Schmalhausen, Henry M.D.:
Henry Schmalhausen was born on February 11, 1840 at Phillipsburg, Penn.
He joined the Union Army’s 26th Kentucky Vol. Inf. Co. C. on October 9, 1861 and served as 1st Lt. at the Battle of Shiloh. He was promoted to Captain, and on February 4, 1864 resigned because of ill health. He served a total of 2 years, 3 months and 25 days. Following his service to the Union, he later went into the drug business at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, but his health continued to cause him problems, and was prompted to the study of medicine. He graduated in 1867 at Bridgeport, IL. In 1868 he married Miss Mary J. Dunlap and together they had 8 children. In 1874 he moved the family to Montana Territory and began mining, but soon went back to his practice of medicine in Virginia City. In 1880 he moved to Glendale, Montana Territory to assume charge of the Hecla Hospital. He is credited for the removal of the first cataract in the Montana Territory. The Doctor was a master mason at Ramsey, KY and in 1882 became a member of A.O.U.W. He died January of 1911. (This biography was supplied by an online contributor in possession of an early published account of area biographies, with permission to print.)
Additionally we add the following notes.
1870 Jun 3 - Census - listed at Bridgeport, Franklin County, Illinois, Henry Schmalhausen, physician from Penn.; values of 2000/600; wife Mary is 22 and from Illinois. Children are twins Bobby and Bullith age 7 months, born in October of 1869 in ILL.
1874 - arrived at Virginia City, M.T. with his brand new doctor license. [Grace Helmings book bio]
1880 - stated as the year he arrived in Glendale to assume the Hecla hospital. [Helmings book bio.]
1880 Sep - Atlantis reports him as physican and surgeon; office at Alwards Drug Store;
1881 Sep 15 - The Butte Miner reported that Bob Burns, a miner, had arrived in Glendale and on the morning of Sep. 12 was found in a "dying condition" near the Weiss saloon. Dr. Schmalhausen was summoned, but the victum was not revived. Acting Coroner, H.H. Avery summoned a jury and it was found that the 33 year old man had died from exposure caused by intoxication.

1881 Dec 10 - In a letter to the editor, which appeared in the Butte Miner, Dr. Schmalhausen states that George Stage had contracted small pox at Wunderlich's, but was now out of danger and removed from town with family and effects. He also vows that the people of Glendale were determined to keep the disease from spreading.
1882 Oct 10 - In the column titled, "Glendale Personals," which is published in the Butte Miner, it is reported that H. Schmalhausen had been nominated for representative by the Democratic Committee.
1882 Oct 24 - Dr. Schmalhausen, who is described in the Butte Miner, as a "well-educated, cultured gentleman of high moral character, and always sober and reliable," is also predicted to carry a heavy number votes, in the north portions of the county, for his race for representative.
1882 Nov 5 - The Butte Miner mentions that Dr. Schmalhausen is the chairman for the Beaverhead County Central Committee of the Democratic party.
1883/1884 - tax lists
1884 May 10 - In the Dillon Tribune, Dr. Smalhausen reports that the health in Glendale is average good.
1884 Jun 21 - The Dillon Tribune states that the doctor's wife and children have returned to Glendale after a visit to western states.
1884 Oct 11 - Tribune carried an Dissolution Notice of Dr. Schmalhausen & Dr. A. G. Noble. Mutual consent.
1886 Mar 6 - It is mentioned in the Dillon Tribune that Schmalhausen and Jones are the two practicing physicians at Glendale.
1886 May 1 - The Dillon Tribune mentions that Dr. Schmalhausen and Ed Alward had been called to Dillon on district court business.
1886/1887 - Gazateer listing
1890 - listed on the Veterans s Schedule for Red Bluff, (Pony) Madison County, Montana; enlisted in Co. C; 26th Reg., Kentucky Infantry on October 9, 1861 and served until February 4, 1864. Total of 2 years, 3 months and 35 days.

