he others arc a ll in chuge of v-:trious departments of e.,nhly earcc:r he had confined his atten[...]i.rc married, but Os· brought :t band of horse s from Oregon and pre\·ious 10 wald, ,vatt[...]th:lt time had brought a mammoth herd of cattle from Alexander has . the honor of being the youngcs.t man the s., mc s[...]s until t11c dc- C\'Cr elected to the legislature of the state, as he was d inc, in some meas[...]ule businus, chosen to that o ~ :it the early age of twenty-one Mr. F1owerrce w:i.s uudoubtcdly one of the l:i.rgc-st s;-row- ycus. Louis J. Lehman is general manager of the crs .1,nd t hippcrs in the west. His holdings of ranch store; Oswald flu c-harge of the dry goods department ; property w:ts of considerable m.ignitudc in Lewis and the hardware[...].sea.de a nd other coumie.s at the time: the care of \Valter. while to Arthur remains the dir«- o f his passing. tion of the men's furnish ing department. All .ire pu-[...]forcsiRht which ticularl>• suited to the duties of their separate depart- made: him one of the big stockmc:n of the slate in the ment$, and a rc carrying the bus[...]c:ntific:ition with those interests $pelted state of cffidcnc)'. It was the happy achicvement of immense profiti, launched Mi-. Flowc[...]once app:i.rcnt to him that the possibilities of the country had nu.de. known and continue the c.arccr of uscful- in the gr~pcfruh lil,c were[...]a nd grapefruit. In recent yc-ars he was one of the heaviest indi\•idu~I shippers of 1hose fruits to be fo,1nd DANlr.r. A.G. FL,o\[...]the country. He was in m.al'ly senses :l and one of the fir$t men to engage in the t'.lttlc basi- piont-cr, il'l()ced, ~nd he has the distinction of ha\•ing nus in this state, was born in Ralls co[...]a City was withOl1t bcr -22, 1912. He was :,, son of Kemp and Mathilda doubt the first[...]a. (Caldwell) Howcrrct, the father :a n:i.ti\·e of Virgini:.. Tn 1858 Mr. Flowerree was unitcd in m:i.rrilJ::e wilh the mothtr of Kentucky, and in their ancestry were Miss Efir..abcth \Vcthc:ri;, of Miuouri. Four children united the Scotch Thistles and the Lilies of France. were born to thci'n: Willi:i.m K., of Great Falls. Mon- Kemp Flowcrrce made his ad\·e•tt into the state of tan.a; Annie M .• wife of \V. L. Velie:, of Moline, Jllinois: Missouri in the )'Car 1833, and[...]y years he E udora, now Mrs. J. ]. Gray, of Chicago. Jllinoi!t: .:ind was occupied as a el.:i[...]died in that state in E liiabe1h. the wife of William Wallace, Jr., of Helena. the ycir 1881. His widow survived him six[...]2. On Febru:tr>· 4. 1885. p.a»ing away in 1887. Of their family of three sons :ind Mr. Flowcrrce married Mi[...]Daniel Flowcrree w:i.s the onJr Montana of Missouri. One son, Daniel A. G., Jr., was born to rC$iden1. Kt-mp Plowcrrcc wu the son of Walter, who them. 1no\·cd from Kcn[...]a m.irkcd d~rcc: the qu:'lli• n1ggcd fastnesses of t ,at state mide it simil:ir ii, many tics o f the: sehool of life that dc\·eloped him. }tis n:ttnc respects to the condition ofof the dis- ing, fc~r essncss. generosity.[...]tcdnC$S :ind \1n- tinguished Breckenridge fam ily of Kentucky, a family tiring energy. The p0.,sc.ssor of a keen nali\'C wit, he whose brilliance has stied[...]ood's party. but~solcl)' from moti\·cs of principle, as he 11C\'Cr carc:-Cree d3>-S to earl[...]sou.f(ht personal advanecmc-nt or offi~c fa,·orJ of :my c:ar-1)' conceived :and COl'ISi$tCntly fostcrcd the belie{ th3t kind throus:h the mcdi,un of Politics, :i.hhous:h such nlc-n the we.st offered[...]greatest leaders in any acti\•itics they those of the cut or middle west, and in 1852 he wc.nt[...]cml>rac;c-, ind the public mi~ht well tunl to men of to California, where he rc:maim:d until 1855. In[...]a and in 1857 returned to ~lis- ThoUs~rnds of friends :i.nd ad,nirers of the deceased souri, there remaiinintt' until 1864[...]trip across the plains in a. time ory of the man, on No\'ember 28. 1912, when the last whe[...]J. F. ~fcNam·ec, who&c culofo,• of the dtttdcnt wa.s, in Cit>·, aDd on March 16, 18[...]Herc he puscd some little: time in the of life has ~ \·en us the old world truth which we all business of pr0$r,ceting for aurifcrous deposits.,. more: fa.[...]e word is gh·cn us. to hc:tr. :'IS :tt the close of :t long[...] |
![]() | 952 HISTORY OF ~10NTANA day of liic the night comcth~thc lime of «ssation fron\ \Vhen he· had accumulated enough funds· for the jour- fabor 10 one of our old and rtsl>(Ctcd citii.cns. ney[...];'Mr. Flowcrrec in the se,·enty-scventh year of his arri,•ed after ~ , 'Oya,gc of seven weeks on 3 '3,iling life h3s been called[...]years he W3S engaged Mon1ana in the early dars of her history, his story is in far ming. Jn 1857 he rcmo,·cd to the vicinity of th..u of 1he enduring, :unbi1ious. ichieving you1h and[...]leased land t1ntil 1864, on April 51h, of which )'C:tr he 3hd heart of a muhitude. l'or him, indeed, j1 was a[...]01, the state line here 10 offer their tribu1cs of resptet, mt1st surely between Maryland an[...]the former born in Germany, September ..Much of the best in m:my pt,Optc· whom I ha,·c known[...]there had four daughtert and o ne son, all of whom arc li\·ing. is k indne$$ .1nd help and s[...]e to this country when he was four yeu s coming of the d;i.y UJ.>On the gra$.$ and flowers, or the[...]ailing vessel, ~nd landed at Bahimore. approach of 1hc morning sun to the golden doors of the In 1845 he remo"ed to Illinois, $tttli[...]not a trumpet souL1ds, not sixty miles west of Chicago, where he became a pioneer a salutiog g[...]. McDonndt re- and 1akcs cour.tgc. Like so many of these earlier men mained in Des Moines, Iowa, until May 161h of the of Montana, who saw the rougher side of life and en• s.amc year, when they sta[...]<iurcd the hardships incident to formative da.ys of so- Montana, o r Idaho., 3S it was then cal[...]on, Mr. F lowerree was big-hearted and gen- of their journey. as ertpared by Mrs. 1\kOonnell, no[...]Man)' an intcrcstin~ narrative to those of the younger genera• o ld friend :md :u:quainlancei down on his luck, knew d on, as ,Uustrativc of life :md travel in the pioneer where he could t[...]As a heard much ."bout the early da)'S of Montana. I am cititcn he was csteemcd. He did w[...]nccrs c:ame to this country led h im in the way of sympathetic hc-lpfuhltsS to ex- lonJ, long[...]d hostile Indians . Manl' storic-s arc to1d of the innate gencrosit>· o f 1n order to tell my. story, my mind will have to tum Mr. F owcrree and of his square de:,ling and loralty b.1ck to the year, 1864. Jn the early spring of that yc-ar to frit-nds. It is told of him that during the pimc of my husband, mrsclf and many other young p[...]rorn going to the w,1;II, in many s<:'-'rcely out of our 'teens-only a few months wh,c-h a person.-1 friend was intc-rcsted, Mt. Flowerrcc out of school. and some o f us newly-married, just bor[...]sion l>tginning to rt-alizc the ncccs.sit)' of making a h ome of houSt-, depositing it in the thrtatened institu[...]n o cn:ab1ed to weather t1ic fi nancial storms of th;i.t mc-m- P ullman palace c.ars w:'liting[...]t,\'e for homc-sc-ckers 'now, T he func-r-al of Mt. Flowcrrce was held under the not c,·[...]cb. \ Ve came here ytars in ad\•3nce auspices of the Lewjs and Clark Society or )font:ma of these modes of travel. At that time there were few Pioneers, and m.any of the prominent eitiicns or Helena railro.1ds west of Chicago. and none in Des Moines, 3ssisted as ac[...]s to hi,ghl_y respected pioneer family than that of McDonnell, c,a.t and wt-ar, ~nd much bcddins::. \Ve also h ad our the founders of which, Mr. aod l\frs. John l\foDonneH. garden see[...]uments. f s-till h.ave the violin we of long years of fabor on the ranchc-s of this section, brought with US,. \Ve organiicd o u[...]It w:i.s his duty aid the material dc\·elopment of the Wllatin , •.alley, and to ride horse-back in ad,·ance of the wagons, several well merit the esteem in whi[...]born in Count)' Tipperary. for Indians and herds of buffalo, .and find c-.amping JrclMd, Fcbruar)' ~. tS~. and is a son of John .and places where thcrt- was water, and grass and wood for Judith (McCormick), 1latt,·es of the Emerald Isle who our carnplires. After these[...]l good-bye to '.\'C-ars and spent 1he rcm:aindcr of their fo·es in agricul- our parents., our fr ien[...]dc~r to u~ we started on that They had a famil)' of six children, of whom fou r still· ne\'er to be forgotten can1pin[...]the stars and moon ehec-red Mlchael, a re$ident of Bo1.tman; and ~fory. wife of us by night and the evcr-•s:=lowing sun brighte[...]wt would have to travel 1riining in the schools of his native country. and as a mun:tde ro.'l[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 953 \ Ve knew many tribes of wild ·hldians were directly in No a.mount of cookiog C\'er made it palatable, \Ve our path[...]o,·cr our buffo,lo. The ladies con• afuid of 3,nythiog and we were all )'oung then. eluded that it wu the great-great-gr~ndfathcr of the "It took one week to reach Council Blu[...]to have our wagons ferried over. I t took all of one w:i.s such a n unusual thing •to sec and we[...]aha, where we went packing, some observing member of our party, looking into c.amp to spend Sund~.[...]1ion in a church. ~-" Indian buria.l place. A lot of dead Indfans wrapf)«l I will say right here[...]tain Slopped :i.t .:i. Columbus.. then a town of only a few houses. was the beautiful g:u$liing sp[...]ater :i.nd fou nd it scal4,ing hot and so stro11g of in• Our captain Slid they were Christiani1.[...]t we thought it bt-.st to moyc our not afo,id of them, but they were very filthy and q_uite camp.[...]er with us. \Vhc,t we were drove our team out of line q_uitc :i. distan« in order loaded in tllis[...]we for our hones were g:(ttint \'Cr>' tired. Some of us waited o ur turn. Herc I met my first Indi[...]ed the rather homesick, I sat in the back put of the wagon end of our journey. ').Ve .:i.lway-s campc:d on Sundays looking out O\'Cr oceans of land covered with long :ind sometimes longer if w[...]loud noise. Sitting up quickly I saw in front of me night we would ha\'c a dance. The ground would[...]ed the scat O\'er, and stories till the wee hours of the night this was the J'I.Q:isc that had awakened me. Frightc11cd "On one of those long (:lmping timt'S, while the was not[...](rc. startled by a tremend- me•. I got hold of it witllout taking my eyes off the ous war-whoop,[...]ucceeded \'Cr)' well in doing. The men afraid of that unloaded r e,·ol..,cr and, hcs.itating but[...]l\'er u ntil I saw the men coming to take the one of our party and lca\·c him resting there all alone[...]n progress when we left the But wishing w:i.s of no uSt'. It was as safe to· go on cast. We had h[...]s not until we reached Virginia Cit)' that we ' of mind and safety depended on our stayir'lg togethe[...]weeks when days and nig'.hts fol. 0 1t the Fourth of July we camped and «lcbratcd. seemed abot1t the same, o nly we were mo..,ing on. Man)' of us had little Aa.gs, which we put around our-[...]upon for an oration buffaloes in the vicimty of our camp a nd thought that a nd SC\'Cral little p[...]lmost worn out. \Ve soon met another cooking of that buffa lo mc:it. \Ve cooked all day ::md p.ut[...]guiding them ~ck to the e:tst The party some of our ~rty lost their t«th trying to chew i[...] |
![]() | 954 HISTORY OF .MONTANA[...].nt blue eyes. He was drcucd in rcpr_e~cntati\'C$ of that clau of sturdy men and \\'Omen, a buckskin S-uit and on h[...]d as if he and through who1e efforts the prophecy of Bridger, as had li\'c<l out of doors :all his life, :.11d l suppose he to the great future of the western country, has. been had. He \'Cry plca[...]ho died November to m:i.kc a g rt'.lt country out of it. He told us that 12', 1879; William L, en.gage[...]g by going on. He $.lid the min ing camp was neer of Kansa$ Cit)', Missouri_. who married Georgianna o[...]voice he continued: 'L.2.dies, as been a resident of Great Falls fo r mOte than twenty you have bcc.n[...]wide spread as to entitle him to c:laim ous part of the ro..1.d lo pus over. I have guided many ident[...]c:une with us. Our mgons ltaving home 3.1 the age of nineteen yt-ars. and among were let down by ropes[...]ere soon ha,•e added to the material importance of Montana he 1n wh:it is now called Gallatin Valley[...]the vallC)', and the beautiful rh·er- a son of John C. and Henrietta (SifflpS<ln) Ford. His absolutcly nothing. That was the first of September, father died when Robert S. was a b:d of fi,,e >·cars, in 186,1. There were no kind frien[...]was completed in make those homes we had thought of; dreamed of and the common school$. talked so much about. We[...]way for Mr. Ford was but nineteen years of age when he those who would come :after us. who d[...]enter- still coming. 1 think those pionecr )'tars of isol:ation ing the freighting business with ox-te[...]p to us. year to the post of .usistant. wagon master. Jn 1863 "\Ve went on[...]b:inding until we came to he was placed in charge of a wagon train! and in 1864 Virgini3 City; then we broke up our eamp and scat- came lo Montana in C'hargc of an ox•tr-am of sixttCll tered to different pfaCC$ to do what our minds :md wag:ons of merchandise. Contin,1ing here, Mr. Ford willing h:ands could do. There arc not many of us freighted from Benton, Cow Island and the M il[...]y timtt since that country to t11c mining cainl)S of Helena, Virginia City, big camping trip. I ha,·e[...]o the South during the Ch•il war. 1n the spring of ing trip. Jn 1907 I went to Kan~ City and kind fr[...]nd the city. They took me to three- hundrC<I head of Texas eattfe, which were dri\'en Washington Park Cemcttry, one of the most beautiful to Beaver H~d v-alley and sold[...]le on it. The moment purchased seven hundred head of stock. which were I S3w it t knew who it was. I was so glad his remains wintered in t87E at the mouth of the Sun river and were lyint,: in such a beautiful place, although 1 heard disposc-d of 1hcm in the spring, His winter eabin was afterwards that he died in po\'erty, like $0 many of located abot1t two miles from Great Falls and was[...]if, to Den ver mcnt to his memory. Now when anr. of you go to resulted rn the purchase of a J1crd of twc \'C hundred Bridger Canyon for an outing, )'Ou will know how it head of (3ttle, which arri,·ed a t the mouth of the Sun derh•ed its n.a.me."[...]rh•cr in November, tS72. In 1.he spring of 1873, :\Jr. After rcmainint_ in Virginia City[...]1:tnd about five settled down to the devolopment of one of the m<>$t[...]gaged in dair)'in~ a nd stock ioon eame to be one of the really big stock men of raising. The origin:11 tract of 16<> acres, which had been Mont:'lni. and car rie[...]nnell had lished the G reat Fall,$ National Bank, of which he has a«umulated three thousand acres on[...]t ever since, and office which he has 6lled a put of this latter was disposed of for $too J)tr acre wi1h the ,,tmost inte@"rity an[...]· 1910. t\t this time Mr. McDonnell is the owner of in his cap.1city 3$ chief executive of the institution a ,So acres, but since 1905 has b«n living a rctircd ' li(e, large measure of nati\'C thrcwdness and business a cumen. satisfied thit he has contributed hi$ due share to hi$ Like a ll of. his other enterprises in which he ha$ been |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]cattle, a decided success and 1s an 1llustrat1on of h1s versatile rc-ceiving forty cents per da[...]ollars per month as .\ farm spread and he is one of the most public-spirited and hand, wor[...]Ford was married in Kentucky to Miss of 1864, when he started on the long trip to Montana, Sue ;\lcCl:mah:m, daughter of James \Vesley and Lydia by ox•tc3m, t[...]ul and the party A. McClanahan, prominent people of Simpson county, ha,•ing no serious[...]Gallatin valley in September, and took up ;i. one of the oldest in the statc-i...having settled in Kentucky homesic.,d claim of 16o :u:rcs ofof her nurriagc. continued his residence fo[...]when September 10, 1878. when she bc~me the wife of the de,tth of his bther c.,lled him to Kornsas to assist Robert Simpson Ford of this rc,•iew. Within a few in seu[...]Bozeman, where-, in 1892, he erected at the home of Mr. Ford, nc.ar Sun Rh·er Cro.ssing, and a handsome residence of modern archite<h1ral desi1tn there resided until[...]his home, ha,•ing re-signed the management of his farm i\fr. and Mrs. Ford. of whom two $0n5, Ltt M. and 10 his eld[...]thr« having died in in- served as cashier of the Gallatin Vallc.y National Ba.nk fancy, w)1ilc the family we.re still residents of Sun River. at Bonman, ha,•ing been one of the org::i.nitcrs ·of that Mrs. Ford died October 25. 1906.[...]emocrat in his political ,•icws, Mr. Ford of those who organitcd the Nation:.I Bank of Gallatin in 18,6 was the reprc.scntative from Chouteau county to Valley, of which solid .and substantial in.stit1.1tion 11c h[...]Four~ and unw-a,·erin.g in the support Of his 1)3.rty's principles, te~th legisla.ti,•e a[...]inclination and ability to perform all the duties of good Han(()Ck. He wa,s elected as :i. rcprcscntath·e of GaUa- citizenship, and has been alh·c to the demands which tin cou1lly in the lower house of the lcgishlturc in a growing community cans upon[...]n whatever has been undertaken to rais.c the tone of aue.ndcd by no little intemal dissenli[...]R'flN. Prominently connected those of a strong man and a wise a nd just lcg1abtor. with the public interests of Gallatin county, )fontana, In 1896 he was[...]• thirg y~rs., Hon. James E. Martin, president of ,the sor, having thus been a member of 1hc as.scmbly o f National Bank of Gallatin Valley at Bozeman, has t9[...]directed to the cn:ietment 1he stable prosperity of this seetion has been built. As of wise laws and for dfc<:th·c lcgisfation :tlong :[...]en called upon to fill various teen yens c.ashicr of the Gallatin Valley N:itionil county offices, and was 1he incumbem of the imJ')Ort:mt 8ahk at Bozeman. and later, in 1904, was one of the office of county commissioner fo r one term. In all the organiicrs of the National Bank of the GaU:atin Valley relations of life, both public and pr-i\'atC-, he has retained :tn<S was e lected the first president of this institution, the confidence a nd respect of his fellowmen. Fraternally the policy of which he has directed e\•er since. James[...]Mason, having held me-m• E. Martin is a nalive of Howard count)', Missouri, a.nd bcr~hip in[...]lilled ,·,uious wa.s born Au.gust 16, 1840. one of the six children of chairs. Thomas L. and Julia (l!.lliott)[...].fis.s Sallie Armstrong, a M:utin, the former one of the pioneers of Missouri, sister of Judge F. K. Armstrong. Mr. and ).frs. ~brtin who[...]i, a nd there ~c.,me t11e f).'lrents of five children, of whom two died died when about eighty yc-ars of age.. His wife died i1J infa~cy, w~itc[...]ned Miss A,•1Ua Hill, and has the manageincn1 of his Thomas L. M:i.rtin was born in Kentucky in 18[...]r.; and Julia E., living :tnd was about two years of age when he ac.comp:micd with their p.[...]ion that Alf.. 1867, when he ~d· reached the age of fifty•scven ye:us, red W. Orton, manager of the bran<"h music3J establish- while his ,vife. a native of Missouri, passed a.way when ment of Norton Brothers, at 39 East Main street, is one Ja.mcs £,. was but 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, as well as one Of the most _popular, and the district schools of the' vic,initr of his father's farm :in e:<:amplc o f self-made m..-i.nhood that 1s worthy of a.nd he was rcare<I to ~ricultura pul'suits.. Whe[...]a nd conscientious cmul:ition. He s1xtec-n years of age he :iccompanitd his father to was[...]in High- July 8, 185-~ :i..nd is ~ son of James C. :md P:tulinc Orton. land University, at[...]J:tmes C. vrton was born in the state Of New \'Ork, la_rg.ely been :i.cquircd th rough sel[...],•ed as a young man to Ic>wa, distinctly_ a man of bro:.d general informa.1ion and where he worked at his trade of brick mason, although matu~c . Judgment, ha,•in[...]g a ski11td performer on the violin. In 1861 yens of age J1e e:trned his first dollar and assum[...] |
![]() | 956 HISTORY OF MONTANA hC worked :at his t ndc, then rcmo"ing to[...]rom that era which :iccompli.shed the bcgi.nnings of cM• Mont:.n:,. ccrritOt)', a trip which consume[...]liu1ion in Montana. Much that the symbols of hi.story while the former journey, from Council B[...]use without windows, situated in ,·itAl a1l1)als of this state. One of the oldest residents, the dty, and until his deat[...]y- none is worthier by cba.racter and achievemtnt of the thrc-e yurs of a.sci was engaged in freighting bctw«n pcrnuncnt[...]with the Sanna.ck. . lie was :m :teti\·c ntcmbcr of the Masonic s.to,y of t his. pioncc:r and his associates tluough the f[...]an ardent Democrat in ,POiitics. H'.is puWkation of which he i.s the author, entitled "Then wife, bor[...], which bas had quite a large fifty•thrcc years of :'lgc. ,\lfrt'd W. was the olden of sale, recite$ the m:an>· t rials and hardships endured by their nine children, of whom five arc now lh·ing. · t he c.u1r sculcrs of ~fontana. Alfred W. Orton w:iis nine )'Cars of age when he M• A native of \Vales, in JS~ at the a~e of twenty.four. com~. ied his puents overland to Vir[...]York in I bqan work in the prfoting offiec of the Mon- finally drifted out to Illinois. It is i[...]h how the pioneers came to Montana, and the $10ry of the .Modiu11ion, As c-arly is 1673 he came to Box[...], but in 1873 returned to the Modi• 01, the 4th of ?ibrch, 186.s, in company with James Gibb. sin,io[...]ld field.s in I daho, for Jtt Bozeman in the fall of 18;,, but soo11 remo,·ed to Butte that time the territory of Montana h.:td not been created. to engage in the liquor business, with whkh he was Tl1c mode of tra\'cl was with a four-horJC tt3'1" and cop.tittte:d u1u il 188o :ind then became fore1n:1.n of the :\ farm wagon. A great pa.rt of Jllinois a11d Iowa at Prusroom of the Butte ,Miner. Jn the winter of 188o he th:i.t time was $par$Cly $C:Uled, :and th[...]g spring tra,·ct for hours ,vithout seeing signs of a ny habitation . .,_gain came to Boxem:an, where[...]ferry-boat to liq\1or bnsiness.t but in the fall of 18SJ went to Butte Omaha, which h:i.d but twch·e[...]d a band ;i.nd also 'there w:is m:1.dc up a train of sixt)'•fi\'e wa1011s, some o~ncd a roller skating rink. !I.fr. Orton leased the of them being drawn by oxen. Jt v.~.s a nuxcd train; S1i\'er Bow Club up to the fall of 1SSS. when he en- some were goi11g to California.[...]business in Butte. :ind and Sah L:ikc:, but most of them we.re bound for the in , 1890: he a.gain cam[...]Ci1y ~ilway Company until being on the north side of the North Platte rh•cr. On 1903. Jn that ye.at he was appoi nted city inspc,etor of the way a great many I ndians or the Pawn«: trib[...]John identified with the musical instrument firm of Orton Boz.em:a.n, :lftcr . whom t he city of Bozcrnan is named, Broi1,crs. S ince 1909 he bas been manager of t he branch He .sought to org?,nize a train to take a cut•Ofl route, store at Bo1.ema n. He is ;.1 member of Rid~el)' Lodge c-a.st or the Bis: Horn mountains.[...]e, and in his political ,·iews ma11 b)' the 1amc of Joe Knig1u, who w~.s a trader ,at i.s a Dcmocr:l[...]01h, who was born :it S.,h Lake City, 10 StO west of the Big Horn mounta ins and through the Uuh. daug1ucr of Joseph DcB001h, " native of Scot• Wind Ri\'er cou1Hry. Mr . VaU;ghn' joined this part)'•Of Ji.od. Mr. and lfrs. Ortort ha,·c had three chi[...]red good resolute piano tuner, who inherit$ much of t he music.,! talent men. Each man during t11e ha[...]night ,s a pr~ution against dence i11 th.is part of the st:ate Mr. Orton has made nu- auaek by maraud[...]lch on He takes a (frtat intcrcu i n the welfare of his com- the 13th of July, 1864, Thi.s was one of the 6rst out• munity, and J S a t all times re[...]its to enter 'Montana O\'er that trail. T he most of the measure• and to do his foU dut)' u a good[...]Such was the introduction of Robcit V::tughn to Mon- Roam VAt;GHX. It is not :u, empty distinction to taru In the history of tl1e state's dc\'clopmtnt as- re,. h:.wc li\'td[...]n an)' state for a period w ,.u;ted on other ~gcs of this work the re.tder mig1,t o f nearly half a ccntur)', But in Montana and other properly read the name of Robert Vaughn into many western slates 6Jty )'tars mc:tns dating back to the times of the C\"ents :lnd scenes there 1)0rtra.yed. His ex[...], when ~cth·ity w:as riencc comprised :all phucs of the \'aricd life of pioneer s)'nonymOU$ with ::.d,·enturc, and when[...]lhe state c:ra, and was in the clemtnla l forecs of nature and barbarism in this turn known and estcc[...]he was one o f the big ranchers of the st~tc:, :ind made a It l:tcks b\lt little more than :\ year to complete the spccfalty of horse n ising, producing so1nc of the best h:alf c-cntury,. since Robert Vaughn fi[...]in L\.lonti na, About two yc.ars :tftcr the death of his the country which has since btto:ne the state of Mon- wire he sold his nnclt to hi.sold friend, Captain Couch, tana.. ~Of thpse lie found here and of those who c-amc and then moved to Great Falls, wh[...]h3bitants.. As his home for O\'er twent)'. years of Indian wJ rfare, of pioneer hardship, and the com- Mr, V:au.ghn l1as taken much pride in Great Falls and mon mortality of mankind, He is one of fe"'' sut\"i\'ors h3.s been a £actor in i[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF llfONTANA[...]o the builder and owner. "During all of this time 1 wrote home regularly and This substan[...]rccch·cd letters in return. but instead of going home .i.ppr«iation ofof August, settled regions of the \Vest. I kept dfifting further 1886, to Miss 'EHi.tbcth Donahue. daughter of Matthew and forther until I found myself in the heart of the and Jane Donahue, of Toronto, Canada. Mrs. Vaughn Roc:k[...]es from home. died on January 13, 1 ~ .at the age of thirty-three years. "In this wa)' over[...]seems the same. The ivy crccpillC' up a resident of New York state and now of Great Palls. the walls; the sycamore,[...]where 1he sparrows It h:i.s been the purpose of this ske1c:h ~to set forth in huddlcJ together[...]and the old its essential ou1linc-s the c:i.reer of one of l\fontana's stone b:un: and I imagine that[...]How strangdy sweet to me it seems. and history of this st:itc. He has the gift of straight- forward s.tatcment, characteristic of we.stern fronti er "The old and well known paths arc ther<', character. In a work of this kind it would not be amiss[...]here it Gone is the weight of m;:i.nhood's c-.arc, 1s deemed sufficient to rcpc..,t his simple narrati\'C of And in its place a sense of rest. his own early lifo, that to be followed with a Quotation of his tribute to the Montana pioneers..[...]lntc thorn O\'crspannmg the "'My parents were of good family: by that I mean •passag[...], loccting near Rome, New c1uarter of a mile. \Ve SJ)Oke but vcr)' little; we were York. so, in the b.11 of 1858., instead of going home 3S both \ 'Cf)' sad. Suddenly f[...]i.s weeping bitterly, and ahcr I the knowledge ·of my parents 1 took passage on board had[...]erhaps be a worse man than I am. was in the care of his sister. I was at her home O\'Cr a year. 1toi[...]wl1erc I were it not for the prayers of father and mothrr." worked for Joshua Da,•is o[...]Library. )fr. Vaughn told in g ra1)hic \'ersc of the char- McLt":in county, Illinois, wher[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA To MO:-iTMi;\ Pioxtt1ts[...]ionctrs who, this sterling pioneer of Montana maintains his home at Away, away westw[...]~•lvania, but his eX;pcri- O'er countless miles of trackless pl;:iins cnccs in conncc.cion wi[...]rcwrdcd history of this s:rcat commonwealth render it ).lost popular[...]this publication. As a pioneer of the \Vest he was one Though there were other outfits of· those urged to intdligcnt sclf-dc,·clopmcnt an[...]of thought and reason, because when confronted with[...]t them just: for in their natur:t.l aecept.-i.nce of 'Endured tumser, fcir and cold.[...]gation concerning Mont:Ul:\ and other parts of the great empire of the WeSt, the while his various historical con-[...]came and settled tributions :ire of grc::it and enduring ,·-:iluc. He came to In[...]h many a one was sbin. sun·ivor of the three men who disco.,.cred pl:tccr gold mines of p.1ying yield in the Yellowstone vallcj, in In thO$C battles with the sava,gcs[...]ny a pioncu then did fall, corder of the Shorthill district of Montan:\, in 1304.5. And as many o f the enemy[...]Huntingdon county, Pcnnsyh•ania, on the 7th of March, 1840,· and i$ a $On of Jacob and Mary (Berkstresser) BleS$cd be those noble women \Vea,·er. the former of whom was born in the sa.mc Who then crossed t11c trae:kles.s plain. county, in 18ro. and the lattu of whom was born in 'fhc.y were the "RM Cross" in th[...]basic industry of agriculture 3nd both he and his wife It cost tweh[...]s victory, death. At a reunion of the Wca,·er family held at Shy 'fhat now the people of this state Be:wcr. Huntingdon coun[...]i'.\fay live in peace and plenty. of ~ptcmbcr, 1912, ::m o«as.ion on which about six[...]dred rcpresc:ntath•cs of the family were present, David Honor the memory of those who've B. \Vc:wer, the subject of this re,•icw, gave a brief out- Passed over the Great D ivide line of the \Vc.wcr genealogy, and fr()m this record :uc[...]de. Jacob '\Vca,·er was 011e of three brothers who c:ame[...]3lly enjo)·ed about the middle of the eighteenth ccntury,-at least Li!c on the wild front ier, prior to 1he War of the Rc,·olution, 1hc names of his A s long as ,.,.c. had a grub~stakc mine[...]ham 31$0, loc.-itcd in the province of Maryland. It is A!!- a general thing our hc:;ahh[...]pe mt',l.t and deer. the owner of what w:i.s then known as the "Big Spring"[...]And whc-n the holidays wo~1ld come of H3.8'erstown., on t.hc Funkstown ro3d, It[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF l>iONTANA[...]subsequent total k>ss, owing to the depreciation of Weaver was 3 member arrived at the mouth of Emi the fottcr. He then took out n land warrant, to which Jr.ant Gulch on the 27th of August., 1864. His financia1 he was entitled for[...]e Revolutionary mvestmeiHs in the buying of ranch land in the Ye1low- war or army, and locate[...]rd town- stonc valley and town pr09erty in Yellowstone City ship.'' At various places in the publishtd Archives of pro,·ed a total IO$S. Concerning intide[...]ith his early experiences in Montana Mr. \Ve.aver of his service as an officer in :i Revolutionary reg[...]and part!,y in "All lands lyin_g e~st of the Yellowstone river were Pennsylvania, a.nd ii is \·irtuallr[...]etr physician h,crc mentioned. Dr. tility of the Indians compdled the frequent abandon- Weaver married Susan Eitncr, a native of Wittenberg, ing of mining operations m Emigrant, Bear and Crev- Germany, :md of their children Christian figures as the i[...]se name in• compelled the abandonment of the three ranches held trodu«s this anidc. Chris[...]gh They_wcrc the parents o{ Jacob \Vcavcr, father of D~vid this action on the part of th e govcrnn,e,nt I lost sax B. \Vcavcr, the Mon[...]which the gcnc.a1ogical record was pre- of the river'was held by the Indians until 188o, whe[...]dent, a position in which he is making tory of the Yellowstone Valley. by the Wc$tcrn His- special effort 10 amp[...]. "I left Yellowstone Citi on the 15th of October, In the common schools of his native county Davjd 1866, and with[...]ed under ington. I left Helena on the 23d of October .tnd ar- the dir«hon of the wisest of all head-masters, experi- ri"ed in \Vall[...]from which city and he never acquired the habit-$ of U$ing tobacco or in- I soon made my way to[...]a st~mer and pro- also stated that the curriculum of the common schools ceeded to New York, by w:ay of the i$thmus of in his youth was deficient in American hi$tory, a[...]l\'ania, whCr-c he ~-.,.as line was the ·journal ofof cotton he had memorized much of its contents, and incidentally and :also in the manufacturing of lumber. He operated there was fostered in him a i[...]s mill and planing mill. The climate of Florida caused interesting to record in this conn[...]gly re- Weaver secured within recent ytars a copy of a most turned to Pennsyh•.i..nia a[...]ime interesting work entitled "The Life and Times of he h:t.s maintained his home in th[...]generously contributed the and he is one of the representative citizens of Saxton, same to the public library of Butte, Montana, together Bedford county, where he has $Ubs1antia1 property with a reproduction of the onlf photographic por• intere[...]an .old-style ambrotypt-. of deputy recorder of ,t he ShorthH1 mining district, in Mr. \Veaver[...]offices, and he scr,·cd as a member of the board of com- homesttad farm, and there he was emplo>·ed in variOus missioners of that county from 18,-6 to 18~ inclusive, capacities until the latter part of the year 1863, when ha,•ing been cketed[...]Shorlhill and tics he has for a number of yearS maintained an in- leased the P rospcc-t coa[...]and measures meeting th e approv:al of his ju&,nent. pan>•· ?.fr. Shor1hill was one of the pioneers in the Thus he has voted for both Republican and Demo- Pike's Peak district of Colorado and when the Idaho cratic can[...]he East he and his In Topping$' Chronicles of the Yellow&tone Valley partner, Mr. \Vc.wcr, both[...]Mr. \\'caver has called attention to a number of inae,. Mr. \Vtaver now saw a mC3ns for indulJing-[...]o note that he now ha.s in preparation a Hi.story of the He w:.s joined by ~fr. Shonhill, Richard Owens, George First Settlement and Settler$ of the Yellowstone Val- Tra,•is and Alexander Norris. Thi$ little company of ley, 1864-6, a compifation that ('.lnnot fail to prove of adventurers crossed the ?i.1issouri ri\'cr at Oma[...],•alue .is an :iddition to the recorded 3nnats of thence proceeded ::llong the road' on the north side of the Platte rh•cr until they arrived at the Boze[...]route .and C. C. Coffinberry h.iving been captain of the libr-arics in Montana. He bas previousl[...]rs appearing in the second wagon train. The party of· which Mr. one of such publie3tions he has ·,witten as follows: |
