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) (14755313236)

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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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ands in 1896.In the meantime, in 1882, he had engaged in thegeneral merchandise business at Helena, but sold outhis enterprise there in 1885 and then returned to hisrancli. In 1896 he removed to Long Beach. Cal-ifornia, living five years retired and then returnedto Indiana and died at Frankfort in that state in1914. He was a democrat in politics, was affiliatedwith the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, andwas a member of the Christian Science Church. Hernarried Martha J. Williams, who was born in Vir-ginia and is now living at Frankfort, Indiana. William M. Ulm was the only child of his parents.He received his early education in the public schoolsof Frankfort, Indiana, and came to Montana oneyear after his father, in 1879. He completed his highschool course at Helena, and after leaving school in1883 studied accounting under competent privatetutors. He assisted his father in business until1885, and then established a store of his own atElkhorn, conducting it three years. Following that
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^^-OUll-.^^..,..^^ HISTORY OF MONTANA 685 he was in partnership with Dr. Charles K. Coleas a stock rancher at Ennis until 1893. He then re-sumed the mercantile business at Toston, and de-veloped the largest store in that town or section ofthe state. He sold it in 1906, and in that year re-moved to Ely, Nevada, and became purchasing agentfor the Ely Townsite Company, being associated inthat enterprise with George Gunn, who later diedat Salt Lake City, and W. B. Thompson, now aprominent capitalist of New York City. From Nevada Mr, Ulm removed to Long Beach,California, in 1911 and spent nine months recuperat-ing his health. He was then called to New Yorkto assist his brother-in-law. Dr. Charles K. Cole,in practical supervision of the fine country estateDoctor Cole was establishing on the banks of theHudson River. He remained there looking after thebuilding and adornment of the property until it be-came a handsome home, but after two years, theclimate not being fitted to him, he returned