Seiferman, George:

1860 Census/ Home in 1860: Harrison, Dearborn, Indiana
1880 Census/Home in 1880: Big Hole, Beaverhead, Montana, USA
Birth Date :Abt 1837- Birthplace: Alsace, France
Father's Birthplace: Alsace, France Mother's Birthplace: Alsace, France
Occupation: Laborer
Glendale, Montana Aug 6, 1874, Purchased clothing at Thomas & Armstrong. Ref: Ledger 1874-1875

Seybold, Dotson:
Polly Hardisty: Polly (Hardisty) Seybold
Dotson Seybold was born February, 1802 in Washington, Ky., the third of four children born to Jesse and Margaret Seybold. He moved to Macomb, IL., possibly as early as 1817. Mary "Polly" Hardisty was the second of 12 children born to Dr. John Hardisty and his wife Elizabeth Hungate. She was born June 6, 1814 in Washington County, Ky., and moved with her family to Blandinsville, McDonough County, IL., about 1815 or 1816 where the other ten children were born. They were married March 23, 1831, in McDonough County, IL. Over the next 27 years, they had 12 children, all born in McDonough County; Elizabeth Margaret born November 13, 1832; William Washington born December 18, 1834; Nancy Jayne born October 17, 1836; Rhoda born March 22, 1841; Harriet Emily born September 12, 1843; Henderson Franklin born February 15, 1847; Lucetta born October 15, 1848; Charles Harrison born May 26, 1851; Joseph Lafayette born May 12, 1854; Marion born February 10, 1857; and Luther Bush born October 5, 1859.
The destinies of Elizabeth, William and Lucetta are unknown. Nancy Jayne married John G. Woodside and was widowed with three children by the 1860's. John Vinson married Margaret Elizabeth Huff. Rhoda married Phillip G. Knowles and moved to the Dalles, Oregon. Harriet Emily married John Wasson and also moved to Oregon. Henderson Franklin married Julia Huff, who died in childbirth.

    
John, Henderson, Charles, Joseph, Marion and Luther along with their widowed sister, Nancy and her children came to Glendale by wagon train on the Old Oregon Trail. Dotson and Polly soon followed. On the 1880 census, Dotson is listed as working as a laborer at age 78. By 1885, he had quit working at Hecla and moved to Hubbell, Nebraska where he and Polly stayed for a few years until his sons convinced them to return to Montana where they lived on land that five of their sons had homesteaded between Dell and Lima.
Dotson died February 15, 1888 in Dillon at the age of 86. Polly died November 2, 1895 in Dillon at age 81. They are both buried in the Lima Cemetery in the Seybold family plot.

1850 Sep 11 - Census - listed in McDonough County, Illinois is Dotson Seybold [Detson Labold, sic.] age 48, farmer from Kentucky with valuation of 5000; Mary is 38 and also from KY; children are: Elizabeth 17, Nancy 15, James 14, Rhoda 9, Harriet 7, Henderson 5 and Luticia is 2. All show Illinois nativity. Also listed here as laborers are Joseph McDonald 23 of Ky and John Woodside 21 of Va.
1860 Jun 18 - Census - listed at Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois is Dotson Seybold (Dottson Seabold) age 57, a miller with valuation of 5000/500, from Kentucky; Mary is 46, also from Ky; children are John 21, a mill hand; Roda 19; Harriet 17; Henderson 14; Charles 12; Joseph 6/ Marian 4 and Luther is 10 months. All show Illinois nativity.
1870 Jul 14 - Census - listed in Weston prcnt., Umatilla County, Oregon is Dotson Seybold [Dotsie Seabolt] age of 68, farmer from Ky; Mary is 55 also from Ky; Henderson is 23, farm laborer, showing
valuation of 400/150; Charles H is 19, farm laborer; Joseph L is 16, Marian is 13 an Luther B is 10. All children show Illinois nativity.
1880 Jun 11 - Census - listed at Glendale, Beaverhead County, Montana Territory is Dotson Seybold, age 78, laborer from Ky; Mary is 66 also from Ky; Henderson is 32, widower or divorced, teaming, from IL; Charles H. is 29, teaming from IL; Joseph L is 26, teaming and from IL; Marion H is 23, teaming and from IL and Luther B is 20, teaming and also from IL.
1888 Feb 24 - in the vitals column of the Tribune, notice of the death of Dotson Seybold, aged 86, formerly of Illinois.