![]() | 960 HISTORY OF MONTANA ••TJ1c statement is made that gold W3S found in Emi· Henry Edgar on the 26th of May. 1863. The fourth ~rant Gukh in 1863, by Thom[...]ng :md fishing. This is where t~e city of Hclen:a lS now b.ualt. 'The fifth mining not corr[...]on the YellOw$tonc Valley, on the ,30th of August two comp,.nions, :ind that they were prosp[...]by David R. ~bort&ill, Da\'id B. Weaver and mouth of Emigrant Cukh when the Indians ca.me to[...]ahenvard bc:c-ame known as them and robbed thttn of all of their 'grub.' I asked Emigrant Gulch and the village :at the mouth of the him why he permitted this, and he replied that the gulc.h w:as known 3.$ Yellowstone City. Mr. Weaver I ndians were too numerous to ju[...]to Virginia covery claim, in 1866. Both of thC$C men a.re dead, Cit>' for new supplies. Rea.[...]as the metal w:as dis• plaecr mines of Montana. These pioneers 3re Gr.in• cov<"r<"d there in May of th3t yt'.lr. while the gulch is ville Stuar[...]rte<"n milC$ in length :u:id :it that time of Saxton, c:nos>•lvania." ' afforded 311 ample amount of rich minini ground for Mr. \Vcav'c[...]erning him to loc.,tc a rich dain,, So this story of his havinJ. the ~ -st. Chance diS~\·ery-.[...]hentic. ' constituting the mam busm«s street of Helena the In his home town M r. Weaver is a ch:irtcr mcmbtr c:.pital of Montan:.: "The La.st Ch.,nce. placer 'gold of Saxton Crangc, No. 1132:, which w:is organized mines were diseovercd on the 15th of July, 1864. but :tbout fifteen yc:irs ~o. He is a member of the So-- t~~ pros.pcctors did not find the gold in ~ying quan- cicty of Montana Pioneers and also of tile Society of t1t1cs; so they went on furthc-r north.[...]better succc:ss, they returned to the site of the prC$C11t stated. m:idc most ,•:ilu:i.blc contributions to h i.stories city of 1-!clena ir'! November, 186.J~ to tr)' iga.in on the of Montana, both general :ind specific~ :in~ the pub• bar previously discovered. They spoke of this being liea.1ion here presented is fortun:ite[...]has the Cowan ud Colvin were nath•es of the state of Georg ia deepest rc,·crcnec for the spintu:t.1 v[...],iners ~n that state, ·which probably the Church of G<>d, at $;lx1on, supporting the work had much 10 do wuh 1he1r successful prospecting in of that denomination.[...]At Huntingdon, Pcnns)•h•ini:a, on the 2d of Dcccm• Helena now slands." bcr, 1$68. wi.s solenmir.cd the marriage of Mr. Wca,·er to 'M iu '£1ii::i.bcth Mountain. Sh[...]old N1c110LAS J . lht1.z:,,:1uc is one of Monlana'.s fore• Kc)'Slonc state and her ances[...]e eonsprcuous chir:actcr :m1ong 1hc early seulers of the bci t11iful Juniata valley. of hi$ idtntifie~tion with the state's devtlopmc-nt and up- She was a granddaughter of Jane ?,fa,guirc, whose mu- building. b~1[...]the Indians. in 1777, is vari0\1S ch~nncls of progrcJS through whieh his inRu- n:arr:i.tcd in Drum\>.'lugh & \Valton's "Stories of Penn• cnce, progre,si\'tne.ss ind public[...]bcc-n felt. syh-ania." Mrs. Weaver was a daughter of Da,•id He was but a boy of seventeen when he came to Mon• Mountain, who was a man of excellent intcllectt,!al at- tana in die spring of 1865, with no other capi1al than a. tainments and[...]stout hc.irt, a.n industriou> n:iturc and habits of frugality public schools of Pennsylvania in the c,arly day$. $he tha[...]re,nt:ase Md naturally en• was born on the 21th of May, 1841, and wa.s sum• dowed h[...]pmcnt he hu moned to the life eternal on the 10th of No,·cmbcr, by dint of his own efforts, been for ye:irs :i«ordcd ~ 191[...]the substanti.\l, h igh class citi• the $phcrc of h~r gracious :and gentle inftuencc. She zcns of the state. . had one sister and four brothers, and three of her broth• l\fr. Bielcnbcrg was bom in Holstein, Ctrm:i.ny, Ju11c crs were gallant soldiers of the Union in 1he Ci,·il w:tr. S. 18.$7, and was but a y0ungstcr of four years when Concerning the children of Mr. and Mrs. Wca,•cr the his pnrcnt[...]brief d:ata are gi\•cn : Clara B. i.s the wife of wi1h his two brother$, Charles H. :ind John N[...]a.t Six1on, Pcnnsyh·ani:a; :\fary C. is the wife of $0ns swiftly ad.1p1cd thcmscl\'CS to Amcnc:m wa)·s. and Clarence L. ~fetzg:ir, of Philadelphia, Pcnnsyh·a.nin, the l:tttcr[...]Cla.rcn<:c, Jr.• ,:ens.. Clnus Biclcnbcrg was of the Luthcr:.n rcliiion, Jack and Harold; and Effie H. ruidcs with her father :ind all of hi.s family inhcrite:d his high moral principles.[...]er, :.re t-aken its \'ic:inity, .ind was one of its most highly respected the following brief st[...]\Vcivcr is the townsmen. last survh·or of the three men that d isc:o,·crcd gold[...].al public school in ~3.)'in,t quantities in the Yellowstone valley, in 1 ~ privileges, but his lively i[...]own as i\fon- led him to shorten his period of study in order to join tana w.is by Grann,·illc[...]in which his father and on Gold cr«k. a. branch of the Little Blackfoot rh•er. brother were cng3ged. The det:nils of the butcherin.fl' 'fhe next or second gold dis«[...]gings' diseo,·ercd by John teen ye.us of ~ge he went to Chi~o. where he was cm• White,[...]out the 6rs.t plo)'cd through the winter of 1865. Por his first month's of Auscust 1862. The 1hird mining camp discov[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]~. Shortly af.~er~v~rd he earried on the ~me line of Benton, Montana. About thirty m.ilc:s above Om~ha[...]ped, in this Ji1\e, submit to the incon"·cnicncc of camping twenty days on ;n enterprise of 1mme.nsc proportions for that time. the l>a.nk of the rh·cr while waiting for another boat of They handled more th3n one hundred and th[...]the voyaie neither boat nor sand head.of sh<;eP in one year, and their Rocks were to pas$[...]ntcrru,pt«I by a be found m various ?,arts of ?.fon1.ina, while they also h erd of buffalo crossing the strtam. This necessitated[...]s,ton to North D.ikota :ind contributed Dry Fork of the Missouri, they struck a sand bar, and largely to the dcvcfopment of the lh•c.$tock industry ir'i in the procc-ss of extricating the vcuel 3. s03r wa.s this section of the wuntry. broken. The delay thus cxc:i.sioncd[...],•iously pub• the most serious circumstance of the entire tnp. T he h~hcd : :·1t[...]unter his assoc-Jatcs were the fathers of the sheep industry in ~illcd one man, woimded an[...]ta n:,, and their opcr:,,tions were the first or of whose lh·es they disposed in the most horrible m[...]the s~tc. Mr. Bielcnber_g was the ner. ln si~ht of thC stranded p,,sscngers of the Ber• first .shipper to diSCO\'er the va.luc of screenings in the trant w-:itehmg from the deck in desperate hcJplessncss, fccd mg of sheep in transit, :ind his discovery has grown[...]10 be a valuable industry in the handling of mutton for surrounded the captives, held i11 dur[...]identified with the stock-raising industry of Monta na them thus pitikssly destroyed. It i.s[...]ndustrial hold1nis. H is uwcstmcnts haVe number of dee r and elk on the route and h;winf::' heard[...]ade with di.seriminallon, showing marked busi• of the dose of the war when p.,,ssi,,g one of the river ncss e,a~city and foresight[...]of benefit to the community, and always on the side[...]ss -and ad,·anecmcnt, there is no better example of cecded to con.sider his immediate future. His objccti\'e the type. of rncn, who have not only lived to sec Mon• poi[...]but had suffered unexpected depletion bcc:aus.c of the exi• ha\'e largely contributed to the transfonnation. gencit$ of the voyage, amounted to exactly thirty•fivc[...]im to Fort Bm· up to 1912 was one of the st:iunch supporters of the Re• ton was his supply of butcher's tools, but he was at a P\lbl[...]part in its councils, loss to defra,)' the eost of trans-porting them. Youth and and w-as one of its advisers in his section of the state. ambition often n1eet with kindly con[...]youns m:m found on thi.s oec-asion. The captain of the Minnc.,polis_.. and many times SC[...]is jO\lfllC),' place among the orga11i1.c.r:s of that party in '.\font:ina. to He.Jena, free of :ti! charge. You.ng Biclenbcrg then The principles of the P rogrcssi"e party we:re 011ly those loodcd his belongings on a mule wagon, at the side of with which he had been m sympathy for[...]ucnce has been st.rong in this mo\'cment toward of July. At H elena he learned of a businc~ in his 'line cJcan er politics[...]con\'ention meeting he:ld in Hc.kna discoverer of Alder Gulch, the richest gulch i11 Montana, July 29, 1912, for all people of the different counties of The butcher's Citablishment was in Blackfoot, M[...]Mr. Biclcnbcrg has been a resident of Deer L<>dAC iot' there identified with the same tine of tt-:idc until 1872, over fort)' years, comp[...]. Biclcnbcrg became oonnected 14th of March, 18,-21 Miss Annie Bogk, a nath•c of Osh• with th e line of business that started him on the road kosh, ,vi1consin, and a dat1ghter of Augu.sta" and to the great success that he has[...]the stock busi• '.\larg:irct Bogk, nati\'C$ of Germany, who came from ncss. Herc he engaged i[...]reached by and passed the rcm:.inder of their Ji\'CS in this $ectiorl. driving the sto[...]Mr. and Mrs. Biclenl>cri ha\'e been the parents of five there shipping by rail to Chicago. For SC[...]n. In 1874, is now Mrs. \V. J. Higgins, of Deer Lodge. How• 1877 he established a meat[...]ich be· :1.rd Zenor bont o n the 26th of No,•cmbcr, 1876. married came one of the leading industrie.s of its kind in the Annie ,vi'nkclm:in, e[...]who was born on the 161h o.f D«cmbc~, growth of the business was substantial, and e,•ent[...] |
![]() | 962 HISTORY OF MONTANA wi1h her p3rcnts. Claude Nic.hola.s. whose birth took . of distinction in Louisville, Oldham county. It was place on the 26th of October, 1888» is cng.i.ged in the there that on[...]s devoted to his primary Mr. Biclcnbcrg 1s one of the c;,ctCn$h•c owners of hig:h education in La (;range, Oldham county Kent[...]l home, .Armistead Hughes Mitchell was prcs.idcnt of the Deer Lodge Water Company, and was sent ~o the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, enc of the builders of the magni6ccnt hotcl property in for Jus college[...]hiin to le.ave school quit~ maU)' ti1ncs the size of Deer Lodge. Among_ his other uncc:r~moni~usly and[...]t on the way to cxceutive ofticcs he is prc$idtnt of the Butte Butcht.ring parucip:itc m the M~x1can w:i.r. He was permitted only Company, vicc•prc.sidcnt of the T uolmc Mining Com• :i few mo~1ths of this e,xciting experience, for his father pany, a[...]d his 1·ch:rn as soon as pc>ssible after he~ring of pany. .[...]tucky, ~e arr;\llgcd for regards t11c acwmulation of property, but a.s a c,itizcn of his sons entering upon mcdteal studies at Jcflenon high char:i.ctc:r and a business man of strict integrity college in that city. Ha,•ing completed the work of the .ind fairness. He enjoys the comforts and pleasures of «>urses there. he went subStQuently to the Univc[...]rearc<l :in ex<icllcnt familJ. in keepinsc with a of New York, from the medical department of which high social standi1,g, a nd has c<>ntributc[...]e was graduated in 18sz. worthy projects, whether of .\ ch.:aritablc, c.i,•ic or re.Ii• Thus e[...]ess keenly intcrc.sted in tfic adYenturous phases of ex- Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic orde[...], ~t Helena. He i.s to be confined by the. limits of his profession. \Vhcr also a member of the Elks. / Dr.[...]o ,•isit hh Mis acquaintanoo includes n,:uly of'the prominent men father, who was then ronducting a $U;gar plantatior of the Sfate, not only of today but for the past twcnt)•• on· the llr,[...]m Cal,;ut011 fi\'e years. Few men in this section of Montana arc bet• Texa$. He then lingered for a[...]lost its charm for him. His rcai from :in~· lade of respect but from a most friendly and destination,[...]was the jo,•ial disposition, and the lac.uh)' of makmg and re• period of the gold mining excitement in that state. In tain[...]g career, with mming interests in various parts of c,;ery class o pioneers leaves more aggrt.ssi"e c[...]so interested him to such an ex- the appreciation of pOStcrity than does the pioneer P.hy- tent that h[...]an. His work, no less strenuous, no less perilous of a large ranch ~>n which were herded ·1arge number$ than tMt of others, 'is done with least of the egotistic of cat1le for sclhng throughout the mining dis.td<:t[...]Scores Nor were the foregoing activities the sum of this re- of physician-heroes die on our frontiers without de-[...]on for their imrartiail)' altruistic la• rnents of the times held g,cat attraction for him. }le bors[...]promptly r«ognized as an available and greatest of hers, honors such names :'LS those of Doc- desirable candid:ite for important public of[...]fa\1pin, Brooke:, Yeager, made in 1857 a mc.mb-er of the slate legislature from Father Ravailli ano that dominant pcrson;i,lity of rare California. Two years later lie was rcclcc.t[...];a; strong Md definite in- The cfon ax of excitement O\'Cr gold mining in British flucucc in the industrial development of the state, Dr. Columbia led Dr. Mitchell to dispc>sc of his cattle-ranch Mitchell le.:wes a life-record of sueh interest 3$ to re• interests 3nd to im·C$[...]he situation suR"ie:iently promising, con<liti(ms of the rrescnt publication permit.[...]a t Aurorn, Nc\'ada. Herc he continued his depth of character, produces the· finest type ot , •alo[...]d- speculations. He was so fortunate as to be one of father, Major John Hughes, had enlisted-with the the original disco\•erers of the rieh Esmerelda mine, permission of his mothc-r, Ann Neville Hui;;:hcs-when which was the basis of his mining opc·rations until JS6J., he was but sixteen yeus of age as ::t patriot 11\ the Cc»~· at which time he had become the possess.or of a goodly tinental army and had thus a-s :i. mere[...]fter and his wife, Ann McrrhYcathcr, were natives of Vir- lookmg over possibilities in[...]ni:\ :ind rcprc.scntcd the Old Dominion famil ies of Tarleton. Ne\'illc and Hughes of colonfal and military mining camp exisced there a[...]rt Mitchell and Ann Seldon Arm- era! milc-s north ofof the above-mentioned claim in three months )•iclded him sornc $20,000 of gold M ajor John and Ann (.Merriweather) Hughes,[...]tchell and his wifr, Lucy in May of 1865 he resumed mining acti,•itic-s. On Hughes[...]b<camc widely known in Jefferson and one of his prospecting trips he learned from a Jesuit[...]the former pric-st and some aceomp~nying Indians of report<:d rich region. \Viltiam D. Mitchell was counted one of the placers in the Blackfoot cou11try. He went wi[...]st Lodge county, reaching that place in September of 186,s. |
![]() | [...]profcHion:tlly engaged for a )~.3.r, .1t the end of which the most hygie.nie, is well :as the[...]11d time he dcfinitcl >· loc-.;ncd i1t the town of Blackfoot, scientific, that could be wishe[...]me.nt of thirty.five years' time, Or. Mitchc.11 wa$ the[...]spint in building up the institution and place of residence without being the object of politi~I shaping its dtsti.mes. Even such improve[...]cm.ukable forc.si. ght the districts comp<>.sed of Deer Lodge :uid Missoufa WJule the s[...]to time other important duties called him. dent of the Council in 1"$71, •75 and •77. One of these was his acecp13nc,c of Go,·ernor Pous• In 1869 President Grant appointed Dr. Mitchell to appointment to the post of surgeon gc-.neral during the (;Onstruct the original building of the· Territorial pcni·• Nci Perccs war; and a[...]harge· o{ the work until it after the detachment of the regimenta l surgoon from was concluded in 1[...]his l)()litie-a.l preferments in t he later epoch of hi.s tion with that practice he continul.-d his prh'ate activi- life wholly of a professional nature,;, for then, . :1.s in ti[...]f:tirs. His interest in legislative ;i. resident of Deer Lodge until near the cloS<: of his and executive politics never 3batcd a[...]hatieally demonstrated in his pri... ate chairman of the Democratic territorial central oom• operat[...]t to his ext:cutive pc>wer is seen in his n1embcr of the n:uional committee of the same ~rt}'; c,•olution of the S."lnitarium at Deer Lodge. This and while se[...]had its inception in his being awarded by member of the committee whok duty it was to formally Govcn[...]the official position whos.e notify Mr. Cleveland of his nomination. In J&)a Mr. dutiC$ were the c.ire o f the in5,3ne of Montana territory. )1itchell endorsed the thcOriC$ and purposes of the At fir.st there were sc,•tn men patient$,[...]the .state con,•c ntiont in 1SQ.l. sibilitic-s of the institution, which a t that time had but '96[...]96. the pre.sent innitution. The keen perception of Dr. Coincidtnt with the numerous i[...]oted, Mitehcll· in recognizing the grc:at value of the thermal Dr. MitChell's participation in mining enterprises con•, a nd eur.ith•e pro,P:trtics of the waters o{ \Varmsprings tinued. It is said th.'lt no 01her man in Montana has wns onl)" one ev1dencc of hi.s fa r•sighte<,l.1te$.$. He :ind put more mo[...]group in the state: than did he. In many c3SC'.Se of course, his of small buildings suiub!e for the comfort and best[...]natural attuctions materially to the dc"clopmcnt of Montana. . of the place wer(' m:aking it. A farm and i:µ:rden were The form:al :affili.'ltions of Dr. Mitchell in a soci:il way next planned and f[...]ally grew. The r.,nch, presence o{ the G~nd Loo;e of Mont:ma, then in SC$• prdcn and stock farm at f[...]14, Ancient Free and Ac:cepttd Masons. the needs of the as)•lmu, ha,•c gone far toward making w i[...]. M.. under a this one o{ the modtl institutions of its kind in thc special dispcns.ation or th e Gra[...]ut world. Jt w:is in t89o· that the managcmc-nt of the the remainder of his life. he eontinutd a member o{ tht plant decided th.at the greitly incrtased number of ji,. organization and its honor$ h:ivc followed h[...]e the hotel 3nd public resort Since All of Or. Mitchell's domestic li£e was lived i t tl1a[...]ed here on No,•ember and :mtntion to the needs of the patients and the foll a,, 187t. ~!rs. Mitchell having been before her mar• resources of the froPerty 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 rs. Strnctc:d ?or the use of the thirteen orig-ina l inm:itcs Mitchell became the: p.ucnts of fi,•(' children, of whom have bce11 replaced by Sl)le ndidly planned buildin"S'$ of two now survive: Mary Adele. now Mrs. J.M. Scand-[...]d type. The cost land, mentioned in the biography of her husband else-. or the newly •co1mrncted g r[...]i arc under the 0l0$l efficient care:. est member of the fami~>'• The: ,•as1 $t1rrounding oropcrty[...]Dr. Mitchell's final illness began in the summer of t('r~d ai,d brou1tht to :i hiR"h de~rce 0£ profitable cul1i- 1896 a nd was of that nature which, aff«ting the eyes v:u1on. N'ot only the inexh."lustiblc ftow of the thc-rmal :md hc3d, is callC<l mastoiditis. In[...]rights, make the place one lll0$l to be: des.ired of New York. In 1$1)1 he made a s.ummcr trip to for the dau of p.itie111s whose disorders rcq,uire the Alaska and in t he a utumn of 18t)S went to California, most nc:i.rly pc:rf«t[...]dta\'Ors most delic:'lte handling. It is cap.1ble of accomodating to w ithstand the n,·agc, of his malady were o{ "the \·o&, 11-i |
![]() | 984 HISTORY OF MONT'.ANA most courageous kind, but in October of the lut• of the selling· sun. Some traveled around the Horn[...]e rc$ult-:mt we:tkncss others by way of the Isthmus but Soc,hronios ifarches~ and the end[...]0th, at his home in scau and two of his brother,, with the blood of the Warmsprings. 'fhc last r C\'C.rcnt sc[...]omp."'lny over his body .it the Epis.copal church of Dtcr LodJC of cis:ht young men and started on the tedious over-[...]Their re:al by foll Masonic rites. The prcsei1cc of numc.rous emi- startjng point, however, was St. Johns, the home of 1hc nent citizens from dis-ta..nt localities, nddcd to that of MarchesSC'3us. ~,,fog there on April elc\'c[...]. Louis. Herc they were ff.llhering the 1.:1.rgut of its kind c,•cr known in Deer delafC'd fo[...]mg :trrangement.s for the really serious ()Ortion of Dr. Armistead HughC'$ Mitchell is remembered f[...]dence. Missouri, those achievements the rccountal of which is gh·cri in each man purcha$ed[...]- sack. At \Vcstport they Jomcd ::t party of Santc l;e dC$cribablc cltmenu of person.11ity whic-h m.ike 3 friend merchant$ and on the first of J~ine thc-y set out all Of comrade so inelfobly precious., e\'en in memory. His together across the dusti plains. They met, of course, high sense of honor, person:tl :md orofcs.sional, his im-[...]new well p.,thy,. ~inderlying t11c dominent force of his nature and these lndian tribes, most of whom 1i>tlonged to the :c\'e.:'lhng i1seH so wond[...]'ain the French zdeal.rc.lations•to tbe members of hi.s family-t hC$c ch:i.r- C:tnadi:m tongue. The h:trdships of the journe,· lay in :i.ctenstics ooc inay name as definitely his.. Just what the Joni months of continuous tra\'cl, the thirst ind ther munt, in[...]the mu1ti- the droppin~ by the wa)~Side of beast and man. J\ t fo!d lu.-art-unagc shar«l by[...]and thC')" rcccwcd at the hands of the Mormon sculcrs[...]1 to join their own c<>lony already e.stiblishcd: of French descenl, thOUJth bo1h his father and his mothc; Some were tempted, but the maiority of the party were were born in C.,nada• . The l:tt[...]men for whom California was the only was a tiller of the soil_. but the IO\'e of romantis.m 3nd g~l. ad,·cnturc so stro1)g[...]eJu who work. Their only knowled.ge of l)lacer mi11int wa.s mourned him until her own de.a.th,. almost a qua;te:r of wh.-1 they had glc.a.ncd from hears:ly. They had brou.ght a century later. T h ey were the parents of ten childrct1 with 1hcm 1hcir rockers :lnd. wh:lt was more to them, of whom but two. Sophronius '.\forehesse:rn :i.nd hi$ each m:m h ad :in inc.xhaustible $t1pply of energ)' and en- sister Hcnrictt.1, were gfo\nted length of life. The sister, thusiasm. The first da).,S[...]dol• Hcnrictt3 :\farchcss<'au. bt<amc the wife of the fate Mr. lars apiece. All winter these c.lc-\'Cn men labored sitlc Tr:ih:m. of. Central Falls, Rhode I sland, nnd her death by side, t:trninz on .i,, 3\'Crage of 011e hundred dollars occurred September 21), 19r2, at the age of ninety ye.us, a dar. In' the spring d1ey[...]they were again succcs.sful. In 18sS The life of the rc-maining sou. the fourth born in the[...]a centur}' in time, the great the gulf of GcorE,:i3 to the Frner river. The rcp,ort century o( de\'elopmcnt i1\ the northwest. His feet of the gold findmgs had .not bce:n exaggerated, but[...]tate in the Union from cast the hardships of the plains were as nothing to the.. cold to. w~st[...]d back· again, and and the famine of lhlS barren 1.:md. Many 3 m:111 W3$ this m a tiin[...]known to exchange bis large.st nugget for a crust of t~,·cl was one of the impossibilities. lt is difficult to b[...]ld buy. Many who preferred a competence few pages of a Montan.\ tdioon. It was , ·oicc-s like[...]by only the experi- Johns county1 in the province of Quebec, Canada, on ence. He continu[...]s properties until 1$63. the 1wenty•fOtirth day of December, 1828. Edue3tion when he r[...]tain in those pa.rts and being made by way of the Nicar~ua route. 1t was times, nor did the you[...]teen years ha.d wrought in St. Jolms. Of his own Um• them. The book learning that lay 11[...]to him only his mother, one brother the subjc-ct of this sketch received. He attc-ndcd, of and a sister, the latter ha\'ing recently died September course. for some Jittle time the schools ofof general . h1;., C\'cn Jess than bcfort, 311d :[...]d like wild fire O\'er the ln the spring of 1865 he came up the ri\'Cr to Fort couotry, tidings of gold in C~lifornia. From every Den[...]by wago11 10 Hclc.na. At the country side parties of young men set out for the land moU1h of the Marias there was great txcitemcnt O\'er |
![]() | HISTORY OF ~fONTANA[...]965 3 prospective Indian uprising, as a c:imp_ of forc-stcrs Christian pauor-nte. On January[...]his pa$tOratc there his consecrat~ and the fifth of July. Here he bN::ame intcrc.stC'd in some earnest leidership result«l in the c.learance of a l:argc valuable mining property which he still owns. He bc- <'lwreh debt and in a doubliog of the membership of the s;an operations in Dry Gulch on l ndi3n Creek[...]:rnd Exploring The next pastorate of Rev. Jordan was :it Quincy, Company at ten dolla[...]odges wa,s JJli!lois. the tarly home of his fa1hcr. fo 1908 he passed superintendent of the "White Latch Union'' and Mr. from there to another charge in his nati\'c st:i.tc of Mon• ~farehessca.u be-came h is overseer. Tn 1886 he. pur- tan.1, bccominJ pastor for one year of the Christian cha$Cd a stock of goods in Helena and c-amc to Butte, ch[...]ost, Butte at that time the i»,s.tor of the Sho:-tridgc )lemorial church at Buue. was mCr[...]n the water bcc~mc so comprehension of the SP,iritu:al vision and of ii.$ appli- scarce that the miners were m;my o{[...]to Bitter Root, Missoula every phase of the life of B111tc and of an e,·c-n wider c:ounty. ,vhen the quartz mines[...]er pound. His store was loc.,tcd on i\.foin of the State 13,oard of the ~lontana Christian A:ss()(i;\~ strec-1 on the[...]hich was tion: when he became a re.sidcnt of the sti1c once erected in 18oo. This block is one of the be-s t busine.ss more he ~ame a member of the o rganization, of structures of Butte. bcin~ "1-'tnty-four by eighty-one which he w.,s made president of the exccuth·c com- feet :md th.rec stories i.n h[...]ore freedom to de-- On the St~le Bo::trd of ChantiC$ and Reforn1 his serv• vote to his othu[...]Jordan sen•ed until hi.s (arcs. He is a member of the Rornan C:i.tholie church resignai[...]in the new e3pitol, and offered the first i1woca- of whieh he has finished and cquip~d as a modern[...]man who h:i.s never t:1,ke,n o. 1>3,rt in Of s«ular org:111ix.1tions, 1hc orde-r of 1\ncic:11t Fre.: the public life of his cit[ or sfate, he is known through• and Accepted Masons daims the membership of Rev. out Mont.:Jna as one o the old · timers who[...]worshipful master of that lodgc-.· m:ained the dcs::re:eof[...]y Butte Lodge, No. 22. esteemed member of the Cl1ristian church, is a worthy T he domestic life of Rev. Jord.'Ul began in 1892: on son of the Mont:ani pioneer whose life is recorded in June 30th of that year, .he was united in marriogc other ~cs.[...]therine with Miss Ella Dung).n of Ots Moine1, low3. She Tuttle, his wife, were residents of Alder Gulch, in this was a daughter of Prof. Da\•id R. Oung:~n of Drake state, their eldest son was born on July 22[...]tcr of Josiah Coe, of ,voodbinc, Iowa. His second m:ar- which 1s loc.at[...]es there he was graduated in 1888 with the degree of Baclu:lor of Philosophy. · Tttol[...]Although more than The indcJ)(11dcnt activities of ,valtcr M. Jordan bcpn thirty years have cl:l.p.scd since Thomas How:i.rd ln•inc with a ptriod of ~gogic.,I acti\'ily-that profw1on, passed away, he is yet remem~rcd by the pioneers of which, when consc1cntious.ly condticted, is fraug[...].s the Chri$ti:m where he 0<:cupicd a position of resp«l a.nd e-stccm. ministry. In the winter of 1889-90 he engaged in teach• as bcfitti!1$' a man of the high character and personal ing at Sil"cr Sta[...]r. Irvine c:amc from a fine ente red the ministry of t11c Christian church, but was old Kentuc[...], 1&,)z, at Cotner Uni- in the early history of the $late. The: name of his · versity, Lincoln, Ncbra$k3.[...]ana, prominent place, together with those of Boone, Har- with which he combined his pastorate at Hoga11, Mon• rod. Shelby .tn-d other mtn of cqu31 prominence, on the tana. His recognition of thC g(earne$$ of his c-11li11g magnificent sh:\ft that sta[...]tellectual fort erected to the memory of Kentucky's honored advancement, a dir«t result of which was his pursuing dead. of a Post-graduate course at Cotner Uni\'CNit>', from T h e ln·ine family is of Scotch-Irish extraction, its whid1 in 1892 he received the degree of '.\faster of Arti:. mci;nbcrs bcing early settlers in Virg[...]tutky, then :1. frontier section. from the church of his denomination at Deer Lodge, Thom[...]ty, Ke:ntuck.)'. on Fcbrnary,• 16. 181 r, a son of Da"id lar pastoral services a t Hc1cna, wh[...] |
![]() | 966 HISTORY OF MONTANA N"OYtmbtr 18, 1,S.5, in Riclimond, Kentuc[...]<1 until tl1e later 1·caf! ritd N.anC)• Howard of Jlourbon county. He died of their life. He is the son of John B. ::md Nancy· August 14, 18:20, at Richmon[...]sot.a remained there D:wid C. Jn·inc was a son of C3pt:,.in Christopher until late )'[...]3nd was a su«:cssful man. He died at the age of Cab.way of Madison coUnt)/. Kentucky, a d:uaghtcr of eight)'•fi\'e ye:ir.s. His wife,[...]ed in Californi:a, a9d is there buried by the war of 1Srz, and was killed in battle, near F ort her h\lsband's side. She li.\'cd to the age of eighty ~lcigi, Ohio, Ma>• s, 1813. his body bei[...])'tirs 3nd w,s the mo1her or six children, of which upon the field of b.'lttlc. number John 1\ . of this re\'iCw wu the first bom. Thomas Howard Jn[...]married his first the public schoo1s of that city, and he re.mained there wifo, Miry Ann[...]until he was about twent>·-011¢ yc.trs of :i;ge, first \'isit- of whom but one is now lh·ing1-William C., retired,[...]fir1t, :lnd he remained there for :'l. period of twcnty- Mr. [r\'inc m::trricd 5211)' Dry.i.n, of F;'l:ycue county. $C\'Cn years, engaged in the merchandise business.. Kcntucl(y, 3 dau.ghtc:r of one o( t11c old and prominent After that long period of business experience in Vir• fami lii:S of the state:. 8ry:'l.n Spring'$, netr l.txington,[...]re: he w:'l.s n;1.mcd for them. The children born of this st-c. :igain engaged in mcr~ntilc[...]onee more dosed fancy; N:rnnie H., now the widow of Richard Jones, out his business a[...]he remained for two )'cars, becoming estab- JI .. of this rt\'icw. a rancher at Pcrma, Montana; li! he<I in business there. 'but the call of the west drew Bryan, one- of the best known mining men in Butte.[...]d he returned to Butte. where he IOC3ted m.:'l.ny of the richest mines in the city, where he re[...]nd where he finally died; Bettie Hart, the w idow of of one year in Granite. in both places bcinl[ oc-cupied George W. Jnin, one of the prominent men of Buuc by busine» intere.sts. In[...]hed the business which h3s held his E., the widow of Or. A. If. Mitchell, who is men•[...]ess garct Bryan, who marril'd \Villi.am Shani>• of Deer ability, that characteristic of his nature becoming 31>• J~e, Monta_na, where s[...]e1, he was but sixteen r_c:arS \V1lham Cass1d)·, of Anaconda, Montana; Sally B., of 3J;C he we1n to work in a grocery store in St. Pa[...]loeated on a tract has t:M-en master of the blue lodge at Virginia City :utd or fand :'I.[...]tinued to Jive for a few the life of a ~ood c itilen, content to pcrfonn. the duty ye:[...]'.lrcst him a.nd let other$ fill the pubhe offi~. of Det-r Lodge. \\>J1ere he p..uscd the remainder of his He h3S sc,...·cd his cit)' as a member of the counc il life.' His dc.11h occurred on Jul>·[...]. He for Philip~burg. He is :a mcmbrr of the Society of is buried 3t Oeer Lodge. His wi(e died J:muary ·[...]ied to Miss Harr.1,ct Thomas H. Irvine was one of the old~schoo1 Oem- \Vetch at Vir[...]one son, _Clarc-n~. C., ,·o.ter. He was a member of the Otri.stian church. to mourn h[...]\V:allace, Jd::-ho. hospitality peculiar to those of his section of the coun• trr. .:rnd his excellent fam il>• w[...]ed cititen. who bore :m business m:m of Bi11te. Clinton A. S1<>-!n h:as spent a enviable[...]munity. and he is still 1:trge put of his life in Mont;ma, a,!d m t!,c ~c,·clop• r~m[...]n w as born in Ol1io, in 1820. l.earmn~ the m..,n of this city. His idcntifiC'ation with the life and[...]1ude when young, he followed it in Mis• growth of the state btgan as long ago 3$ in 1865. and sOuri for 3 number of yc.ars•. Co~ing ,from thtrc to[...],•:iriously ()C(Ul')ied in \'ati• Ot1$ p.uts of the state. In ,SQ2 he S<':tll<':d in Philips-[...]fo·ing in ~lonta~~. Mr. Spencer is a n:ui"e of lndi:tn:t, born in Boone her home bein[...]udi,,~: Clinton A .. the subject ~f SC\'en' years of :,,_ge his paumts mo,·ed to St. Paul,[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]967 ;\fadison county•. 1'fon13na; Sc)'mour D., of Butte; Mrs. Rew and she m3intai1,s her home in Virginia City; L. D. Byers, of 80\1ldcr; :,,nd Mrs. F. C. Bcrndics, of George E. is the immediate subject of this rc-\'iew j Seattle, Washington.[...]and li\'cs in Kansas City, Mis.souri; A l:td of six years when he came with his _parents to[...]old :.\her complctin'f t!1c . c~rric~lum of the public and enough to earn a livelihood btgan[...]rivate· schools o V1rgm1a City, George E.: Gohn, of Industrious, economical and :m excellent man3gcr[...]th J1is father in the meat busine.sS for a number of a $p«i.1hy of raising :rnd shippin,: hor~s and attic, )'cars and h:,s followed that line of ente rprise during the he built up an cxtcnsi\'C industry m that line, shipping greater portion of his active career, wi1h the c:<«ption immense .C3r loads of stcxk to th<:: cascCrn markets from of four Jears when he w:as county trea.surer. It was :1is ra11th i1t Jefferson county, Montana. Disposing of during his incumbency of that offKc th.at his father died his land and ot[...]and when h is term expired he ass.umed charge of the ;\(r. Sloan became a resident of Buuc in that yc:u, and old shop, known[...]d embarked in the Ji\'er)' business as :t member of the firm has conducted it with 3dmirablc succc$$ ever since. of Parmer,. Cotter, i\lcCo\'crn & Sloan. Two of the This market is the oldest continuously operated meat p.i.rlncr.s w1thdrnwing :at 1he end of eight months. the market in Montana, it[...]e elder businc.s.s W3S continued under the n:une of $lo.in & Mc• George Gohn in the year 1[...]fotcre$t in all that affects the gencr,al welfare ofofof four )'tat$, during pao>·, which he conducted .[...]y ad• half years, when he sold out to th~ firm ofof ncss under the firm name of Sto;u, & Byers, :md in its Robert and Marth:i. Vickers. of this city. Mr. and Mrs. man;gemcnt is meeting wit[...]success, bcing GoJu, be-came the parents.. of four children: Harold and one of the best known livct)'mcn o f the county.[...]ceased. In religious matters Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, of Butte. :tnd their llomc is one of COJ'!fo!·t Gohn favor the Protestant E[...]faith they arc rearing their children . plcs of the Democratic party. and religiously he is a Fratern-'llr )Ir. Gohn is a, member of the b1ue lodge, member of the Chdsti:i.n church. Fraternally he belongs[...]:lnd a Shriner, and he is to the ~fodern \Voodmen of America :md to the Be.nevo• likewise[...]lks. the Eagles and the lent Md Protccti\'e Orde~ of E'lks. Society of Montana Pioneers. He is '"cxceCC:Hngly fond[...]votes a gie:it deal Gtoict; E. GonN. In \'icw of the nomadic spirit of attc:iHion to rc.adi1,g and thoroughly enjoys a g[...]a man who has passed practically Ins of )lont:ma i$ th:i.t. in addition to all her other[...]in mining :ilonc." t;i;n:i, on the ~3d of January, 1865, has been prominent in pclities in[...]tra\•eled in the northern scctio1, of the state, :ind many He is a son of George and Anna (Zweifel) Gohn, the who have not, know Jere Sulli\':tn, of Fort Benton. forrner of whom was born in Pennsyh-ania, March 2$, He is not only well-known as the proprietor of the 1834, and the l::ntc-r of whom w:i.s a native of Swit"J:er• Chouteiu House, but he h:as _played[...]ruary, 1842-. Mrs. part in the politic:al history of his section of the state. Gohn ~me to America in 1S52 and settled in Taunton Like many of the most inRuenti,t cititens of the \Vest, )fassachuscus. She was married to Mr.[...]d in Virgini;i. City. ~is ~wn e.fforts. The story of the poor boy becoming )lontana, in 1898. and is b[...]r merchant is a familiar husband in 1he «meter)' of this place. George Gohn one, ~ut. though many men[...]fad!son c ncc Jt m no way detracts from the glory of su(h a count?' m ~·lay. 1863. Immc-<11:itelr aft[...]~nt 111;10 rist-, and to eastern ens, the stories of such a rise the lrca.sure st:ue he opened a me-at[...]over forty•fi\•e )'Cars, and in his strug• of the remainder of his life time. He was summoned to tic for success, has played the p:&rt ofof all who know him. m Montana and 1s buried in the[...]name gi\·tn him at baptism was Jeremiah was born of the Republic-an partr and he was incumbent of a num• on the 4th of Mar(h, 1844, at Mills streCt1 County ber o~ impor[...]iah Sulll\'an ;and For two terms he was treasurer of Madison county; ·11:s mother was Johana (Cliffor[...]er; for two years parents were poor, as were most of the people in was county assessor; and for sc,·e[...]heritage than money, that is :1n were the parents of five c.hlldren, four of whom arc unswerving sense of hones\y 3nd honor and truth. · living, in J912, as follows: Mary is the widow of Rcrt The i.tmHy is S\lpposcd to be descend[...] |
![]() | 968 HISTORY OF MONTANA O'Sullivan Bert>, one. of the feudal ehids of ancic,u of t he Ancient Order of United Workmen, a nd was Jrcfand. Mr• Sullh·an c.iime to America in, z8$8. 3nd grand ma.Ster of the order from 1904 to 1905. H e has settled in Canada, in the province of Ontario. He also been a member of the Elk$ since 1910. rc«h·cd his cduc-:i.tioo in the common schools of Dunne• , ·ilk•, Ontario, remaining in school[...]s s1wcn• Jom,( Puu B,uuo::s, the son of George W. and lttn.[...]he fa- atcly 3'tcr he left school, and con.shtcd of .a clerkship ther w~.s bor-n in Cul~pcr co[...]no\'ed to Kentucky with his parc:ms w hen a child of but :t. stepping stone to bcucr thi~. In 18$8 he[...]boy, on one o f the 1797 mirking the date of t heir advent into the state, J3kc stc:imcrs, bet[...]c.:.go, gr~tificd both wftcrc the grandfather of the subjtc:t died in the his love of travc:I and a fondnt.S$ for change. He rc• )'e.tr ISHO, at the patriarchal age of one hundred and m.aincd in thi.s capacity for a[...]ved in various c.ipacitics on bo.ard a all of whom served in the war fo r American inde- number of steamers. For a. time he was connc:c:tc:d with ~[...]By llis second marriage he had fi\·c: son$ line of stc:ambo3ts running between St. Louis and Nc:w[...]e ) 'CUS when the. Missis- W., the fa ther of John P. Barne:$, wa.s the younge.st sippi was tl1e grc.i.t highway of t r-a\'el for t he \•alley, born. All t he s[...]:it in 1ho$e d:t)'S were in the \Var of 1812 under Colonel Johnson in Ge:11- genuine tlo~ti,,g palaces. The life was one of con- c:ra l Harrison's army. George \[...]Owherc could :\1r. Sulli\1:tn have 111;.n of the troop of mounted infantry, and a notc:- found 3 better school for the study of tnankind. He wonhy incident of the battle o f the T hames is th:it fate r held[...]order for ~ 1865 he came to :\lontana, a$ steward of the steamer charge, w ith the result[...]nd Platt COlmt1es. Jn· 1$26 he marned on the uth ofof six children : Rieh:.rd~T .• Sarah F.1 John P.[...]rgaret J . :tnd i\fory. Jn 1898 Richard T. a bit of money, :ind 3t last was able to gr.1 tify a n die(! a t Hc:lena, Monta na, ::at the age of se\'C:nty years, :1mbition that he had long had[...]:tnd 1hc subject is now the only mem'bc:r of this fami ly to own :nd operate ;\ fi rst--cl:u.s hotel. It was in 1874 re.siding in the st.t.te of Montana. Ill 1Ss2 Mr$, Barnes t h3t he can, c: to[...]erable su«c-ss but detidir1g that Fort of hi.s son John P. to Montana in 1S6S, death el:tim[...]pc,nc:d the Chou1eat1 House. ,:eoond )'car of his li fe. Here he: has b~n C\'Cr since and the hotel, of which John P. B:arnes was. accorde[...]to \'imal• acquired n practical knowledge of b~1.sineJS u his fa- ize the tri3ls and hardships[...]uing in not child's. play, and t he ma nigc:mc.nt of a hotel in a 1h:it cap3city until 1852. Jn[...]il t he outbre~k o ( the Civil war, Tl1e name of Jere S ulli\'illl bc(;unc: noised nbroad 3S w[...]tly offered J1i1n~H to tl1c southern e."tuse that of a n ltoncst, capable business. man, a nd in 1889,[...]horities, as collector P r ice. After a yc:ar of sc:rviec a severe attack of of customs for i\.lOntana and Idaho, with Fort Bento[...]caused him to r esign his commission 3s the J)Ort of entry. He sc:rv(d in this office for four[...]ates .marshal \lnder Presi- each time for a term of four )'cars. He w3S count)' dent CIC[...]n r«.o\·ering his hc::alth suffi- commissioner of Chouteau county for eight years and ciently to permit of travel, he seemed a pas.s (rom for tweh'e years held the office of justice: of the J)Cac-c General Lew \V:1.ll:lee, the Uni[...]\'C influential factor in the. work and SU«c:ss of the p:trty. that district until 1864, in whieh year he came to the He is a communicant of the Rom.in Catholic church. west and in the employ of an acqua intance, ticing i n Mr. Sullivan has be[...]tic. He arri\'ed in Virginia City on the 12th of mJn, of P ittsburgh, Pc:nns-yl vania, and the date: of the September, 1864. the trip consumin$: o[...]br·ry G ., John F .• A (cw weeks of prosp«ting decided Mr. Barne:, Eugene A., Nora, who is married to Llo)'d \Vallon, in fa\'Or of a ranch, and he loe.ated on a place in of St. Paul, and Mar)' Agnes. In 1900, at St. Paul,[...]arried to Sophia the present s.ite of Hc:1ena, took up a eb,im in the Schubc:rt, :a dau:;,htcr of Carl Schubert, of New Ulm, Griizly f!Ulch, and continued[...]rn to Mr. :tnd Mrs.. cw until the fall of 1$65. At that t ime t.is family S\.llli\·[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF i\'IONTANA[...]filiated witll Lewiston and ttclcna lo"agcs of the order. York, E.ldotado and Helena di.stricts, in (<)mp;tny with On the 23d of Fcbru:iry, 1$53, Mr. Barnd m:.rricd o ne \V. \V.[...]e Mi.ss Roscua L. Becding, a daughter of Cra,·en P. and uip from the cast. Jn 1867 :md 18[...]Alexander Kemp, he· constructed the El- of Hagerstown, Maryfand, from wht"ncc h er parents d[...]county in 18.w an<l to 'Parkvi11c, cost the sum of $103,000 in the construc1ion, and. un• Mis[...]projectors,. pro"cd a lo~ing pr_opo• the home of Mr . and Mrs. ,Barnes: Clarence £.; sit1on. The[...]bu$mCSS John ~.; M:irtha E., the wile of Joseph Wandcrlin; near Helena a nd built a minin[...]ife creek in Jefferson count)', Durint a p;.1:rt of the years of M. L. \Voodman ; and Carlotta, the wife of ]ohn 1870 and 1871 M.r. Barnes resided in Helena[...]ied in March, 1899, aged sixty- there had charge of the lumber yard, but in the latter five rt:a[...]e ( Sheridan) whctc he tcm:.tincd unlit lhe fall of 1$74, when lie Larson bee.lme his wife. Sl[...]rnold rc- slittht importance in the life of Mont.ina, it is con- t:.lining the ranch .