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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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Saturday, April 26, 2014

The Prohibition Era: Settlers of Sanders County Montana: Vignette Vol.1 No.6

Vignette Vol.1 No.6
[Resource: BEHIND THESE MOUNTAINS ]

Adams, C. H.
1911. Missoula, Montana. Excerpt--"In addition to six U of M professors, class instructors included Supervisor Dor Skeels of the Kootenai National Forest, Supervisor Mason of the Deerlodge forest, C.H. Adams, Assistant District Forester in charge of Grazing, J.T. Jardin, Grazing Inspector, F.E. Bonner, Chief of Geography, R.B. Adams, Superintendent of Telephone Construction, and Messrs, Henderson and Clark, Assistants to the Solicitor in District No. 1."


Abbot, Billy
1918. Sandpoint, Idaho. The Prohibition era was beginning. Excerpt--"The Wisconsin bar also served hot drinks of clam juice broth, tomato bouillon, oyster cocktail, and similar soda fountain delicacies. The Exchange bar and Billy Abbot's were closed tight and didn't plan to reopen. The Palace Hotel bar was also "making no attempt to fall in line with the new drinks."

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