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The Seybold Brothers
SEYBOLD, Charles, Joseph, Marion and Luther
Charles Harrison Seybold was born May 26, 1851, in Macomb, IL., the ninth child of Dotson Seybold and Mary “Polly” Hardisty.
The tenth child was Joseph Lafayette born May 12, 1854. The eleventh child was Marion Hardisty born February 10, 1857. The twelfth and youngest Seybold child was Luther Bush born October 5, 1859. All were born in McDonough County, Illinois and grew up on their father’s western Illinois farm.
As young men, they came west with their parents, older brothers John V. and Henderson, and sisters and traveled b wagon train on the Old Oregon trail. They took the Montana Trail north to the gold fields of Montana Territory, ending up in Glendale working in the silver mines and smelter for over a decade.
In the mid 1880’s, the six brothers left the Hecla district and took up land. All except John homesteaded 160 acres near each other between Lima and Dell. They raised cattle and horses. Together they convinced their aging parents to return to Montana and live with them.
Luther was married for a short while but little is known of his wife. Joseph, Marion and Charles never married. Marion died a few years later, at age 30, on November 4, 1887, near Dell. He is buried in the Seybold family plot at Lima cemetery.
Charles died from injuries resulting from being kicked in the head by a horse. He died at age 56 on June 21, 1907, and joins others of his family in the Lima cemetery.
Joseph loved to have photographs taken of himself and his brothers and other friends and relatives, both serious and spoofing. He had an affinity for posing as a prize fighter and he left behind a legacy of tintypes of his image. He died at age 65 on April 3, 1919, possibly from high blood pressure and its complications, and is also buried in the family plot in Lima.
Homestead certificate #2313, declared the 160 acres of land belonging to the heirs of Marion H. Seybold as free and clear on July 8, 1895, and signed by President Grover Cleveland. Luther’s certificate is #2539, dated August 15, 1896, signed by President Cleveland. Joseph received certificate #5266 dated July 15, 1904 signed by President T. Roosevelt for another 160 acres of land.
After about 20 years, the land that had been combined into a larger ranching operation was sold to the youngest brother, Luther, who continued to live there for another two decades and died March 10, 1937 at the age of 78. 

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SEYBOLD, John & Margaret Huff
John Vinson M. Seybold was the fourth of twelve children born to Dotson Seybold and Mary “Polly” Hardisty. He was born February 12, 1839 near Blandinsville, McDonough County, ILL.
Margaret Elizabeth “Mag” Huff, the second of fourteen children in the family of William Hamilton Huff and Sarah Ann Graham, was born March 7, 1847 near Blandinsville, ILL.
The families were neighbors who farmed the rich western Illinois farm land that had been opened for settlement in the early 1830’s. Many of the settlers used warrants from their service in the War of 1812 to claim their acreage. It’s possible that the Huff and Seybold ancestors were drawn to western Illinois for this reason when Tennessee and Kentucky became crowded.
John and Margaret were married on January 1, 1867. John was 28 and Margaret was 20 and neither had been married previously. Their first child, Charles Wesley, was born in 1868 in Illinois.
In the late 1860’s, John Vinson Seybold and his five brothers traveled by wagon train on the Old Oregon Trail to a new land. Two married sisters were with them. The sisters’ families continued on to Oregon. John and his brothers went north to Montana Territory to the mines.
Margaret probably stayed in Missouri where she gave birth to their second child, Annie Josephine, in 1869 in Nodaway County, Missouri. John moved his family to Glendale, Montana Territory, in the mid-1870’s where he had secured work for Noah Armstrong’s newly organized Hecla Consolidated Mining Company. By 1878, Glendale had a population of 950 residents. On the 1880 census, John is listed as an “engineer”. He later became a superintendent. [ed. Note: at the smelter located in Glendale.]