-.nd M[...]im fro m attaining the high a homc-stci d r.inch of one hu11drcd :tnd sixty acres station for w[...]to him so 3dmirably. lt has bcc-n said of him that had this by purchase, and the place rep[...]emoved to Lewiston in 189,1. of the people! but despite his unwillingncu to push In the faller p:.trt of the )'C.Jr 18$7 Mr. Barnes to the front 1c h[...]ins moontiins, ~md in the following phase of life in which he ha.s been found . year with his[...]Axouw TAYLOR H1t.)U1.TO!'.. On the south fork of veloped these proper1iC$ and added to them until[...]in the beautiful G.tllatin \"alley, had a group of fi,fteen ~laif!'S, k_nown as the B~rnt'.$• is s[...]mag:nitittnt T'3nch o r Andrew Taylor King group of mines. fhcir mill had a capa<1ty of Hamilton, a tr:1.ct ofof his own efforts. Mr. r un one iundrc-d tons throu.sh in eight hours without Hamilton is one of t\font.,na's "old timers.'' and during a ny difficu lty, the ore h:wmg: an a\·cragc value of nearly half a century has witnessed the many chan[...]0,000. In 1905 Mr. Barnes established at Lewis• of Hardin county, Ohio, aod wis born May 2, 18s<>, a ton the Judith & B:isin Milling Compan)', which h e son of Richard and Elizabeth (Ulin) Hamilton, na ti\'CS sold in 1910. He removed to Helena in Scptembtr, ofOf tht'ir two daughters a nd four b,e,tn :i.n active factor in the ranlcs of the p.ut y, ~ - sons, two arc li\'ing: Richard D.[...]ton. Oregon; a nd A11drc w T aylor. trusts. all of which he h:1s dis.charged with a fideti~· T he ,::randfathcr of Mr. Hamilton was Richard H:m,. and advant;i.,gc to the people whom he scr.•ed. In 1867 ihon, a native. of County Donegal, Ireland, of Scotch he was appointed by Go" crno t Smith o ne of the com • parentage. He c:imc to the United Sta[...]t('rr itory bctw«n the Missouri :md Yellow-stone of tl1rce children, o( whom R ich ard wa,s the youngest. rivers as far south as Fl:l.th cad Pa.ss. ln the fall of ~nd wa.s one of 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 legislature from this n ew county, 3nd the next fall father of An,d!CW T. Ham_ilton was reared to. fa,rmins: wa[...]ty' to Jeffers.on county he \\':.\$. in the fall of 1$71, electc<l Iowa, and became a pioneer tiller of the soil of thal the joint representative of Lewis a nd Clarke 3nd Jef- section. On April s. 1[...]tvclin~ O\'Crl:tnd to $:alt natcd as a member• of the s:1mc bc>d)' for Lewis 3nd . Lake City, Utah,[...]gi\'in,g no personal a_uc~tion to. the the month of September, 1865, the little pa rty irrivcd c-anvass., was defeated by the small m:uority of sixty on Bozeman c reek, where 31 present St3nds the Botc- votes. In 18$6 he was one of the commis.sioners m.3.n Hotel, in the city of Bozeman. T he last years of elected to orpni2:c Fergus county, and he ht1d t[...]ic-e (or three years, or until the first election of farming in Ga113tin county. First a Whig and late[...]epublic-an, Mr. H:11milton W3S active in the nnk$ of Barnes took possessio n on J uly t, 1894, of the offi ce his party. a nd scncd as justice of the peace both o f r«ci\•cr of the United St3.tcs land office ::,.t Lewis• in[...]Andrew T.a>•lor Hamilton was six years of age when its dn1ics to the fullest s.atisfaction of alt eon«mc<I. he accompanied h is parents from Ohio to Iowa, and his \Vhcn the city of Lewiston wns incorporated he was education was se[...]m farming church and h:is been a "alued membC'r of that body and &tock raising. Since tha t year he[...]3 Mason in operations in township r, on a tr-act of 720 acrC$, five |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA miles north an d six milts east of Bdgr-ade, in the their number, while[...]experience for the travelers across sP«,ialt)' ofof the wily foe and the casual• A stanch Republi[...]broken nt Virginia City m (ktober 1865. ju$ticc of the pc.lee, succeeding h1m~lf m office for[...]tton ut his which attracted the hu.l)drcds of men who sought for• youth, ) fr. Hamihon 1s one of the b«t informed men lune in the mines. 'W hile many succeeded, there were Of his s«tion. In 1875 he returned to Luc-a.s co~nt[...].iard and suffered. d readfully from the cold, of Pythias of Bozem:ul, He was one of the organu:crs frcc2dng his feet badly, and for a considerable time was of the Farmers 1\llia ncc in 1hat city.[...]mit, he (ollowed that busin~s for a number of years, Jowa, daug hter of John and Mary (Bum) Young, in various parts of the ter·ritory, but was n e\•er lucky r nath•cs of Kentucky, both o f whom are d_eceased. T hey[...]ot. At length, r~lizing -h,;i.d eight children,. of whom Mrt. H;'lm1lton was t~e the huard of the mining business and believing that he . sixth io order of b1r1h. Mr. Youl'IJ removed fr4?m h_1s migh[...]Lucas county and subsequently bee:-.31ne 011e of the Ji~hed a g~ncral sto re _in t11c flo urishing c;u:np of Marys- leading fa rme~s and stock raisers of Oark county. He ville. T~1s. pro,·td a[...]was suc«-.u fully conducted by Mr. "'a dherent of the faith of the Methodist E piscop.,l church. Conr3.d, until he disposed of his mercantile intcrcscs M To Mr. and ~frs. Ha[...]Conrad's reputation as a busi• child ren all of whom arc living: L<:slic C. who married ncs[...]stet:m for his honorable :1nd Oiesna, the wife of Lester Davis; Leal E.; E,·ercu A., uprig[...]re tmdcr the :tdmin• Jostrn D. Co~RAD. One of the but known o f Mon- istration of Grover Clevelan d. · tana's pioneer[...]nrad has been erominently idc11ti• dcn~lopment of that state extends through a period o f[...]his businc» and executive 3nd business manager of the Afbnto,ro Daily Kuord, the ability t[...]ate with his capae.iLy. leading Republican parer of. the state, and one of the The Rtc<>rd is published at Helc[...]foremost position among the leading dailie$ of t11e state, Mr. Conrad was born in Jen11ings[...]05, wl1cn same as the son, followed the business of railrood con• Mr. Conr.\d was made c~shier of the company. In J:111• struction and natu rally followed the course ofof the strum, vicc•president; and T.[...]death occurred at Madison, T he off,ce of president of the Record Com~ ny is Indiana, in 1813, survivin[...]thing but a sinecure. a.s it entails the, d uties of busi- Conrad, but two months. She was a native of Ireland, ne~ m anager, which Mr. Conrad conducts with signal and like her husband a member of the Roman Catholic .1b1ht)'. chure.h. T heir family consisted of nine children, o f On October 4th, 1[...]rried Mis$ whom Joseph D. was the third in order ofof Canyon Ferry. They bC(.lme the parents he had no de.sire fo r political hono rs, preferring the of three children: George Edward, of H,clen.a, co1,~ society of his home a nd fam ily, where his time, not nccted with the Union Market; Ralf J ., of Helena ; and occupied in business matte rs, was 'largely passed. L illian. now the wife of Dr. 0. :\I. Lanstrum, of Helena, · In 1855. }.tr. Conrad, senior, was en[...]. Joseph D. Conrod, parted from the faith of his father in pc:,lities, but still our subJ«t,[...]d concluded Conrad is a Py1hian Kni,r:ht of high degree, ha,·ing his education at St. Bened[...]all the chairs. Kansas, g raduating in the class of 1859- At the out• He begin life a PoOr boy, but it proved no h.indicap break ofof that year he intere.stin,:- experience in Mo[...],i,s the among the strongest infl uences of modern eivilization- Po1c Creek route, between J[...]press. Pass.. T he train was auackcd by a party ofof Montana, and h is fr iend$ suocecded in ~ting o ff the 5avage foe, killing five of ue limited o nly by his acquaintan[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]scle<:t a life rtcord to present to the re-adcrs of the forced to subsist mainly on g'rou.se durmg a tramp of younger gcncntion as :in illustration of the viciuitudes three huaidrcd rni!cs to Elk City in which place they of pioneer life, probably no better c~cmplifkation c[...]nd then pushed on another be found than the ~rccr of John F. Work, one of the 12:s miles to Lewiston, Idaho, which place they left on most highlt esteemed residents of Boicman, the story foot for W.t.lla W:i.Ua, in company with an Irishman of whose hfc during frontier cb,ys reads like the pa[...]e the>· re;iched from some wild romance. The son of a " forty-nmcr," their destination th[...]y ttc.aping death on several occa- at w3ges of $2:.50 per day, and in the spring of 186.1; ldt s10,,s., and C\'Cntually settled down[...]lfe, Idaho, which he reached.after a perilous the Yellowstone v.illcy, where he is n ow regarded as journey thro\lgh the deep snow of the Blue Mountains. one of his section's most $ubstantial and ·rcprttcnt:ui[...]k wa$ born on a farm jn Adams fall of that year, when he returned to Walla W::1.lla cot[...]inployn\ClH at a team&:t er for the United battle of Gctly$burg was to be contested in later )'tars,[...]ta.1 <la)' being June JO, 18.35, and he: is a $On of spring of 1864, wnen he rc.tumed to I daho. ~rhere, James a[...]orn in Allegheny county, PcnnsyJ. J)iccc of minillg property in ~foore's Cr«k, and after vani::t, in 1810 and as a youth learned the trade· of a working all summer a t pfacer n1i1)ing,[...]:.s he in 1he valley wi1h an old friend of his. father. Our• started for the: West, going[...]J:1.c.k$011- ing thM time they ran out of flo1.tr once:, Md for s ix villc, Illinois., ind[...]year' later he moved to Scot- In the spring of 1865 he went to Idaho City, and land county, Miss[...]lectrified by the dis- spent the remainder of bis small stoc.k of money in covery of gold in California, Mr. \Vork started a.cros.s[...]a the plains by bull team, thci, a popular mode' of tra,•cl, freighting outfit. He then engag[...]Occcll)bc:r, 1~5. he arrived with a fair measure of suecw, :md i)1 that )'Car returned in 1he cit>· of Melena. \Vhile there he helped Johnnie o,•crlan[...]n prosi>«ting, mining and farming up to the fall of r863. Clark's 1:1.neh, :ind e,·cntually lo[...]a )'Car in Idaho, but rctunted to Missouri of their oxen. Mr. Work returned to Helena in the , ,ia Salt Lake, and the remainder of his life was spent si;,ring of 1866,' from the"rc went to Deer Lodge and in agri[...]18r2, tion in the smelters. In the $pring: of 1867 he re• on a farm in Adams c<>l11,tr, Penns[...]turned to &lh:non rivc.r, ldabO. In the. Ia.U of the from the Gett>•Sburg battlefield, :ind she[...]ouut:i.ins with H ugh ha,•in_g bee:n the mother of seven ehildrc~ of whom three Kirkcnd3ll's outfit to Bozeman where for some time ~re living: John F., Of this review; i\ur>', the widow he was employed by the gO\'ernrnent in delivering of 'Eugene Willia.ms, residing in Li,•ingston, Mon[...]ho ma rried ).hry Cox and lives winter of 1867 he was employed by };fr. Kirkendall, in Park[...]l1 c.hild when he a.c- ;rind in the spring: of 1868 went to Emigrant Gulch, cornp3nicd his paren[...]str'ict senools he (ollowcd hunting on the Yellowstone river, but in afforded, altho,1gh the g rea ter part of his time. wa$ spent 187c began lumbering a nd continued to be so engaicd in the school of h11.rd work on his fathe.r'$ farm. Jn u[...]CO\lnty. Losing a number o{ after making a number of such trip$, io 1859 he went oxen there[...]\Vork and his grant Gulch. The summer of 1876 he spent in the father became mc:mbc.rs of a party that hid started o,·er- Black Mills -with a oarty of sixty•fi\'e prospectors, and land to California, with an outfit of mules and horses, returned ,·ia Fort La[...]lock, io 1$77. He then came through CCi\'C:d news of the discovery of gold on Salmon ri,•cr. the Wind river c[...]1 \\rork obtained so,mc $m:i.11 measure of re\'cnge for |
![]() | 972 HISTORY OF MONTANA the destruction of the e.;'l.mp by :tiding in the packing caused by the business reverses of others. Yet these for the United States in its mid on this tribe of sa\'• trials and discouragements so stimulated his own ages. He then accept«! the _position of superintend• activities that they led to final and comm.anding tri• ent of the firm of McAdow & Vilas, who ~rricd on umphs, only to end at the very acme of his usefulness cattle busincn on \Vork creek, in[...]th at the hands o{ a cowardly 2nd named in honor of Mr. \Vork, bi.it subscq_ucntly assassin who had frcqucntl)· !ed on his bounty. took charge of the government herd for the United[...]hed in the freight• o( the busy m:trt.s of trndc. Nothing in his childhood mg business, under the firm name of \Vork & Loc:k, and YO\!th was to re,,e[...]in :lnd in that year he helped Ca~i:iin B,elknap of Boston whose acti\'ities he was to P3rtici[...]he purchased t!OI\ wJucll ~\·3s n part of his inhe.r1tance from a long for Colonel Belknap o,·cr fifteen hundred head of c:3ttle lmc of Celtic a.nctstors, the lad had visions of future and took them to the Stinking \V:ucr count[...]coal. Sinee 1$8o he has made the most of the material at hand, utilizing it to been engage[...]has such advantage that while many of his assodate.s were quite cxtensi"e interescs in the Yellowstone \'allc)' toiling through the .s:ndcs he[...]was employed on 1he farm and his pay from capable of handling his pr◊pcrti~ :t.nd handling thc1_u[...]years, whco the familiar throughout this section of the country. His firm fai led and he returned to bis home town in Ohio. record is th:i.t of a good citizen and a bus.incss man of Herc he again took up the profession of tcac'hing, and strict integrity, .and his fr iend[...]ications, between terms, worked as a farm we.11th of anecdote :md a keen mc111or1 of the lime hfi-n<l. . He wor-ked at anything he could ge:t, pro• when this seetion was the home of wild animals and \'1dcd 1t were hono[...]nteresting con• low. he was a young man of rt,gu1ar h:ibits, not given ,,ersationalist. Politicall)·, Mr. \Vork is a Republic.in, to indulgences of any kind, :ind was able through. :md socially he ·is a \'alucd member of the ' Mont:ma strict «onomy to fay asid[...]he was able to purthasc a sm:all stock of merchandise )lissouri, daughter of Jeremiah R. and i\f:try (White) and to op[...]t, . offered gre.,tcr oppor~ parent, had a family of four sons ::ind six daughtcu, tunities. He therefore disposed of his business in of whom the follow ing arc still living: Joseph R..[...]e 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 he. safely conducted to ranch[...]Virginia City, Montan.'I, in the faU of that year, losing he h:is li"cd a retired life in[...]Vida Marie Mr. L:trgey"s keen appreciation of values and oppor• :ind Lester Park. The former[...]ow~y. and the latter- married bilities of this part of the country, and he decided to Ini Tucker, the d.i.ughter of John Tucker of Helena, remain. The fo11owing )'Co\r h[...]business, buying mules and wagons of Majors & Rus• PATRICK A. LAi:tCf.\". Jn the list of men who became sell, :ind within a. year e:arricd $6o,oOO worth of gold identified with the history of Montana in · the pioneer to Salt Lake Ci[...]could be revc:dcd county, in the s1a1e of his adoption. Presently he a more distinctly uniq[...]nceasing Virginia City .\S the base of his operations, but he toil and endeavor, by modesty and honC$ty of purpose, did not continue this enterpri[...]esman for Creigh• :i.chicved. In the life story of this veuati1c and well ton & Ohle, remaining with them for {our yeo\rs. beloved citiien the clement of tragedy bore a potential He next bee~me a[...]e eight ..xears, then selling out the businc$$ in of effort was discouraged and made more difficult wh[...]he ,..,•as yet a very young mi1n by the loss· of his father" f.or some other pursuit and[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]th a lirm but kind and pcrsuisivc hand,, the wife of Fr3nk C. MeCinn, of Omaha, Nebraska; to the place 'a nd opportunities[...]work, and Mary .Montana. who was born the >·car of \Vhc,, he sold his hardware business in Virginia. City, Montana's admiuion to the dignit)' of statehood, August he came to Bun e and organized the Butte Hardware Z◄, 18;8P., now Mrs. R. G. MaeOon:ald of Butte. T he Company, and in 1~1 he cstabli.shcd a[...]ars prior to comins to Butte, however. Mr. corner of Broadway and \VashinS1:on streets, an d was L.1rgC)' engaged in other lines of enterprise whic~ :i.rc where his home was :i.lway[...]t year br. one Largey's life occurred on the u th of January, 189S,. from Helena to Bor.cman. Then in[...]hus assassinated, l\-lr. Largcy was in knowledge of the l).'lnking- business, and wai well prc- his f[...]d the J>arcd to start the State Sa•o'ings Bank of Butte when method of his death, •tt the height of his usc£ulneu. the time came. He founded ttiis bank on the 29th of gave the whole Northwest a great shock and excite[...]rs.'\I lamentation. He was an inspir~ion to Mon- of onC hundred thouS::i.nd do1hlrs, in an excellent[...]its president munity. With a J:e,nms for aff~irs of magnitude and :\nd controlled its t><>liey, augm[...]pularized its coffers and dir«tcd the investment of he was a g reat power in the development a nd pro[...]\'cnucs. his m anagement o f affairs pro\·ing to of the st:itc... _Sun!l>' in disposi.tion. capth·ating in man- be foll of wisdom and of s rcat ad\'antage to the insti- ner, e ntertammg Ill oon,·crsatcon by reason of wealth tution. of wisdom and facili ty of exprC$sion, and (haritable to Jn the meantim[...]secured popubr m en in the state. He was the life of :my J)arty the aid of o thers and with them purc.lrn.scd the feeble of which he was :i member, having a grC;J.t fund of wit. and str uggling electric light plant in But[...]tc duty was the comp.'lny fo r the sole purpose of purchasing and one that few p-coplc con.s1stently[...]aily lntcr-Mou11taill, in conuncntiog edi- dc,u of the compan)' which conducted it. Like e\'c.ry- to[...]his hand to, this enterprise flollrishcd was one of the fore-most citi1.cns of the st:ate, and foe from the beginnin$', and ha[...]influential citi1.co inRuence u ntil it ,s one of the most pros~rolls and of Butte. His money is i1westfil in a score of enter• effecth•e expressions of public opinion in the North• prises for the upbuildinJt of the commonwe:tlth. fo west.[...]d profiti'blc inter- )tr. Lugey was the son of P:itriek and Jane (C.1ssilly) ests . In Sil\'cr Bow he has been mcrch:mt :i.nd miner Largey, nati,•es of ~\rmagh in the county of the same on a l.trge sc.ale. As president of the St31c Sa.. ings name in lreJand. where the)[...]very rich m an. Hi! estate Ohio, near the town of Somer set. There they ~sscd will figure O\'Cr a million doll.a.rs, the So«ulator (copper the remainder of their useful and upright h\·ts and mine) . alone[...]d him a \'Cry IMgc fortune. reared their family of eleven children; ;md there also, As a man, as a h[...]trick they died, the mother in 1857, at the age of sixty years, ~ - Largey stoOd high. A better hearted man never and the father in 1859, at the age of se,•cnty•two, from h\'Cd. He was de\'otcd 10[...]lt. His Patrick A. Largcy was the J.ut born of their t leven q uiet humor endeared h im to e\'er[...]hi1dre n. He was m arried in Chicago on the J()lh of ponents but the)' were not h is enemies; ,e had business April. 18;7, to Miss L ulu Sellers, a native of Cincinnati. d_iffer~ncc~ with .ot~1crs. but he always thought he was daughter of Morris Sellers and his first wife. Amandn right i[...](P:mcrson) Sellers. Mr. Sellers is pre:Sident of the left a Luge estate, an <:--State that reflected his business Sellers Manufacturinf( Coinp.1.ny of Chicago. and prc- foresight and exc('llcnt judgme[...]T he $p('(Ulator, a large dh•ide1Hl nMi\·e of Pcnnsyka nia and is descended from o ne of payer, a nd the Center Star at Rossland, .British[...]children were born to Mr. :md Mr s. Largey, four of tributed liberally to eharit>·, and all public m[...]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 president of the State $3\•1ngs Bank ~nd is James Hospital,[...]prominently identified with the business life of the city or the Church of the Sacred Heart at Butte, together of BuHe, where he makes his home; Lulu, who i[...] |
![]() | 974 HISTORY OF MONTANA :u oro\'i.sion !or the «lucation. both .[...]<:U as be:ng activclr iskntified with ccc-hnical, of, many a youth of promise:) the child of most of the industrial :rnd financia l concerns o f any p[...]sly given. ranch o f Mr. Austin he has a herd of more tha n _a thousand head of cattle and more than one hundred CuAR.LtS Ht!"'RY AUSTU-, rancher a nd fin:tncicr, is horses. one of the most prominent men in C:as-cadc county.[...]less when he came placed him in the front ranks of western ranchmcn. to Mont:m.t and his e[...]- He slept for weeks without th'c shelter of a tent in tri31 and financial c:onccrns in the town of Cascad e, the mining regions. wra.pJ)Cd in[...]ere hardships. how- organiia.tions, :and in all of them holding large and ever, were insufficient to quench the fires of persistence, responsible positio ns. wdl suited to his splendid ability and the u ltintatc course of his li fe has amply demon• a nc1 businC.$$ ac[...]st with strated the remarkable ch:araeter of the man. no c:i,pitnl bc)'()1,d his magnificent[...]kes no . in:mt · will and un:iltcrabfo strc,,glh of purposeJ Mr. active part in thC political affairs of his county, being Austin hu left his mark uPon every a\•enue of indu.s- busily engaged in the m;in:igemc-nt of his own a{fairs. try th:t.t has aided i11 the dt\'t1opment of his sta t<:1 andHe is a member of the Independent Order of Odd is justly r«ogniied as a leadc.r among his[...]Great 1-·ans. and he and his family ue members of Charles Htnry Austin is the son of W illiam :kna Elit.'l• the First Methodist c[...]11ls. beth (J,brringto n) Austin, both n.itivt.s of the Green On Febrnary 10_. 1876, ~fr. Au[...]ant tailor S:irah E. Hough, daughle r of Joseph Hough, a nati"c of New York state. Four children were born of their in his 11.:1.ti\'e city and there l)Jsscd[...]rtrude P ., ton ii~ 19().t nt the ad,·anced age of eig hty-three Yta:rs. who b«amc the wife of John OhYer, is now d(ceased. Five children were born to them, ."Ill sons, of whtch Wi"lliam H., the only son, died on F[...]the )'Oung~st. He was a t the age of twe1,ty-six years. He w3s ma rried to educated in the pubhc schools of Burlington to the Ethel Christenson. and lived at the ranch of which he age of fifteen years-, .tnd his first employment was on[...]a neighboring farm, where he wotked to the 3,SC of Mary Joyce, still share the parental h[...]t f3lls. enlisted for nine months in Comp:iny C of the TwcHth Ve:rmont Volunteers and served de\·en months. He EowAJtO H . Coo~£'/, One of the pioneers of the state sa\y mm:h acth•c ser\'iCC in 1hat time, partic.ip:iting of Mont:ma, :tnd one who from childhood has seen the in the b~ttle o f Gettysburg, a nd a number of other wonderful g rowth of the great Treasure sta te-, is Ed· enga.gCmcnts of somewhat less importanoe. After h i.s ward H . Cooney, subject o f the present sketch and a term of scnke ha~ exp.ired, he, with a friM d, ~vent to resident of the city of Gre.it Falls. Born at Fort At· San F ra ntisco[...]stin, Ne- kinson, low!!., February 14, 186.s, son of Thomas and ,·ada, where he worked in the mines[...]im to Montana. He left Austin on district schoo s of Montana a nd comp1cted his school- March 20, 18[...]fo r two years, when he gave up the uncertainty of nt$S on his own :keeount, subsC(luently he removed to mining for the more sure business of ranching_. and Butte where he engaged in newspape[...]small ,•c.ntt1re in that business was sent3tivc of the Anaconda StaHdord, continuing in this suffic[...]ey, c.xp."lnding his interests wilh th e passing of the ycan 01arles M. Webster and J. \V. F reeman purchased the until today he is acknowledged o ne of the most im• ncwsp;,,per·plant and conducted i[...]chell a nd F. M. count)• about fou r miles out of Cascade. In 1882 he Tenny; M r. Cooney still reta[...]cade county, and he has business and is president of the Leader Publishinz ranched tJ1crc since thM[...]the First M r. COOncy filled the office of m:m:ige:r and :i.ctiv~ Sta t<: B:ink o f Cas<'3dc and W3$ elected president of editor until 1907 when, under the Roose\'Clt admini~• that institution. He is also president of the C.ii:seade tr ation, he was called to the position of J)O$tm:as.v·r Land .& Lh·e Stock Company, 3 la rge and prosperous of Great F alls, being reappointed by President T~ft. concern whi(h operates over nine tho usand acr~s of Mr. Cooney was in the first st~tc legislature of ?,fon. 13,nd . In 1891 Mr. 1\ustin established[...]o f which concern he is the pre.Si• · a member of that body from Cascade count)'; he wai dent, and h e is also the president of the Casc.idc :a.l so a member of the school board and trustee for Realt>' Company. He is one of the organizers of the Great Falls for ten years; he is president of th' c~scade Milling Compan)' and is a. membe r of its Northcrn Montana Fair Association and president (If dir«-ioratc, and is vice oresident of the Home Lum- the State •P ress Associat[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MO~TANA 97i> statc .co1wc11tion of )lontana, held in G reat F:i.Us, Sep• and wi[...]est in ~ sack for the nomination for go\•crnor. of Montana. of Rour. However, they both found work in La$\[...]n. Mr. Bose eonti11ucd mandcd the m..,jor portion of his time and a ttention, slc-c-~ing in th[...]Mr. Cooney h:1s not denied himself the plC:3.Surc of com- in tfie Mont:in:a climate. Mr. 8-osc- w[...]niOn$hip with hi.s fellowmen and is counted one ·of a horse again, and with a good saddle horse[...]ndent and soon got acquainted in the good, jolly, of the st.ire. He is widdy a.nd popul:i.rly known in sociable set of fellows that ma.nagcd to blow in about fraternal[...]all they made. . The following is one of l\fr. Bo$C'$ Lodge No. 341 A. F. & A. M., Grtat Falls Chapter No. 9, reminiscences of the early days in Last Ch:incc Gulch :, Bia.ck 'E:,.gtc Commandery No. 8 of which he is east "Late in the fa ll of 1865, he :and his partner had a small eminent commander ; and the Red° Cross of Constadtmc. C3bin w:1.y up on Bridge str[...]h no g1a$S He is also conncch:d with the \Voodmen of the \Vorld; window. a flour sack n:,.ilcd :,.cross :m ap,c.rturc taking ha$ been state treasurer of the Elks for three terms, it$ plact. The[...]p:ut exalted ruler 3.nd grand reprcsent·:ui\•e of in the evening Md as they we.nt to Mather & C[...]ty tonight.' He had t(! ask Georgia Day, dau;hter of George \V. Day, a pionc-cr his partner[...]long when they heard have had thr« children, one of whom died in infancy; a terrible noise i[...]e to Mr. Bose 226 Third a\'Cnuc North is a center of quiet r,efincmcnt, a nd was ncr\'C-rncl<ing t[...]could H ESJ\Y Bos£ was born on the sea coast of Germany sec on the old pine ircc near Bclcnburg's slaughter aod came to Montana in the spring of 1865, The ir«'r house a man hinging on[...]nia and would He followed the life of a placer mintt until 18;2 when no doubt have rcm[...].t time, It superseded the hmc, created territory of Montana was causing quite ;in ex- of '65 when C\'Crything had to come in by pac-k trai[...]enton was then the great t.l«~. a lively pl:lce. of Go1d." T hey left San Francisco by ste.lm c• fo[...]packs as well as their grub, bbnkct$ and of I. G. Baker Co. The work consisted of b.1.linR Md all necessary tool$ for their trip an[...]had an intcr- each and two pack-horses with lots of good grub, for estini trip. When the b<)[...]and after a long pow wow and sc\·c.ral barrels of T hey started and came on t11c o ld ifollcn trail. It cmc-kers, $yrup and sacks of bacon h:ul been sent :1.shorc, rained a great de[...]they we.re fin~lly a llowed to handle the ba_lcs of fur to Bose experienced the ha rds.hi1>s of his life on this trip, the t>o-,t. On that trip[...]smnpth-c an(! the eold and wet wJs moulh of the Musselshell to, let a. herd of buff.ilo cross h3rd on his cough. W hen they reac[...]Fort tJ!ey foun4 ~hat the Mullen ro:i.d b)· way of Coeur Rice, where Mr. Gerard had some panics and 3 lot of d Alene m1u 1on wa.s not pas.sable 3nd had to com[...]ndians were at war with the Sioux a nd on account of Siad whc-n they were able to fa'y in some supplie[...]d a cJ:i.irn there-, and is their moncy was of the 7th Regiment of U. S. Cavalry. They had a very about gone-[...] |
![]() | 976 HISTORY OF MONTANA Bull's'' domain. Upon arri\1 ing at Ben[...]ching Virginia c3ttlc at each post. lioing bx way of Hoop Up they Citr. on Septcmbc-r ,[...]ls growth, As a boy he was fina lly the tail c11d of their drh•c was completed at old :iis {e[...]n the Bri1i.sh posSC$Sions $C\1tntttn of A lder Gukh, hauling wood and roc.k iri and about[...]his tra\'els. He married a C3.na- p~rt of ~he buildings o~ the oldtr _section o( Virginia. dian gfrl and thr«: of hi.s children were born in 1'h.ni- C11>·[...]vago,ous mm1ng camp. L3ter on toln. He spent some of his most pleasant and happy he took a eontr,act for the er«tion of the Quartz mill at hours in old Ruptrt'$ Land. He[...]ains be-tween Summit, Mont:tna, and Corinne, Uuh. of September, 1912, of Winthrop Raymond, of Sheri• fo 1SiO ?.fr. R.~_mond t[...]31e merein- dan, Montana, has t:tkcn from ,is one of the OOt known tile business in Virginia Ctty, going into the business on and most bclo,,ed of the old pioneer, of the state of a larger sc.ilc than most men would hue dared to try llfontan:a. ·n,ert is hardl)' :a ph:L$C: of the industri:al 3nd in a new eountr)', but Mr. R.iymond's faith w:is fully business life of Madison count>' with which he was not[...]eMecr :and in the big wholesale grocers of Virgini:.i. City. In 18So t he all of his entcrl)riscs he showc<I thal indomitabie spirit, mercantile businc.ss was disposc<l of and the brothers that uMwcn•ing honesty and £r[...]:ind s.toek raising, a n acteri.ied the pion«:rs of the West from the earliest indusvy hl[...]'ear th:i.t Mr. Raymond' s brother went by lovers of good horsc Auh as the owner of a r:u1ch to KcntuCk.)' :1:nd tJ1ere bought a hundred head of lhe which bears the rcf)utation of h.wing shipped from its Ii.nest stand.;i.rd bred horses he could find and these borders man)' of the finest hOr$t$ c,·er rai"cd in the stati: horses laid the foundation of the famous Belmont park of Montana. He was perhaps best known, howe\'er, as ranch stock 'the ranch itself consisted of nearly six 1he founder of the ftouris.hing little town of Shc.rida.n, t housand acrc.s of the best land in the s«tion, all under which he[...]n, whett he made his home, and he of their high standard. Jn 1889 Mr. RaYmond en;agcd[...]in the b:inking business in Virginia City, as one of the ad,•anccment of the city :1$ its end, Aside from the firm of Raymond, H:arrington & Comp.tn)', selling hi, per[...]to loan there is also the sorr0\1,· for the loss of 3 public benc• inoney and lend hi$ aid to the promotion of new enter- factor and friend.[...]Ray. :ind in 189o platted the townsite of Shtridan and placed mond, the date Of his birth bein.g the 22d of October, the lots t1pon the market. 1[...], 8.aymond, was ber o{ the Society of Mont:ina P ioneers, t he Sons of bom in Connecticut in 1786. He was a mail of great the Americ:1:n Revolution, .tnd the Benevolent, P rotec• gif1s :md of p<>wer!ul imdlect. He was a ,lawyer b)' tive O rder of Elks. profession and w:as a brilliant member of the l»r, lus Mr, Raymond ,V1.s m[...]les also gi\•irtJ him promirt-ence the 28th of February, 1676, to Hann.:,, E. Batem:in, :1 in 1hc ( itck of men who were makmg the history of daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Bateman, of Montana. his tim«, He w3s noted for his literary :.bility, :and four · children were bom of this union, one bof :ind wrote the first book on[...]published in three girls. T he cldes-t of these. Carrie ·8 .. is livmg at this country, He[...]el \V. is married and Jives a t Helena, Mon- idea of a national b.inking currency. He did not lh·c jn tana, where he holdi lhc ,position of scerc1:iry of the the. state where he was born for \'cry m:lny years, most stale board of stock eomm1ttioners. The two younger of his life being spcnt in Maryland, :ind the ye.us[...]•had diately preceding his dc,a1h in the sutfc of Ohio. Hue one grandson, Winthrop H illhouse. ltc died in 18.$9, at 1hc age of sixty-one ye.a.rs., :,nd he The suddenness of Mr. Raymo11d's d~th came as :a now litt buried 'i[...], in Vir(!inia, in 1$37. His wife was a n:1.ti\'e of the about 1hc town 1he da)' before. lte died during the Old Dominion~ being a member of one of the olde.st night peacefully, his[...]r$d.'1.y, September S, 1912-. the fu. a ,rtt somt of that cour:i.ge and pioneer spirit th.It :mi• ner:al was held, the archdeacon. S. D. Hooker, of Helen.a., mated the $Olli of Winthrop Raymond, for after her c[...]he not only raised her large fami ly, of the Episcopal church, The grc;tt number of friends but finally came :,,cross the plains to M[...]- 31 Belmont Park, Momana. in 1&;)6. :it the as:e of eithty• d:m ceme1ery were mute witnesse[...]e {clt foi the old pioneer. mond was the youngest of, six children, a nd of thcst The Sheridan Forima for Se[...]as their leading editorial an apprcci;itio1t of Winthrop in Virginia City.[...]is taken: ,.'His life Shortly after the de:t\b of his father, which occur.red work was not[...]effective. the lad grew up. About fourtten )'C.US of his life we.re His financial und[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 977 rcsptct and admiration of his contemporaries. 0£ his ~ny F of the One Hundred and Ninety-second Ohio good dctds[...]on until the close lovingly written in the hc2rts of the many he has aided, of the war, becoming second duty se,rgeant. His com-[...]was considc·rcd a privilege to g·ra.sp the h~nd of kind eharg-cd at Wine.hcstcr, Virgini:>., a[...]the home circle, taking up the happy fullut KnSC of the word, for he spent his cncrgiC$ in old tics., until March 4, 1866. the building of the new commonwc.alth, as well as in That date marks the first identification of the subject the building of his private fortune." ofof manufacturing ~ r«t by the Society of the Pionccu of M.ontana, who charcoal, which he foll[...]sc could the 1ruc Jating a tidy sum of monC)', Believing that he would v~luc of Mr. R:iymond's life :i.nd work: " Mr. Raymond enjoy the free life of the pla ins, he then went to Jeffer• ~me to Mon[...]he followed for eight ycar5-t proud conunonwcahh of today. Public spirited, loy:.I subsc[...]nd trusted Mr. Sweet is .usuredly of the right material for by all, loved by those who[...]you any public duty. He wa$ juslicc of the peace for could always find him on one side o[...]ighting twcnt)' yt11rs, and is now clerk of court of the fifth for hi.s convittions; Policy was not h[...]ly life, the fae;t become, enjoying lhc good-will of his fellow men. His name apparent[...]- will long be. associated w ith the ~rly history of this s<:c- ited, for circum$tances were S\ICh[...]able 10 tion; his memory will linger in the minds of all." attend only two or three yea[...]his belief and fai1h in Montana is shown of Scioto county, Ohio. However, he has since re•[...]ashion by read• his d~th: "Mon1ana to me is one of the grc.at promis• mg good books a nd :usim1lating the culture of the ing states o f the future, with her mineral a[...]irobile dicli, in J11any tine men \o the building of 1he great west, and this day of cxtr:a.,,agance a nd his:h livint, he sa"cd a :'.fonla.na has received her share of that ·excellent type ba11k account ou1 of this lordly stipc.nd. o( American cili1.cn$hiP-thc Buckeye. For none of '.\Jr. Sweet was married in Boulder, March 9, 1869. them should this pa.rt of the s-t2,1e be more grateful than to Emm., Iofa Cook~ daughter of Captain Hiram and £or \Villiam Tcclimsch Swcct, who, :,. veter-an of the Mary E. Cook, a nd who was born in K[...]866, and has spent many igan, The death of this admirable woman occurred in ye:irs sue<:css![...]Boulder on March 4, 18c)7, at the age of fortl>se,•cn tJ,c office of clerk of court for the tifth judicial dit• y~rs. Her fat her was a veter-an of the Civil war, trict and is a wonderfully popul:ar incumbent of the scrvint in a Michig:tn rtgimcnt,[...]and coming out a <'.tptain. Hi$ business wu that of a Mr. Sweet was born in \V~stcr. :i. suburb of Por'IS• carpenter and conlractor. The maiden n1me of the mo11th, Ohio, August a7. 18J6. The.re he pass[...]muriagc to the captain. Both until the outbre:tk of lhc Civil war. On June 10, 1862, of these JOOd people arc deceased Jong since, their re• he enlisted in Comp:iny B of the Ei.ghty-s.cvcn1h Ohio •ntains bc1i[...]ed upon a varied and The union of Mr. and Mrs. Sweet was blessed , by th rilling mililary earccr. In September of the sa.mc the birth of eiiht sons and daughters, the numbtr bt· year he[...]i::ratif)'ing to the subje<t. The names of the el1ildren Sweet ~me home and sta)'cd two week[...]Shelby Cook a nd Kittie Louise. Two of the dat1ghters sh11?pcd to Cairo, Illinois., from[...]Bly and Blanche E mma. s1artcd with the intention of joining the Gutr Squadron, and all that is mortal of them te.1:t$ be.side their bclo"cd but the vcuct[...]pring Mr. Sweet Ralph Waldo is the owner of \"aluablc mining interests JOincd the Red Rh•c[...]ion r1,·er: on ~trol duty_until the exl)ir:uion of the. term th:at she is the best in 1hc business; 0 1estcr WC'C<I i.s of his enlistment. H~wevcr_, he only s.hippcd for one manager of the 801.em:in Mining Company. of B00- ye~r. but .he_ served sixteen months. He wa[...]paid off and then relurncd o( manager of the Ryan-Virden Produce Company at to the home tow~ of Webster. where after a sta..1 of Butte for the pas1 eight___yea[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY 0F MONTANA Joseph N. Sweet. father of our subject, was born in They were on[...]for their stock they con• the :i.d\':t.nccd age of cight>·-four )'C.\l'$, For 6(ty years eluded[...]ians, but about this time he wa$ in the ministr)' of the Bap1ist church, a position an old Ind[...]he returned with the horses, and lived to the aic of tC\•Cnty~ninc years, h er demise OC• thereby was the means of avoid ing considcr.1blc tro uble. curring at \ Vc[...]he went to the old mining ca.mp at Orilino, War of 1$ 1:?.[...]he spent about Mr. Sweet i.s a con1munie3nt of thc Episcopal church, one•h:alf of the winter there, and then started out with taki[...]der Gukh, Idaho, now Montana, in the ,Spring o f of being the first m:an to be made a Mason in Jeffer[...]nitiation being M Radcrsburg, the county the fall of 1864, whell he returned to St. Anthony, Min• .[...]ed nearly c\'ery office ncsot3, and in the spring of 1865 left again for Montana in the lodge. He is \'Cry fond of hunting and fishing with his wife, in a two horse[...]iver at sent$. He is a sta.nch Dcmoc-r:u, and iS of influence in the regular crossing ntar $:l;ge ere-ck, after which Mr. the councils of 1l1c loc:al Democratic party. He was \ Vakcfield, being impatient to com"lete the journey, the youngt.st of four boys in his father's famil>•, :i.11 drove ahead of the other wagons until ht came up with Demoe.rat[...]«t nc..-erthele$S an outfit that had been robbed of it.$ horsc.s and two of ea.st his first presidenti.tl \'Ole for Lincoln[...]rds· this as the plea~ntest polilic:a.l incident of his life. to the other w~ons for irc-ater safet}', Mr. Sweet belonts to the bC$t type of American dtizcn• They continued th[...]to Rock Station. Al this pc>int he again learned of ity the memory of such men :u the subject of this.sketch, the -outrages o f the hostile Indi:ins, who had taken the it will instill in the minds of our children the imporU,nt w:ir path, and w:a.s c[...]sson that honor :and st.1tion arc the sure reward of the rest of the outfit had cau,gbt up with him, and they con[...]lackfoot, but in the fa U may spend the eve,ning of life in comfortable retirement. of 1865 Mr. \V:ikcfield returned to within twelve miles Mr. \Va.kctic.ld was born in the city of B:tns:or, Pcnob 4 of Alder Gulch and the following spr-ing c.nga~ed in the scot county, 1\fainc, October 15, 183,3, and ls a son of dair)' business. tllSO eitablishinJ a .stigc s.tat.1on about Benjamin and Betsy \ Vakctield, na_twu of Maine. Hi.s ten miles from Virginia Cit)' dunn.g[...]or and builder by occupation, was a Jn the summcr of 1 ~ he located on 3 r-aneh ne3r the prominent \Vhig politician of his day, and served in Dempsey ranch, but in 1870 lie be.came the owner of the state Jegislaturc. His death o«urrcd in his c:ight1·· the Point of Rocks. St.ition, and also carried ori farm.in.g sixth year. Of his fou r childrcn, Gtorge \V. is the o n y durin[...]Gcor8c W. \Vakcfield attended the public schools of ehued property, engaging in the hvcry and hotel b[...]his native place, and when but twelve ye.;rs of age sc• ness :and conducting a stage line betwe[...]x months, Selling out in the spring of 18$1 he contracted to fur 4 he went to Lincoln, M:une, in charge of horses., and later nish the Northern Pacific Railroad with one hundred |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]hat year has given his support to the candid:t,cs of the Ehrig. He was :tl$0 postmistcr a t G[...]honor of Mrs. !McCall. In part payment for his hotel l[...]ss i\farg.-.rct he took a quarter scc,tion of hay mc.i.dow and some .Brittain, who was born at[...].c.e. : He ga,·e it up to enter the meat mother of one ch:ld, Libbie, the wife of. Or. Samuel F. busmc-ss at Silver Star and after a year he branched Way, of Livingston.[...]et, and for W11..U,\M \Vc$u:v McCALL. The life of Mr. McCall two years conducted the three .e_laccs. hu been 01,c of \'ar-icd c:Xptricncc a nd enterprises, 3nd he[...]tehall J1as b«n through almost all the ph;:ls.es of life in :i. new and opened 3 hotel in the[...]r b)' F. A. fift)'•thrcc ,years old at the time of his son',: birth, as Stuart for a residen[...]ough the town tht-n, :tnd it wa$ not 1 densely · of Washington's first administration. The cider Mr.[...]ducted his hotel McCa1l was one who felt the lure of new countries. a nd for two years an[...]ut l1is ,mtcrest was then the middle west seetion of the 13,nd to the far in this a lso :tnd went into tf1c livery business. \Vhilc country of• Iowa, and in Van Buren county he fo llowed[...]e hotel stock raising and farmi ng until the time of his death, sen-ing a s Post office.[...]f, lies at rest in a rural ccmtttry near the town of Birm• :tnd for a time ral\ the Jc.f[...]n the Costin. When he disposed of this place Mr. Mc• 1rcland, in 1816. She ha.s been a rc.sidcnt of America Call bought an interest in t[...]mained in t hat for two yc:irs, until he was ap.- of t he farmer·s son, fi rst on his father's· fa r[...]which office he still , holds• •This on those of the neighbors. He attended school in[...]Birmingham when it was in stSsion, and the re.st, of n1cnt of. postmaster, and this is a tribute to lus e.tr,-[...]es," Mr. McCalf hat had his-share of the cspc~ienc,es of , He r~cived one dollar per acre for cutting irai[...]the pioneer. When his party reached this;~part of throu.gh the har,·es.t time he wa$ able to cut f[...]·«t to know th:at it had been on an" ln- ,mouth of Alder Gulch, At tbc cod of th;:it period he dian'$ hc-ad; ' 3[...]here he en.gaged i n team- venture of the early ·d:.y$, and they cspc(iall>• · enjoy ing for various mining companies, includi.ng t hat of \V. such a con\•crsation with, l\fr. and Mrs. S. F. T uttle. of A. Oark[...].stc 9wn, thus m:tking that day of March 16; 1873, a doubly GraC'C Jordan : daughter[...]• . , . • • Jordan. of Fish Creek. Mr., Jordan • had come to 0nly one of the seven • ehi1dre:n of Mr. a nd Mrs.. Iowa from $pring:fic.ld; lllinoi.$[...], where he, w2.S en• his family of four children, Melba, Edith . Ralph and ~gcd in·[...]eek. rcmaininO' there until 18So. , In the summer of business ind also conduct,s a barb[...]McCall hauled cord wood to the mill. a di$1.\MC of ,his "•ifc ,also reside in Bt1t[...]ives in ,Pied• cords ~ ~v with hi$ one ,.sp:in of hor.sc-.s, th\u t.\rnin~ monr, where her[...]lver 'Star. He ran this•hote1 pursuit of gam. He 1s an acttvc mcmber·of the Chris• T a1. ff-t[...] |
