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) (14591690050)

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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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h to the Cana-dian line, and after leaving Bonner he moved intothe Flathead district, near the present site of Eure-ka. Afer a year he homesteaded 160 acres two mileswest of where Eureka stands, and by subsequentpurchases acquired holdings that now amount to1,600 acres. Mr. Peltier married Miss Lottie Adams, who wasborn in Iowa, a daughter of Joseph and Caroline(Hensley) Adams. After their marriage they unitedtheir efforts on the homestead, building up the land,improving with good buildings, setting out fruittrees and otherwise adorning their property. Tenchildren were born to their marriage, three of whomdied in infancy. The seven still living are Alfred,Loretta, Vernie, Albina, Velma, Edna and Victor.The three older ones have been educated in theEureka High School. Loretta spent two years inthe Sisters School at Colton, Washington, and oneyear in the Holy Name .Academy at Spokane, andis now employed as a stenographer and bookkeeperin the Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Eureka.
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HISTORY OF MONTANA 817 Alfred married Juanita McClure and is a ranchernear Eureka. At the age of nineteen he left school,was mustered into government service at Spokane,and after training at Bremmerton went into thenavy. He served on the boats Puget Sound, West-ern Plain and Marcia and crossed the ocean threetimes. He was on the first boat that went throughthe Dardanelles after the signing of the armistice.He was in service from May 3, 1918, until Septem-ber IS, 1918, when he was honorably discharged atMinneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Peltier are members of the Catho-lic Church at Eureka, Mrs. Peltier being a memberof the Altar Society. He is affiliated with theKnights of Columbus and both support the repub-lican party. For many years Mr. Peltier has laeenregarded as one of the progressive citizens of Lin-coln County. His ranch shows the results of hisexpert management, and he has made good use of theopportunities found in this wonderful country. Theattractive home of the Peltier family is t