Twins were born on February 1, 1882 in Glendale. Son Alfred Ray lived for only two week, but his twin sister Alma May grew to adulthood and died in 1957.
John quit the smelters May 1, 1886 and moved his family to a ranch at the mouth of Grasshopper Creek about ten miles south of Dillon. In a personal letter dated at Dillon, Montana, on August 19, 1886, he wrote to his mother in Hubbell, Nebraska, the following prophetic paragraph: “This has been the driest season I ever saw in Montana. Crops are below the average for this country. The range is very short. I think the big stockmen will lose heavy this winter. I think we are safe. We have about seventy head of cattle…and forty tons of hay and a few acres of oats and wheat.” Later in the same letter, he writes: “We expect to start to the Geysers the first of September and we will all go and we will go by the Camas Country and look at it and then I can tell more about it. I quit the smelter the first of May and don’t intend to go back any more.”
In 1888, they were living at Ryans Canyon. Later they took up land in the Alderdice (now Lima) area. Always looking for better land, he and his brothers were drawn to the Camas Valley of eastern Idaho again and again, thinking Camas Valley might be “greener pastures,” but seems that dream was never realized.
John Vinson Seybold died December 24, 1909 at the age of 70 in Dillon and is buried in Lima. An epidemic may have hit the Lima area in the fall and winter of 1909. His son William Marion “Bill” Seybold died November 25, 1909 at the age of 37, and is buried in the Lima cemetery.
Margaret Seybold remarried. She and her husband Samuel Hardisty lived for several years on a desert farm on Indian Creek west of Dubois, Idaho, from about 1910 to the late teens and were neighbors to her youngest sister, Harriet Catherine Huff Dingley. Margaret Huff Seybold Hardisty died January 18, 1934 in Idaho Falls and is buried in the Dubois, Idaho cemetery. 

1860 Jun 18 - Census - listed at Blandinsville, McDonough County, Illinois is Dotson Seybold (Dottson Seabold) age 57, a miller with valuation of $$500, from Kentucky; Mary is 46, also from Ky; children are John 21, a mill hand; Roda 19; Harriet 17; Henderson 14; Charles 12; Joseph 6; Marian 4 and Luther is 10 months. All show Illinois nativity.
1870 Jul 14 - Census - listed in Weston precinct., Umatilla County, Oregon is John Seybold [Seabolt] age 31, day laborer from Illinois; Margaret is 21