![]() | 980 HISTORY OF MONTANA tia.n chur(h, a nd a wOrkcr in the Sunda>·-school, of went to Cupcnter's Bar, prospecting[...]nt for two years. In for a number of months. Mc then returned to Helena the M:isonic J[...]ned his attention to the meat busi: also a member of the Eastern Stu. He h..1.s 3lways[...]ly closed both d1es.c plac-es and went councilman of W hitehall. Both he ind Mrs. McC311[...]'s p.'lrcnts both ended t heir In the fall of 1870 he dtSP.0$C:d of all his interests in days here. H u mother, Cathe[...]fornia, but remained in that in 1904, at th e age of sixty-6\'C. Her husband' sur\'h·cd state[...]Lodge and Harrison Jordan died ':it the ripe age of cighty-fi.,,c t here dC\'Oted his atte[...]h ~icago. He has the dis1ii:i<1ion of havini c.stablished gr.ivcs.[...]1\lthou3h John A Feather• success for a number of years :i.nd likewise conducted man, who is livin[...]became t:ma, has rc-:i.ched the: vc:nuable ;i,gc of Se\·cnty-six years.. interested in ra.mhin~ in the vicinity of New Chie1go he is still hale and hearty and retains in much of their and also de\·otcd considerable a ttention[...]ut all his interests, except t hat in the ·1tics of his prime:. He has been a resident of Drum• Featherman l\ferc:intile Company :u D rum[...]ished his home at Drummond, where he. now '1tads ofof all his business in- the conduct of the mcrc:mti.le businc.ss. terc-su, with the cxcc:ption of his share in the Feather- In politics[...]man Mercantile Company, the largest establishment of porter of the principles and policie-s for which the: Re-[...]rd a nd for m:tny rears was the popular and were of a most exciting eharndcr. He is in1ercstcd in efficient incumbent of the office of l')O$ttn2ster 31 N-cw Pllb1ic affairs and gives freely of his aid an-d influence Chicago. He h:i.s frequently been urged to r un for in S\lpport of all me.-\surc:s :md enterprises proj«ted other public ofticc:s but would never do so. for the good of the city and state a t la.r~c. In the time-honored Masonic: order he is a member of John A. Featherman was born in Hamilton towns[...]arch 26, 18J,6, :md JS which he is f)Mt muter and of which he has been trcas-- a son of Abraham and Rachel (Miller) Featherman, urer for four rears. He has a l.so taken a.II the degrees both of whom were born :ind rtarcd iit Pcnnsyh•ania. of t he York Rite. a nd is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. where they \\·ere married a[...]rch but is not a regular ll'lc:mbcr. He the age of sixt>· 'years. He w3s born January 13, 179Z, de\[...]r 6, i852, and she was bon, cxc«<li111J:I)' fond of good music, declari11g he wO\lld sit No\·embtr[...]iling :md h,u a fine car for his private period of his .1c:ti\·c career and wa.s very successful al[...]to Montana he says: ,.There is .no ·those lines of enterprise. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham better ol:lc:c i[...]e. Its future is Featherman b«amc: the pairents of ten children, of whom excc:cdinglr bright. It is a country with honest at• the subject of this rt\'iew w:a.s rhc fifth in order of · tr3ctions, 3 pbce for mc-n to iccomplish big t[...]that c:an put that merry The early cduC3tion of John A. Featherman con- twinkle of utisfattion in th e eye of e\•c:ry man... sistc:-d of such ad\·3ntagcs a.s were offered in the pub-[...]takes a promi1,ent part in all that lic schools of his nati\'C pl:tcc and he also pursued a tends to promote: t he growth and welfare of his ho,ne sp«ial course at Kin8$tOn (Pa.) Semin[...]a >'OU.th town and comn1unity. In 1911 he and one of his he worked on t he farm for his father and at[...]loyed by others in such work, re«l\•cd twenty- of the finest concerns of its kind in Montnna. He is five cents per day in[...]sbur~. and dt\·oted his .attention to t hat line of work until Mis twc:ntpfourth year, when he c.amc[...]h:td engaged, and also that in which t he family of Mr. Featherman had a number of close calls. On one his w ife:. K:1trina Heinzelm[...]de# tions. John \Vc:ndc:1 was a man of consequence in his scrtcd soot. he ,vas surround[...]r a perM>d horseback who dtmanded the surrende r of his rifle. of twcl\'C: rears. \Vhc:n his advaneing rc:ir\.._rtn[...]'egotiation.s were gelling to the spent the re.st of his dnys in the Q!!iC:t of his home. Mr. st raining point and somc:thi~ was[...]the sta,qe hove in siiht. This frightened the one of t he soldiers who accompanied Napoleon o n the J[...]is.-istrous m:irch to •Moscow. a nd he w.,s one of t he :and soon thereafter Mr. Fcatherm:,,n left[...]who li\'ed to return, and to resume his business of East Bannac:k, MonU1n:i, but landed at West BMnack, lumbc:rin~ in the historic region of the Black Forest. wh en: he was cn~sted in the[...]John \Vcndel was edu~ted in t he schools of his business at Boi.se City for three yt2rs. Her[...]sc,.sions. Fro"rn t his latter he rcc:ei\•ed a of 1866 he c.1me to Mont.an:1. landing first in Hdeu[...]and whtnec: he rigid cxamin:ition in the • city of Frcudtnstadt. T his |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA ·[...]Ported. He is indeed, a veritable '"Raths.herr'' of the tion entitled him to precedence a, a muter ba[...]t his chosc:n vO<"atic>n !he ,•:i_lue of ~ man like Colonel Cruse to the community in his[...]and ab1hty 1n the development o( his s.tate. One of the ha.d the German art of cookCry, and with this expert forem[...]is a rarity among men who have wr~stcd until July of the followinft )'Car, when he again r e-[...]ided to ca$t his lot with the valleys of the Treasure state. He cJ«u to remain c.ipital[...]suc<:ess. mcnt of more wt.a.Ith for the benc:fit of his fellow-man. Mr. Wendel"s fir$l po,i1ion h[...]until Ju_ly· 1 , rSSo. By th.is estimate of the: .imount of money annually expended by time he had cst;ibhsh[...]olonel Cruse in the exploration and dcvclOP,;ment of his line, and he had likewise made an cxtensh•[...]n"tificd witb :i.ncc :imong an appreciative class of p:i,trons. He now every ,·ital and living thmg lookinK to the advancement established a business of his. own, and put up his own of $0Cial and religious progress. His c<>ntributions[...]erred to as an example well worth follow ing for of the \Vcndcls is loeated on First street, :rnd o n[...]ccs.s achieved from adv.1ntagcs that were re:..r ofof Ireland and w;i.s drcd feet an-d it is fu r nish[...]in Mare:.h, 1836. Hi$ parents known to the best of sueh workshops in the country. were typic.ll of that , •igorous and .iggressive nee, and On hi[...]from _chem he inherited those sterling quilitics of mind emp1oyes. the lots on which the.se stand being back of nnd heart th3.t have made him the: st[...]l,Y determined ness. The entire plant is a model of convenience and to boctter his condition by ~sting his lot with the "Land of the best modern idc:is in the baking industr)'. of the Free." At the age of twenty >·cars he embarked Mr. Wendel has lar[...]ne upon an enterprise the W:arm Springs district of Jellerson count)'. This. affttting hi[...]as it is a.most v:alu:i.ble prOl)Crty. by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Arriving in Califor- L ike his father[...]that state, Nevada and I daho. Mining ,najority of over 100 votes, and two years fa1er was[...]ve years. He $UCCC$$. Jn 1866 the fame: of Alder Gukh in Montana was chairman of the water and lights committee and[...]ee. He was fortune in that Jand of promise. He followed placer president of the council for the fast fi,.,e years of his mining in Alder Gulch until the winter of 1866-7, when suvicc. A member of the Evangelical L,1thcran he retu[...]returned to Montana in the following advancement of that bo,dy.[...]g day he went to Trinity Gulch, a few miles north of Miss Henrietta Rcis.s, of Syracuse, New York. There Helena.[...]«r mining. In that camp were five children born of the union of Miss Reiss and a nd Silver c:ree"k,[...]January 6, days on the discovery of the grc.a.t Drum Lummon niine, 1&;)1; Kate S., J[...]r $t,SOO,ocx:>, to an April 9, 1900. The: mother of this family died on English syn[...]e~ at Marysville, which arc developed to :, depth of 3, 19()6, :rnd Charlotte M . £., born September[...]1,100 feet, and equipped with a milling plant of twenty In 1 ~ Mr. Wende1 was sent to t[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF MONTANA t rtics a nd hi$ acth•ities arc such[...]in Virginia, in 1831, ahd °'. ii1t,J<1Cd 1io11 of his fellow citiicns.[...]i'ist An institution th~t is :,, great sour~ of pride to work was as a c lerk in Minouri, where h[...]at bcne• four >·e.t.rs. Jn 18-52 he was editor of the Dtmperalic ~t to Helena is the Thof'!l:\S Cr[...]hison, K~ns:is, i_n 1853, where he starfed .-the of its kind _in ~.lontana. It ranks among the very s[...]y, M1s.soun. He continued · th'erC\-until mcnt of its founder, who has b«n· its only pres1dcr.'lt[...]se S:wings 8ank trans:icts a general the beg1nmng of the _Civil war, when hc•join~d th'e GOn- b3nl[...]in u.ntil 1863, ,\'hen and de:ils in. all kinds of hi@h grade ,ccuritiu . ,It; he resigned and, ~a.m[...]one year, Then he rtmO,•cd lo 1hc confidence of discriminating patrons. Hel[...]loe:tt«i iri Deer Colonel Cruse is :t m;:m of cxte.nsh-c and ,·aricd inter• 'L odge a nd b~a[...]s with J: . S. Pcm• csts, among which is that of stock-raising, ~nd he is the bc:rton, rcma1mng fi,·e yean, At the end of this time own er of one of the largest nnehes i n the state. He i$ 'he •.s[...]cpt~mbc-r !9, •~ Mr. Kelley had the distinction of integrity in all his dealings. His religious fa[...]vcd a succeu :i.nd he also opcnc<I other sister of the fate United States Sena.tor ThomH H. quartz p[...]c,·cral Carter. )frs. Cruse died within a year of her marri:i.,gc, fine 5ubmmt1at bmldmgs i n Occr[...]ssociated with Colonel .'fhc mother of the subj«t of this sketch w.'ls Mary Cruse in nu.ny of his intcrcsu, puticululy those. of L, J:o~cman Kelley, .who wa.s born .'It :\lemphis[...]~un ..in 18.s?· She 1s now lM ng at Deer Lodge., Of Cruse and Will Cruse, the former being ,·ice p[...]m the ~rcn1.s' household, two nre deee:.sed • of the Thomas Cn1se Sa,·in~ 8:ink. ~at1c 1~ no~v Mrs. Welling Na.pton, of Miuoula, t\lon: Politically Colonel Cruse h[...]li:ncd t:ma; Nannle B.; is now Mrs. C. P, Joslyn. of·Portl11.nd· with. the , Democratic p,i,rt)·,[...]rcd or Orcg:o!' ; the. third child is the subject of this sketch; $Ought p0liti~I honors, but it is[...]:nd native fottc would have sue.• o.On; Howard, of Seattle, Washi ngton· Florence. of ec:eded in the p<>litka:l held the s3mc as he bu in his t'Ortiat)d, Qregon: Lamar, of Portland, :"Oregon; War• o.:her fields o( end[...]in Kansas.~. Remarkably well preserved for one of his years. and .Mr. Ro.bcr~ Lee Keller 1s a g,:ca_t toyer of music and . one of the oldest active businc.ss men in ~tont:i.na, Co[...]oncl Cn.i~e m:\intains a very dose sup<-f'·ision of his cx- man and cffi<:i~nt i n 'ill he undcrt:tkC[...]t th.u eh:uacterizcd his bu$ineu trans:te1ion.s of a: qu3rtcr of a LT.w~s C<>t.'e)CAN'. In re,1iCwing the life of this Mon• «ntury ago. He h:is wi111c$$cd the[...]aua p1oncc.r:-for nc-ar'ly f?rty years a resident of Deer tion in the Treasure st3tc, and few arc lh·ing tod.-y who Lodge, a e;1tu:cn of the h13hc~t type and an offici;al of have taken any more active part in this wonderful mos~ crc~1tablc rccor~- it is• of especial interest to change-.[...]Griuly Gulch, Montan::i, biit dmin.t" .the autumn of chc IIOllSa ha"e[...]been ~of the same type $:tmc year his parents removed to ,Oeer Lodge. Mon· '!he birth of Lewis Cole-man, SCCOnd son and third t;ma. After attending che public S<hool.s of Deer (h1ld of_ John .Coleman and Mary Boyer, .his wife.•oc• Lodge he entered the College of Monta.n:i.. located in curred m Germantown, Montg[...]e t\fay o f 1$.s2. \Yhcn he !"a~ eighteen yca'rs -of '2ge left college i n the fall of r887 and at first followed he f~llowed[...]), where he c-ngaged in mining. It ,-.;u while of the district ((lurt of Powell county, on the Demo• he w-as 1n that sta[...]h time since Coleman enlisted in 1862-4it the age of twenty- In to the same office. He works in the intere-SIS of his Company K, T hird Colorado Infantry. At' Leaven• party in a quiet and 1ystematic w~y. has a host of worth, K2ns.is, this rc,g'itncnt became the SCcon[...]Curtis, on the fron11ers and · in several and of city rcalt)'. He is a member of the K. of P. battles.• His command was diKhargc<l :it Fon Le:wen- Lodge : of the M. of E.; of the- M. \ V. of A., and secre• worth i n the autumn of 1865. ..[...]Mr. Coleman's first acth·ity after the tfo5e of· the of the P re:Sbyterian church: He ,married Mis[...]er war. w!I.$· i.n the ?pacit)'. of hotel clerk in K;,.ns:i.s-City.[...]ng this work ~e s11(ce_c<le~ in finding , time of Judge William A. Ga,l bra.itl'i, of Pennsyl\'ania. Fi\'C for pursuing some pract1eal[...]garet, now o f the City. In 1866 he came .bY .way of Colora~o t* Mrs. ~V. F. G.inschow. of Chicago;. \Varrcn L .. as- Montnna, w.hc~e he fi[...]articipation in the, "Sal'!' yO\Jnger members of the. hoUsehold. . mon[...]67, he rem:,.intd ·until 1869. The father of the subj«t of this sketch, Robert S |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]his splc1idid :ibility throughot1t the remainder of his life. H is acti\'itics as a penman. A Q[...]evoted to duriiig the years,--...almost two score-of his citizenship his family, a Christian gentlem:m and a model citizen in Deer 11:.odgc were of many kinds, the commercial , -this is the[...]«ount:int for the As a prominent member of the local post o f the firm of Osborne and Denney, and later a.s an :t.ssociatc Grand Army of the Republic, of the F ree and Ac.- of Murphy. Higgins and Company, with whom h~ re- ceptcd Masons and Independent" Order of Odd Fel• mained for th irteen years... He gradually esrnbhshcd lows and of the £ -piscopal church, Mr. Coleman is an · una[...]took. With such high is still a resident of Deer Lodge and is o ne of the cs• stinding it is not surpr,ising that positions · of public timable ladies of that place. · trust soon began t[...]tts appointed Mr. was a g randdaug hter of that early Pennsylvanian who Coleman o ne of the directors of the pcnitc-ntiary. Four owned :ind sold the fargc tract of land now lara;cly years l;t.ttr he was elected by 1hc p~ple of Powell occupied by the present city of Gcrmnntown, Pcnnsyl• county to the ruponsible offi ce of county treasurer. In van ia, Sellin.g thi$ l[...]ract which he had purchased in tion to the offi« of count)' treasurer. In Jul)', 1890, the interior of the state. T hat region was, at the he waS appointed by Prcs1dcFt. H:t.rrison to th~ ~s~• time of h is locatini;: within it, ;i frontier scc.tion of mastership of Deer Lodge. His incumbency of thts cw1l Penrisyh•ania. Indian raids[...]• one such atcack · resulted in the death of this pioneer ber 9, 1903 he wa,s appointed by t'r[...]s o f the sa\'agcs. Their ,·cit for a s~nd ter m of service. He again su«ecded two (hildre[...]ger sister soon died from cx PoSurc, but the girl of his death. Other muniCtpal offices wJuch he held[...]ven years remained in captivity. Be• were those of alderman and city treasurer. ing a young worilan of more than o rd inar)' intelligence The domestic life of Mr. Coleman began soon after a nd force of character, she won a remarkab-le degree he toOk u[...]ukh, Montana, he was u nderst.anding of the medic.inal efficacy of various united 'in m:1rriage to Miss Cynthia J. K[...]high esteem in which she was held , was a n3live of I ndiana a1id a daughter of Beruamm and she became a noted doctress among members of and Elita· (Surten) Kantner, of Lewis county, that the tribe, who gre[...]hat loca1ity o n }lily 24, 1$50. -J)rOb.'lbly of the ~fotmi Indians-in their wanderings Hc.r J;uher d i~ when she was but sc,·cn years of traversed . an cxtcnsi,•e part of southem Ohio. It was :age. Her mother remirricd,[...]~nd be-, while they wcrC in that part of the <euntry that the iiul Robert Burdess, who cam[...]tive, who was permitted much \Vith other members of the family, Cynthia Kantner liberty i[...]ion day surprised to hear the sound of hammering. Trac- Pacific Railway brought passeng[...]m ·which point it was ncccss.a.ry, :is Mrs. of a st'rcam. down which ' a raft was about to be Co[...]c:r 21, 1871. They interest to her sto ry of c:ipti,·ity and endca\'orcd to beeamc the parents of the five $0ns, of whom data of persuade her to join them in order to s[...]considt-ratc captors to joining str:mgers of whom she married Mi$$ Alberta Chynick, of Bonner, Montana, knew nothing. She r[...]wever, to and 'he and his wife arc now residents of Anaconda. report her p red icament to[...]for her r:clcase. married Miss Lydi;i Scafield, of Anaconda', and is the In the course ofof thi5 Miami band being a«omp.1nicd Janu3ry · J5[...]esides with h,s family 1n with gifts of \'aluable trinkets :rnd o ther highly ~rized Ana[...]articles. Returning" to the friends of her bm1ly in 19, 18;6; he married Miss Fri~da St[...]on, Pennsylvania. she resumed the h abits of civiliution and James R. Coleman, was born }.fay[...]was born' July 19, 18;8, and died One of her daughters. Mary Schaeffer. became Mrs. at the ·age of two years. Paul Hart Coleman was born .G[...]liv~d January 71 188.1, and is ·now :t resident of Anaconda. in the day.s o f h er widowhood. Jj W:lS then that her A:.11 the sons of Mr. a;nd Mrs. Coleman wer·c born in rcminisc.cnccs of the fi ne country to the west, in ,,,hich OCcr L[...]ongc.$t men in 111s that in 1So4 a colony of emigrants from thai section paity iri Powell county. He was a stanch Republican of Pen1,s)·lvania migrated to Ohio. Their long jou r: and one of orinciplcs high Cr eve:n than his partisan[...]thi.s' lady acte-d to a loyalty. It can be said of him that he was the only great c.xten[...]new man who was able tO break up the party sfate of the bosses that dominated that county prior to t[...]anite counties as that borne by the village of h er father's early ooffl- from Powell county.[...]i::haefl'er l ived in Germantown, prominent men of the state :u:id his friends w~rc OhiO. to the end of her lif~. rendering valuable scN• legion, . His many acts of kindness wCnt to show the ice through her knowledge o f medicine and of life bi1f hc:trt he possessed and to whi[...] |
![]() | 984 HISTORY OF ll10NTANA fater married Mary Boyer, a d.iughtcr of Mary Sc-haef~ been in Philipsbur@', from which center hC m.1niges his fer Boyer and a gr;:mddaughtcr of Catherine S<hacffcr. other busin ess aff:urs. George Coleman was the father of t.lcveo children At Deer Lodge, this state, Mr. McRae was married among t.hc fi,•c sons of whkh John Coleman wa$ June 10, 1873, ,to Miu Mincn•a Burden, daughter of thir~. His marriage to Muy Boyer took pbcc on Th[...]Hornsby} Burden. Six cbildru bavc Apnl 15, 1835. Of the six children of John .'Ind Mary cor_nc i~to. their home, one daug[...]de Roderick D., Jr., who is married and~ resident of Phil- n~t~b1c _by their grandfather, George Colc[...]ipsburg; Margaret, the ,,•ifc or Frank Holten, of Lew- <hs.ti,ng ui.shcd ~necstrc-ts, Catherine Sch[...]1 carhcr progcmtor of Gcrrrutntown histo ry. itc county; Mamie, wife of Charles Powell. whose home[...]ides at Gramtc City, All the children were. given of the mm11_1g c-,;imp and wh.at it has btcomc durin[...]the world's work. Mr. Mc-- wonderful rcs~urc-c s of the state-all this Roderick D. Rae is a member of the Philipsburg Chamber of Com- McR:ic. has ,,,:_11nesscd, and has himself b[...]tivc intere:st in the lo~l ttnd genera.I affairs of govern- City and other mining camps during the '6os and has ment and society. At home the welfare of the public fo_r more t~~-" fo~ty yca:s been more[...]h the mmcral mdustnrs. At Philfpsbur.cr, his home of the school board at Stone for many )'e.:&N. Frater- town, w~cre he has Jong been one of the influential dti- nally he is affiliated with[...]~nown as a prosperous r:tn(hcr. ious preference of himse1f and wife is for the Presby- H1~ c.trccr JS an rnterrstmg one, and in many respects terian church. Of the diversions and interests of life typical of th!! c-lass of men who h:wc made Mon1ana th:it arc not directly connected with practical affairs, one of the richest sl31rs of the Union. lhe sports of the field find an ardent dcvote:c in Mr. Boro[...]l spends a week or so 31 his fa\'oritc recreation of a!)out scv~ntctn by working in the lumber camps_ haunts, starting at thirteen_ dollars a month. Most of thfs sal- Mr. McRa.e's father, Duncan McRae, was a native of :tr)• he ~ave to his p:,rent$, and continued hi[...]uring his youth. Farm- among__ the 1uf1!bcr woods of Canada until he was of ing was his life o«upation. He was a very devout[...]rrc-d in 1894, l1on he chose was the Jre:it_ west of the, United States, when he was ei~rhty-four years of age. His wH~ Mar- an~ h ow he linal~y tHTl\'Cd m[...]le story garc,t (Monroe:) McRae, d ied at the age of seventy• of itself.[...]tC3m, set out for 0(11\'tr, H:ilf ting some of M r. MeRae's opinions about the state w,ay across[...]a large freighting out- where he now resides, and of which few men arc better fit bound for ~fonbna. A[...]hen all :ind thus arrived, after many weary miles of trudging the mines were shrouded in the gloom of inaeth·i1y. the O\'er prairi<-s and mount:iin tr[...]dence elsewhere th.an in Montana he shutting down of the minCJ. for it brought the people to h:is work[...], fru it.farm tory to :1 st;ate, and is today one of the most loyal eiti- 3nd dairying country in the world. And now the best 1.cns of this commonwe:dth. For the first year he was part of it an is, that the mines 1rc running[...]1l then proposed that he go to the new settlement of Phif- diamond.:....polishcd and perfect, without[...]JAMtS M. PAC&. In 18(,6, Jam~.s M. Page ~me to of what has since been known as lhc famous Hope Mine[...]ip.sburg. 1·1ms he was prcstnt dur- for a number of years pa.s t has been engaged m C.;(tcnd•. ing tbc period of infancy of the pleas.ant little city where ing the public su[...]reside.nee. For ~\·cral years he contin• state of Monta na. His life, from his ~arliest boyhood, uc[...]s loc.alit)', and it is his has bet:n one of the .m~st strenuous achv1ty, and he.has[...]been a telling factor in the development of Madison distinction that he discovered the famous[...]izen ~f the state a.nd a man copper mine, now one of the r ich deposits of this dis- whose life has bccn of the greatest worth to the trict.[...]ought a ranch i11 thi.s , ,idnit>·· and be made of him a nd his work in this historical :ind bio- for more than thirty years has dc,·otcd most of his at• graphical public.a.lion. te:ntion to ra[...]time sylvania, on July 22, 18.101 and is the son of \Valtacc he has been interested in the prosPt<ting or practical and N3ney (Bonney) Page. Both were natives of operation of mines. His residence fo r some years has M[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF ?.10NTANA[...]Bridges; Mary E. married Dwight Bllshnell, state of their birth and there they were united in mar--[...]rd removing to Pcnnsyh•a.nia. manager of the Mule Shoe ranch; Lcn:t M. remains at where Mr[...]in Montana- Mrs. N. L. Page- and two brothers- of age. Tbc wife .1nd mother Jived until 1852, p:iss- . Robert W. and Rodney \V. Page-all of whom reside ing away in May of that year. She is buried in in Page\•ilJc. Illinois. They were the parents of six children, of which number JamC$ M. wa.s the fifth born,[...]our years old, James M. P:.gc moved ager of the Valley Girdc.n Ranch Company and of the · to Mic.hig:m with his ll,othcr. 3.nd he ma[...]in that state Until he was about nineteen yc:i.rs of age. name forms the c:aption for this articl[...]he fought his own way through the men of Virginia City, l\.lontann. He has done much to world from the age of eleven. He earned his first :,,dvance the wheels of progress in Montana, aiding w3gc as a boy of that tender age working on a farm, materially in the de\'elopmtt1t of busine.ss ac:ti\'ity and :md received eleven doll[...]energy, wherein the prosperity and growth of the state \Vhen he was in his nineteenth year he[...]to April, 186z, in extending the public sun·e)'S of tana, March 4, 1878, and he is a son of Simeon R. the northwestern part of that state. In 1862 he returned Buford, who[...]d county, Missouri, to Michig3n for the purp,ose of offering his services 3S whence he came to Montana in 1$66 and seulcd in a $01dicr in the c:i.usc of the Union. He entered the Viiginia City, here passing the residue of his life. H is Sixth Michigan Voh•ntccr c~w:alrr in August, 2862, and first business here was that of frciJ;hting :i.nd in 1878 he served during three )'Cars of the Civil war, p.uticipating entered into the general mcrehand1s.c busiiiess with the in many of the most te11ing conRicts of the period. late Henry Elling. Subsequently the firm of Buford & among them Gettysburg. He was t3ken pri[...]ess. Mr. Buford Isbnd during a ,,•e.ary period of fourteen months, being was a man of kind heart and unusually generous im- finally ex[...]took a spc- Democrat and w:as a member of the constitutional con- dat c<>ursc in a busines[...]ntion that framed the constitution for the s.tatc of spring of 1866 came to Montana a.cross the plains from Montana. For two terms he was a member of the Lc.:ivc.nworth, leaving the latter place on[...]r Madison county. H e bringing with him a tr:ain of merchandise. He has been married Katie A . CoolC)• in V irginia City in 1877, and a resident of Madison county continuously since then, to them were born eight children, of whom Henry \V. as well as continuing to be ident[...]•ey- was the first born. Effie C., wife of \V. M. \Vightman, ing business in a go\'ernment.[...]Simeon R., Jr'., and Rutht arc all residents of New has bec-0mc ide.ntified with the big ranchi[...]k City. The father died in 1905, aged fifty.nine of the county, and has come to be the ovmer of a splen- years, 3nd his cherished and devoted wife passcO did ranch of fifteen hundred acres in the county, situ• 3way in the .same year, at the age of forty-nine years. ated five miles from Twin Bridges. The town of Page- After comp!cting the curriculum of the public schools ville was founded by Mr. P~e. and the Post office of of Virginia City, Henry \V. Buford w3,s matriculated[...]Monlan3 \Veslcyan University at county surveyor of Madison county for fifteen yc3.TS and Hele[...]e was appointed by Governor charge of the EIHng & Buford sheep and ranch inter- Rickards to the pos1t1on of state land agent, a position ests, and 3ftcr the incorporation of 1h;it concern as which he held for about two ye[...]r. Page is a Republican, and is recognized as one of cle<;ted president and general manager of the company. the strong men and figh ters of the party in Montana. In March, 1911, he[...]n :,.c.tive and intelligent interest manager of the Buford Mercantile Company, and he in local[...]th the manage- the state, a.nd has won a degrte of prominence th.at is ment of these two large and prominent business con- ent[...]Southern Montana Bank Mr; Page is a member of the Masonic order. is 3 at Ennis,. in both of which he is :t member of the charter member of the blue lodge at Twin Bridges, and boards of directors. holds membersh.ie in the chapter an[...]. Page was married to Miss Mary a daughter of Frederick F. and Virgi11ia B. Kohls, Christtanson, the daughter of Christian 31\d Esther prominent residents of Virginia City. Mrs. Kohls en• Christianson, formerly of Holstein, Germany, then Jiv- Joy.s the honor of having been the first girl born .in ing on Wisc[...]was named Vir- Mrs. Page be-came the parents ·of four daug~tcrs., of ginia Belle. Mr. and i1rs. Buford ba\'e no[...]hey li\'e at Plains, Montana; Mina E. is the wife of out that honorable :rn1bition which is so eower(ul and L. T . Holt of the government forest reserve. and ]i\'eS[...] |
![]() | 986 HISTORY OF MONTANA regards lhc pursuits of prfratc life as being in thtm-[...]i1.:ed, he became ,•icc-pre.sidcnt of the concern. He scfvts abundantly worthy of ,his btst efforts.. I n Com- continue[...]ress and improvement. became 011e of the leading industries of i1s kind in the • Hc 'is ·affiliated with the[...]n 1!)08 he sold his interests in this businc» to of Elks, in whic.h he is c.s tctmed leading knight,[...]situate:d bers o the EpiKorial church. He is fond of out-door two and one-half mile-& we:-.st of Billings, where he in- ti(c and spends eonsidcr-a[...]d riv- tends to spend the remainder of his life. He can look in~ and automobiling.[...];SSing remark is due the adhere:nt of Republican principles. i\lthou_gh he hai Hon. Paul McCormick. ''The Grand Old l\lan of Mon- ne\'er sought public offic[...]ous times b~n tana," who, duiing th e many r.ears of his rc-sidentt near honored b,y his feJ[...]ed Billings, has become as familiar to the people of this to the leg,sfature as one of the: first delepte:.s from 1he section as their o[...]goods. More than :mx new county of Custer. Throuih . M>mc t«hnicality he other. m:rn, probably, <luring the early ye.us of his re'$1- w_as not allowed to ha\'C a \'[...]g the diffi-eul• velopiug the natural resources of the great wildernc!.S ties removed and the organization of the county firm ly of the middle west, and his name deservecS .'L place[...].hed. He was also sent :is a delegate to the roll of Montana's~most honored son$ for the s_:rcat work[...]in various other capacities. On the occasion of Pre.Si• generations; but :.s a man who in every relation of life dent Taft's ,·isit to Billings[...]$ so dir«tc'd his acti\'ities that they would be of the Frank T. \VOO<ls. in introducing 1\[...]his COmmunity. Paul Mc- c.hairm:,,n of the meeting held at the Babcock Theater, Cormick[...]a York, June 14, 1845, and is son of James and Marg~ret for chair.man of this meeting a m:m. a pioneer in all McCormick, w[...]ved in what is now After attending 1hc $Chools of Steuben county and this commonwea[...]my, Mr. McCormick · decided to of which time has been spent in this valley; a m.in[...]in farming and rial dars, a member of the national con\'ention which freighting. He acc[...]and both a Roosevelt and a Taft mous ex.PC<lition of JS;o against the Pieg:tns to the 'el«tor-in each instance he h:l\'ing had the honor of Maria's ri\'Ct b."lttl~·rounds, fur'nishing_ tra[...])' 01her elector from this for the greater ~rtion of the. troop$, Fi\'C years later. state.[...]ase and Z. H. Dan- Paul McCormick of this city." • Further comment on iels, he organ[...]respcet and CStC'<'rn in which h~ is. held lower Yellowstone, known in histoiy as the Fort Pease[...]l connection is. with cxpc:di1ion, · and was one of the most daring :md dan- the Knights of Columbus and Billings Lodg:c:, No. ~94. gerous ex[...]the slate. \Vith B. P, 0 . E. a. p.arty of hvcnty-tight men they embarked in Mackinaw[...]n m:arriagc with boats at Benson's fanding on the Yellowstone/ and pro• :Miss :Mary Spear, a nati\·c of i\lissouri, who was living cittded to the mouth of the Bit Horn rh•er. 'fhrce miles 31 Helena at the time of her marriage 10 Mr. McCor- be.low- this· point, on the north side of the Yellowstone mick. Fivt- children ha,·e been born to this union: and in the heart of the hos1ilc Indian country, they P[...]cii;:ht months with$tOOd the. the age of twelve and Guy, at the age of fo\1/ year-s. . ass.'ltdts of the fierce andr 9:c-acherous Sioux Indians, endur[...]~fAcrnNIS. ' 1:\ct well thy p:irt; there the lot of even bra\'C fronticrsinCn. lt w3s \'irtually a n[...]d a.rid' nine wounded. " ' hen they of this distinguished gMtlcm:in, who has been a fact[...]fighting ihe Jndi:ms tfiey were obliged of eminent usdulness in the developmem oJ Montana to be in a slate of constant watchfolneu and prep-ara•[...]mc to their n:1hon the \'ahant service of a ~allant soldier on many a asSist;-.ncc and s~ured the ~ace and safety of the sec-. battle•field, who has been[...]duct- tion ; :ind · thus throu,eh the enterprise of these daring ive activities which ha,•[...]settlement and product• prosperity of the country, who has honorably held PoSi- ivencss[...]ck him$CH raised the fi rst Rag tions of high public trust and who has had that deep at Fo[...]Indian agency and the appre:ciation of the elemental rectitudes which ever im~ Union Pac[...]the com• Martin Maginnis comes. of that staunch nationality mand against the ln.d ia[...]has had so valuable an inRuencc upon the his-torr of hostilities loc-a.te4 at · Miles City and ci:,g:tgcd in gen• of t))e Amerie~m republic, his p:irents. Patrick and[...]y and 18,38. sculing in the state of New York, but later re- continued freighting oper[...]s, at the they died at the conclusion of useful lives. Martin end ofof which ;\Ir. McCormick was tle<tcd presiden[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF. MONTANA[...]cation was continued taches the honor of attending those who offered their in Minnesota.[...]d Hamtinc Univcr• Jives in defense of the nation's honor during the ireMcst .sity at Re[...]to his country, then menaced by armed of a nc:wSprapc:r a t Red Wing. i\linne.sota, but de[...]ing to loe1tc in the WC$t, he organized a party of one F, Firs.t Minnesota• Volunt«r$, under C.:[...]e northern rout't, now the After the 6rst b.1ttlc of Bltll Run, where he rectivcd a line of t he C reat Northern Railroad. The p:arty a r riv[...]Gulch until Auit1st. 1867, when he became editor Of the Virgini:a, after which he was fr:tn$forrcd to[...]m Ca.::rlle, whie.h was issued tmdcr his division of tlJc Second Army Corps, puticipatini; in the[...]1812. T he ~per e,•c-i1tually b«amc lite siege of Yorktown and the bittlc.s of West Point, F:tir Htl<mJ b1deJ1tndci1t[...](he.re he w,u Dc·mocratie daily of the capital c1tr. In 1868 lie joi11ed wounded in[...]), White Oak Swamp. the ranks of the Bc:nedicts, marrymg Louise E. ~fann. Glendale[...]He was next wi1h General :i native of :'•lichisi:an . In i872 l\fajor Maginnis was[...]::ss, defeating Hon- mcnt forming the re:,r guard of the 3rmy and being the orable \V, H .[...]sc:cuti\'e terms-a fact sing11larly indicative of trust and Ahcr the ,ccond b:1.ttle of Manassas Gcncr!'tl McClellan confidence reposed in him by the people of the territory, .:\SSumed command. ·rhc regi1ncnt[...]howc, •c::r. prominently tngnged in the b:mlcs of South Mountain ,He was a dcltga1c t[...]18So, which framed the prc::SeiH constitution of Monlan,:t. pan)' lost twcnty-fi,·e per cent of its members, h e himself a.nd took :in aeth[...]to his credit as a high dlSlinction in the annals of orious service in' the field .'' His · re~folent led the ad• Montana lhM he was chosen as one of the first two 10 vancc of McClellan's army when it crossed the Potomac,[...]surp.issc:d ' in the history of th:it office. and sUc-cecdcd thereby captured Fre[...]ch then co,·ercd the 1:arger pOrtion oi campaign of Chan«Uorsviflc. during wlt,ich the Federal[...]t, under General Sedgwick, who held of the ' frontic-.r these army posts: Fort Lo.ttM, F[...]Arm>· C.o.rps was now com, and l~Of"t l\lissoula; the assay office at Helena. and the[...]ther go,•c::rnmcnt build• uated in the b3ttle of Gettysburg. DurinK this m."lrc:h i,,gs[...]d at Man!'t$U$ and the u t:iblishment of which he was an importa1H be.tor. Thoroughfare Ga[...]rocured m.'Ul )' appropriations for the tnYfflCnt of Sickles' · Jj,,c was broken. General Hancock threw the dc:prcdatio11 d:tiins, the paymmt of the )lont:u,a militin First Minnesota into the br[...]ground until claims and \'arious claims of c;ith:cns beyond enumc:ra- rcinfor«:ntents could[...]tio,,. He w-:i.s acth•e ' in the pis.sage of land :,nd tiinbtr most fatal charge known in t he annals of warfare. the laws for the benefit of the settlers. and took an acti\'C loss aggrcg:,ting eight_y-threc per cent of the men en- part in :,.II general legi[...]fecting the gaged. In Majo.r '.\13$innis' company of thirty•four western siates and territories. One of the most im- men, se,.·er1teen were killed and t[...]Portant laws contributory to the de,·clopment of the was here made captain and later promoted to major of wttt was the g,cner::-1 right of way for railway.s acrou his rc~imcnt, iri which c[...]it all tl.?e railways in the pating in the battle of Bristow Station. T he regiment west.[...]oonstructed. He ~rocured the s;r-nnt''of lan ds for th~ Major Maginnis wu assi,gntd to the command of the uni\'cnit:y and other $late[...]eral T homas procuring the admission of the state. He was contin- in TennCssce. He was no[...]d dut)', as u:tlly chosen as ch:airman of the territorial delegates. prO\'Ost marshal of that state, :md assigned to the staff who then had a commiuce of their o wi, ; achie,·cd a of the militiry go,•Crnor, Andrew Johnson, · .\ft[...]Mtional reputation as a debate r in the house of rep- president of the United States: 'the Major later · re-[...]e.ry at Cettpburg, the Soldier's Home in \Vash• of Na's hvillc and Franklin Tcnnc.s.SCC. In June, 1865. ington, the rcumon, of the Army of the Potomac in at the close oJ the w-.i,r, ·i\{ajor Maginnis was mustered WMhin3ton. the mc-tting of Democratic Clubs in the out Of the service with the rank of major. His military Aeademy·of Music in New York, and to the Tamm;my care[...] |
