Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout (1921) (14798351863)

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Title: Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Subjects: Montana -- History Montana -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ovel-ing of a little dirt. They had come to the regionimbued vvith the idea that gold was lying aboutonly waiting for them to pick it up, and bitter wastheir disappointment at finding that then, just asalways, wealth can only be acquired through intel-ligently laid plans and hard work. The winter wasunusually severe, and as was but natural in a newlyopened district there was little employment to besecured after the emigrants had realized that thetreasure of the great territory was securelyguarded by the forces of nature. It was at Bannock that Lazare was given his nick-name of Curley by the lady with whom he se-cured board, and it has stuck to him, and he usesit almost entirely, except when signing his nameto documents. When he arrived at Bannock hehad but $5, and did not retain it long, as a friendof his, who thought he was a faro adept, inducedhim to loan the bill for another try at the game,with the result that both were broke in aboutthirty minutes. However, an energetic young man
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HISTORY OF MONTANA 937 like Mr. Ereaux who had been self-supporting fromthe age of eleven years was not much disturbed bythe fact that his pockets were empty, and he im-mediately secured employment with a logger andwas sent into the timber. Owing to the intense coldhe and his companions nearly froze to death, andreceived no money for a months work. Boardwas then $3 a day, and some idea of his personalitycan be gained from the fact that he managed tosecure accommodations and get his employer tostand behind him for the debt he was forced to With the coming of spring, work was abundantand Curley Ereaux had plenty of it at $6 a day,although he tried to obtain $7. As soon as he hadaccumulated a little money he and two others un-dertook to build a bridge over the Big Hole Riveron the main road to Virginia City, and began thejob all right, but numerous obstacles arose and itwas not completed until after a disagreement amongthe partners, which resulted in Mr. Ereaux sell-ing his interest in t