and from Illinois. Children are Charles 2 of Illinois and Anna is 1 of Missouri.
1880 Feb 17 - in order to have his home and property included in the survey and town site of Glendale, Beaverhead County, Montana Territory, the following was recorded in the deeds book of said county: Declaration of Occupancy, to wit: Commencing at a stake (46) forty six feet, east from the north east corner of lot owned by Fong Kee (and by him placed in groung) and running from thence in an easterly direction along the south side of Main Street in the said town of Glendale eighty (80) feet to a stake, and from thence in a southerly direction to and across Trapper Creek three hundred (300) feet to a stake and from thence in a westerly direction one hundred and twenty feet to a stake from thence in a northerly direction two hundred and sixty (260) feet to the south land of the said Trapper Creek to a stake and from thence in a northerly direction across said Trapper Creek forty (40) feet to the place of beginning....
1880 Aug 18 - recorded in Glendale Town site book labeled Bannack Records, Book X, on page 78, Application No. 69, that John V. Seybold applied to enter lot No. 7 of block No. 8 in the town of Glendale, Beaverhead County, Montana Territory according to the official plat of the Survey thereof. John V. Seybold claims by right of present occupation with improvements consisting of dwelling.
1880 Aug 18 - recorded in Glendale Town site book labeled Bannack Records, Book X, on page 79, Application No. 70, that John V. Seybold applied to enter lot No. 8 of block No. 8 in the town of Glendale, Beaverhead County, Montana Territory according to the official plat of the Survey thereof. John V. Seybold claims by right of present occupation with improvements consisting of fence and privy.
1881 Oct 31 – copy of a check received from HCMC for 50.00, drawn on N. Armstrong & Co's Bank at Glendale, Mont.
1883 Oct 13 - "...under the new changes, General Manager Knippenberg, becomes the Superintendent in person, of every department. Charles R. Kappler (Knappes) becomes Superintendent, or Assistant General Manager.; James Prout, Asst. Supt. of Mines; Thos. Ross, foreman of Cleopatra; Miles Gibbons, foreman of the lower mines; Wm. Lobb, foreman of the Trapper, Cleve and Franklin; John Seybold, Supt. of Reduction.(ed.note: the smelter at Glendale. [source: Dillon Tribune]

1884 Sep 27 - The Dillon Tribune reports that John was elected to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Hecla Company Hospital.
1885 Oct 10 (4) - Tribune notes, "quite a serious blow-out occurred at the smelter a few days ago. Several men were scorched badly and Superintendent J. V. Seybold severely. He was thrown about fifteen feet, his face and hands blistered and hair and eyebrows singed."
1886 Mar 6 - Dillon Tribune notes that, "Supt. Seybold, at the furnaces, has held his position for over nine years."

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Siria, Noah:
Siria, Elizabeth (Hutchins):
Noah Siria, was born in July of 1859, in Woodson County, Kansas. He was third son of Thomas and Mary Ann Siria, (both of whom came from Indiana.) and together had in all six children, three boys and same number of girls. It has not been learned exactly when Noah came to Montana Territory, but he married Elizabeth Hutchins in Butte, Montana Territory on December 29, 1882. Elizabeth was born in August of 1863 in Utah, the second child of five, born to Joseph Hutchins and Louisa Vincent Hutchins. Both of whom were natives of England. Noah and Elizabeth had 6 children in all, and resided in Beaverhead County most all of their adult lives. However, sometime in the 1920’s they moved over the mountains to the milder climate of the Bitterroot valley. Both Noah and Elizabeth are buried at Darby, Montana. Their children are:
- Walter (Pap) was born July, 1886 and died November 26, 1962 is buried at Dillon, Montana. Pap lived and worked around Glendale and Melrose all of his life. He had a log cabin home on Canyon Creek below where the kilns are located, that today still stands and is referred to as “Pap’s” cabin. Elsewhere on this site, is published a short story written by this contributor’s father, that is centered on Pap’s cabin! (note: see Historical Happenings link.)
- Minnie Siria born April 7, 1881 and died June 9, 1889.
- Carl Siria - became a Forest Ranger
- Albert Siria was born in August, 1894. Grew up and attended school at Glendale. A Dillon Tribune news clip in 1913 stated, “that he killed 29 rattlesnakes in a den at Glendale!”
(3) Henry was born in August of 1870 in Utah, died November 28, 1941 in Melrose, Montana. (4) Etta M. was born about 1872 at Glendale, Montana. In 1906 she married James Quinn. Etta died March 16, 1914 at age 42. [no known children] (5) Evelyn has been quite elusive data and still much more is to be learned.
- Mabel Siria born January 1899, in Montana
- Ruth Siria born in 1919 in Montana, was married to a Berry. (In 1969 was living in Oak Ridge, Or.)
1865 May 30 - Census of Kansas - on farm in Liberty twp., Woodson County, Kansas is Thomas Siria, age 40, farmer with values of 1760/230; is from Kentucky; wife is Mary A age 34 from Indiana; children listed are: Joseph 17, from Indiana; Martha F is 13, from Indiana; Noah is 7, Illinois; Laurie E. is 4, Kansas and Lova D is 7 months, of Kansas.