![]() | 988 HISTORY OF MONTANA \Vhcn the difficuhr. arose bclwccn the[...]veral bloody mas,ocrCS occurred, amotig them that of cral Ja.nd.s in the commonwealth, M:i.jor Maiinn[...]nd th,c whole country w2' aroused the full forc-c of his strong indMduality into the work O[...]de a sJ)C(ial left Fon Unmic a treaty of peace w:i.s signed by the commi$$iOncr, and he se[...]Indians and the government, and 1he train of twenty• pointment of the mineral land commission for Montana.[...]uch swollen and the party Cxf)(:ricoccd grati1udc of the $t3lC. Major Maginnis has ever been great difficulty in fordinK or crossin,g many of them. .a fearless advoeatc of the principle:$ and policies of the When fording was impossible it was necc[...]'.l.rs :t. mcm• Among other p<>int:s of interest passed by the train bcr of the Democratic national committee. a nd in 18')6[...]c• L3t.1mie, on one loni .stretch of 6\•e hundred mifcs not og-niz.cd as one of Montana's ' representative men and his a s[...]is tragedy also was to be enacted, the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Ltgion. for the next year he was killed. The train of emi• grants of which Mr. Barnard formed a part :i.rrivcd ANTH[...]Augu-s t 6, J866, at which date the inhabitants of the life than Anthony ·wayne Ba.mud. nor one who[...]tv 1h1cnce t1p0n the de\•dopment and upbuilding of this people. . pan of the: st.uc has btcn so kctnly Pottnt. Not only[...]curred on the way that had with 3n unusual amount of s:r·it and determination, and not been[...]hims.cl( a factor that would nitmbcrs of them were without mcansJ Mr. Barn:ard be felt in th,c history of the SL"'ltc. From the time when being one of those whose .slender provision of money in J866, a young man o( twenty yc~ns, but b[...]s«uring work in the mint.s a nd the present days of succcss(ul fruition of a life's earning :as much as w:is {[...]was to be secure<! .ind as :a result of the dark outlook fidcnce and coura,ge 3nd strength of body and mind. for the future 1nan[...]r eastern homc.s. York S(ptcmbtr 3, 1846. the son of Martin M. and Mr. ,Barnard, howC\'tr. h:ad a $pirit made of "ster·nc,r E li~b,cth (Benedict) Barn.ud, 3nd in[...]h'c land be sought was de- was depriv«I by death of ;,\ mother's loving tare :ind termined[...]in 1h,c early fihie.s made a m0st libC:ral offer of lands During the time when no e~plo1mc[...]10 scttltrs who woukl go west he took ad\·an1age of se:cured a t ush wage, he spent h1s[...]a nd he was one o(.the first patcntcc-s of :a. claim within o«urrcd in 18;6. 'fhe Barnard family consisted of the limits of the state, he having secured Number 4,2:. eight c[...]ground pro,·cd to be rich :ind from the claim he of birth, was a bd"of but four or fl\•c summers when took out gold to the value of :1bout $2,00.ooo. This his father went to WisconaSin. That 1).lrt of the state daim w3s located in Missoula[...]life o( the what is otmost the heart of the city, a nd in addition 10 farmer's son was th[...]ul cuhi\'atcd fields and modern the value of $,Jo,ooo from it. • Thus in his young m:t.n•[...]r wh;it he has m.:t.dc Mr. Barnard lived the life of the typical boy of the into a large fortune and he is a[...]ent to school when opportunity w.1.s of the wealthiest propert>· o~·nc~ in this scct1on[...]properties, 3mong his holdings being a Jot of scventp studies finally wl:icn n.inctcen )'Cats o[...]quartz cb.ims. his independent career. The (.111 of the still further ?\Jany fine pieces of city re.al estate are also owned west was in his[...]out on a trip to Montana block, one of the first large buildings he erec(cd here, with a[...]he selected was that lt'.1.ding through of the city. His fauh in thi$ city an<I sta te·is u[...]h,c future has in store a more :i.cro,s the state of Ncbrask3 to Fort Laramie. pheno[...]s to come he :iims to Red Cloud and l1is b.'l.nd of Indian followers made so be an i[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 989 When the call of need h:-as come to him in whatever Richard \V. Clarke w:i.$ educated in the schools of .cap.a.city Mr. Barnard h:..s always with promptn[...]to hi.s twcnl)'- .sp,ondcd and on the oce:i.sion of the celebrated raid first )'~ar he was[...]d follower$ he joined Hon. \Vm. A. Clar~s com~ny of afte.r two ~·car.s spent there as :an educator,[...]ed his command was then cng:1gcd in another part of the Black Ketlle s camp, where Mr. Cb.rke ,Vas tr[...]turned to Leavenworth, Kansas, but in the spring of Mr. Barnard i.s a man of strong influcn«: in public 1866 C'3.mc overland[...]o Mon- life 3nd Politically is a stanch advO(atc of Jeffersonian tana, going on up to Alder Gulch at[...]stently was but one log shack in the present city of Bozeman. rcfustd the importunities of many or his, friends to , Subsequently he took up a homestead m the Gallatin accept offiei3I l1onors of :iny kind. He h:is bccn urgent- valley, whe[...]the Sioux inence to become a eandidate for maror of Butte but Indians coming up tl,e ,•.\lie)', kil[...]ests incidentally involved in the same b«.;1.use of in the Gallatin v:i.lle)' until 18;8, :i.nd then[...]ter. ntar the present site of the city of Billings, purchasing I n fraternal circles Mr. &n,:i.rd occupies a high eighty acre.s of railroad land and later buying two pl:ace. He is a member of the ?-.fa.sonic order and in hundred and eigh~>·[...]rected a home :rnd set out trees that today form of the craft and in official $tation in all the depa[...]ir$t to put a plow into the fond in c<>mmandery. Of the last named he is 03.Si commander. the Yellowstone valley. it is known that he has the He also holds membership in the Sih·cr Bow Club distinction of btinsr the fir.st settler to use irrigition in .:[...]· On Janmuy 8. 18So. «curred the marriage of Mr. but in 1 ~ disp,osed of his r·:i.nch and wei,t to Oregon Barnard to Miss Jessie G. Addis, a native of New to deal m farm lands. This he continued until rot 1, Jersc.r, They arc the 1>3rents of lh·c daughters Lillian and in that yc.i.r returned to · the Yellowstone ,·:i.ftet, Ida, Josephine, :\fabd and Edith.[...]as ne\'er c:ared for public office. al- pioneers of che Yellowstone ,•alle)·. where he was one thou,h he. has done his duty as ~ citizen by sc.rving a.s of the first to culti\':ttC the soil. is Rieh:.rd \V. Clarke. 3 member of the school board bolh in Montana and He has been[...]industrial ~rowth Oregon. He is a charter member of Ashlar Lodge :md development of this s.«:tion e,·er since the Indian A F. & A.[...]sh. Mr. Clarke tucky, March 2, 1853. the daughter of \Villfo.m and w:1.s, born at Stoycstown, S;omers[...]nsyl• Susanna (Lcffie) \Vallace. both of whom arc deceased. ,·:an,:i:, October 2.1, 1840, and 1s a son of George A. and Mr. \Vallacc was born in Scotland a[...]mere child. Prior to . On the patcrn.:\I $idc of the fam ily, Mr. Clarke traces 1849 he followed f[...]din~ the born at F~r1 Duguc.snc, Pcnns~·lv:mia. of Holfand an- fi rst house in Lca,,enworth. Some ye[...]1:1s~d a farm near Topeka, on which the remainder of native of 'fyrone County, Ireland. George A. Clarke hts hfe[...]as born ~n 1796, at Stony Creek. Somerset county. of her parents' twelve children. To Mr. and Mr,. Pe[...]there was engaged in farming as Cfarke a fa_mily of twcl\'e children haxe bcc,n born, all the proprietor of a sawmi!I. as a, merchant. and ~s a of whom suit hvc, as follows: Rose, the wife of J.M. tanner. and was also associated with the Shads Creek '{. Xochran, of Billi~s; ~ura. B., the wife of Chris • Iron Comp.iny. He was a justice of the ocace for a. tian Yegen, also of this c1ty; Florence wife of Hcary numbc:r of _years and was a prominent \Vhig until Soott. of Custer, Montana· Alice who' married Henry 1856, in which year he embraced the prindoles of the ~,orehouse. of ,Ada, \V':uhington'; Abig;iil, who mar- Republic[...]to Chattanooga ried John Sparling, of Roundup; Geor1e, a resident of Tcnnc,.scc,, he became an extensi"e owner of reai Bend, Orcton; Mary,. the wife of Willard Stoekwe,IJ, <'.St:ttc. the mana,srcment of which he made his work of Mus$elshcll, ~fontana: Jay \V., livi~ in Carbon durinR the rest of his life, and his dc;ilh occurred in count)',. Montana; J;,·a, the wife of Homer F inley; 01attMoo~ in 1886, when he h:i.d[...]Mr. Solem, :tnd is an actress· ~•anc-c d age of ninel>' )'C:&rS. He was married in W;i.sJ1. Thoma[...]county, Pennsylvania. to ':\(ary Fletcher Black, of the Northern Pacific Railro;id: and Ruth who is[...]er education in Switzerland. ~fr. and a natt,·c of that county. who li\'td to be cis:hh·•two Mrs. Clarke have twenty..SC\'Cn gr.indchildren. Al- years of age, and they had a famil>· of nine children thons::h he possesse,s a[...]Mr. Clarke c-ontinuc! to Cngagc in the ~ •dow of James Cardin: Ida, the wife of Seth F. 2et"·1t1cs, bein~ still hale and hearty 1n spite of his T.<:w1 s; C~rge A .. · of St. Louis,Missoori. who after sc,•cnty•two years. His. ability has bcc.n of a high 1h1rt~·-seven years of ser\•ic~ is still in the e-mp!oy of order, but it ranks, no higher than his personal char- a rad road: ,a nd Cora, the wife of a Mr. Burnett. acter, and he i.s honored and t"Stcemcd as one of those |
![]() | 09_0 HISTORY: OF MONTANA to whom the state of :\fontaoa owes its prest-nl s:rc3l• w:th[...]were m3rricd in' San F rancisco, June 23' 186o. |
![]() | [...]~ victorious, justly winning the :i.dmiration' of hiS cont• wh~_. tl'lak~ {['i~nds 0£ 'ihem.[...]· to ;Miss Mar~ret McR3c, 1he daugtitcr of Donald and On rccciviog his honorable .discharge, Mr. Crane Marg'~rct '.\:kRac of Wisconsin. They have four chil- went to La[...]uly 10, 1 ~ via. the overland route from Om::iha, of which their mother is also a mcmb(r.[...]y G&ORGt \V. CaANE. Fifty years ago thousands of men of gold at C:myon Creek found him wi1h the mad tu$h :ind boys m.'lrchcd away from comfor1:ablc homes and of venture.some souls in search of the precious metal. loved opes to offer up their fo,es on 1hc altar of and after four ye3rs,. during which he met with a[...]ome dyed that ah:i.r with their life blood amount of success in placer mining, he went to Helei1a, an[...]ible imprint made tlie mcre:1.rnile establishment of A . ~t Holter, for whom l>y a soldier's hardships[...]he worked eight months. At that , time, learning of hard oonditions awaiting them, After four years of the d isco,•ery of gold at Clancy and ·ren Mile Creek, . strenuoti'[...]s. difficult to tt$ume the ordin3r\' 4XCUf)3lion of peact. pve up 1t1inin~ and for o ne ye.ir was :tg[...]hen dttidcd to c.mba(k in 1Uignificent men, sound of body, a.s well as of judg• business on hi.s own accotmt, :md .'ICcor[...]e was located cx3mple to coming gener:itions. One of the h onored one of the large stage st:'.ltions, althou.gh Fort B<'nton veterans of the great Civil war, George \V, Crane, was then l[...]was appointed :,.S<'T\l, a posi1ion which he held of the typical westerner. One of :\font.ma's "old- while C01\dticting a general me[...]has fo llowed 1hc o~n r.an,gc, has gained method of tra\·el. He h::i.s continuC'd h is business, ho,y• a name· .\nd position for himself 1n the world of busi• e\'cr, to the present time, and since his[...]nt, J uly 21, J900, has acted in the c-ap::i.city of pos(.. dc\•clopment of Fort Benton, of whi(h city he h:u master of Fort Benton, givi11g univcrs:.1.I satisfactiori s[...]and being one of the most P'.()pular citiiens of the com• George \V. Cr:ane was born in the st.ate of Vermont, muni1y. Mr. Crane is a Royal Arch Mason[...]843. }:Iis father, James E.• Crane, was K11igh1 of Pythfas. A Rcoublican in politics, for thir• :\[...]ate. but in 1857 teen years he scn·ed as juSticc of the p<'ace of Fort took his fa mil)' to Champaign count>', llli[...]pursuits, .subs«a,uc.ntly be· acted as a member of the school board and still holds coming roodmaste[...]he Episcopal church. He died in 18So, at the age of sixty•three years. His The example Mr, Crane ha[...]potent stimufol)t wife, who bore the maiden name of EHza B rown to publie•spirited acti\'ity. · Wh[...]overt)bcr 10, 1905. to get them. Citittnship of this type is far too ldre. George \V.. Crane was educated in the schools of the and it is prol».bly for this. reaion that he is recognized state of Illinois, and was thirteen years of age when as one of Fort Benton's most rcprescntali\·e men. he was t[...]county, Illinois, by his The muriage of Mr. Crane oc-c urred Ftbrua.ry 14: parents. He wa[...]ited with Great \Vestem Railroad at the O\tlbrcak of 1he Ch·il Miss Julia lone Payne. They have had f[...]: Edgar Rufus, a prominent news• troops was one of the first to respond, offering his paper man o f British Columbia; Oliver B., a rc.sident of services to the Lyon Guards, an independent rifle com• Havre; Eira L., deputy county clerk of Choutc:rn p.,ny. After serving 101 days with that company, he county. and a resident of Fort Benton; George \V., assisted in the o rganiiation of Company I oi the Jr., Miss ]ulia I. and. Miss Flo[...]he :rwcnty-sixth Regimc-nt, Illinois Votuntc-c-u~ of the family re.s1dentc; and James P., l\liss Glady[...]he ser..-ed through- A. and Harry H ., ;all of whom .arc attending the Fort out d1C·e.ntire ~ riod of the war.' In the long Ii.st of Benton schools, and fou r who died in infancy.. n[...]he partici• pated may be mentioned the battles of Corinth and JosaPir H1isn11t.RG. Prominent among the su«,c~ful Iuka, the siege of Vieksbur~ and a number of ht>tly business men of Montana, •J oseph Hirshberg is. cmi• ® ntest[...]son. He was with General Sher• nently deserving of some mention in a historical and man's c:ommind on ils famous march to the se,,, and biographical work of this Mture, devoted to thc-1- stite w_.k! mustere[...]d faithfo! soldier, esteini and COnfi.denec of hi$ fellow men. Mr. Hirsti- and rtcetvcd creditab[...]Po~en, Germany, on. Januai-Y., -28, i&i7, He was of t~e type oJ soldier that formed the backbone an'd is the $On of Abi-ahain .ind' Ernestine, HJiSh!it'ri, of the Union armie.s and which fina11y made thc-m also of Posen, Gtrf'nanY, wlicrC they passed their lives. |
![]() | 992 HISTORY OF ll{ONTANA Jn early Jifo Joseph Hirshberg imm!gr.[...]d in New York to Miu on the ban.ks of tl1e. Jefferson ri\'Cr until 1866. 'th:tl E:'Ya[...]uffcy Edw:trd J., the eldest son, is cashier of the banking h:u r<:$1d~d m. park, county, and has been extcnsivdy 6m1 of Hirshberg Hrothcn.. He is a yom~ man of enga.gcd 1~ u1sm~ cattle, and ho[...]0 ton.s . oc<:upy a prominent pb.cc in the life of his oommunity. He is a shrewd and capable[...]h he has conducted Miss Gertrude Kohn, d:mghtcr of Herman Kohn, an h_,s dealings and[...]hat his name has been :u;so. old pion«r sculcr of :\Jont:tna, and a well · known e1a.t[...]s.,ctions have combined incrch.-int and jeweler of ~tissoula. He h:is been a resi• to gi\'C him a '".idc r~pu~ation for busi,ltss probity, and dent of the Sl3tc since 1875, and is 3 heavy property t~. firmly est:tbhsh hin1 in the «>nfidcnce of his fellow holder in ;ind about his home dt)'.[...]at and f t3nds. f11gh m t~e counsel.s of his p:irty in P."trk • ;\lissoufa on March ,. 1[...]county. His first pubhe office was tha1 of deputy sheriff The three remaining brothers[...]J. S oyde.r the Sidney, who is the. second born of the four brothers first sheriff of that count)', In 187:2 he was cl~tfd to is :t m·cmber of the Hirshbtrg Mcrc3ntilc Com~ny ol •[...]vc m 1876 he was apJ)Ointcd 1>0stm3ster of l~·ish Creek by since he was graduated from th[...], 3nd held that office un1il 1889, also the 3ge of seventeen )'c-:\1$.[...]county :ind scryed one term, :md m 1901, sections of P2.,:k county h:we shown a derided srowth through the efforts of United States Sena tor \V. A. nnd dcvclormcnt, bo[...]is increase being commen- m honor of Mr. Bruffcy, and since that time he has surate with the acth•ities and progressive spirit of the held the office of postm.'lster. In addition he is acting leading men of the se\'er.'11 c:ommunitie.s. Not the least as a member of the board of school dir«tors of district of these in point of adv.'lnccmcnt is the city of Bnfffey, No. 34. As an official he h:,.s s[...]times to ha.,·e the best intc.rest of his commullity at pionc:cr to Montan:t. ne3rl)·[...]:,,go, and who heart, and in the discharge of his duties h:ts shown a durin1,: his Jong residen[...]cientious regard for the responsibilities 0£ his of- him.self w ith business ,·enturc, of an extensive nature fices. He is a valued member of the Montana Pioneers' and rendered his st-ct.ion[...]ith Miss Matilda Jane Ridlen, who wM and is a son of John and Elizabeth (C311) Bruffey. born in lndi!;lna, daughter of \V111i:im and Malinda (De - John Bruffey was b[...]Vore) Ridlen. Mr. Ridltn, a n3ti\'e of Maine, came ginia, in 18o8, and is a youth learned the trade of west to Iowa among the pioncC:rs of that state, locatini wagon maker. In young manhoo[...]cultural pursuits UJ. to his dc.ath at the age of seventy• about two years, then removing to Knox[...]me vocation until old, wa.s a native of Indiana, and they had ten chil- the spring of 1848. Returning to Missouri, he spent dren. of whom two, Sabra a nd Mary, arc living. Mr. two or[...]uffey's wife ditd hfarc.h z, J~U•, in the faith of the Knoxville, Iowa, and being in business for five or six Methodist Episcop3l church, of which her parents years. Subsequcntl>· he secure[...]d her hnsba.nd had the low-a, where the remainder of his life w,:s spent, his followir\g children: . l\f3rgaret S.. the wife of Montie death o«urring in 188o. He was a Jifolong Democnt. Cady; Almeda I ., wife of S. P . Skillman( Primus A•• His wife, who wu[...]who married Pearl Baker/· Sylvi~ the wire of James (now \Vest Virginia), , in 1811. survh•cd[...]1•r:ank E. Skillman: 18!)1, i nd was the mother of ten children, of whom three Memrous, who ma rried E lla Bo[...], wifo o( sur\'h•e: George A.: 1\fary, the wife of Jefferson Kil- Matthew Cr~wlcy; Minot a[...]uth, who Jost her life in an As was the custom of farmer$' boys of his day, Gcor~e accident. A. Bruffey wor[...]3nd is :md hearty ohysique. He W3S eighteen years of age the son of Bela a nd Anna (Snyder) Dexter. The when he left[...]he was en~ed in puttin.rt up ha>'· In the spring of 1862 he oontinued o,·crl:ind to De,wcr, Co\orado, the time and attention of Bela Dexter and he pa»ed his where he followed f[...]tions .in New York, dyinx there on S~tcmber first of which year he stuted for the Salfnon Fe[...]ox•tcams. Reaching that point, age of sixty. They had three children, Wheeler O. the members of his party agreed to go on to Alder[...]and for 3l)out two To the age of twenty•l'l\"O years, \Vhteler 0. Dexter |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]e was lcry, and serving until the clok of the war, when he cdocatcd in the tommon schools of his home community was honorably discharged. lie is :l member of the aad in the aca.dcmr. at llh:ic:a, New York, d[...]a nd at one time scr,·cd in the office of public admini~• ing. When he was twenty-two he[...]C tr.:uor in Benton. He is a M:i.son of the third degree directly west. Arriving at St. O[...]one Jim Benton, He is also a 1nember of the Eastern St3r. Fi,k.. Four hundred mc-n, women[...]d :'l.nd forty wheeled formMivc period of W<'S;tcrn gro\\'lh :md de•elopment., vehicle$ l[...]Mr. Whtcler has had, h1.s foll share of the thrills and Helena, Montana, on the 2d day of September fol- chills which at"CO[...]nt on to Hckna and reaching it in of :almost fifty years of :tcti,·ity. advance of the rq:ular party. His first work in Hekna wu for[...]ori as TnOMAS l..Ew1s. Any record of the lives a nd aeti,,j. an engineer in a sawmill, situated in Dry Gulch, and tics of the progrmi,•e men who ha,·e contributed to af[...]the development a.nd a.dvancein,ent of Montana. would quartz mill, where he remained for[...]ent up the river where he tion of Thomas Lewis, a well known retired cititc.n of e$tab1is.hed a wood )'ard, in which he continued for Bozeman, and :1. re$ident of this st:\tC for nearlt a half a brief time. In the spring of 1868 he went to Benton, a ~entur)'. M[...]ering fo r a time, then tried is a son of John 3nd Nancy Lewis, who emigrated his skilJ at[...]ales about 1838. settling first m Ohio and sub• of «>al, he was robbed of his tc:i.m of three horses. He scqucntly going to ~li[...]lost his father , who ceeded in r CC'Overing two of his horses, after which he passed :,,w:[...]mt was hrok<'n up, and :it an early age supplyinJ of boats. That work pro,•cd profitable and[...]the Until he w.'IS nint years of age Mr. Lewis :iucnded Gallatin valley and preemp[...]cation w:i.s secured in the school of hard work and ever since.[...]obscn·ation. When he h:td rc.:i.ehc.J the :i.ic of For a time after Mr. Dexter returned to Bent[...]s loss he ne\'er recovered, although of inestimable v:iluc to him in later )'t:trs. In 18[...]when the wholt n.uion w-as in a state of txcitemcnl Boieman, which he operated for a. tim[...]St. he built a ferry boa.I to meet the dema.nds of the tr-.iffie. Joseph, Missouri, he set fort[...]and :\lso a.bout two miles below the present city of fu ll)· conducted, it is :i. fact th.at Mr. Dex[...]w lo~ c,bins.. ln the e xper ienced ::my measure of fin:mci:\I prosperity while spring of 1866 Mr. Ltwis came to Bozeman, where .tway from[...]h.is touch in the )'e3.rs that have passed, many of wluch the fall of 1868, when he ren ted and opn:itcd a th rt-.sh•[...]r.:ide.s in which he in\'.1riably got tl1c better of th<' thrcshtd all o,•cr the county of Choute.au. And he wa.s agreement, but d isposed o f his propcrt>· a.fter harvest, one of those who had tl1c go"crnmcnt contr3ct to h3ul[...]following he assumed the management of a ranch in river on the Yellowstone. He h:\s seen the ups and G:dfatin county, and in 1672 took charge of a wagon train for the firm of Rich & \Villson, with whom h e downs of western life, has had his successes and his remained until the spring of 1877. He then purchast<l fai lures, like most m[...]uring one season. but in 18;$ sold his or doubt of the future. Mr. Dc:xter is a vctcra.n of wagon train a nd purch.tS<'d a n in[...]listed o n January 4, 1864, in business of General \\'iHson, in Boze-man, this associ[...] |
![]() | 99J HISTORY' OF MONTANA <:i:i.ttd wi1b ~·l::ajor Pc:ise in[...]:t. Austria. His father was M. L ·Cans; .who |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA migrated from Germany to the New \Vorld[...]188$. when the Canadian dcpaftment wa's diSj)osed of tlcd in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley during t[...]ny, the sale biing .concluded e,: ulr settlement of the Old Dominion. Colone) Con- in Lond[...]rad m:,.rricd Miss Maria Ashby, also 3 duccndant of disposed of the fre,it ·bting line. the coloni;.ts who were[...]ess in Mont.ln.a as John Ashby, a lo)'al subject of King o,arlcs l of E_n$:- well as in Canada, and were the pos[...]rad's great-grandfather, also named of the firm became s:o cxtens.h•e. that Mr. Conrad[...]ander's confidential Firn National Bank of Fort Denton, of whkh h e was officers throughout the Revolutiona[...]e par- brothcT was the sole owner of the bank when it re- t nts of thirteen children. They owned a l:i.rgc Vir-[...]Natio~I Bank. I n 1894 they $Old o ne fift h of the JudJe in his district, a.s well as colonel o[...]ir children, who h.a.d preceded them to of th e bank. At the end of two ye~rs Mr. Hatcher this state, and a fter many yc-.:i.rs of happy and con- purchased the intcresc of the Conrads in the bank for tented me they p:i.sscd pcaccfoll>• beyond the purple of the Boston & Monta na Copper Comf>3.n,>.'.[...]e bank closed iu doors. th.en it wa.s generations of men. th:i.t the tnac spir it and sterling charncter of \V. G. Hon. William G. Conra<I. their eldest[...]e famous Washington Arndemy. ·At the early aitc of bank •had fai led, Mr. Conrad M[...]mcuagc he :tlso asked James T. Stanford to waters of the Missouri r·i,..er, by r.:1il to Cincinnati,[...]n, which they reached the indebtedness of the bank to its depositors paid in in s~foty afte[...], a fa<t which is known not onl>· to the people of ing through m:i.n)' P(rils on· the upper Missonn, where Montana. but to the bankers of the United Stt1te.s. hos.tile I ndians were the o[...]Mr. Conrnd at once. plunged into ness of ihe bank, but he wai,·cd a ll other considcrn- b[...]him in the foll oon- the mercantile establishm~nt of I. G. 8:i.ker & Com- lldtn-cc that it[...]m So well pany, :md at the expiration o( a period of fo ur years and belie.,•('(! so fulty in his hone.tty and uprig:htneu .'IS b«amc a member of the firm. \Vithin ciRht years 3[...]t amply he and his brother secured the po$$cssion of the im~ jm;tificd their confidence. m en$c ,csourccs and prestige of the firm b)· putchase. ln r<"cent yc-ars :\fr. Conrad's aetivi1ics ha\'¢ l:t"en The business of this firm w3S one of the most exten- :m c\·c.n wider rang[...]ently~established a Uis;c sive and far•rcaching of any condt1ctcd by private P>.inkinc:- institution in the cit)' of Helena called the capital in the northwest :rnd C[...]d llumcrous mercan- holder and president of the Mo,ua11a Li(c lnsuran«: tile <"Stablishmtnts[...]tes :ind the °Comp.,ny. Re is pr,csideot of the C.onr:ul Townsitc Dominion of Canada. Enofmo1.1s quantilics of sup- Co'mpa,ny. which owns large t[...]ts:. He is 3Jso a large owner in own use and that of the C,n:i.dian govtrnment, which :md treasurer of the Conrad-Prioe Dulc Company, scnicc rcquir«1 the use of hundreds of men a nd which rnnked among the lt.ading <"attic p-rowers of 1'1on- thous.-..nds of o~cn, horses a nd mules. After the pur- tan:i and Cana\fa, He is the principal stockholder of chase o! the D;iker interests the Conrad Brothers[...]ar Helena, 3 <::old proposition vided the control of the business. \ V. G. Conrad took that[...]atcd value or one million doll{rs; aild, c h:lrRe of the Montana branch, while his broth er[...]wcr<" not suffieic'nt to o,c. Charle$ had control of the Canadian dcp.,rtmcnt. The cupy the time a,,d cx!J;:,ust the faculties of this indc-- latter included large s.torts at Leth[...]lc man. he controls the stock and is f){tS idl"nt of Leod. Calgary and Fort W:i.lsh, and a bonded frei[...]tern Canada to the North- Stat<" Bank of Conrad. Md the First State 8:rnl< of west Territory, The firm handltd all kinds of military Livingston. He is presidt1lt o[...]city in 1.9()?, when it purch:i.scd the, a.sscts of the Firs t ooliec a nd lndfan a nnuities. ln Mon[...]a nd is l ines e>:tendcd almost the entire extent of the territory, the owner of rmints a nd rc:'1 estate in , •arious J)3tts ofofof ~le and exactinir d,uti~. His opcra[...]the Missouri river and se"ernl Canadian of finance arc of colossal m agniH1dc and fa r-reaching in streams[...]th~t th,ey seem more than twen.ty miUion pounds of frei~ht in a y~r. as c:is)' of 3ecomplishmcnt by him as though they con- but their ex«uhve ability a nd S)'Stcmatie manner of sisted o( an ordinary business of no gr.e.ater magnitude conductin(? the business w3s such that the imntcns.c mass than the conducting- of :a cro» roads' stor-c. }:le ~ Ids was ci[...] |
![]() | 996 HISTORY OF MONTANA i~ Com»3ny 0£ Cra.t Falls is aoothcr of hi.s institu- office.s, in each of which he acquitted himself with di.s• uons and[...]on to the ~pie !n th;\t city. In fact, he is one of the greatest factors for it is by the people's voice that he holds his prck:nl m the bus.1ncss of the nortbwe$t; and so honorable and honora[...]no one be- Henr,r S. Nea·1 is a native of Maryland, born in Balti• grudge.$ h1m the high[...]e. He was educated in the p1,1blic an advocate of the principles or that party since he has schools a.nd entered college, but .1.t the outbreak of bee!" of leg-al age, and the pany has honored him with ho$[...]nd Joined the Coi1• was county comm,s.s1oncr of Chouteau countr when federate army under General Rob<-rt E. Lee. He became b.ucly of agc1 and held the office while he was a resi- a. member of Dreathiu biuery, of the Flying Artillery dent of the county. He wn.s also :,, mem~r of the $en•ice, and .ser,·cd in 1h:u branch of the army through sutc .senate in 1879, tilled a number of officcs in Fort the entire period of the w.tr up to the surrender of Benton and w-u its first i1la>"Or. He h:,,s also been a General Lee. Very shortly after the close of hostilities candidate £or the United States se[...]west. He tr)\'eled fronl lacked but four votes of befog elected. His friends Virginia to St. Lo11is[...]nd where he joined Shrewsbury's train consis1in_g of twenty- he h.a.s b«n f:worably mentioned as a[...]d thirty-two men. With thi$ the vice-presidency of lhe United States. ' outfit he t[...]urg. thence t1,1> Pole creek to The marriage of Mr. Conrad o«urrcd in 1876, when Fort Buford, an[...]rh-cr to S:i.lt fa.kc, he espoused the daughter of Hon. Paul L. and Almira where he arrived in September, 1866. He found em• (~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 bo[...]d t11crc until the following Jo~ephmc, the wJfo of A. G1lb1nk Tw,gg hvrn.g in Fa• ,pring, when he[...]park, where li~ Lee, who'd1cd m 18~ at the age of one year. The trouble 3rosc in the ranks. and the[...]who was bom October $, JS.SJ. paued the exception of the officers, left the service. With away in He[...]eared in a Helena f).'l,pcr at Gulch. t~c lime of her dC.1.th is a Jitting comment3ry on the Becoming tired of this occup.ition, Mr. Neal turned hfe of one who was well beloved by all who were privi- h[...]e rcm31ncd there., meeting with the embodiment of southern ho_spitality, .ind whether fair succes.s[...]days in the social life nn<l the philanthropies of the county, where he leased the Bratton ranch, wh[...]with good su«eS:S until 1884.. At the pleasure of her .icquaint;mce ;\nd friendship in the that tim[...]in the city. lost her interest in the welfare of those !cu fortunate .-ind served one term there a[...]ere were man)', not only among her the conclusion of which he moved to Granite county and dose assoc[...]nd boir<Jini house in 1885. as a friend in time of need, who will sincerely moum Tbis · venture pro[...]he remained wit h it five her." The legislature of Montana, in session at the year$. · In J ~ an opportunity presenting itself for time of the d~ath of Mrs. Conrad, adjourned as a special advantageous .sale he disposed of his property, again mark of respe<t to ht'r memory. Joc::,,tcd m the city of Anaconda and became interested[...]Mr. whichpublic ma.ttcrs. He was elected j ustice of the peace. Conrad owns a fine cst:ik iif' Viij:[...]years. In J9(l8 he was elected as well as that of his wife, and there he and h is fam- of Deel'· Lodge county, and now holds ihat[...]fice. ily have bten wont 10 repair for a season of re.st and · Mr. Ne.al is a Rcpublie3n, and activ[...]uring the wirucr months. Mr. Conrad is ( a member of the Episcopal church, as was also his notwithstan[...]asonic the Confederate )rmy. He is a member of the N::tt1on3l order. Union and one of its prominent officers. He owns a In aJt his[...]r. Conrad has hat:1dsome home in the city of Anaconda, where he lives[...]with his ,family and is the l)OSSC'$SOr of considcr.-ible bcffl ju$t and upri,gbt and unsp;lringly fair, and as a matter of coum, he s.t3nds hig_h in the estimation of all other 0n[...].is1:int to his H&NR.Y S. N1Al.. A, a»cssor of Deer Lodge county, father in the as.scssor's office .it Anaconda. P"ul R. Mont:lna, the subjcet of this skctCh is hetd in the highest Neat, :;mother son, is manager of the ·Atlas Mines in rcgaid by the feoplc of the entire county and Cs·r,ccially Gn"nitc county, Montana. Harry C. Nca~ ·a third son, of ihe city o Anacoiida. He has held ottier p[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]7 <lau·ghtcr, is now Mrs. L;1:wrcnct McPhcr$0n, of Port• has sten grow up from the very[...]eloquent on the s.ubject of its opportunities. . The p;.rcnts of Hcnr)' S. Neal were Abner No.1 and Mr. and Mrs. Brnsscy arc members of the Episcopal Mrs. Rose E liubcth (White) Ne.al,[...]ner churc.h a nd Mrs. Br:1ssty is one of the most devoted Neal was a lawyer 0£ mueh prom[...]o f its a nc,ndan1s. Jn the futemal orders of Lewis. and \Vtttminstcr. He was undc to Presiden[...]ated with the Elks and with Clcvcl:rnd. A sister of Abner Neal was the mother the Knights of Py1hi:as. He has filled all 1hc ehairs in of Mr. Clc\'dand. Henry S. Neal enjoys the comforts bolh these lod8,eS. As is to be ci<pc<tcd of one of Mr. of a plcas.a.nt and cultured home in Anaconda. He Br:usey's trainm~ he is a grc-at . IO\'Ct of books. and not appr«1atcs the honor accordW him by l'lis fcllo,v citi• lc.ss fond of music. Being :i.n £11glishm,111 by birth and zcns., but his chief sotircc of pride is the fact that he a Montanl3n by[...]ugh he is Lewistown's oldest children, every one of whom has been an honor to their citi~c[...]not spend his tir.ne in rccountir_ig the exploits of the EowMtO Bx.,ss»:Y has the disiinction of bci1lg 1hc past, for he is a represent-a,ti\·e Montanian, whq-sc eyes oldest wJ1itc resident of Lewistown. When lie first arc fii<cd[...]" taught JonN M. Ew,~s. unlike mo.st of the prominent citi• the first school e\'Cr held in F<"rg,,s cou1l\y a1ld so hu ~ens. of Mis.soula, was not obliged ~o come west alone[...]region in his early bor_hoo<I 10 COQ;X the .smile of fortune. His from its ,,er)' ~ginning.[...]:md on Odolxr 22. 1844, )!r. Drauey stock r aiser of Missouri, living most of his young r«eivcd the thorough and S)'Stcmatic training of the manhood near Sedalia. He married Mary B. Powe[...]is life in E1'.gland. m1med1ately after the dose. of the late war. Their He died while on a visit t[...]was Elizabeth Po_r_n_tt,. who was born in spring of 1870, when they moved to Deer Lodge, where- 18[...]rd Br.'lsscy is the they remained until the death of the father in 1889. eldest of the three children of the family. At the age He pg;sscd away at the early age of fifty•live years.. of twe.nty, Mr. Bras.scy eame to America and spent M[...]hom she makes her home. various occ,:,P3,t10ns of 3 cler,~1 nature. In 1 ~ he Thus the son, John M. E\•a.ns, the 5ubject of this made the trip frOm Om:lha to i\font:ma an[...]ny skirmishes with 1hc Indians. Like most schools of D«r Lodge and later obtained the appoint• settlers of th:'lt period, Mr. BrasS<;y h3d b<cn :iuraetcd mc[...]only one to M})ntan_a by th_c rich discovtrics of gold and he took term as that sterned quite a sufficient 1cncrth of time in up h,s re.s1dcnc-c m one of the camps in the vicinity of which to con\'incc him that the life of 1hc army officer Helena. The Joc-ation he sel[...]E ng• fellow men, to work toward the bcttcm1ent of· social lish .9ublic-schoot man in the raw mi[...]ns. On _his return from his year nothing short of a booanza to the- settlers who had at West Point,[...]ceived a to their na1i"e state for the completion of his cduca• grade of instruction out in the- wilds which was not · ti[...]um• 3fterwards equalled in the institutions' of culturtd and b13, M1ssour1. to e111cr the state u[...]d(partm('nt of this t1m\•ersity and returned to Mon-[...]to begin the practict of his profession. For the county. For a numbtr of years he £ollowed r:lnchmg along with his wor[...]the 6r$t ~car he practiced in Butte in the office of Judge county b«:ime more tluckly settkd he we[...]ent he is 3 prac• dcsinng to C$tabhsh an offict of his own he made the t1cmp; land attorney bc,s1[...]i.nd might tiave hc1d for On. Christma! eve of the year J876. Mr. Brass.cy was a mueh longer time had not President Cleveland of ma~ricd to :\hu Lt1cinda Smith, daughter of John whom Mr. Evans was alwa}·s an ardent admi~cr ~m1th of Eldorado Bar. The wedding was celcbr-a.ted asked him to sef\•t as r egistrar of detds in the Unite~ '!' ~elcna. . They h3v~ ,two children, both of whom States land office. At tlie close of the administration hvc m Lcwisto_wn. Lilli-an is the wife of James H. he r~sumed ~he pr;ictice of his profusion, gathering Ch.artcr :ind \V1llia[...]par• up '.v1thout d ifficulty the loose threads of his practice. ents.[...]e he has long been innucnti:il in the l":'lnks of the en1hus1as11c m thc.ir desire t[...]ns as one ~rty. He: was public•admini$trator of Fergus c:oonty, of i1s hc:i.ds. ThC>· knew that he would bend e\•ery 3 member .of the city col,lneil of Lewistown, register ~ ~Ort .to give their ~ty ~ c[...]is t1m~e, the peop~e triumphed 1 s now Justice of peace. In ad~ition to these pub1k over a11 p[...]fices, Mr. Brassey was at one time supcri1uendent of ~lcct~d from. a. . field o( eig~t c.fii~ida!CS and by an the ~hools of Meagher county. In every place which immense ma1o[...]!O>•al pe1:ru)~r~t, he pcr01its JlO J>a;fty of the f)()S-thon with c-fiarncteri-stic fidelity ai[...]which he ments. I n · 1902 he W3S the candidate of the Demo• |
