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The goal of this blog is to help readers locate their lineage and discover the forces that motivated them, and learn how they lived their lives--told in their own words in the BEHIND THESE MOUNTAINS trilogy, from the 1860s to the early 1930s. The indexed names will be published here frequently, along with an excerpt and a historical photograph if available. ** Scroll Archives at right.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Rigid Religionist: Settlers of Sanders County Montana: Vignette Vol.1 No.1

Vignette Vol.1 No.1[Resource: BEHIND THESE MOUNTAINS ]

Abrahams, Mr. & Mrs.

In 1865 Thomas Francis Meagher was appointed Secretary for the Territory of Montana. Excerpt--Meagher wrote, "Debarking the Mary Moody in a bustling little place ... in its noisy infancy - consisting of two houses, and a capacious shed for mules and horses. A saw-mill is in vehement operation...." Mr. Abrahams, the owner, he describes "a rigid religionist, who shuts himself hermetically up on Sundays.'Mrs. Abrahams' table' is perfumed with a bouquet of mountain flowers, the offering of the men at work about the Landing, who ... vindicate the proverbial gallantry of Americans to their countrywomen ... Another lady is present, whose son served in the Second Wisconsin at the first battle of Bull Run."

Abey, Newkercher & Co.
Noxon, Montana. Excerpt--"By 1892 Heron's population was down to seventy-five. Newkercher, Abey and Company built a shingle mill. Thomas H. Smith, a merchant at Heron since 1886, went into the saloon business at Noxon in 1892. Johnson and Burns, J.J. Kelly, and James W. Ruddy also had saloons, making four saloons for the railroad crews and transient lumberjacks. A.W. Bascomb, the lumber manufacturer, had a store, and [Max] Dunn, Hartwell and Company had a drugstore."


Quirk, William J.
1884. Heron. Excerpt--January 7, 1884, Heron's first post office was authorized, and William J. Quirk was appointed postmaster.(27) On April 30, the county commissioners at Missoula approved a toll ferry for Heron, granting the baker, Nicholas Bluerock, and Gustavus Patrick the right to operate it.(28) Located one and a half miles north of the NPRR depot, its primary purpose was to serve prospectors crossing the river.


Miss Wood
In July, Miss Wood was the first person to die in Heron of natural causes. There is no mention in the newspaper of the cause of death. By August, the new three and a half-story railroad hotel with rooms for 300 opened. According to The Missoulian, "The hotel cost $40,000 to build. It was operated by the dining car department of the railroad and all flunkies serving in it were colored."

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