1870 Aug 8 - Census - at Louisburg, Montgomery Co., Kansas is Thomas Siria, age 45, farmers from KY; wife Mary A. is 39 and from Indiana; Thomas is 18 of Ind., Noah 13 of IL; Laurie E 9 of Ks, Lova A is 5 of Ks, Dora M is 1 and of Ks.
1887 - Jan 17--April 12 - a Glendale general merchant’s account book has revealed purchases made on account, during this time period. History of the ledger indicates this was kept at the Company Store.
1889 Jun 21 - noted in Dillon Tribune that an infant daughter of Z.G. Swoffard died on last Sunday morning. A few days before Noah Siria buried a little child..
1900 Jun 1 - Census - listed at Hecla twp., Beaverhead County, Montana; Noah is 40, married for 16 years, from Kansas, works day labor, rents house; wife Lizzie is 36, from Utah, has borne 5 children, 4 still living; they are: Walter 14, Carl 9, Albert 5 and Mabel is 1, all show Montana nativity.
1910 Apr 26 - Census - listed at 645 Kentucky Ave. in Dillon, Beaverhead Co., Montana is Noah (Loria) Siria, age 50, married for 20+ years, is from Kansas; teamster doing road work; wife Lizzie is 44, married 20+ years, has borne 6 children, 5 are living and is from Utah; children listed are: Walter 24, teamster doing road work; Carl 19, doing farm labor; Albert 15, Mabel 12 and Ruth is 2. All show Montana nativity.
1920 Jan 10 - Census - listed at 645 Kentucky Ave. in Dillon, Beaverhead Co., Montana is Noah Siria, owns free; age 61, common laborer, from KY; wife Elizabeth E. is 55, of Utah; daughter Ruth I. is 11, of Montana.
1930 Jun 1 - Census - listed at Edwards, Ravalli County, Montana is Noah Siria, age 71, married first at 24, is from Kansas, farming on his own; Elizabeth E. is 65, first married at 18, is from Utah. Listed next door is their son Bert and his family.

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Smith, Donal:
The Donal Smith family came to America from Mullelaher, County Cavan, Ireland in the year of 1878. There were seven children born of the marriage. Mary Ann, John, Dan, Margaret, Sarah, Patrick and Ada. Two died before moving to Montana. They came to String Town, Montana in 1886 and moved to Camp Creek in 1888, where Grandfather Smith made a living prospecting. Donal Smith died in 1900 and was buried in Glendale, Montana. Margaret Smith died in 1929 and was buried at Melrose, Montana.
The two sons John and Patrick purchased the ranch on Camp Creek in 1908. Then they purchased the Kenney place in 1917. Then they added to it in 1933 and 1937. John Smith married Mary Lindsay in 1919 and of that marriage there were two children born, Donal and Joan. In 1937 John was killed on Camp Creek while building a dam for irrigation purposes.
Patrick married Johanna Larson in 1921 and there was one child born of that marriage, Floyd Smith. Patrick died in 1943 and was buried at Melrose, Montana. The ranch was then divided up between the Pat Smith family and the John Smith family. The part that Pat’s family took was then sold to Tom Conner. Floyd died in 1965. Th part the John Smith family took is now owned by Donal and his family.
D. J. lives on the place where his grandfather built the house and his grandmother lived in it for 61 years before moving to Soap gulch. D.J. is in the ranching business with his dad.
Ada Smith Gordon was born in 1889 and raised on Camp Creek. She went to school in Melrose. She married Art Jones and they had on child. She died at the age of nine. Ada later married Frank Gordon. They ran the Hi-way grocery store in Melrose for several years. After selling out she was a cook at the restaurant for several years. She also worked as janitor of the Melrose School from 1955 - 1969. Ada passed away on October 9, 1969 at the age sixty. [paraphrased from a family genealogy prepared for a Melrose all-class reunion held in 1988.