![]() | 998 HISTORY OF MONTANA <ratic party for congress, :and in 1912, on Novcmbtr 5th, mind a nd a ~atural lo\'er of books, he determined. to he wa.s clccttd to the U[...]He completed a th.rec years-' course in president of the slate board of cduc.:i.tion. the S1ssmawa. i\fo[...]s. T hese fads arc enthusiastic little cit iien.s of to embark in an enterprise more to his liking and gave their sta te a nd their city-the. sort of m:ucrinl that up th~ busine,s of teAchin,: school to join a surveying is building[...]ns ap- Mr. E,•ans is intcrcitcd in a. number of secret orpn• pe.,led to him a nd he was n[...]e in his elc.ment iU&tions. .Although ~ m.c:mbtr of the Masonic order, than ,~hen with the Stlr'\'C>'!ng~ a.nd engineering , squnds, it is to the Knights of .Pythias that he has devoted c:<plonng new land and setting monuments for th.c guid• most of his tin1c and scn• 1cc➔ For four yc:us he was :mcc of future settler$. He followed the business of head of the order for the state of Montana and for surve>•ing for t11e --go"ernmcn[...]been a dcleg-ate to the supreme lodftC. a period of two years, finally joini~ :m cxpc(lition that[...]hat will st3nd· among her peel'$ {or mo<l:i.tion of the settlers and the military prrison, and progre[...]d profit in the Ho:-.. THO)fAS C. Powt1t. One of the most succdS• -freig hting busme.ss to in13n[...]in the northwest and one whose: con- consignments of goods to deliver, he added freighting structi\'e[...], which was transl)Ortcd thence to all the Power, of Helena, Montan~ His inAuenoe in the up• ~r·ious scttlemcn1s a.nd mining camps in the southern building of the stl te h:i.s been c<1nspicuous and never p3rt of the st,.te, came by steamb«lt from shil)Ping Ragging from the time of his advent into Montaoa as points tributary to Jh[...]ound:u-ies o f the state Power conceived the idea of bui1din; steamers to e1,ter :rnd was from th:u ti[...]or goods :rnd merchandise from p0i11ts in Baker, of the firm of [. G. Baker & Brother, of Fott Nebraska.[...]measure to s11pply them Md not only that, but to map river the steamer HclC'nn, and followed this with :m• out a line of future activity and usefulness that would other ~[...]to sec :md gra.sp :m opportunity for cxtendin.1$" of the people and to the slate at fa rge. He had fe,[...]ex• advantigcs in early life, but made the most ofof c.ndeAvOr, tumn, when :l. J.arge number of rnmcrs lc.h for the eastern scn·ed to e.arry him to the lughest pinn:icle of success. st3tes by way of Fort Benton and the s1cambo.'tl 2nd He. h:i.s bee[...]tes. During this period he oper-ated st.-'lge all of the many indispensable things that were C$Sential[...]and Fort Ucn• in · establishing a great state of the Union, Md J1is to-n :ind Billings, ·which pr[...]ol enterprises. nan1c is cngr:wc.d on the. scroll of fame in endurable · He also grt.Ad y extended hi[...]resident of this city c,•er since. Mr. Power's efforts in[...]\ess blocks whicl\ ar-e in Iowa, at that time one of the fron1ier distticu, new ::i source of pride to 1hc c1tiieen s nnd which are o f _use an[...]s nu.rried to :\:liss Mc- and beauty as well. One of the buildings er«ted by Mr. teer in the ,·ill3ge of Peru. a suburb of Dubuque. By Power is OC<.upicd by the American N'[...]mer and also conducted mer- fiduciary institution of which he is president and one of chandising for some ye:ars; besides engaging in l[...]type o f the industrious :ind en• institutions of the kind in the country. ).fr. Power f)C)$• tcr[...]n in10 wh:n is now to the progress and ·welfare' of his home city and h:is one of the most 1,)ros.perous statcs of 1hc Union. He died contributed grc-atly to i1s gr[...]s a leading factor in the sue«ssfol constn1etion of year of his life. ).lrs. Power •Sur"i"td her husband for the water works of the city, now owned by the munici- ye:.rs, re3ching the age of seventy-five years before f)31it)' by purchase..[...]paJSing- into the beyond. Th~ were the p..,rents of four :icti,·itics to :'l large exte11t a" d is interested in some of childre:i,: J ohn W.: Sarah E.: Mrs. T. L Martin, ofof Mr. Power were passed tics since he first entered[...]• on the. form in Iowa. and he being the eldest of the sistent Republic.an a nd counted as one oi th[...]judgment ;ind keen work. In the country sch<><?ls of those_ days he rece\vcd perceptions have assisted in turning many oontcsts into the rudimcnls of an educ:thon and btrng of a studious vic-tory when defeat sec-med 3i[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]l convention ::rnd in 1884 about sixty yea.rs of 3.it, :ind there the remain, of that was chosen delegate to the Republic:tn n;ui[...]inois, 2nd she sur,•h ·cs, making her strength of the owosi1ion in 181)'8, but on the :i.dmis.s_ion home in White S ulphur Springs. T11cre were fi"'.:c of the 1crri1ory ::-s i slate he. was one of the Joglc~I children in the c:Jdcr Gormley family, t11c subject of th is e:indid:ucs for the office of U mtcd Statc.s .senator of his brief memoir being the third i,, order of nativity. There p:irty :ind wu elected by the Rc[...]rd Colli ns, after a spirited contest on the put of other :isp1r:uus, who resides in this cit)'[...]1889- He scn•c:d six )'Cats in the up()Cr house of «m- gnw to young m:mhood and ·sccur('d his education in gress and pro\·cd one of the moi t p~ctical ttate.smen the public schools. In 1886, when nineteen years of ;md lcgisl.:ttors in that di$tinguishcd bod)". H[...]ul;1.tcd in the Univeuit)' o{ Mic:hi~n at member of the 1nO$.l imporunt cornrnittecs while in th-c[...]o cour$e, i:;radu.i.ting with the el:l.ss of 1891 . After re,. sh:ape lcgislcati-on rcbting to the northwest. He was 'a cc.iving his degree of LL. 8. at Ann A rbor he also member of the commincc on public lands, mi1lu and[...]. o_f equal pJ1ur Springs where in the m.inncr ofof Fort Harrison; 1he federal shingle. Herc he[...]t success, profes- building in Helena. the first of its kiod in the state; the sional honors, gene[...]n sch~I on ~uil He was count)' attorney of M<'agher county for two r h·cr near Great h.11,[...]in this import:ant capacity ing ;:i.rly Kttlcrs of the whole northwest, a.ho aisiiting with the Ste:l1C$t credit. In 1897 he removed to Great the growth of the Bo2.~:in Agricultural C_oll';gc by s~-[...]urin~ needed aJ)J)ropna.uons. O n the cxp1ra.11on of his 2n0thc:r two terms. He w-:iis one of the leaders of the term m th1: senate Mr. Power returned to Hel[...]ifts m.aking hi1n particul:arly vah1ablc vi.sion of his wide and far-reaching interests, at 'the[...]alway& pcrceptlbtc: in• in all the prmc.ip1c$ of platform addresJ, rich :tml flu<'nt 1eret t in the 2fT:urs of the ch)' and of 1he Rcpubhc:m of· spc«h and J)Osscssmg the rare abilily to Wptis[...].limax. His popularitf :always preceded bin\ gen of Dubuque, Iowa, in 1867. One $On ha.s been born[...]onnected wilh enthusiastic a«fairn of a satisfied audience. his fa1htr in his vast bus[...]e, New York City. T~ muc:h a number of )'c:ars and u,·ing enough in tMs way to praise[...]llege education. As his fath er's rircum• life ofof !t ~real slate and to the conservation and foster• his way throug.h t11c celebrated institution of learning, ing of dv1c emerprisc and that righ~ and bcnefiC(!ll u S[...]was bis :alma ma.ter. W hen first a , tudcnt at of ,irh·:ite c.apital for gre2t undcrt2km_gs for pu[...]nown in a n semi-public use. As a busii,cs., man, of honor 3.nd 1!'· inter-collc:gi:itc contc-[...]1n. the 1311d and, 1n Michigan. the licld of politics his sag-at.ity :md wisdom stamp tum[...]Mr. Gormley was an Elk. He wa.s an .i.s 3 leader of force and character. Not only in the cager, but discriminating rc::ider and a m3n of remark- v:i.rious sph.cres w~ie~ h~ve been !11Cnt[...]ounds antl he was read)' at an)' time to lend hjs of lifc ·hc di$Chargc~ ~very duty 2~1d eontnbi;tcs[...]0 all altru istic mo,,cmcnt,, to all th:ll in his of his me.ins to r<!hg,o_n and c:h.ant>·· In prwat[...]a welforc. 1:le was a .staunch advoca.tc of the cause of neighbor and friend. By force of character and t11J· the laboring m :in[...]bending will he has been :able to foll~w a car~r of his the s1ate, I nstinttively he took the side of the un- own, choosing to a su«cssfot conelus1on[...]t)' being bounti(ul cords to him a place as 5>ne of the strong ch3ra.ctcr$ who and his 'tender heart c,•er alive to the world's c:ry of stand out in bold relief m the i:;reat northwest.[...]August 9. 1 ~ Irene Spencer, d:n1ghtcr of Almon and from the S<:cr1c of cminc-ntl)' us.cful :in~ _d1s.hngu1$h~d l\fargaret Spencer, of this city, becoming his wife. scr,•iccs one of Great F.alls foremost c1t1zen$. Austin T[...]which was in every respttt, the fruition of his youthful man of splendid legal ::atta inments and was one of the drc-ams, was blessed by the binh of two daughters : most gifted o rators in this section of the state. Ver)' Ma.rgaret an d Doris, bo[...]n shiriing mark," ::md h e was in the ,·cry pnme of hfe 1863, locating in Meaghtr county, a[...]Helena, Mont,3na. Apnl a t the age of seventy-one years. The 'Yife 3nd _moth(r. ~ 1867. the son of ) a.mes a nd Juli.a (Cook) Gormley, who[...]hite S ulphur S prings. • Entl and, that cradle of so much o f our national his- tory: His fa[...] |
![]() | 1000 HISTORY OF MONT-ANA HALVt::lt O. L\·xc, of Highbnd, Chonttau county, Mon• $1:trted[...]e ::i.t dinner in the tana, has been a re$idtnt of the state since 186j, a.nd his little cabin of the S miths, Mrs. Smith left the room to ac<:om[...]have elapsed gath er some e hips a t the back of the c.abin. She was since he fir-st cast in h is lot with the pioneers of the att:ic-ked by fodi a.ns. shot and ,._·01.mde<I, 3nd then state have been of a ,·aricd an<I altogether wor~hy sc[...]specific not alarmed, and thought nothing of it u11til Mr. Smith l).lacc in this biographical and historic.a.I record of Mon- · beg.in to search for h is wifo. \\l'he[...]ood, and what had happened, the men of the camp s11pplied them• . he may be ,•irtu[...]erously with ammun ition and set out on a state of i\·l ontana, for the passing years h3,·c develo[...]ture as Indi:ins on the opposite shor e of the river, h idden in the surely as they ha\'c[...]t thcr were inacces- b.1rrcn wilderness to o ne of ahnost cosmopolitan sible to their[...]e deb3te h it upon a plan to cross 1he n\'er at of his liie is o oc replete with the frontier cx.~nc[...]ire upon the I ndians from the rear. which many of the p ioneers of the state sh3rcd in com• T he ruse wor[...]e rest o f the partr opened in .t br ief sketch of this nature ~rny adc.9,uatc idea of fire. \Vhen the smoke cleared away thirty-tlnec Indians the \•icissitudcs and hardsl1ips of early h!e in a new had P-'YCd for the scalp of Mrs. S mith with their lives, country, inc-iden[...]e.wing beside their dc.,d, wagon A natl\'e of Norwa>•, Hah·er 0. Lyng, w.,s born in lo3.ds of robes, blankets, bows and arrows and Tnd.ian Ko[...]r 10. 184-2, and is the oora.phernalia of c,·c-r>· known \'aric-t,y, which the ::weng. son of Ole aod Enger Lyn~. T he father was a miner[...]me to i\·lont::ma. He secured work on the 1"3nch of 1he little- comm.unity i_n eo_mp:iralive pc:i.cc. At one time, Colonel Roosevelt, a cousin of Thco-dore Rooseveh. i\fr. Lyng, wlulc- t:-tkmg into camp the meat of an elk soon after taking over the O"erla1Hl Hot[...]ew months. His next "enturc was n rod of him. They fired on hint, but missed ~md in Chou[...]cardu1 aim :111d fi red, killing one- of their horses. He occupied nine rttonths in this[...]pioneer Mont~nian c:an relate and give the namC$ of the r ive(. It was in t872 that he c3n1e to Ben[...]u county has ](nnie Thn!"son, . a .n~tiv~ of Norway, but reared at ne.:1rly alwa ys bctn the scene of his ranching acth·itics, Necn.1h. \ Y15Con[...]dent o f Missoula. Montana: Clara, the youngest of the to be associated together, at the end of which time Mr. thrt>e. is yet in the pa[...]ility, c,v, ... n :tture. and is known for one of the Y:tlucd Citi;cns ,continuing there until 188o[...]r his o f the county. He is 3 member of the Lutheran church. interests in th;i.t distric[...]have many friends in the community which has :all of which he rc,·erted to ranch life in due time. In[...]d Henton for three month.s, l>cing in the employ of Gilmore & JonN C. Houcx. To say t[...]tana pioneer is to pay him the highest of comotiments. :ind this little dev1at1on from ran[...]r stands above pfr introduction to another phase of western existeocc, and has indelibly impres,Jcd his sounc:I ide.-ts of citizen• whkh he £o1md interc.sting. if not h[...]rnonwUlths. No man js worthier with Indians, any of whic.h would be sufficient to inoc-u- of being c13ssed as n rep1csentative pioneer than Jo[...]C. Houck. who has rc$i~ed within tl)e OOund:tr-i~ of Amons: his many encounters with them in the early the state since l867. :lnd here the- best of fortu nes have days. Mr. Lyn~ re.:ounts one whic[...]n<'{S. and . he is today identified with $C-ven1I of tlie 0£ what the Montana pioneer w:is c.alled u[...]bat far~est enterprises in. this section of the st-ate. His in those early days. Mr. Lyng and a number of men ranch, situated some ten miles out of Moore. is of the acquaintances had gathered at the mouth of•the Mus· ,•as't · p'ro[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF i\10NTANA[...]e\'oted to sh«-p and wool raising, of his household being Miss De-Les Palmer, a nath·c[...]k is widely known. There is lo- of this county. Their home. located upon a beautiful[...]here reigns the tr-uc spirit portion Of the subject's great ranch, 1s commodious, of hospit:ihtyu in the center of a domiin of prince(}• modern ;nd hospitable :i[...]ns bounded :1mong: the popular citizens of the county, They h:avc by its limits, for he is president.of the M_oore Mcr~~- no children. tilc C[...]Mr. Houck's parentag~ we find .that his president of the St3tc Bank of Moore; and this is by £athert Dav[...]life, following farming and Mr. Houck is one of the good citizens the Keystone stock raising until his dc.ath in 188o, at the age of state has g:l\'Cn to Montana, his birth ha,·in_g[...]few )'tars, dying he resided until about the age of twc.nty-two years, also at the age of seventy-fi.\•t. They arc buried side when he answered the call of the west, which has sent by side ne[...]nent, and came ~o bered as people of fine character and high princietes. Montana, re.a[...]They reared ten childrc.n, Mr. Houck, of this review, cxpcct:atlons more than rcahied and has ever since being the fifth in order of birth. remained here.[...]i.nd it is with pleasure that the trict ·schools of Lane3ster county, Pennsylvania, and editors of this work incorporate a review · of his life having taken 3dvant:1.gc of all that they offered( he en• among those of the representative men and women of tcred the State Norm-1.I· Co11c;e at Millei'svi le, that the state. state. At the 3gc of about nineteen years he beg;m school teaching and[...]his native country, in 1862-, at the age of eighteen, and find that, ah.hough. he C9uld do t[...]came to Montana in 1867. He is a citizen of Montana, it was not cong:emal, Ins field of endeavor being too but a resident of California, rt$idinJt on the Dav Of. restricted and Jus soul yt':lrn.ing for the li{c which ~ook Monterey, in one of the most beautiful homes in· him out into the w[...]6nancially. He has been idclltified with the one of his community's leading citiz.ens. It is safe to devclopme1lt of the best interests of the state, and has say that rio m~tter where he[...]lc.3ding c1t1zcn, for mining e1rdes of Montana: He enjoys the highest es- he .posses.st[...]e requisite (Lualitics. teem and regard of all who have come to be associated Upon comi[...]ck 6ut settled with him in matters of business or in other relations of near Helena in a little mining camp called Frenc[...]sixteen ye;ars in the neigh .. Coulter, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. l>orhood of C.lnOn Ferry and Helena, and during this period[...]ergus county and embarked in his present business of which long years :1fter stands alone in the niidst of sheep and wool growing. He h.:is b«n in the cou[...]steadily progrcssCd. until he is of the past, so the grim Reaper, in his relentless h[...]r his business ability and suc- cst of men, has spared here ;1.nd there a pioneer Who c[...]cting link be:twttri the past and the president of the Moote Mercantile Company has al• prcSent. The honored subjed of this sketch is one ready been noted. He is also ,ercsidcnt of the State o! lhc fe,': spn•i\:ing pio_ocers of Chouteau cou_n ty, al\d Bank at Moore and is interested m the Bank of Fe.rgus his name 1s mdehbly wnttc.n on the fa~cs of Montana County at Lewistown, and it is in .no s[...]nng the winter terms in popul;tr binkin~ houses of the west. the distr[...]during the summer months he Mr. Houck ts one of the influential Republicans of was kept busily employed on the fiel[...]s an active interest in politics. es~s of .h~s father's faro:,. ~ viJorou.s youth, of patri- However, he has never been lured by the[...]Prcs1deot L1nroln issued his fi.rst emoluments of office, and although often solicited, has call for volunteers, he was one of the first to lay always refused to accept offic[...]down his axd to enter the famous Army of the l>cr of no church, but is genuinely in sym9.athy with the[...]George B. McC1~1lan in 1861. l\s a meml>er of Gom- to the support of all. In a quiet way he does a good[...]fth Regiment, Vermont Volunteer lflfantry, deal of charitable work and docs not turn a dc.af car[...]e· Mac" in the Peninsular cam• to the c.ase of his less fortunate brother. He has few paign and later in that of Antietam, was under Cen- affiliations, his gre.[...]embership io Hooker in 1863, in July of which year Gene~l Meade the Judith Club. He h:ts a number of enthusiams. ~e was in command at the battle of Gettysburg. · EveQtu• enjoys whirring past[...]ipe air. He is by no means. bored by a s:ood game of honorable discharge: On completing h[...]ball, ttood music or a . clever play. The subject of ser\'icc, Mr. l.ock\vOOd became a veter[...]Montana, he re-turned facon· the rank of sergeant. · At the Battle of the ~Vildemess icalll: "I have been in Montana[...]from a 'rifle bullet in the thats what I think of it" hip. and for a r:,umbcr, of riionths he lay between life Mr. Houck w::i[...]d the mistress extracted for a number Of years. On the close of hos.. |
![]() | 1002 HISTORY OF MONTANA. tHitits, Mr. Lockwood, then full[...]y, thcn only a stage station, remainder of his life in the west. Hi.s injuries. while[...]on the Ck-c !"ot fa!31, have been of $uch a nature 3s to· make it· farm in t[...]1mp0$$1b!e for him to engage in :i.etivi1ics of any kind , until' the. Sta.mpcdc to Iowa[...]IUttcrs pu1ain• but bclic\;cd they were of considerable value and rduscd mg to the welfare of his community, where as one of to sell. Later, his inincs not prO\•ins[...]when he llad sa\'cd a con• J)Ones.sed of a relt:2U}\'e memory, he has 3 large fond[...]i.s partner in busint.ss went to Hclcn:a, of ane~dotcs al)d dehgh1s to recall those s1irrin; t[...]a t . Hanulton, '.\tont-an:i., in J9().I , :i.nd of 1heir four just. at Jhc hcig·ht of his prosperity he was attacked by children. Frnnk, 3 nali\'C of Helena, now resides in a .band. of hostile Jndians, his outfit wu burned, and[...]ped with his lift. This ocwrrenee took of th_e Bitter Root \':tlle)', \\!here he is engaged[...]r::u~chmg; ~1rs. Maude Van Dubcrg is :i resident of Clark met his death 3t the h ands of the redskins. Clucago, Jllmois; :'I nd D. G. is one of the leading bus.i• On D«:~mbc:r 15th of the same )'e3r Mr. Lockwood nus men of Fort J3cn1on. went w ith the stampede to[...]G. Loc..:wooo. E \·cr)·whcre, the better cfoss of 31\,d again took. up dairying. TtiiS again J')rQ\'Cd $UC· ~rugg!sts arc men of sdeniiftc :ittainmcntt a nd high ccssful[...]r aeth·itics to the welfare o f eitilens of his. locality with dairy products, but 1n 1873 1hcir fello,\: !!'en in su,pplying the best of rcmcdic.s and went to the Bitter · Root[...]gaged in stock purest med1c1n.al agents of known \':tluc, in acc<>rdanec r:.ising and farmihs:, During the summer of 1$77 wi1h phy_sici:ins' prescript[...]fie · formula. Chief Joseph and lns b3nd of hostile warriors passed T he earning of a foir living, wi1h the satisfaction which[...]issoula, d:iimin_g arises from a knowledge of the benefits ('()nfcrrcd upon to, be peac[...]business, :md his wife, with the bab)' of $tudy and ma ny hours of daily toil, but occasionally in her arms, fled tci the home of .t c,ii$tant neighb,or, one anscs whose ab[...]him to a place in the forefront of those of his \'OC:\• ' home he found his stock all[...]«ci~•c<!_ reports (?f G. J..OCkwood, of fort Benton, president o f the Hilger the[...]th;1,t his Drug Co1np:i.n)', and proprietor of the leading pharmac)' family had been murdered, he made his way rapidl)' of the northwest. Mr. Lockwood was born at Prince-[...]od wu born 31 Madrid, New York, the trnil of the treacherous okl Chief Joseph for $()me and served during the Ci,,.il w3r as a member of a time. He was immediately engaged as &uide; aqd·Gen•. Vcrn,ont regiment in the Army of the Potomac. He cral Gibbon h:wing joined[...]le, was severely wounded in the Battle of the Wildernc$S, he was ordered to lead. T[...]trail, and at four o'clock in the morning of z\ugust 9, the c.lose of the war he c.amc wes1, via Omaha, Ncbr3ska, 1871, the 3\'tll~ng body of soldiers came upo1, the and after a number of years spent in far ming, d:tiry• India[...]wenty.nine wounded. from the start of 3. stormy ca reer{ culminated in ~is Only the opportune :irrh·al of Cc.neut Howird's com• ranch being pillaged by a band of n<Ji3ns under Chief mand S3\ 'td General[...]JoStph, 3,nd when he gufdcd the soldicl'$ of the Sc\'enth fate o f General Custer's m[...]tly Unittd St3tC$ Cavalry to the camp of the savages, outn umbered, they were cut[...]cripple. He now rc;Sidc-S at Fort Benton, one of the an impossibility. £vcn when the b,.'\ttle was prac:tie.:t.lly highly honored citizens of the city. .l\. more thorough O\·er. bul[...]orni11c: from some t1nsccn point, :md record of his stirring care-tr will be found on another[...]h:i.d been · struek twice by riAe- bullets, one of public schools of 0hio, where he graduated from the which,[...]IOycr's interests :and began to con<luct of the war aeJ)artlnenl, he visited Mr. Lockwood 011[...]c«>unt. During the fiftee.n a nU!Jlbe:r of occasions, and offered him a life position[...] |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF lliONTANA-[...]lcbr3ttd his ninth birthd:ay on New n c.ss of its kind in the northwest. Mr. Lockwood has Yc:ar's day of the year 1867, :rnd th:at twcl\'e month was[...]he Hilger family this rcptitation is, back of every sale he makes. It JS settled[...]rc ~ t a$$0ciate(I with the growth of the city. There arc few right, and as a _oons~ucnct no article ca.n lcayc h1.s of the older residents who do not remember Judge cst:1,blishmcnt wh.1ch will not stand' the test of fa ir and Hiiger, so long a prominent figure in the life of the honest merchandising. Jn addition to a foll ste>ek of c-ap1tal. $1andard drugs[...]the city, and upon finishing complete line of optic-al goods. He h~s i':'tcrc~tcd h1~-[...]ntified with He located 3t the famed "Gate of the Moumains,'' the ranchins: :ind stock ra1su1g act1\•1hcs of Chouteau situated Jn the c-olmty of Uwis and Clark :md so named county a dm:x:tor in the StMc Bank and prt.$idcnt of b>· the great c-xplorcrs thcms[...]ght, him to Ferg-us count)'. a as tr~surcr of CJtoutcau county, and t3kes an ac1tve m•[...]an ente.rprise. In 18Sr tercst io the work of his p.-rty in this section, In fra•[...]art ternal circles be is known as a member of the Odd Fel• of the county. He h.:td bought 3 sm::tll band of sheep lows and he 3)50 belongs to the Mont[...]harma• and an outtit consisting of one wagon :uld two horses, ccudcal AsS()(i[...]Benton, m 111 th~ nature .of an cxp~rirnent. . Shecp•raising was a s ·e ptcmbcr, 189$ to Miss Belle Freal$,. daught~~ of new rndustry in that reg·1on, b[...]ontinued to :\Ir$. Lock;vood is 3 1ne1nbcr of the Epis«>i»l ch~reh carry on his oper:ttions in this phase of the bus.incss of .and is we11 known in religious and social circles of Fort r.inching on a con.sta,,tly incr[...]ing 1>att m and eneour:ige the founding of 11c~v enterprises, who public 3ffairs, and in the spriug of 1894. he w:is ap• wilh unsurpassed en[...]g se16shne$$ work pointed reiistcr of the United States land offiet. He ,11,ec:lsingly to forw,:ard the t;,rowt~ of th~ . community took up lus residence in[...]e <:<1nd1tion$. Such upon his dutits of 1his office and he h.as ma.de the c.ity a man as this is D:wid Hilger of Lewistown. Mont.ina. his home e\·[...]cr\'• He has been the. heart and ~ ul of C\'~ry big. project ice in the regi[...]Hilger Loan .tnd ~c:alty Comp:my, one of the large$t a story is not unusual in the rap1dl)· growing __com• concierns of 1hc kind in Montana, was organized by munitics or t,he \Vest. and in the Ca$e of Mr. J-hlgc, him, and he h as been t[...]in all his de:alings deviated from the p;)th of honor, and com¢ one of the rich agncultural sections of the state those who know him declare th[...]nd acc:()rdingly, the county has'bCCOnle a plac,c of smaller g i\'es his word it is fi ua1. This, pc~haps, this high moral ranehc~, instead of v.as-t ranges. Mr. Hilger hu sold his 1de::,I to which he holds .so c.loscly, thi.s strength of extensive ranch propcnies, but rein.ins hi.s interest in. character. and nobility of purpose, is what has made the bus[...]him not only the best known in thi$ $«lion of i\:fon• opcution. tana. but- also has made him one of the bcst•lo,·ed. . ,yhat Mr. H[...]under m itself. The dc"\·elopment of new comn1tmit1es is a the leadership of Captain Da\'ics, a company of sixty work which might be said to[...]rospcc:tivc him, for he is the son of n pioneer, and might easily citizens of the territory, Tl1ey were men and women have .)ecepted the ad1ic\'emcnts of his fathe r as a not ,inacquaiotcd with the aspttlS of life in new settle• st:i.rtin.~ poin[...]a.nd to live unafr:aid in the <:<inst:rnt menace of Jn 189<> the Judith Hardware Company was or;ranilcd death at the. hands of the merciless sa\'agc. When it throulrh the efforts o( Mr. Hilsrer and some of the other is rtmtmbercd that the census of i\fontlna for 186o good businus men of Lewistown. Mr. Hilger is now ,howcd a Population of two hundred and eighty.eight ~resident of thi.s company which is the largest cst:ib• white men., it will be under$tOOd th:n :\n influx of Stich Jishmcnt of this sort in the county. He is 3Jso presi• propo,rtions wa:i. .i matter of import. · The company c:ime dent of the First National Bank, and in this position[...]orld l)f this during the entire quarter of ::t year which the trip con• wealthy county. Trhtse are only a few of his many in• sumcd. At Fort Union, fo[...]eril tercsts, for he js one of the 6rst of the commercial tr~ns escorted the e.mig[...]e or their journey. support of any enterprise for the bcnelit of the city, and . ong the !amities of this party was that ofof Sibley county. in business u nderta.king.s have been of incalculable ,•~lue M1.nnesota. Prob[...]lmO$l inevitable-· son, for fc-a~less of the d.:uucer$ and unconscious of for Mr. Hilger, when he had once al[...]novelty 1he Democratic fac,tion of Fergus county. He w3s sc• . . . ani:t .strangeness of it all with. •the carefree joy of a ICeted to preside over the fi[...] |
![]() | 1004 HISTORY OF 1110NTANA in chc county by the parly, 3nd when die first county A nati\'e of C:i.11ada., Duncan Dingw:ill was born central committee was appointed, he w.is chairman of in the province of Ontario, March 31, 1847. and he is that. At the organiiation of the party in Lewis.town, a son of John and Catherine (McGruer) l)ingwall, the tl1e c:hairm:i.nship of the first Democratic municip:il former of whom wa.s a native of Scotland and the convention w"s unanimously usigncd to him. latter of whom WJS born and reared in Canada. John 'fhe marriage of David Hilger and Christina H. Dingwa[...]0. 18S4. Mr$. Hilger is in the province of Ontario, Canad;,, there engaging in the daughter of W illiam Fergus, a brother of James farming and stock-raising, which lines of enterprise Fcr(t:US of this county, which bears his name, and the he followed un\il his ~cmise,. in 186.7, at the age of fa mily is known to every old timer in this part of the seventy-four yciN. His chenshed and dC[...]n. Hilger. Edward :md Agnes consisted of eleven children, of whom Dun~n was <lied in childhood, while the eldest daughter, Maud H., the tenth in order of birth. Mr. Dingwall has one was married in Octobe[...]her in Montana, William, who is married and re• of Chicago, the son has entered upon a business c.i.reer, ~ide.s in Granite county, where he is a rancher of prom. and the othtr dauglllcr, Chr istine L., is[...]which Mr. Hilger btlongs Mr. Dingwall, of this notice, rcceive:d his educational is that of the Elks being a c:.harter mcml>tr of the training in the public and high schools of h is n;Ui\'e Lewistown Lodge ?lo. 456, and he was district deputy pl:lcc and at the age of seventeen years began to tcacl, of this order for Montana in 1906.[...]The belid which Mr. Hilger has in the future of Canada. For a short time he also work[...]Mont:uu is founded not alone upon his l.mowlcdgc of ware store :n1d whtn he had re3ched h[...]a. His route was by train to with the citizenship of the state 3nd its hi1th a.verJge Sioux City, Iowa, thence up the Missouri river to Fort of industri:ll efficiency, of which he is himstlf an e:c• Benton, and f[...]n and around Helena for six months, No sketch of Mr. Hilger's e;ir«r would be complete w[...]ion but at ;i."n ac:IUal Joss o{ a period of three years, at the end of which he turned time and money to him. He served[...]:isscmbly count)', where he is the owner of four thousand acres in 190,1-4 and aside from the reg~1lar session, took part of land. which is now under the management of his in two extra sessions, one to appropriate mo1[...]er to consider the fair trial bill, which ager of a general mercantile establishment there and he w[...]wh:lt a. most import:int srnd intcrcttint period of the state•$ interested Mr. DiAA'wall in t[...]and there started a business of his own. In 1907 he He was one of a group of men who succeeded in came 10 Dnimmo[...]e, which %Cl1ini the proposition for the creation of a county with the passage of time h:is grown to be one o f the high school bef[...]complish th:lt object. He then scrvtd as chairman of Ding-w:i.11 is the first president of the Drummond Com- the board of trustees while the hiah K hool building[...]a member was under e01lStruetion, Md deYoted much of his time of the Sodety of Monta na Pioneers. and encr~y in getting the scho[...]ompromisin.; Re• He also served as a member of the boord of trustees publican. and while he m3nife:sts a deep and sincere of the Carn~gie librarr. and had aetive charge · du[...]under con- for the honors or e.moh1ments of pub1ic office of :my struction. At this writing- Mr. Hilg:er is sf[...]tion. In relis:;ious matters he :rnd his wife arc of the board, having tc:ildcrcd his resignation seve[...]de,•out members of the Methodist Episcopal ehure.h,[...]in the various dep..,rtments of whose work they arc ac~[...]I As a member of the commission aop0intcd by Go,·. tiv[...]ions for Mr. E. T,. Norris on the consen•ation of our nitural re- DirtR"wall and he is very fond of horses ~nd stock of sources, and dr3fting the present laws governintt[...]shows by his actions th3t he has abso- state land of Montan:., Mr. Hilj?'er a,:tain rcndcr<:d lhc[...]e c:our~g:e to difficult one, and in the solution of the nm1y problems b:tck it up and will wo[...]r and pre.sented, Mr. Hilger's intimate knowledge of the land hone.sty and real succ('ss-move to Montana and your laws and of the needs of the: people p ro,·cd i1waluable. dreams wi[...]Tn the city of Heltna, Montan:i., in April,. 189<>, Mr. DUNCAN DmcwAu,. is the owner of one of the Dinjt'w:ill wat unite<! in m:[...]d has been a promi~ .)re the oarents of one child, Earl D .. who w:,s grad- nent and inAuential cith:en of this state during the uated from Wesleya[...]ine$S The- best evidence Mr. Dincrwall can give of his faith at Drummond. in Montfln:i is t[...]nting to fou r thOusand a<'res. His land of Granite countv !IS chairman of 'the boi,d nf county is in :a frrtilc stttion of the country and has oroved commissioners. \Villiam Dingwall is one of the State's wonderfolly prOductive for the rais.ing of grain 3nd oiontt.rs anti for more than f[...]identified with business·and the de\•C:lopment of the grut |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA 100; material rcsourct.s of the Tr~5urc state. He came here lo)•al citiien of the state oould be found than William a young man[...]th :tnd cnth usi:i.sm required 1)111,gw;ll of Drummond. for the lxst pioneer achicvcmcots, i nd the sum of his accompli.1hmcnts and his st3nding and influence in his Jou:-. P. Rt::1:-.s, one of the old time pioneers . of county arc worthy subjects for pride.[...]mule team Born in Onta.rfo, Canada, on the 14th of October. 1&+.. b<iorc the days or railroad$, and who has li\·ed to sec he is a son of John and C:i.d1crinc OkGrucr) bing•[...]oremost place · :i.mon,s the wall, :md a brother of Duncan Dingwa,U of Drummon~. conunonw~Iths of the gre3t west, has been a resident \Villiam Oin~,•-al\ spent the firn sc,•ci1tcc1, )'Cars of h!$ of Buue fo r well on to forty )'Cars. and has .seen[...]city grow from a cypical minmg camp to one of the schools through the gra.dcs and two years i11[...]. most progressive a.nd up to date cities of the north• His practical career bcvn at Buffalo[...]r company's 1hrec sc:ore and ten years of life., and is yet possessed off't«. By the end of that time he was P,t~p.ucd /or of.alert mentality, :md a physiC31 vigor well b«ioming fargcr adventures.. and ht po$$Cssed the spmt of oour• one many years hi.s junior.[...]. of thac state:,. '_Yherc he was born ,September 10,[...]it to his p.,rents he, with his brothe r a son of W1ll1am H . and Sus..,n (A.shw·orth) Reins. Dun[...]i river, where they took a boat to age of more than eighty•six. He married Miss Susin Fo[...]er, Louis Ashworth, was a min• joined a p3,rty of eighteen in engaging a !rci4htu,~ out• istcr of the gospel. fit to take thtm Oil to Hcleni. wher[...]m the John P. Reins was the younger of the two children >•e:ir 186$. For thr« )'Cars Mr. DinS;'vaH w~s employ~ of his pi.rents, and like most or the .sons of well to do in the lumber busine$S a t Hclen3, his previous expcr~• parents in that section of the country, had the ad\'an• cnet proving \·aluablc in this connection. He _and hLs t?gc of a good education. He ~ss«i through t.he pub· brother then bought a h erd of cattle and came into the he schools a n[...]an forty ye:ars has At thC breaking out of the Civil. war he was not yet been the scene of his varied ende:.\Vors. He 145 been nineteen, but :i.t the beginning of that great struggle :t oooitinuous wirness of the de,•clopmc!"t which ha.s i~ _186[...]Company H, Twenty.fourth V1r- brought this part of the state out ~f wilderne~s con• g[...]enu or his alma ditions into one bro:i.d :i.rc:i ofof ~anassas, the siege of Knoxville, the battles of about this modern P.rosperily. He ,h_M followed[...]front J?rnm• Eckels, commander of the Otp3rtment of Southwest• mor1d consists or O\'Cf th ree thou.[...]nded by and b'is brother have 3 stparate holding of five thousand 3 .saber cut in the knee at[...]., .,. In 1865 he began tl1c study of medicine-, which he M r. Dingwa11 was mirricd[...]further work a lo~g that line, owing to the lo.ss of wall's p:arents were James and Amuda Pnce-. wh~e[...]we.st and located home w2$ formerly in the state of Nebraska. 1o their in Kans:ll, whe[...]ll didly educated young woman, being a gr;i.duate of the count>·, where he was employed[...]vers1ty at Missoula six_ycars and 1s now a semor of Mr. Reins has had varied intere[...]e in the territory In religion the preference of Mr. D1ngwall :an.d w~rc being in the but[...]tirc business career in 1908 and is now chairman of the board, and hi~ btcn ~fon~a.1:1[...]e ~st sixteen 1n mmn,.g• . He was one of the orgMt:tc-rs of the Reins >·cars. He is .i direetor and one of the organize.rs of the C<,ppe~ Company, of which he is the vke•prcsident. new First State Bank of Philipsburg, 3nd i.s a member In 188.t he was united in marriage to },,{rs. Mary of the Society Of Monun.,. Pioneers. Th~,ugh most. of E. Rumins, or Miuou..ri, who died i[...]189,1,, Mr. Reins is a. member of Bu.Uc Lodge, No. 22, affairs., ht has many diver[...]A. .M. His political aisociations ha\·c always of bucb3.11, hunting, horses a.nd music and drama al[...]e second and ta'na during more tha n forty years of rcsiden«: has eig~th wa,ids of Butte. • -given[...]'and no more wide acquaintance~ is one of the $ubstantial citizens Of |
