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) (14778240662)

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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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early armistice. Sophie Lanseign becamethe wife of Henry Nelson, of Glendive, and theyhave two children, Ella and Henry. Nettie, whois the wife of Frank Van, a brother of John, livesin St. Jacque, Canada, and has two children, namedGilbert and Willie. Hartwic Lund. While he is the leading mer-chant of the town of Fallon, Hartwig Lund hasbeen selling goods only a few years, and has beenlongest known in that section of Montana as afarmer and rancher. He is a pioneer of EasternMontana, having come to the territory nearly thirty-five years ago. Mr. Lund was born in the country just east of Christiana, Norway, October 9, 1865, son of Ole andMary (Osnes) Lund. His father was a farmer inthe same locality as had been his ancestors for gen-erations. Hartwig was the third son in a familyof four boys and two girls, and is the only one inthe United States. In Norway he acquired the equivalent of a commonschool education, and grew up with the knowledgeof a farmer boy. With that equipment, and with
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HISTORY OF MONTANA 1249 barely enough funds to get him across the oceanand nearly across the continent he arrived at MilesCity, Montana, February 22, 1886. His first employ-ment was at Fort Keough as a man of all workfor Mr. McQueen, the merchant, at wages of $ISa month. Two months later, at the opening ofspring, he found a job in a brickyard at $40 a month.When the plant shut down two months later hewent to a ranch on Pumpkin Creek, and remainedthere during shearing time and hay making. Fol-lowing that he helped build an irrigation ditch onTongue River until late in the fall, when he was laidoff and was idle until January 24, 1887. Like manyof the early settlers Mr. Lund had a versatile giftsufficient to enable himself to engage in various em-ployments, and his next work was as a bridge car-penter with the Northern Pacific Railway. Thiswork was between Glendive and Billings, and forfive and a half years he was with a crew workingregularly and ready to respond to a summons at anyhour