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Stager, George:
Stager, Sarah E. (Maxfield) Lemon:
The early years of George Stager remain obscure, although we know he was born in upstate New York in October of 1826. By about 1859 he was at South Cottonwood, near Murry in Salt Lake county, Utah, where he met and married Sarah Elizabeth Maxfield (daughter of John and Sarah Baker) Maxfield who came to the states from Canada in 1857.) On the 1860 Census George and Sarah are listed among several of Sarah's sibiling families at South Cottonwood, Utah Territory and all are engaged in the lumber trades. By the late 1860's they had moved to Virginia City, Montana Territory at the prime of that new found mining camp. George continued his trade as a lumberman and carpenter. This trade was likely the motivating force that saw the family move on to Glendale, Montana Territory at the time it was rapidly becoming the central upstart mining camp of the times. While there he built the Stager boarding house and hotel, Sarah being the chief cook. They continued at this for quite some time.
Their first born child, Elizabeth was born before they left Murray, Utah in March 1861. After settling in at Virginia City, they welcomed son Henry Stager in October 1871 and then Minnie in March 1873. Sadly, after they moved onto Glendale, the scarlet fever struck the community and first George was stricken and then later Minnie became the first fatality of the dreaded disease in December 1881.
On September 9th of 1882, Sarah Stager was granted a divorce from George and custody of there only minor child at the time, son Henry. Sarah continued to run the Stager house for some time but later married William Lemon in 1885 and eventually moved back to Salt Lake County, Utah. George remained in the area, was at Rochester for a time, and was still prospecting as late as 1910, where he is listed in Jefferson county. At the time of his death he was in Madison County, most likely Twin Bridges, but actual place of his burial is not known at this time. 
1870 Census - listed at Virginia City, P.O. district; age 43, lumberman of NY. Values 600/300
1877 Aug 30 - Helena Independent Record note: "I almost forgot to mention a new hotel kept by Mr. and Mrs. G.N. Stager. They set a good table and feed a crowd, though the house is not yet completed."
1880 Jun 1 -Census - listed at Glendale, Beaverhead Co., MT.; George N. Stager, age 54, a carpenter of NY/PA/PA; wife Sarah age 36 of Prince Edward Isle/Eng/PEI, and children Henry age 8, Minnie age 7.
1881 Dec 3 - Dillon Tribune reports that, " Glendale has a complete working health organization and deserves great credit for the promptness displayed in preventing the spread of small pox.
Mr. George Stager of Glendale has the small pox, which he contracted at Wunderlich's. He was promptly removed to the pest house as soon as the nature of his malady was ascertained.
1881 Dec 2 - The Butte Miner mentions that R.Z. Thomas, of Glendale, had written a letter to the paper to report that there was one incident of small pox detected at Glendale. The patient's name is George Stager, who is a married man with two small children. Mr. Thomas also disclosed that a public meeting was held to discuss the disease.
1881 Dec 10 - In a letter to the editor, which appeared in the Butte Miner, Dr. Schmalhausen states that George Stager had contracted small pox at Wunderlich's, but was now out of danger and removed from town with family and effects. He also vows that the people of Glendale were determined to keep the disease from spreading.
1881 Dec 17 - The Butte Miner mentions that there has only been one incident of small pox at Glendale and that Mr. Stager was convalescent and not allowed in town. The ban is expected to remain for the man and family, throughout the winter.
1900 Jun 2 - Census - listed in district 7, Jefferson County, Montana is George Stager, born October of 1825, age 74; quartz miner; divorced; OFH; NY/NY/NY.
1912 Oct 30 - date shown on Montana death index. George N. Stager, age 80, born about 1832.