![]() | 1006 HISTORY OF MONTANA Butte, whose sterling char,c1cr :md suptr[...]_P<>s}tion ~1nong front and help repd the f0($ of the i:i:o,·ernment. He w:i.s the most highly rcsp(cted rttid~Hs of !u s city. sworn in and his na.mc w[...]only fiJteen ye.us old at 1he time grcssh•c men of Montana, big ~th mental!)' and ph~i• of his enlistment. ~le recel\'ed his diseharse ani:I[...]~ sought employment, which he socured in a con• of the tcrritOr")' and stMc 1s Reinhold H. Klcmschm1[...]ed 3. store in Liberty. They the commercial life of the capital city of Hclcn.t, an<I later had a store in Lea"enworth, K[...]same st;a.te which the)' conducted -.m1il breadth of Mont~n.'l.. the_ dose of the w-:ir. In 2865 the brothers extended From[...]a most dependable and :i.bk man a Sood knowleds;e of the r.,rocery business and felt able to respond to the needs of the (()mmonwc.1lth. As a to compete in[...]a.nd in the followinJt ye:ar established a store of square de-aling and :m unfailing obscr,·ance of all the gencrnl mereh:1.ndise in Helena. which was owned :ind amenitits due between men of honor. His business ex- conducted by R.H. Kleinsc[...]from its inception and estab- :i.od CO\'ered all of the settled p0rtions.. His exccuti,·e lished a record that is unsurpassed in the annals of ability has ~ en pro\'en beyond the ~paeit)' of ·ordinary c~rnmercial enterp.rise in '.\'lon.tan.,. Its prosperity con• men and st.imps him :i.s of extraordinary mold. Hjs tinucd to grow w1th1th.e[...]se,·etal $t:i.tet a nd tem• • the character of r\_fr. Klcmschmidt as a cardul busi• tori« and[...]from large commercial ne:ss man a nd an executive of hiJch and commanding cnterprists to mining. freig[...]sagacity and strong organ- ing and so on. In :all of these he was successful. at the mng powers 1oie1hcr with his othei: business traits of , amc time having leisure to assist in yromoting[...].cd merit. The ncces.sity for expandini the fare of his state and:city, in both o which he Cakes a bu[...]n dif- tht'ir establishment upon sound principles of bus111ess fe rent parts of the state. In addition to this they added and 1no[...]mules and caule trains for the transportation of mer• Reinhold H. Kleinschmidt is of sterling German st<><k chandise to points where needed. The wagon trains an d comes of that ,•irile race whic.h has done so much had a eap.,city of two hundred and fifty tons a nd con- to infuse the spi'rit of ind~ndcnce and ch~racter into sisted of about eig:-h ty wagons. the life :rnd ins1ih1tion, of his adopted countr)'. He May 19- t8So,[...]n Francisco, a daughter o( H. Albert :md is a son of Ci.rl and Rliubeth (Kuphal) Klcin- Mau. They occu[...]schmid1. the former from the H:irt% Mountains and of Helena. where they deli~ht to entertain their friends Hano,·erian birth, and the fatter a nati,•e of Prussia. and where Mrs. Kleinschmidt m:ike-s an i[...]orpha.ned !\fr. KJcinschmidt is an honored member of \Vadsworth children to make their own way in the[...]r children would ha\'e ~ advocated the principles of that party, ahhotig:h he ht1s better chance to su[...]:tnied by her <hildren. Tl1ey landed. in the city of l~rgely for his cxtensi\'e trnde in l\tont.,na. H[...]looming'ton, lllinois. In that tow·n the subject of oui Vienna,, Auscria and the Centennial Expositio[...]family re- · pany with his wife the greater part of E urope and en• moved to Hermann, Missouri, and[...]einhold Kleinschmidt again securing employment in of the United States in 188.J and exte nded their vi[...]dt 3ttcndcd school for about ,ix months. This the Yellowstone Nationa.l Park. Altogether Mr. Klein- schooling, which supplemented the groundwork of an s.chmidt has been one of the most extensive traveler$ education reeeh•ed[...]a wide and \'.tried bu.siness experi• knowledge of other peoples and lands that are a source encc, made" of him a ver)' well informed man, indeed. of satisfaction .ind of pleasure. ln 1908 he made a Lexington; Missouri. was the next home or the fa mily, tour of Me.xieo in company with i\frs. Kleinschmidt, a nd[...]ness has included every tn,crpr-ise worth ginning of the War of the Rebellion. Then the family mentioning in the su.te of Montana. He owns exten- mo,,ed to Liber,y. Missou[...]irst exoerience in a business thlt princi~I owner of what arc considered the r ichest and he w:i.s tat[...]iberty yolunteered for enlistment has contributed of .his means in many other ways to- as ::t soldier in the. Union army. He was little more ward the advanctment of his home city and has always th:in a bpy, but his -spirit of patriotism and love of been :,, deddcd factor in the advan~cmcnt of the state. |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]its, ha,•in!r re tired from th'at line some of Butte to be a better loc:ttion, he rcmo,·ed ther[...]h:ay in c.arload lots. He is the owner o f some of the fi nest city propcny, His busine.ss[...]ou-, figure and 3 force Copper Company of Butte, wh.ic.h ,he furni.shes with in the affairs o f his sta te and city a nd possessc.-. ma'ny all of its mining timber. ' friends.. He is acth•c, e[...]gto n on Oc:tobcr 1 1, 1010, Mr. .a t;rc"at dc:tl of pleasure out of li re. Schiffman m.:irried Mis$ Nellie Kilburn, a n:itive of[...]\Vcstfield~ Massachusetts. She is the daughter of }>.COO ~t ScmrrlJ,,N, of B-utte, )tonta n.t, rcprc-- Charles Kilburn, al.s? a t1ati,,e of Ma.ssachusctts and scnts th:&t type of the well-bred foreign-born Amcri• a[...]rs, Schiff. can dtiu n whose inherited tendencies of industry man have a son, Moses J.[...]the growth and 6, 1911. prosperity of o ur n:uion. He was born :ll Zoludok,[...]a St3neh Republican, ind durin:g in the province of W ilner, Russia, Aug:ust 20, 1868. campaigns he is c,·cr alcn a nd aco,•c in the interests of a nd is the son of the la te Moses a.nd Mary Schiffm:an his party. He has scrvcd as a delegate to sta te con- of Zoludok, the former of whom wa.s :a wcll.-known ventions and is prominent in the councils of the part)'. and wea lthy dc:llcr and exporter of lumber .'Ind g ra in Mr. Sehiffman gives libe ra lly to charil)' and is one of that city. Mosc.s Schiffman was born in Zoludok of the dirce:tors of Jewish Charities in the city of in 18:7, and ·after a long :ind :ictivc c#re'e[...]h he Schiffm an dc,·otcs the most of his tune a nd a ttention exported to foreign coun[...]he Schiffman a lso a native o f Lida, pro,•ince of Wiln..'l, is fond of various sports. especially of hunting and Russia, born in 1S..1, 3nd d ied the[...]a] fra- thus be ® t~ that the boyhood :and youth of Ja«ib tcrn.al orders, ha,·ing :itrnined the 32nd dtt;r« of the M. ScJ1iffm:rn were spent in the ell\•ironment of a well- Anc ient :md Accepted Scottish Rit[...]public schools order a nd being a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. He of Zoludok, ~rnd during his youth he a»istcd his is also a member of Damon Lodge, Knights o f Pyth- fa ther and in tha[...]a practic.i.l knowl- ias, at Butte, and of the Jewish society, the Indepcn• edge of the lumber and g ram businw, a knowlc-dgc dent Order of s·nai B'r-ith. that proved a ,•alu3blc asset to him in after years. In 186$. or when eighteen years of age, he resolved GA)U!R BR<'.ITHEllS.[...].iind bidding terprising_ business men of Butte ma>' be mentio ned fa rewell to his p3rcni[...]ge Butte, and who a rc a lso proprictor:s of a th rh•ing con- in ::,;ny toil th3t assured h[...]in New York, as he :ire nati\;cs of Mont:'lna, and 3rc the .sons of Fred and Jc-.arncd that he 'COUid secure more wor[...]i\J. (Fink) Garilcr. The J:ather was a n.'lli\'c of pay in the \Vest. His first stop on his way wcstw[...]d a short America when he was a y0tuh of seventeen )'Cars, time and there lc-.arned of the ma ny ad,·antaR:cs await- coming with[...]nu na. 1."hcrcfore, immcdi:.tc , ,icinity of the city of Chic-a.go. In that city within a )'CM or ,is :i.r[...]ned the $hocm iking tr:.de~ and after tl resident of But.tc-, and from the day of his arriv:tl the Chicago fire he we.nt to[...]es in :\fissouri, and who open to the >·oung man of merit as there i re in Butt e had a chain of stores located at ~riou.s p0i11U in the a nd its[...]territories. He W.kS a man of excellent business ability, On his arrival th[...]i\fonlana. on every o«:asion the e.stab-- as one of the succcs.sful confcc:t1oncrs of that c.it)'. lishmcnt of his shoe stores following the disco,•cry of )lr. Schiffm:in decided th:U ere he 3~ain cmb[...]• in business he would sec a little more of the New Fred Gamer was sent to[...]ting tour to Central and take c.harge of one 0 £ these stores, and later. in 1868, South[...]a, and a little later to oppo,rtunitics for a man of large capital. but he found Helena, Mont[...]business. He continued the dau3l1ter of his employer, John P. Fink I mme- in tJfat line u[...]camp. This store was a su«css from the 6rst daf$ of |
![]() | 1008 HISTORY OF MONTANA i1s cxistcn«, and it has bttn in const:i.nt of)tr3tion since ntent while the ro.1d w;i.s bc[...]rough to \Vy• that time, being the oldest tlorc of iu kind in Butte t~ .oming. He subsequent[...]was cng;ge:d in cutting wood for Camp 3nd growth of J3uttc1 :ind is :t representa tive and pros- Do~i;lu,. a nd 1:itcr became a drh•er of a bull tein,, p,cNus shoe shop, wnich has been op[...]Nc,..ad:a, purchased by the Masonic fr:itcrnit)' of Montana, v.;hcrc and w:is cnc:3g«t in mi[...]by his two Indiana, :md in the spring of 1879 wtnt to Pottawa• sons, Charle, \V. and J.[...]inter• one year. D uring the spring of 18$o he <:tmc to Mon• csts by la unching a conf[...]:ibout one year. D u ring the summer a nd winter of and sold in the place. The store has pro,·cd a g[...]city, and is Bo~cm,1n, :tnd in 1hc sprint of 1883 cstablis.hcd him• one of the most poput.u r HOrts in Butte today.[...]and h.is wife ht-ca.mt the p:trtnt$ oJ six of his interest$ therein in 189z. Frorn the fa ll of 1&S9 children, four sons :ind two dausluers.. The[...]i. property three in April, J91z. Ada is the wife of \V. R ~Ulc.s: of miles from Bozeman. l his he sold in 18@ to p,1rc.h:uc H ckna i Emma married Percy \V. Holter, of the same another prope:rt>' 1hirty miles no rth ofof Helena fami lic-.s. tio[...]po1itic-;i.l c ated next door to the rcs..idcnec of W. A. O,C$man ,,1cws and 111 1910 was elected countr comm1~sioncT for on 1.hc one side and of Col. \ V. F. Sanders on 1hc 3 si>:[...]f his com- o ther. while Bc-njimin F. Potts, one of Montana's first munity a n c:,cec-llc-n[...]st_r;i;tcd ~hat he po$se:ues abilities of a high.order. With street from the G:1mtr re:.$id[...]lons;ts to the Knights-of Columbus., No. 1413. and also CuAa1S..s CALLACltAN. Since the days of the stage holdt mcmbcuhip in 801.:em[...]0. E.. :ind Boum:rn Lodge No. 6..$ Woodmc-n of the Charles Callaghan has been identified with pursuits of World, ii'! which he is very popular.[...].'I daughlt-r o f , •anccd himscH to a position of prominence among the William :ind Bridget ).fonroc. n:it1,·cs o( Comay G:i;J- c.ititcns of hi.s: community, where he is known as an[...]ates excellent busincu man a nd a public official of irre:- as a young m:m, and w3S m:i.rr[...]('()un1y1 Uhnois, April :?21. 1850, and is a son of ·Pat- tq Pottawatomie county, Kansas bocame :i pionct.r rick and iS.tary (Quinn) Callaghan, natives of County farme~, and th~re spent the r[...]e:1me to this 1877_, m the fa ith of tltc Roman Quholic ehurc.h. He country as a young[...]ting 1hcnce to lllinois, where he of whom a rc still fo•ing, as follows : Mrs. Ca.Uagh:an, of)('ncd one of the first stone qu:.irrics in Joliet He con•[...]until 1855, when he t cmo\'cd to JamC$. Of the eleven children born to Mr. a nd Mrs. Cass co[...]., who married Mary He died in ·1859, at the age of fifty•fh•e years!, ha,'lng McAtcc; a[...].far)', Agnes, E ugene-, l.3.w• b«n the father of eight children, three o f w om arc:[...]d i\1ma. li\'ing: Ch1rles ; Katherine, t11c widow of John Glass; a nd Thomas, a rcs.idcnt of Seanle, Mrs. Calllghan E\"a.£TT[...]d and John J. In 199s cfal history of the BeavcrhC3d ,·-alley, Everett Hiram a family[...]t in twenty ye.us, was held Brund:age, of Dillon, is conspicuous. Honored and at the ho,nc of Mrs. Gill. in Seattle, W:.shington, and respcctcd by the people of city :ind cotmty. he C11joys her dCJ;th occurred[...]1910, when she was a lary;e measure of public e.stcem, not alone on account cis:hty•four years of age, of lus prestige in financial c ircle,s, but also by reason The boyhood days of Charles Call:lgh:m~ were spent of the strnightforw3rd business policy he has ever f[...]he Ewing Hotel_, Joliet, the doma in of private citircnship. Mr. Bf'undagc who Jllinois. wllcrc he spent two ~can. Jn the sprin,g of has resided here since May, 186[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]!a., where he remained until about nati,·cs of D illon. 'Their home is a , ·er,· popul:lr and six )'Cars of a.gt. ln May, 1869, they came wc$t again. pl[...]ini,1 ing throuSh the country under the escort of sotdfors City and subsequent to thnt he was cng.i[...]ime, cx~ricndng the Dillon Tribune, one of the le3ding ncwspopers of Mon- free life of the pbins for over five )'cars. He then t[...]·c children in Ilic cider Estate, and at the end of the period above mentioned he B'rundage fami[...]llows : John is mar- O. E. Morse. Upon the demise of Mr. Mors.e he de• ried and resides i[...]ish himself in busine.ss independently; wife of Thomas Shaw, re.sides in Madison count)', and bought the furniture stoc:k of the late firm . How• Montana; Adelaide is married and makes her home in ever, at the t ime of stMting in business he traded his the siate[...]deak-r and took over his died at the age of two )'cars. undert~king department, :md now oondu[...]cquiptx:d a nd Hr.XRV Bee).. 'The story of the life work of Henr,· up•tO-d3te business ·making use of the finest and most Buck, one of the best known and mOSt influential cit1• .scie[...]ar)' methods, his. in truth, being the xcns ofof which m.'1.rk the way from a little has also :a s[...]countr)' school in Mic.hig:i.n to the ownership of one etc. of the finC!.t oreh:irds in the state of Monfan:i. Start- Mr. Ilnmdage c2mcd his first[...]anc-hman nca.r Florence, sornc fort)· yc:trs age of about ·twelve years by herding tht town cows ago, he reached a proud position of conunerci:it suprcm• during v:t.~tion time, :in[...]icnt :tcy by methods which in these days of higher criticism capitalist that ht ,nade from fifty to sixty dollars a of business pmcticc have never been assail('()., and[...]int fest at an c-atly 3gc. He is an accive member of the oommcrcially to strict and conscic-[...]business coupled with honor and r«1iti1de of a high ?Olitical faith is that of the Rcpublie..ln p:art)·, :t.l• ordc.r. Mr. Buck is a nath·c of Ohio, ha,•ing been born :hough he takes no acti[...]le\'Ut, J\U$)JSt 13, 1S..6. M:i.son, being m.u1cr of 1he blue lodic. and he h:t.s and is :i. son of George :rnd $uS;.in (Shell) Buck, n.,-[...]ti,•cs of Pennsylvania. Some time :i.fter their marriage, f[...]ernity._ He is also :i.ffiliated with the Knights of Pythias and h:1.1 Mr. Buck's p3rcnts removed[...]He finds his and there Henry, the youngest of thirttcn children. favorite diversion" in hunting[...]aininK with a )'t'.lr in Albion Con.mcr- subJ('ct of b.1.scball: m f:t.et he used to play the game[...]ted him in the west, :ind Mr. Brund.age is one of the loyal sons of Montan:i, :accordingry c:,,me to Montana,[...]up the having :,;bsolute confidence in the future of the Treas• Missou(i r iver on the stcame.[...]where he: spent induce him to bc«>mc a c1ti1:cn of any other state. two years in minii)t,[...]the erJd of that time returned to Cedar creek, his '"[...]ol room and air," During the fall of 1875, Mr. Buc.k rt-turned to his and proved imptr[...]store. at Ste\'t:ns\'ille, and under the n.1.mc of Buc.k out. assistance since the age of. fourteen, and m h,m Brothers conducted the establishment until Amos ·sold the fine results of industry, thrift a nd good manaJC• his[...]anged mc-nt arc ,•cry app.ircnt, for he i.s one of the le:i.dmg to F. & H'.- Buck. On Janu:ary[...]ut the lirm M.mc continued the same business. men of Dillon. · un[...]Comr>3.ny. In 19n Henry Buck disposed of his in• dahcr. Four sons and a daughter have be[...], now resides in tion to the cuhiv·ation of his orchard of six thou.s:and Butte: Hir:am M., a native to Dill[...]arint apple trees, adjoinil)..g Stevensville, one of the with his father in busines.s; Thomas, born in[...]te~ As early as 1872, Mr: Buck wu died at the age of ten years; Justin, now attendir.ig one of the first to introduce applc-g:rowing in t[...] |
![]() | 1010 HISTORY OF MONTANA Bass ranch, and found all over this s.ec[...]rtc:d 2 n i8z3, :utd s.crvcd in that arm of the service until hi, orch:i.rd of, forty :,;crc:s, givc.n principally to :apples,[...]his officfa.1 rank bc.ing licu.tc-na11t•eo1oncl of the Seventh ing in numerous varieties. He has ha[...]iod nt1ry success, and in 1909 was the recipient of the silver of miliiar_y ,er,•ice he s:a\\• much of the danger and hard- trophy cup, first prize for McIntosh apples Jrown in ship of frontier campaigning, tcrving in such frontier t[...], he hu risen at Fort Smith, Arka nsas. One of his son, , Witlia.m step by step, by reason of sterling integrity a nd bus.i• Hoffman, ser[...]he has not been content with the mere attainment of brigadier and majOr•general, United S[...]hi.s life. Anr movement that has for ant of the Sixth Infantry, at the ume of bis de-3th dter its object the betterment o f hi[...]vtt his hc.ut)' support, :ind during the building of son, was killed .i.t d,e l»ttlc of Churubusco, in the M'.cxi- the tr.'lining school :lt Stcvcns\'itlc, he g,wc both of his tan war. me,;tns :md of his scr,•iccs as trc.a.surcr to its suCCC$Sful George \Vashlngton H.offman, father of Senator Hoff- completion. Jn political mattef1.[...]a.11d brothers, b-ut bcc:i.mc a ch,il employc of tl'le gO\'Cl'R· son.s. Mr. Buck c.a.n re\•iew[...]ack$. He was born October 10, 1Sos>-, ln the city of Pcrecs Indians.. in 18n, when. on the arrival of Gen. New York, and thus was but fifteen yc.;tr$ of :igc when O. 0. Howard in S teve nsville, Mr. S[...]wu discharged at Boi:eman. c.ashier of the Detroit & Milwaukee .Railroad. He left 9n[...]Detroit in 1866, ha\'ing :a«eptcd the office of secretary Miu Oara· E.. Elhott, of Hamilton, who died March of the Corn Exch.an.gc. Insurance Company; ~cw York[...]e com~nic-.s and Belle H:&)·nc.s, a dlt1,;lttcr of Willi.am Ha_y ncs, a farmer continued so i111cres[...]mcnt, his dc:ith n~r Miles City, :1nd a nati\·c of Iowa City, Iowa. occurring January S, 1886. While a resident of Niles.,[...]U.&S W. HOPFMA:.'. Every hamlet hat its a justice of the pe;ice and in z&$o wu c lce1ed probate rcpres[...]rncn, and :is the community j ud~c. Although not of military fibre, he was a man o f cnlarg:c.s and t[...]rough all there come forward from tl1e m3S$e~ men of pcculiat the responsibilities he a,sumcd througho[...]4, at Beard$lcy's Prairie, Michi• only bec3lisc of her natural resources and vast mineral gan, Georg[...]rly bee.a.me Louis.c Wheeler, who was a daup;hter of Pre.served and the chosen home of inen of energy and forC$ight, of dis-- Poll>· (Johnson) (McNcill) \\fhceler. Five children c.timin:ning: judgment and of a. public spirit that has been were born to them,[...]es, and lwo made his n.iimc familiar from one end of the state to the yCM'S later, in order 1h:tt he s[...]d Esther Louise (Wh«lcr ) Hoffm.a.n, a sirandson of Wilt- w:is eslablis.h cd, in 2860, he w:1s app<>inted post ,sutler. i:.n1 and a g reat-grandson of John Conrad Hoffm3.n, Tl'lis w:1s in the period of Indian warfare when the dan• This last named an[...]n the w:.r p;ith and ~'Ir. and he was the pioneer of the famill' in Amcria. ln Hoffman with the others[...]nger from this $.'Wage tribe. l~c. re• dauJhter of Sir John Stcinfort, king's commissioner a t maine[...]British officer. the cast but with no expectation of rc-m:.ini!'lg ;is he had Tl1cjr two children, \ V[...]pril n, 1~ , to William Hoffman, srrandfathcr of Senator . Hoffman.., ~liss E fo:al>cth 8 . Penfield, who is a daut<htcr of Gcor,12e[...]ward Mr. ~nd Mrs.. Hoffman came to Mont:lll3 -and of New York. l'le married Catherine Driscoll. who wa[...]r home it Bo%eman, with which city he a da~1ghtcr of Adam i nd Mary Oris<oll, nati\'c of Nor• h:is ever sirtc-c been identified. He h:\s been One of the wich, Connecticut. Of their elC\'Cn children, George founders of man)' of the . dty'$ prospering enterprises Washington. father of Senator Hoffm:rn.J was the fourth 3nd .sin« those earl)• da)'$ has been interested in mining. in order of birth. William Hoffman wu 'a mjlitary man. mercha[...]ing and b.,nJcing. He was He et1tcred the Strvice of the United States and was president of the Boi:c-ma.n National Ban Jc untif its mct~er c[...]m• in t905 with the Commercial Na.tion:tl Bank, of which pany. Forty-first Regiment, United S[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]C\'C firm ly in the prin- until- the fa ll of 1867; when he returned to Iowa., and dplcs of the Democratic party and has nC\'~r s.wen•cd[...]cn,pgcd in forming until 1881, izen. As alderman of the city. 9£ ~zema~ ~c has btco but the dry climate of the SunRower $late made him of great scniee, Orl m:my occ:as1on~. 111 m11mc1pal matt':_rs have but little success in spite of industrious laborz and 3nd cqua!l.t valuable to[...]ame overland to Gallatin county, J.\lon- sioner of Gilfat in county. He was elected to rCl)!escnt[...]om Bozeman, the fifteenth territorial as.scmbly of Montana, and m th~ he engaged in farming a[...]met with sixtcenlh a~mbl)' w.ls a joint, member of the ~oun~1I such su<:ct$$ in his effor[...]a,·c.nue, South. Since his advent in this part of the appoinlcd qu3rtc011:,,stcr-gc1.1er:i.l on the _staff of Gover• country nume,·ous changes ha\'e taken[...]~r- done his full share in the dc,•elopment of the valley, nors While, Toole and R1c~ard, dur![...]es ready to eivc his aid to movements t r:ttion of lhc )alter being retired. at his owp rcq_ucst. 0£ a bcncftcia1 nature. He 1s an honored member of To Senator and Mrs. Hoffman two children_ we[...]ical born, Et1gene B. and M:tr)' L., the latter of whom 1s now views is a. Democrat, but has[...]ng residence htrc he his , 1870. He is a graduate of the law dcp.art!ncnt of _Colum- in:tde numerou.s friend$, and he i[...]a College. New York, ~nd at present ?S a rcs!dcnt of C$teem by the eitiz:cns. of the community in which he " 1ashington, D. C.,[...]h the mtcr~a- has spent so many years of his life. tional law dep.utmcnt of the Umtcd States. He married Mr. Mo[...]er 12, 1867, in Iowa, Miss Ellen CottS(.h.alck, of Bo,:cman, and thC)'. ha,·c three to Miss Eh2:[...]county, Virginia, near Wheeling, dau,g,htcr of Oliver ad,•a.iiced rapidly in his profoss1on[...]and Rowanna (Springc,r) Morgan. Her fath er was of brilliant p.,rts. S~nator Hoffi_nan _is mainly .o[...]ounty, Virginia, u ntil 185,2, in which year he of B01.eman, it.s cultivation and imprO\'ement bemg a became a pioncc-r- fa rmer and stock•r-Qiscr of Madison constant source of pl~Murc to him. CO\mty, Iowa. The.re the remainder of his life was[...]s i~t !us wife had thirteen children, of whom eight arc Ii,•• agric1dtur."1l pursuit[...], Jerome and Albert. his aft':lirs to the hands of others. ::rnd JO ~tur<J,ly keeps To Mr. and[...]der they had earned was seven years of age; Bertha, the wi(c of Perry a rest from business C'.arcs :i.nd activi[...]ty died 1n 1912, when thirty-seven ytars of age he ha,•ing h ome, however, they at once take rank wilh th_c~r new been one of ~he fi rst to gtaduate from the l\gricultural c[...]r ecord o{ the war, and died at the age of twenty-seven years· Ger• tire and work of \Vcc:kford Morga,,, a well-known trud~ the wife of Alle,n Cameron, postmaster of' Doze• retired citizen of Bozeman, will not be. inappropriate. man, a sketch of whose ca(etr will be fo und on another Mr. Morgan was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, ~e of this ~o!umci E mma Belle, the wife of Charles October 1, 1837, and is a son of Josiah and Susanna Cameron, rcs1d1ng[...]nd Zade Josiah Morgan was born in the state of Virginia, Spl'.'mgc~. who g!aduated f[...]pioneer Unn•crs1ty, now m the employ of the Milwaukee Rail- farmer of Vermilion e<mnty, Illinois, from whence he[...]arden Gro\'e, Decatur «>unty, Iowa. He wu o ne of the first county oommissioners FkANK L. REt.Ce. The present clerk of the district of that county, and ?i-forgan township is named in hi.s court at Helena has s_pcnt thirty years of his life in honor. He was a school dir«:tor fo[...]na, :and. his family is among the older residents of numerous other township offices, and was known[...]ng back to the days o f pioneer settlement o ne of the most ·substantial farmers and stoc:k-r.tisers and dc,·elopmcnt. of h is comnrnnit}• :ind :is an old line Whig and[...]. His death o«urred in 1865, 186,i, a son of Dr. Thomas ;:ind Mari E. (Ch;:irlcs)[...]Reece. T11c mother. w:,,s a d:,,ughter of Henry Cfiarlcs. until April 51 tSo.S. 0£ their[...]Nancy. and his wife were the ()3re11ts of th ree sons. The oldest the widow of James Mctier ; Philc-cnc, the widow of Thomas H. Rette, died in Butte, ~¾)[...]ecured only limited edt1c.1tiona1 resident of Seattle. F rank L., is clerk of the district · advantages, the greater part of his boyhood being spent court and the. sctond of the 'family. Dr. Reece in 1$68 in h ard work o[...]and c:los.cd UP. his business ~flairs and years of age when he rcmo"td with the family to Iowa,[...]m practice o f his profeuion. August of that year until the following fall ~fr. 1\forg:rn Dr. Reece. was one o f the earl>• physicians of Helena, w3s engaged in mining thert., and afte[...]relations, having been i)ast •m3ster of the Royal Ar<:h Yol. JI-1 I |
![]() | 101.2 HISTORY OF MONTANA Masons, in his nati\'C countr;i.•. :ind active in the order Cooper, and Daniel MeGillvra, son of Donald, cmis:rated in i\lont.1-M., Dr. Reece died[...]c in from \Vuhington county to the town of Sterlin, CJ,y. 1SSt, aod his widow ~sscd aw:iy on the eighteenth of uga county, New York, where they ar·r[...]1827, being :imong the early settlers of that sedion. Frank L. 'kccc:c was two yors of '-8C wl1cn the family Qcorge Cooper scn·cd in the \Var of 1812, being sta.- came to Amcrka, and dunn$ his b[...]ho captured iog t.hc public schools. ;\t the 3gc of sixteen years he the fortress in 1814. His son, Andrew H., father of left school and h:ts since then bc:cn self-suppo[...]r;ylc, Washington county, Froin 188.$ to the fall of 1901 he was connected with the New York, i[...]:u,d when he ldt that office d:iug:hter of Daniel McGillvra, at the town of StcrlinJ, was chid clerk. In :i.ssociation with M[...]ton county, November 29, 1814, Mr. Coopc:r JJ.ws of this state and is still regarded :as one of th~ lived in the near vicinity of Sterling until 1&51 when he most (3().tble advis[...]con- emigrated with his family, consi$11ng of wi(e and four ne<tcd with the inttrprct:i.tion of these laws of Mont,1,na. sons to Shi~wassec county, Michiga[...]death For fi\'e years, :\Ir. Reece was a justice of the pc.1.cc occurred June 24, 1851, when he[...]e Repulr sons. lie.,n ticket to the office of clerk of the di51riet court at When he was ~jght years of ag:e, s.hortly :ifter the Hclen.J. dc:ath of his father, Walter Cooper w.is sent to Un.sing, :\Jr. Reece is a member of the Elk$' Club. the Fra• Michigan, to li\'e with a maternal aunt, his mother sub• tern.al Order of Ea.gle.s, and the Woodmen of the World. scquently returning to New Yor[...]and His father and mo1he.r had long been member5 of the three )'Oung<st sons. After he ha[...].rs, his own churth affiliations remain, Out.side of his young Cooper became disntisfied,[...]$ gh•en consider:,.ble twel\'e years of age: ran away to make his own way, in .lltei,tion to horse unching and is general manat;er of the world, and during tbe three years th[...]g the fall Margucrit<: ·Sout11erbnd, ~ dau_ghter of Jofin Souther- 9f 18sS he st:trled West, rcnching Lc-avenworth, Kansas_. l:\rld, who was a n:ith·e of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. 1n the month of No"ember, and there dC\'Oted himself- Reece, w:10[...]Pike's Peak. I n the spring Of 1$1So he became a mem• \V,ALT'U. CooP<. Since e;,.rlic.5t Youth, when as a lad bcr of a n cxp,c:dition that, was organized at Denver, of twelve )'cars he became $elf-supporting, the carc-cr of Colorado, for the purpose of prospecting in the San Juan \Valter Cooper, one of the most p:ominent (i.giJ~e:s in the mountains, but failing in the object of the expedition ' business . world of Bore:man, and :&$tern Montana has, he visited Old[...]olor:ado in the bcCn strikingl>• illustrative of well,delined purpose, stead- winter of 1861. Mr. Coop.er spent the summer and fa)l fast endc.,.,·or and persistent adherence to pnnciplc. Ju of 1862 ntar Colorado Sprin.g;s, acting at times as[...]g at· fields a.rad the gaining and maintiining of a rcputMion Virginia City in Febru~ry, 1864, and[...]ing for probity and integrity in a.II the walks of life. while in Alder Gulch. In May he became inte[...]benefits derived from his activities in the iine of fre.ight train, with which he s-uirted for Fort Benton public service have been of incalcul.able value to the 10 mcc't the steamboat[...]er was than forty ye.us. Mr. Cooper is a native of the Empire so low in the 1.1issouri river that little freight reached State, having been born in the town of Sterling, Cayuga Fort Benson and he was forced to return with his te.ams count)-, New York, the third son of Andrew H . and emp~. 1\rriving at Virginia City. in Augu.st, he diSl?(>Scd Sarah E. Cooper, of Argyle, \Vasbington county, New of his train, fitted out a team with supl)hcs for wi[...]and passed the winter of t864•S in the Missouri· river The paternal grandfather of Mr. Cooper wu of Irish valley, spending his 1ime in hunting. In the spring of descent, while on his mother's side the family o[...]Scotbnd. Argylt, New York,. wu founded by Don• of 1869 met with varying succe.ss, at that time settling aid Mc.Gillvn, the grc.at-grandfather of Mr. Cooper, and in Bozeman, G·allatin count)',[...]7o PW Mr. Coos>tr engaged in :i mercantile- hie of Mull, Scotland, where he was born in 1;23, and bu[...]ritish army. He served with General \Volfe during of the busines, such energy a.nd attention that, as[...]c.'lmpaign against the French, participating sult of his efforts, Boicman in three years,b<eame seeon<I in the struggle of the Plains of Abraham, September r3, in importance: in Montana[...]t one time ma.nu- disch.arg~d with •the r.ink of lieutenant ~tcmber t◄, facturcd the most fafflo[...]possession us.cd in the west. He wu selected one of thC inc<>r• of the fami_ly. After completing hi$ sc_rvicc be went porators of the city of Boicman in 1883 and was a mem- dire<tly to New York, Cio•h where he remained three ber of the first city council, and was nominated for )·cars, and then Joated a.t t e town of Hebron, \Vash- ma)'Or of the City in 1888, but dee.tined on account of' mgton eounty, continuing lo rcs.ide there a numl>Cr of busines.s reasons. On the o1'1t1,.ni:tation of the bolrd of yea.rs.. At the outbreak of the Rc\·Olution, he joined the trade, in 1883, he became its first presidc-nt. In 1 ~ he arm, of patriots and fought gallantly in the struigle was[...]ed in Was.tung . at larg:e, and was made chairman of the committee on ton county, founded the town of Argyle., and there died R,;ghts of Suffrage and ::i member of the e<>mmittec on in 181:i, aged eighty-nine ye[...]nal con- George Cooper, paternal grandfather of \Vatter nntion in 18Sp on the admission of Montana to the |
![]() | HISTORY OF' MONTANA[...]0 .Union, and was made chair.man of the ~ommittcc ~n On April If,[...]r• |
![]() | '1014 HISTORY OF MONTANA Vickus is indebted for his preliminary cduc:ltiorl.31 buaine.ss during the greater ~rt of his acti\'e career. tranung, which discipline was[...]orden w3S s.ummoncd to the life eternal in course of study in the V~lpat:1.i$0 Un"•crsity;. :tt Val- 1887, :it 1hc age of fifty-three year~ :md his cJ1crished p.uniso, Jnd[...]tcd wife, who still sun·ives him, is :a resident of si:dttn rc~rs of age, when h~ 1?ega.n to SC:!VC a _th~c~- of :Missoula. Seven children were born to Mr. and yc[...]d3ta are here incorporated: Lucina is the w1£c of way through college. In 1892 he went to i\i~nroc,[...]cr to fill out an unexpired operator of a fine raneh in the \'icinity of Ravalli; tcr,u ;:u1d he s.crvcd in that capadt)'[...]g business is the immediate subject of this re,,iew. and in June. 189s>, in company with Fred L. Gibson. To the public schools of ~1iS$0Ula Henry 0. Worden now a ()rominent auorncy of Li\'ings.ton, Montana, is. i!1d~bt[...]the fi.rst p:\~t in Montana, the th e age of f'iheen years, , when he began to work in a Monta[...]store :);S dclh·ery boy, \\•ith a.. salary of ten dollars per Vickers bought o,1t his p:trtner[...]cncml for the next two )'Cars. when he dis1)()$cd of hi.s plant merchandise bu.smess a1'c.J m[...]to Ra\'alli to to tl1e T imes Pubhshin; ComJ)any, of which prominent iss~rne charge of . his .br0thcr'~ large mercantile: cs·• concer[...]t.abhshment here. He 1s 3 buslllcss man of fair .and A. J. Bennett is prtside·nt of the above company. which straightforwar[...]h whom he ~ms dt'alings. In Politics he is dt'.11 of jobbing work. .[...]e gives frctly or his aid and inRucnce d :lllghtu of John Nc[son, o~· Mo!'roe, . Ncbr:iska: . Of !" suppc>rt of all projeds ~~\•:tnccd {or progrw a.ncJ the nin[...]g a at R,walli and as the incumbent of that office is dis- r anch for his lather 3t \Vaeo. Yellowstone countx, charging his d.!-1tics wid1[...]in Montana and Edna, J. Russell and Dorris M: all of whon.i :ire any one in my positio[...], in 1912. . church in which he is treasurer of the vestry com- .[...]being a past mas~cr. C?f ~he company of ·his faniily and numerous friends. He Virginia City Lodge No. 1 3nd p:.st patron of V1rgin1a ra .a. man (?f broa..d $ympathy and innate kindliness of Cha.ptcr N'o. ~. Order of "the Eastern Sta.r: He .is s.pmt and[...]hand to likewise .i.ffi1iated with the \Voodmen 1of the world, m those less for1 unately sit[...]la, in l;;ebruary. 289,5, was solemnized the hood of Amcric.,:n Yeomen, in whid, he is present cor-[...]rcsf>C?Odcnt; and the Fraternal Order 9~ Eagle~, of was born and reared in Indiana but[...]ent ReJ)ubliean :i.nd he ha,s fi lled the oAi_CC$ of pu~lic !'tr:mk, who is a student in the high s[...]nt p,oliti~l cultured gcntlcm.an and is a mc-mber of the local Ora• annals of Beaverhead county no name has fi.RUrcd in matie C[...]inent and praiseworthy manner than •that as one of the greatest agricuhur:tl st:ttes in tht' ·Un ioi, of Hon. Ernest 0. Setwa)·, sta.tc senator and fonne[...]assembly. To him may be paid that citiicn and one of whom any community would h:t.\'C h[...]. Mr. Selway, it must be dc\·otcd to the careers of representath·e citi1ens 01 mentioned[...]ontana it is a pleasure to insert a brief history of love for :md koowlcdge of Republic.an princ:iplcs, they Hcnr)' O. \Vorden,[...]or raising in Montana. He is president of the Selway the good of the general welfare and who is a prom• Sheep Compan)-. brcedcr.s of H:i.mpshire and Couwold incnt and inAuei,tial cit[...]sheep in the west. As S-Ome one has said : office of assis1ant postm.aster.[...]usiness Henry 0, \Vordcn was born in the city of Missoula, fr9m the bott?m up. . \Vhilc[...]ing th3t Montana, April 26, i869, and he is a son of Frank L. the sheep business will SoO[...]Sci· :and Lucretia (Miller) \Vorde.n, the former of whom way t:i.k« an entirely opposite' \•iew of it, and know- was born and reared in Vermont. Mr.[...]ers ~nd settled in into the future of such business a.nd knowing that his Missou[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]lC$S is dcStined to grow ill a.nd is a son of John a nd Jennett (McCariney) Lc,·a l- Bca"erh,a[...]ley. Mr. Schvay is on.c of Beaverhead county's na1i,·e- sons. John Le.valley was born on the Isle of Guern.scy, in his li(c record ha\'il'.lg b(gun wi[...]ll his life :md he· Mary Levalley, being of French birth. When he was bu acquired .:\ deep lo,·c of its institutions. He re• still a lad[...]S<hools tion w~s scc1irtd in the schools of the Pro\'incc o f :md then _pursued a conuncrcial[...]it, 6sh- lcge, A lbion, i\fichigan. At 1hc .-igc of shttcen he iog. oft<'n trn.,·tling up[...]he old Mr. Sclwa\· is a most loyal diseiple of the policies homesttad, December 24. 19()$. Mr. Le\•alle>• was a and prindplis of 1he Republican party. He has :,,1- h[...]er rode on a steam-boat, r:ailroad train a rhcles of fa.ith in high affection. Since fi rst attain-[...]•c:.r since (a.Sting his maiden \'Ote he h as of age. Of their nine children, tight still suf\•i\·t, as[...]an, but happil)' Benjamin and Alexander. of the dun and hont.st type. He was first elected to[...]nate:. He was r e•tlcetcd upc,n the termination of his ~ighteen )'CMS of age,_at which time he left the parental firn term[...]gan, 01, L:i.ke Huron, where sented the imerc.sts of bis con,s titucnts and h3s been for thre[...]affiliations, bting 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. to ha[...]R. Selwa)'. was born in About the: last of May, 18;01 this little party reached Ens;ta.nd an[...]c:nt to supply J•ort Shaw. After workin~ on the of the county's pionetrs and of the sta unch st~k wh'ich )fis.souri ri\'[...]i,1cd se\•cral iniurcd the future high $landing of the section, morally others a nd went to Fort Benton, whe~ a. party ofof tion, came down the Y<'IIOwstone r i[...]r. on the: Bighorn fi\'er. When immediate subjtct of this brid bics;raphy is the fourth the[...]n completed, Mr. Lc,•a.llcr continued in order of nati\•ity. The two ststeN a.re dec:c-ased; in the employ of the government for $0me time in hay Charles resi[...]a.pin turned his attention to hunting, a citizen of Custer county, Montana; Rober-I, marric-d, and bc-t-amc \"Cry sue<usfu1 in securing hides of buf- is established ln Sheridan, Wyoming; Oclos..[...]nd Richard,.. married, 'inain• in a bunch of tattle and for a number of ~·ea.rs nn his tains his home at 1\lbuquerqut,[...]in Kansas City, but with the ad,·ent of the sheep htrders J1e sold Ins lli$.$Ouri, Decc-m[...]county, in which he is c:11~a,::ed at ing mcmbtrs of !Ociety, htld in confidtnee 2nd es«ecm[...]fine band~ Althou~h br "all sorts and condi1ions of men." :\fr. Levalley m[...]superintends the running of his sheep and gives his DAN Lt\'ALu;v. The \·[...]~rcful attc.ntion to t\·try detail of his b\1$iness. He marked the ad\·anee and dC\'tlopment of Montana. from h:i.s intertstcd himsel[...]cornmcrci.31 prises, and is a d irc-ctor of the Commerti:tl State 8:rnk and ii,dus.trial acth·ity arc \'ividty illu.stratcd in 1he of ).lile.s City, in which he owns considerable stock. ~rcer of •Dan U,•alle>•, one of the le.a.ding business PoliticaUr he is indepmdent, .i.nd takt.s but a good n,en of Miles City. Coming to this state more than[...]always ha\'ing claimed too much of his attention for quently drifted into the canlc[...]olitical artna. However. he i$ a lwa.)'S \•alue of this s«tion a.s 3. sheep growing locality w:as[...]ast bis fortuno with th'c pioneers in ment of h.is community, and can be relitd upon to t;:h·e[...]e indu, try. Mr. Ln:allC)· JS an e.x«llcnt type of the public welfare, •.• sturdy, indu$.trious clas, of men who ha\'e brought the · On Decemb[...]she fa\htr-'s (a.rm, twcnh· m.iles from the city of Quebec, being a nati\,c of England, and a daughttr of Robert in the Pro\·incc of Oucb«, Canada, January 15, 18.a~[...] |
