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) (14591868969)

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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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with his choicein local elections. During the war he gave gen-erously of his time and professional abilities to thepromotion of local patriotism, and served as chair-man of the local Red Cross one year and as a mem-ber of the Legal Advisory Board of Sheridan Coun-ty, and as a member of the Liberty Loan and WarSavings committees. Since locating at Redstone hehas served as clerk of the school board. Mr. and Mrs. Paul were married at Minot, NorthDakota, January 10, 1917. Miss Grace Crossen wasborn near Sparta, Wisconsin, October 31, 1893,youngest of the four children of William Crossen.She acquired a high school education and in 1914came with her mother to Montana and entered theclaim, and while proving up came to know and ap-preciate the good qualities of the young lawyer atRedstone. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have one son, LeviWilliam, born in November, 1917. James H. Drake, another of the well knownranchmen of the lower Powder River country, dateshis advent to Montana from the spring of 1900,
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JAMES H. DRAKE HISTORY OF MONTANA 1021 at which time he accompanied a shipment of Texascattle from Canon City, Texas, to Moorcroft,Wyoming. This was his maiden trip into this north-ern cattle region and he became a factor on theT. A. ranch of George A. Pemberton, a Texasman who spent the vigorous years of his life inthe cattle business, and who upon leaving Montanasettled in his present home City of Denver. Mr. Drake worked for Mr. Pemberton until thelast cow was sold, a period of some eight years,during which time he bought some cattle of hisown and thus embarked in the business. He wasgiven his incentive to do so by his employer, asthe latter encouraged his men who were ambitiousto enter the field, and Mr. Drake remained withineight miles of the old Pemberton ranch until 1911.This ranch, it may be noted, was situated just be-low the mouth of the Little Powder River, and itwas on Pilgrim Creek that Mr. Drake started hisown operations. He was a squatter there and hadaccess to the whol