![]() | 1016 HISTORY OF MONTANA Min:i. who died whe:n two year$ old. John[...]cr, Artnie:, who became department of the Lake Forest Uni\'ersity at Chica.go. a ,ucmber of the housthoJd when three or lour y~rso!d.[...]1902 he began the active practice of his profc;ssion with been prominent in Helena from 1$6,; unul the present the b.w firm of Toole & &ch, of Helcru, Montan:a. 1i,nc the worth>· lh·cs of :,, father :i.nd thre:c sons con- Upon the death of Mr. E. W. Toole, Mr. Wight l>c<:a.me trib~ting much to the :i.d\'anccmcnt and growth of the the partner of Judge Thomas C. Bach. which relation city in dh[...]ha! ~n contmued until the elevation of the latter to the bench. busily Cniagcd in the pr:tchc.c of h1s profe$S1on 1.n Mr. Wi~ht cn1crcd[...]c E. Pew m 1907, under the firm name of 1V1ght & Pew. elapsed sintc th.at time made rapid $;ttidcs 1n the ~ - Mr. Wight i$ the son of Henry. T. W,,ght,. who wu tablishing of himself in hts work in "'dcna.. H1as[...]:ttred . from a.scent during the first few yen~ of pnclr«: ~\·as m no .icti\'C b,umes ,[...]place is secure and his rceutat1on of Vermont, in which s t:ite she was bom 1n 18S(). To ,:i;mOng 1hc mtdical fraltrnity is o ne of considerable their union were born five children, of whom Ira T. ntisfac1ion to the do«or.[...]r$. 'E. M. Chene>·, Rudolph Horsky is the .son of John and Louis.c(Scy• :md H. L. Wight., all of Chicago. . . kora) Hor$k)', bo<h na1ivcs of Ausui:a. The bother On ?.by 6,[...]_Mon1an~, ~ra ~ \V1gh1 w:1.s born in 1h.at far of£ I.ind o~ M.:i.y 15! 1S~ .~c was unit[...]6.i, locating first m V1rgm~.a daughter of Mr. :and Mrs.. J. C. T ipton, of \V'h1te Sul- City and l.1.tcr in Helena, in whi[...]u:ary 29 1904; Edward Scofield Wight, Iowa, and of their union three S<>ns were born. Ed,~:i.rd[...]ris Wight, the eldes t, is 31 prc$tnt the mayor of Helena and en1oys born in the same C1ty[...]Mr. Wight is a member of the Montan,-qub, the t iti1,g physic.ian of Hcltna and tlie subJ«:t of . the r~- Lambs Club and the Helena Athlet[...]parts in the eventful pioneer c.ra high schools of Helen:i, :md followinf h!s irraduat~ of Montana's history. pe.rha.l)S none is better know[...]Academy prepiratory to the State Uni\•crsit)' of (owa, Wflli.am P. Gwin, of Anaconda.. Nurly eighty years after whkh he returned to Mont.·rn:1 :md ~ntercd the of age, :md rcmarkabl)• well prC$<:rved, Mr. Gwin[...]:it Hclt11a. from wh1<:h tic '~'3$ o,1e of the g rand old me1, of l\101\laN. He $tood side fraduatcd in d~1c seaso[...]crcd 1he Ptula- by iide with other of the not:ible and historic per• delphia school[...]and took a prep.uator)' sonalitic, of the s t:ate. His own :1.ctivitics had a wide medical oour$C bctw«n the _yc:irs ofof Penn$yh>2n_i:1, forts and judgment was never[...]tions with him would unite in voicinsr :l tribute of re• 1:>ctan the .tct i,·c practi« of the profe$s1on, in the prcp- spc« an<I est[...]ar:ttion for which he had spent $0 man,>' yc.ars of. close :u the finest clement of .success. and c.ardul study. The advance of the doctor m the first years of his pra(tioc wu but s~dual, ?nd, ~c id-[...]farm back in New mits 1hat the fir,t $ix monlh$ of Iii$ priet,ec Chd not York state on Dc[...]lt amo,;,g ('()ndition,s br rcmo,·cd from those _of the[...]modern age 1nd, he has re:1.lly been on the !me of able to bide his time, however. and :.fter the firtt ~"Car or two of uf)•hill work was o,·e-:. he has made luge and frontier advincc most of his career. As there were ~ worthy :ad\'3n(emtnf[...]fact non~ in nnkcd among the ltading physicians of the st:itc. He New York state at t[...]educated an a maint:.ins :in el:i.boratc i 1.1ite of office~ in the Horsky private school ':in[...]$ a day ga,•e lum his b!oc:k, and i s the owner of :in e:octcnsl\'e :.11d ,·aluablc first e:[...]. ploymcnt on that great thorough{ar~ of t.ho$c days. Dr. Honky is prominent in fr:it[...], working on the boats m ,•u1ous ca~c- a mcmbeT of the Independent Order 01 Odd Fellow1,[...]n nvcr. the Bcne-,.·olent and Prottcti\'e Order of Elks 2nd the :and to New York city. In this way he (9~t inucd until Sons of He,rmann. H~ is. a member of the Mon_4na hci was twenty.fiv[...]rc:ady for the C3rtcr that awaited h1i:n is or\e of his f:l\'oritc diversions. . He is :..ffili:itCd.[...]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[...]material in political mauers. He_ is 3 mcn:ibcr of t~c ,Coun~y affairs.[...]~fr Gwi1,'s ~rents were both nat1,·cs of lrel:ind. the lic~c of his profession, and is acti\·t.ly interested 111[...]l J. Gwin, brouR:ht his wife to t ftc mo\'cmenls of :ill these societies. A[...]he rc,t riage with Annie E. Brooke, the daughter of pr. ~en• of his life. He died in 1866, wl1ile the wife[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]1n~dc the long joum~y around families of the west whose history in this. part of the the continent to Cahfom1a . . J:l~ w:is :i. r[...]erations. That p3rticipant in the golden achv1Ucs of that state until of John E. Forrest, 8uttc-'s well-known groccrym:m,[...]ininJ::: chiefly, and was a mcmbci: one of 1hosc few. Mr. Forrest's gr;mdpnents of that of lhc famous Eureka Minin;: Company in P lacer[...]the plains to Cali fornia by team, On :he 4th of August, 1863, after an ovcr1:md JOUr• T[...]er region that h:ts snlcc s1ate. The mother of' .the famil>· 1hus left fa therless blossomed in[...]pede to the different disco\'crics coming one of the c:i.rlicst settlers t here. She later or rcpo[...]nnumt $Crv1cC', in tlcr, and a ranchman of large property. T hey lived 1hc quartcrm:astcr''s[...]loC'3ttd on the site whieh is now the town of Melrose, he located, proved 3 failure, and he lc([...]fr. Stone i:cside.s in the the other inhabitan1.s of th:it rt1:ion. In South Oakot:t state of Arkansas. he ag:tin ente red the ~ovcrnmtnt ciuarterma;s tcr's de• \Villiam Forrest was one of the members of the partmcnt, at Fort Laramie ;rnd was al$0 a sub[...]dstock. he was born Octol>Cr u, This wns a (>Cnod of :i.c11,·c hostility from the lnd,ans. 18,a1.[...]in. 1SiO he st:'lrted out as proprietor of a st:i.~e sta• along the rO\llC o{ the Union Pacific Railro.,d, o~ning tion. thus b«oming one of the pioneer mc.n of :\[on· an establishment in each' new town. Final[...]on which was located in Deer Lo-dge count)' mines of that territory. Wh i1e :tr Ophir. Ut~h. h·e scr,[...]in :\larch. 1877, :.t 1he solieitatio11 o the of the railroads to that section of the state. and lhen late Marcus Daly, wi1h whom h[...]comprising four hundred :md fift)• acres of land, is mancnt r<'Sidc.1H or this state ever sin[...]He now g1\'C.S wi(e. is a«ounted one of the lc.:tding stock-raiseN only C'.lsu.al attention to business :.nd is leading a quiet Of this state. Assisting hi.m in the operation of the lifo retired front the strcnuOus ac1ivitics of former ranC'h arc hi, daughter, ?i.fary[...]ical fight, hood :\fary Deno, is a native of C:mada, born in Au- Mr. Gwin as ::'I Democrat too[...]tcrcs1cd himself when she w:,,s a child of two yc.a rs of ase. :l$ a good ci1ixcn will in 10<'.al :md ,::en[...]Sanders were personal u.na, May 31, 1870, of Scotch 3nd French Canadi-3n friend s, though of opposin~ political failh . During a.nccstry, a son of \Villiam 3nd Mary (Deno) For- c.amp:aigns they fo[...]r unsp:iringl>•· but r(st., :,n outline of whO$C livC$ h:ts just been sketcht<l. when e:ach[...]cd they shook h3nds ind He was a member of a family of three children. His either one would go to ~ great deal of trouble in order older brother, Henry. d i[...]then continued to assist in the conduct of the ranch of the Silver Bow Clt1b.[...]fied with Mis~ :\fary J. McMurrin, daughte r of Robert Mc- Mont:1,na froin the d:i,y& when ii w:is :m unorg3ni1.«l Murrin. a. nath·e of Sheffidd, En.gland, but of Scotch territory, Mr. Gwin has .i fond affection for the state. descent. her parents being nath·e.s of Glasgow, Scot·• He says: •·1 love Montana f[...]ember 11. 1893, and at phcre, its mile.s Md miles of be3t1tiful ,•alleys. it$ present ~ popu[...]iage Mr. Forrest settled with his wife lous mines of precious metals. .ind above 311 the sincere[...]ac,ti~I gr:ititudc to the ,nake a c hange of location and employment, a nd re- t turdy character and libcralil)' of Mr. Gwin, who h.is sis:ned his Anaconda connection and went to Butte. fomi$hed to them the means of l'inanci~l recuperation Tfie first yeu an[...]tei:trity in every 1rnns:1ction, :md high idc.tls of mcrc:ial Compan)'. He was seeking for an opp[...]n business for himself. however, in the affection of the peoole, and when they famili.uly :md soon succeeded in purch asing. a. haH interest in Sptak of "Billy" Gwin it is with a sincere regatd that[...]s dealers in gro~ avenue m Anaconda, a t the home of his niece. C.,ih. ccrics, produte., ct[...]rine. who is Mrs. Leo La. S:i.llc, and a d:wghter of ducted 11ndcr the cxce;uti\'e o'ian:agemcnt of Mr. For• Christop~er Johnson. rest is one. of the most health)• and prosperous. of its |
![]() | 1018 HISTORY OF MONTANA kind in 1hc cit)', T he firm carr·ies n[...],stablishc-d the first signal sta• soncd stot-k of the ~st t;:rndc. of soods :ind enjoys t1on. m ~lonta na. and a lso cnr,iged at civil a nd mini ng the p., tronagc of m1111y of the leading eititcns here. engmee:1ng.[...]t. Lake C1ty, t he terminus of the ra ilroads in those carty )fr. Forrest is a ma.n of ma ny•sidc-d i,Hcrcsts nnd days, Afte[...]rc t1,1rning to Virg ini:i. City :tnd up the life of a n up-to-date city of the first d:u.s. Re- again re,!10\'!ng to[...]l his death. He roUowcd Ci\'il a nd· mining c n- of :mention and contribute toward making him the[...]one year, until fa iling health flucntial mcm~ r of Gr.'l;cc ~kthodist church, of which cause~ him to r<::S1:$f!, he: wa[...]In p,ohhc,s Mr. Kmsht was a lig ned as a support of t hac i n$titution, 3S well as many ch,1ritabtc[...]and i n• he: w:t$ ,OC\'er incumbent of :i.11y public office, he was d ude. t he Jnd~'l)e[...]: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<1[...]clong:s to 1he SoOCiet)' o f Sons and D:ius:htcrs of :lnd appre<iative mcm~r of the loeal lodge of the Montana P ioneers, ;ind is :t«ountcd one of the ,•Alucd Woodmen of t he \Vorld, · mcmt>crs of t he c~e<:uth·e committee o r t he Butte[...]h:it h,we for their object the promotion of Jine, old Frcnch•H ug11cnot a.ncestry. T he o riginAI of t he <"Omntercial prestige: :tnd influence: or 1his city pr?(:cnitor of the P urmort fam ily in Amc:ria c., me 10 and st.,tc. He is l\ m:tn of unimpcadrnblc personal t his count[...]a i ruegritr Md enjoys t he conlidence and C$t«m of a daughter oi Nath:inic:I ind Pamelia (Harwoo<I) P ur• wide c1rcle of friends and a('Quaintances 1hroughout mort, the latter of whom was born in Vermont in 1807 this section of the st:itc. an~ t1ic fo rme~ of .whom was a n:tth·e o { Ne,~ Ham~[...]o f time, the olde r gen• 1s a woma n of most g racious pe rsonality and ra re in- er:itio[...]he: practice as :m orney before t 1c general land of- country wh;lt it is and who built up this wester[...]l and has made considerable empi re fo r the me n of now. l n c,·er>· a:;c:ncution a nd mone[...]1istory o f th:u <:ommunity and upon the memories of those who ha,·e known them b>· t heir[...]Callaway, is regarded with pride bf by that kind of c.h:lrac:-ter which wins lastin~ friend$[...]he so nobly served, so docs Montaoa "alue be~use of 1h:tt innate ouality which people: know ::-s the ch:iractcr .ind scr \'icc of tha t distin~ished son o f loy:ihy. Albert 8. Kni[...]yond on t he: 26th o f September, 1~ . w:is -.,nc of his :i.dministrath•e abilit r and h[...]To from that time until his demise. He was 3 man of speak of his in,medi:u e prog<:1titors at knStth is per•[...]eglected ."&n ha ps necdlcu . in \·iew of the distinction of Colonel o pport unit y to adwm« the: genera l we[...]. A n:tti,·c o f the fin e old Empire sta te of the U nion. way, were living in T uscola, Illinois., the scene of A lbert D. Knight was born :it Livingstone, New Y[...]y's earlie$t su<:cc:..sses as a law• on the 23d of Februar)'. 18,w. H is father was identilic:-d[...]during the g reater part o f The: date of his birth was D«:embc:r 15. 1868 and he his actm: career :111d he: died in the sta te of Michigan, wu but a babe o r two years when his o,arc-nts 'removed :\Ir. K night, of t his notice, rccc:-1,·cd his elementary[...]me. cduc;itionnl cra inins: in the oublie schools of his n:iti,·e H is earh· cd~1cation wu th:,[...]c.a. ) lichig:m, a nd subscquc:-ntly schools of Vir,::inia Cit>·, and was suc:-cc:e,dcd by two h[...]d as a s.tudc-nt in t he cc:lcbr3ted years of study in private schools. In spite of h is in- Y ni~·er! ity of )lichigan, at Ann A rbor, from w hich[...]isc o f practical Jilc W3$ duke nc:d with clouds of Civil wu a nd on the 3rst has ever hel[...]e served throughout t he At the_ age of si"-tec:11 Llewc:-llyn Callaway cn1Cr«1 enti re peri?d of the w:ir. ~ rticip~ting i n ,a number of t he Hamilton Prcp.arator)' School in Phi[...]t o f 1886, he bc-(amc a st udent iee on the 7th of August, 1865, bcins-; then but a little[...]ig:m. at Ann A rbor. His O\'er twenty-one yea rs of :ige. After the close of hos• {rC$hman .)'tar her~ was[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]e time with the hig:hc.-$l in the supreme court of the state as justice pro temp0re. recommendation of the legal fac\lhy. In M3)' of that A number of his opinions h:we been rePrinted and • year he[...]ior a nd annotated as scle<:tcd casc-s. because of his s.uf)(rior supreme courts of the state of Michigan, receiving judicial estimat[...]arc to be found in Volumes 28 to 31, inclush·e, of the a few months later. su,eremc court rcporls of the state of ~lont:tn~. ln August, 1891, Mr. Callaway b[...]na. He began work emphatically those of the Republican ~rty, and yet it as 3n :,ssis1ant of Mr. ~fax \Vatcrmnn, and three mu.st[...]Jines would be doin,: inj ustice to the brc:.dth of ,·isitcd his former home at Vir~ini:l Cit>•,[...]r the office Partis.an he is, but with31 of a po itieal status muc-h of . county .\ttorncy. He :ic«t>tcd, but returned t[...]r«civcd the ,,omi- At that period of his life when his leg-al c;1rcer was na.tion, a[...]Miss E llen N. Badger. the dauJthtcr of Baker W . a nd ;ind ninet)'•Onc \'Otes. Entcri[...]utiC$ o( Fr:tn«.s L. ( Woodson) Badger, of that place. The that office, he again located in Virgmia Cit)' as a per• children of the judge and hi:S wife a rc a quartette o( mancnt resident. He was re-elected to the office of two sons and two d3ughters,-)liriam, James E.. counh· attorney in i8¢. by 3 m3jority of one hundred Frances L. and Llewcll)•[...]raternal soc-ieties Judge C.'lll:i.way holds n nk of ity :rnd r«)uiring penetration and force. Or t[...]riminal litiStation, de.spite their member of the blue lodge, the Royal Arch Masons, diflieult[...]s two terms is 3t ;>re.sent cha,rman of the committee on j urispru• in office.[...]was grand master in 1904,05. and is the office of mayor of Virginia Cit)'. A second time present e:rand scribe of the Grand Ch.apter of the It a nd yet a third was he asked to assume t[...]A. M . He i$ 31$0 s;-r:lnd sta,\d:,,rd bearer of the G~nd ibility, and during his incumbency or this office his Comm:mdcry of Monlana. In the order of the Eastcm administrations met with the most cx[...]cne,·olcnt and proval, ·ror his ('Omprchen$iOn of the general municipal Protcc1i,·c Order of Elks claims him as p3St ex:.ltcd needs, cle:ir a[...]ented ruler, and he was in 1&)3 1hc president of the state his appr«i;1tion of indi\•idual situ:llions. ass[...]ability when in )larch, 1903, the supreme court of which Judge Callaway ha$ met tl1e oubhc he has re• Montan:,., pursuant to an act of the legislature, ap• R«tcd h;gh hono[...]home locality a nd his state. In \'iew of his brilliant Cla)·bcrg and Jud.tee \V. H. Poor[...]$u«csses. past, presenl a nd in anticipation of 1hcisc commissioners. They served with the coun[...]sinK his .rdistri(t, Madison, the car«1' of Rohn, £. Gruwell, a represcn1:.th•e busi• J[...]he was rc•nomin:ttcd for ncss m:m of Billings, Mo,,tana, C\'er s.i11(e his sthool the office of dis.trict judge by acdamation. Alter th:at,[...]this see:tion, his name bcmst :u for the office of associate justice of the supreme court well known in the eas.tc[...]atc ti.c.kct was defeated. He howc\'er, of Oscar C. a nd Sar.th J:tne (Bohinnon) Gruwell. ,u[...]n)' one else on the Republi• a ,:rnndson of Roben and Melissa· (Da\•is) Gruwell. e,,n ticket. At the e:<piration of his term of office he In tracin~ the 1,istory of many families, \'Cr'\' little resumed the practice of b.w. c:in tx: f[...]o f others, but this can scarctl)• be s.a1•J of table tJ1c extension of his scr\•icc into :. fi.dd as wide rhe Gruw[...]as the state; even now it$ probable transcending of been commonplace : on the 01her hand,[...]nction with Rudolph on which a part of the e:ity of Quine)', 1lli11ois. now V:.n Tobcl and David Hilger the Montan.a Conscn':ltion stands, disposed of it for what he <onsidered a ~tis• Commission,[...]l,· and neighbors. he started for Cali(orni:i:, of this state. A further l(Jta l s.trvicc to this co[...]Callaway in his formulating. with E. B. Howell of Butte. of the Angeles over what was known as the !-QUlhern route, present minin~ l:.ws of Montana. He has furthermore his lmin of sixh· wagons being t11c first to cover thi$ pre[...]ing. in JS61 acquiring .in excellent farm 1\e.ir of district judge he has bttn twice called up[...] |
![]() | 1020 HISTORY OF :MONTANA solid, thrift)' and, rt.sour«f\11, and[...]ngaged in buying and selling c.1.ttlc, itCd m:\ny of their best tr:uts. sheep and horses. . C. Oscar Gruwell, son of Robtrt and the fatht r of On Oc.tobcr 22, 1900: Mr. Gruwell wa.s[...]Robert E. Gruwell. is wc:11 known to t~1e pc~plc of M iss Hcfon Orrick. and they have four children: Oscar Montana bolh for his yc:us of useful pubhc s~rv:ec and Orrick, M:.ug3rct, Maria[...]\'olcnt and now lh·C"S retired :it Billings, one of the cit>•'s most sub• Protcc1i,,e O rder o E[...]sh himstl£ i11 business 111 the sc:par.lte talcs of individual heroism, or achievement, of tcrritor-its wt$t of the Mississippi ri\'cr :md 1\.lr. G;u• ad\'entu[...]e was assisted ciuzens should contain the records of the pioneers, to a tran$portation busine$S betwee[...]d a stable which were b~1ilt the grca.t structure of statehood, the at Fort nenton and afterward entered the employ of Car- men who ma.de possible the work that has been prose• roll & Stee:1, of the Diamond R . Freighting Comp~ni•· cutcd by[...]1 and .Mary (Roemer) Wellhouse.r. \Villfam' fall of the ktUer year he bought a ranch of six hundred \\fc,llhousc:r was born :it Hcssen Ka[...]irtg his shCtp :md (.a ttic to the Big Horn natwe of until[...]rty, at the S.'lme time purchas• fourteen years of age, at which time he was ·boun d out in$:' lan[...]pany F, Fifth took up hi$ r('sidcnce in the city of Billin~i. Herc he Regiment, New York Heavy Artill[...]n 1 , l.\laryland Heights, J uly 4th, 5th and 6th of that 1\s a public m.:in ::ind a leader in the[...]ty and h is dclcrmination to fo·c up to his lack of proper food and care, and so weak in bod)'._ from[...]tinst Early, r-~~! Benton, and is no\r the wife_ of Charles S~r 0£ and he pro\'cd a faithful. willin[...]the p lumber's trad~, but r~eived only 6v~ ~ol• of tliis rc\'i<:w; Ostar, who died a1 Billings, in h[...]g 1h:i.t promised g reater remuneration. On wife of Arthur Bl:air, of Buttt: Maude. who is the wife August 1. 1866, he again ~ntcrcd the .str\'ice of his of a :\.fr. Ferris; :ind \V:irr<:n. who is in 1hc st[...]er in the 1i\'C• Bllckfoot lndi:ms m wt11ch 18o of the hostiles wcre stock business in Yellowstone county. He th<:n 1urn<'d killed, while the soldie[...]blc d is- midc's gcncnl store at J une1ion City, Yellowstone charge' ?.,larch ,~ 18;0, and at that time took c[...]bout three year$ under lhc ploymcnt on the ra.nch of a Mr. Ford until December, firm style of Spear & Gruw<'II, and after dispasing of when he removed to"'i.hc Missouri ri\'Cr w[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]there attc:n'ded school gaqcd in 1he m:urnfactorc of cbar(03l used in blac.k- fo r s_ix[...].ation until 1863 in the ncighborJtood the spring of 18n rcnuintd in New Jcrs,C)', then re- of St. Loui~ Missouri, from which $t¢tio1t he went[...]Alder Gulch, wl1erc he was e n• During the fall of 1&Sr 1:e ~turned 10 New ]erst>',[...]March, 18$6. Sell- thirty miles west of Virginia Chy, where he mined un- ing out 1his pro[...]7, in c:omp;my with four others. three miles wcs1 of Dscidc,, t3king up l:md on prc- he made: a trip to what is now tl1c Yellowstone park, cmp1ion and re$idi~ there until February 1,[...]cattle ;md hogs, ind al$0 carry- one of the C'#.rJitst prospe<:ting partic5 to visit that local- in; on dl\·er$ificd farn1iog o o his tr3tl of 320 acrtt. ity, a_nd the jo\1rney was[...]nd pri- purdi.ascd, but seeing a good Opportunity of di$pos- vations.. In 18io he prosp«tcd at Cedar c.rcek, but mg of this aCQ.ui$ition .1t .:i protit3blc figure. and[...]ition to Big Porcupine, on the Yellow- st1cces.s of his pa.rty''s ~ndidates, a.lthough never him-[...]ing them ne.uly all the time. No. 18, Grand Army of the Re_publie is a ~ember of On one occasion it was attickcd by 1,500 of them in the Monta03 Pioneers, and attends the \1c[...]ser was m;1rri~d took up 16o acres of land, through which the: Northern at Lyons Farms[...]ur:al pursuits, but o( recent 31, 1851, daughter of Moses ~~d Susann~ Frazee, a nd yt[...]ed a somewhat retired life. He has seen a member of an old rnd prominent family, her gr~t•[...]ctled to ride hca\'ily umcd to reSi$t the attacks of Four children have b-cc.11 born to this tuuon: H[...]889, Marth:i. Joseph and Hcnrf, :ill of whom were given on Antelope cr«k. si11.glc.[...]\Vcllhouser's liie is $lrikingly illustr.l.li\'e of the 1889. In po.litics Mr. Herbc.rt is an old line Dcmoer:a1., re\\·ard thM comes 2f1er )•cars of faithful cndea,·or. but being pers[...]ounds. In religious matters he fa,·ors a uni• of loving pa rents, he br~vclr did what he believ.ed[...]ade numerous friends, who Know the rea l te.st· of maabood c::ime. As he w-as a faithful.[...]so .he became a good and lo~I t)'t)ical of the generous West. citizen, pc.rforming tbc dntics of p,c:t.cc :l.$ we.It as those of war. Now, lookis1g back over a Jong and useful Sutr.av !Rv1:.&. Born and reared in the state of career, in the C\•enint of life he can h;we !10 rc-grets. Mon1~na, Shelby[...]n an~ he :and his nature paWtkc.s freely of those c:har-:ietc:r-i.sties i$- honored and e$tcuncd as a man who has not hved of bre.adth and freedom which have rendered that sta[...]H imsc:H the son of a man who was for yc:1r5 identified . GE01t4E Ht[...]and honored rc:si• with the big mining intcretu of Montana, Shelby Irvine dent, of the Yc1lo9,.•storic va.llcy, now li\•ing some[...]st.1te, been connected with retir ed at the a.ge of dghty ,-ca.rs on hi~ iOO-acre tr~ct mining affairs, and for fourteen yea.rs has been affiliated of land nur Laurd bas d\ll'U'IQ: 3 long and aet1ve w[...]nded t-nt position with that comp3.n)' befog that of cashier. the earec.rs of man..1 of Montana's pioneers. although • Beginning as a s[...]Pennsyl\'an,a. bu sin(e filled with a high degree of c.ffieiency· and with 'the eighth in order· of biNh Of the clc,•en children of satisfaction to .all. · John B. and Martha Hcrbe:rt, natives of Germany and Born a.t Dcc:r Lodg~. Mont[...]. Irvine i5 the son of Edwin H. and Anna E. (Forbis Mr. Herbert secu[...]n in the pubhc Irvine. The father was a natj,•e of Kentu.clcy, born in schools and worked on his father's brm until he was that state on the 11th of October; 1837. He died on seventeen yC3rs of a~. at whic-h time he went to December 12,[...] |
![]() | 1022 HISTORY OF.MONTANA w:is :m carh· pion«r of Mont~n:a, and was cng:.ged i,, :and the mo[...]ining and· real ut\litC up to the last few years of tiis c-.at«J in 1l1e public schools ofof his «.sstul :md he was c<>nnC'Ctcd with some of the be-st country in a milit-ary way, and he beca[...]paying enterprises in the s1:i.tc up to the tirne of the of grenadiers in the city of lf3no,·cr, in whieh he panic of 1893-9-1, when he lost pnctic-.aily C\'Crything h[...]left the farm to go :moth<:r mining e11terprisc of note in 1hc d.iiys pre\·ious to Burlington, Jow[...]hell as fi rcmin, in the mo:.t in the good works of Butte, and in his duty as a employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. loyal[...]was He renuincd thus employed .until 11,e winter of 1Sj0, one of the founders of 11,c Christian church in Montana when he canie 10[...]and there secured :ind w;u an c:irnes.t rnembtr of th:.t bod,y in D«r Lod1;:e work in the mine$. He[...]then went to the Pricldey Pear ,•alley, in the of the )fontMa Chri$tian 1\ S$0Ciation. vicinitr of Helen.a, there ~curing a position as fore- T he d(':lth of Edwin H . lr\'inc, was folt keenly in man or the ranch of John Thomas. He remained there the c:it)' where he- h:id made his home for so many ye!lrs, until the $pring of 1876, when he wearied of t11c quiet and he is .still remembered with tenderness by a farge lire and joined one of the first prospectins; parties bound drcle of old-time friends . .Anne E. Forbis. his wife and[...]Hills. His sutccss as a prospector was the mother of the subj«t, was a nMh•e of Kentuc-ky, Jike · rri/, and in 1879 he returned[...]ith John Thomas 11.s the foreman was the daugluer of Jonothan F. Forbis, who came to of his ranch, in which work he was $uttes.sful enoug[...]8$1, when he mo,·cd to Chestnut \'alley, parents of se\'cn d1ildre11; four sons and thr(c daugh- fo·c milc.s south of Ca.seJde, 3nd there bct:ime asso• ters.. T hC)' :arc: Forbis F., a resident of CardwcU, ci:atcd with F. S. Rctd in the shttp bus[...]>' Jefferson cotinty, :\1ontan.a; £Ila, the wife of \Vile)' s.tartcd with one thousand head of sh«p,·with 3 winter Mountjoy, of Cardwell. )lontana; Agne.s, who married pas1origt of thrte 1housand and two hundrtd acres. Galen \Vood, of St'.!Ulc_, WashingtOn ; May, widow of Su««s h:as c\'cr $ince 3ttcndcd his efforts. and he ind W. H. li:wif:lnd, al$0 of Seattle, \ Vuhingto1, ; Kathe- his p:i.rtner became known far and near as be:ing among rine, the- wife of J. O. Bender, resident of Hotywood, the "biggest sh~p men of the Montnna region. Wl1en O.lifornia; Edwin, died M the, age of four years, and he had accumulated a competency, howe\'er, Mr. Bur- Shelby, who was the fifth in order of birth, meister was willing to ret[...]lby ln•inc w:a$ educated in the public .schools of he is now making his home in Great Falls. where he is Deer Lodge, Montana, and in the Unh·ersity of Ken• ·enjoying_ t? the foll the results of his years of stren- rneky, finishing his studies at the age of twenty-one. uous actwaty.[...]us :i.ssoefated for :ibout four year~ 3fter which of the Rainbow Hotel, selling it to the com~.ny which ht entered the employ of the Boston & )Iontana Min- re.ired that bllilding. The politic.i.1 affiliahon.s of the i,IJ Comp,my in a. humble ~p.1c-ity and he ha[...]hly respected l<'.nifihts Templar :and oommandery of Great Falls. in his community, :ind occupies a high pJacc in the He 1s a man well beloved of a.11 who know him, and esteem of all who «>me within the influence of his per- his reputation for Stl'3ightforwardness and uprightnes, sonality. He is a membtr of the Christia11 church, in in all his rtlation.s w[...]:h furthe r accord with the precepts aod examples of his .speaks most t1oq_utntly for his $plendid chu[...]being with Miss Lillian Ot- Mord.aunt, a nath·c of Virginia h,s usual wintering 9fac:.u. He has tra,[...]retirement (Colby) Dt Mordaunt, the latter being of Ru»ian from active business made it possible, and while he has extraction. and the seion of a family of noble birth. found many a plt3sant .spot-, Montan.a .still rc~ins h e1' Two childrm have been bom of their union. \Villis hold upon his affections, an[...]e De Mordaunt Jr,,ine, born in Butte, on the 161h of Sep• his home as long as he lh·cs. tembcr, 189[...]Sn,cr.ox V. KE:Mna. One of the strol'!_,g :md rc$0urcc- HENRY Bv1n,1e1STU.[...]en so distincth•ely in evi- had bctn a resident of the west for a number of ye.us dence in eonnc-<:tion with the dC\·clopmcn[...]s to 1881, it was not until that rcu that fortune of the grC3t state o f Montana is this well kno,.,m[...]erience , essentially rcpre.sent-ntivc citizen · of the mctrOPolis of i incc tltait time has been the exact opposite, of his cxpc• the .su.tc. Mr. Kemper has been a resident of Montana r~nccs of former years. and he became one of the pro.s• .since his boyhood da)'S and. has had the prescience to pcrout ranchmen of the slate, sheep raising being his determine oppo[...]ty, but is now retired from businC$S and such use of the S.\me as to gi,·e him consccutiYc .advance-[...]capitalists and ittflucnti:a.l citizens of the state, hi.s suc- Bom in Hanover, Germany, on November r;. 18..ar, cess being the direct rHuh of his own,efforts. He ha$ Henry Burmeister is the son of John 2.nd Katherine b«n s1>«1ally prominc-nt in connection with the develop- BunnelStcr, both na1iw:s of Gc:rm:riny, where they p,;1s~ ment and upbuilding of the city of Butte, where his tlieir lives and <lied, t[...] |
![]() | HISTORY OF MONTANA[...]be most enncstly concerned during the residue of h is op,cr:ations in the handling and development[...]rch, in- He has not on ly been the :,.rc.h iteet of the splendid cluding those of class-leader and superintendent o f the structure of his b usiness and material f)rospcrit)', but Su nday school, and the Jives of both him and his noble has stood exponent of those sterling principles which wife[...]tivc confidence :u\d esteem. His c::trccr of those. high ideals which make human existence we[...]son Kemper had nitics offered in Mont:)n3 to men of courage, determina- been :,. stitccssfol tcaehei:, his educatio n ha"ing been of tion :i.nd industry, -'"d ::ts one of the honored :i.nd considerable scope and 111s intellectual ken one of bro3d representative citizens o f this commonwealth he is h~rixon. . The n~mes of this honored pioneer and his eminently entitled[...]wife merit enduring place on the roll of those who have toric.al work. aided in the devtlopment of the state of Montana, and Simeon V:mdc\'cntcr Kemper w 3S born in the city of the.i r memories arc revered by all wh[...]e St. Joseph, the metropolis and judicial center of sphere of their gracious and kindly influence. Buchanan county, Missouri, :ind the date of his nativity In the early 's<>s Th[...]establis.hed his was June 21, 1855. He is a sdon of families whose home at St. Josep[...]«l n.'lmcs have been identified with the annals of Americ,an with his famil)' to Kans.as.[...]has been such as to make his a worth)' of the family continued from state to state in the WC$t contribution to the h istory of the fa mily of which he is until 187r, when a permincnt[...]in the pater• Montana, the subject of this sketch having been a lad nal line back to st:1nch Cerm3n o rigin, an d the authe.ntic of sixteen ye.ars at the time. T he• jou rney to Montana record C"OVCrs 3 period of fully three centuries. with its w3s made[...]tah, from which point initi:ttion in the person of Johann Kemper, a resident it w-:l.s continued with team and wagon to Radcrsburg, of the village of Musen. near S icgcn, p rovince of \Vest- Broadwater county. Montana. Near[...]phalia. Germany, and about sixty miles southeast of the son Kemper entered claim to a tract of go\'ernment land h istoric o ld city of Cologne. Re_prc.sentati,•es of the an d during the en.suing fi\'c year[...]same ioto a producth·e farm. in the c~nty part of the eighteenth century, and records T[...]ls and vicissitudes during extant show that some of them settled in Fauquier this p[...]financial resources reached substantial planters of the Old Dominion and seve.rat a low[...]conditions Simeon V. Kemper, reprc.scntati.vcs of the n3me were found enrolled as t~[...]liant soldiers in the Continental line in the war of the hm1Self a!ld his parents by wor'kmg for w~cs. He w3S Rcvo'lution, afler the close of which one o f the number thus employed at cnrpenter work, mining, shearing served as governor of V irginia. sheep, c_te., ~ut found !'One of these. occupations sp-«iaUy \Villiam Kemper, grandfather of the s ubject of this product1\'e m a linanc1.al way.[...]nia, as was 2.lso his wife, whose: mo\'als of the family from state to state, his early edt1c.a- maiden n.ame was Rogers and who was of S~tch tionll ad\·antage,s[...]rough day and were numbered among the pioneers of th3t self-appl1cat1on and throu[...]c;amc a successful the direction of that wisest of all he~dm:asters, J)lantcr :rnd an influenthll e.iti1.en of his community. experience, he has become a man of bro.,d and accurate Both he and h is wife were[...]nd really may be said to have a liberal members of the Baptist church. ;md th icr li\·es were[...]• In 1875. ~\·hen twent)' ycMS of age. Simeon V. f us, so that they merited and r[...]per d(:('1ded to seek more attractive fields o f of their fello w men. Both attained to venerable age[...]h!• efforts. He had a seeming: prescience of the splen• his death. Of their eleven children, Thompson Kemper[...]iss Lucx Ann Smile)', wtio was acres of land near the town and turned his :attention to[...]ith which he g.:we having been a representative of one of the sterling old spe<-1al attention to the p ropagation of strawberries. families of V irginia, where she conti,med to rc.side until S~n. afterward the other members of the family joined her marriage. Her fat her was ·of Irish extraction and him m the new home ;md they continued a successful her mother was of sta nch Scotch linc;1ge. Thompson[...]and Lucy Ann (Smiley) Kemper becatnc the parent3 of m~ny_ smelters in the ,,ici~ity e[...]ed with three sons an d one dauithtcr, and all of· t he sons-James tlus industry, as plant[...]\V., Ed\vard \V., and Simeon V.-are now residents of ditions. The rapid growth of the city thus led tl,e Montana. The two former[...]ce the same lon, an d the latter is a resident of Butte, the )'ounge:st of m the mar½et. The lands were p~a~ted tnto c[...]s rc,·iew is dedicated. under the hde of the Kemper addition, and from this The sister,[...]cgi!,ning Simeon V. Kemper fin3lly bcc..:amc o ne of the ary 10, 1875, had marrie.d l\·l ilton Pro[...]acquired other realty arid ful hfc in the city of B utte, where he died o n the 21St soon. g:uned. prcst!gc as one of the most enterprising o( March, 1891, and here[...]nce business until 1895 when J;e devout member of the Methodist EpiscoJ).'tl thureh effected the o rg:1nizMion of the Ilutte Li.n d '&: l n\'cst- fro~ her g-irl[...]ecame a membu o f the state and of which he is vice-president. H i$ son \Vil- same thu,rch, in the activities of which he continued to lfam A., is p res ident of the company, 3nd E. Sier1eu |
![]() | [...]HISTORY OF i10NTANA Shields is s«rctary. This conct.rn has wielded great children of Mr. and Mrs. Kem,ecr: \Villiam Arthur, who influence in the' dc,·clopmcnt and upbuilding of Butte is more familiarly known _by his .second name wa,s born and in the handling of realty in other parts of the st:ttc. on th~ 21st 9£ August, 1881, and is one of 'the repre- Mr. Kemp.tr was a$$ociatcd with \V. V. L.twler1 in the sen~ati,·e bu.sinC-,! s men of the younger generation in hi$ platting 0£ the[...]eing closely identified with his father's side of the dty of Butte. Jn mitiating this noteworthy ext[...]enterprise they purchased. for a consideration of sc,·cna B., who \\:as ~r,:i CJ" the 1st of July, 1883, died in July. teen thousand dolfars, a tract of c1c,·cn :.-.crcs, and from 18c)i); S:i.lbc V1rg1ma, who was born on the 21st of Sep• the sale of lots in the first yc.,r they realized sufficient tembcr, 18$5, is the wife of Claude Wheeler of Los1 mo ney to pay for the cntirc tract, whil[...]~ wa.~ born October 20,, 189,s, 1s now a resident of |