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Streb, John:
Streb, Veronica Gelhaus:
John Streb was born in Germany in 1851 to Conrad and Margaret (Wombacher) Streb. He emigrated to the United States and married Veronica Gelhaus in 1893 at Leadville, Colorado. Almost immediately they headed to Montana Territory and wound up at Glendale in Beaverhead County, M.T. in 1884. The Streb family began growing at this place with the first born, Charles arriving in 1885, Ralph was next in 1887, the third was Albert in about 1890 and then Florence came along in 1893. In Glendale, John and Veronica ran a boarding house, and John also made bricks that were being used for building charcoal kilns, some of which he helped in constructing on Canyon Creek, in 1884 and 1885. He also made brick used in the hotel at Melrose. The clay for the brick came from near Glendale. In 1886 John and Veronica, along with Mary Gelhaus planted some pine trees along the road entering Glendale from the east, some of which are still in view today. John and Veronica moved their family to Melrose to operate the Hotel and boarding house known as the Iowa House. John served as a deputy sheriff as well. On December 7, 1900, John started for Jackson, over in western Beaverhead County, some eighty miles away, to serve some legal papers on a man located there. On the way, a harness on his team of horses broke and the horses bolted, running out of control. To save himself, John jumped from the wagon, when he struck the ground, he fractured his leg. Before proper attention was given to his wound, gangrene set in and John died two weeks later on December 20, 1900. He was laid to rest in the Glendale cemetery. Of course this tragedy shook Veronica to the core of her very being and a few weeks later she addressed a letter to a sister living in Iowa, worthy of sharing here:

January 22, 1901
Well, dear Sister, I feel as if I had been asleep and just woke up. My troubles have been so great that I cannot believe what has been going on. The loss of my dear husband is a great shock to us all, and I miss him more every day. It seems to me I cannot be happy any more. Poor John met with a horrible accident. (here she describes John’s accident, suffering, and death. Then she continues ...
I have had large expenses paid out since John died, some over six hundred dollars. Well, dear sister, I did not go to any big expense, but got everything nice and neat, a nice coffin and a nice black shroud, but not so very expensive…Dear sister, I have one thing that I can be proud of, and that is four nice, good little children, good to me and to everybody.
(then speaking of the Iowa House, she continues…)
We owed $2500 on our property yet, but John had his life insured for $2500. I received my insurance and paid off. So the property is our own. Dear sister, I am well satisfied with what the good Lord has provided for us. If God spares my life, then we will get along all right.
In 1911, the Streb family suffered another tragedy when Veronica’s oldest son, Charley was killed. The Dillon Tribune article stated, “Shot down in cold blood while endeavoring to assist the deputy sheriff of Melrose in arresting two men who were creating a disturbance at a public dance being held in Melrose Saturday night. Charles Streb, a well know and popular young man of that place died in a Butte hospital Monday morning, and was buried in Mtn. View cemetery at Dillon, Tuesday.
Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Dillon and in 1916 bought a ranch from Veronica’s brothers located about three miles south of Melrose in Madison County. Veronica Gelhaus Streb died on August 30, 1922. Her two boys, Ralph and Albert, continues ranching the property. Florence married Gebhard Fasselr in 1925. They ranched one mile west on Trapper Creek, a few miles from Glendale. [biography written by Mary Fassler Hunt]

1870 Aug 5 - Census - listed in Liberty township; South Liberty p.o.; Johnson County, Iowa is Conrad Streb age of 43, farmer from Baveria; valuation of 4000/2000; wife is Margaret, age 43 of Bavaria; children listed are: Catherine 23; John 20; Conrad 15; Ann is 14; all show Bavaria nativity. Frand is 8 and Elizabeth is 6, both of Iowa nativity.
1884 - arrived in Glendale
1884/85 - ran boarding house, and made bricks for kilns on canyon creek.
1886 - along with Mary Gelhaus and wife Veronica planted trees along streets of Glendale.
1887 - Jan 17\April 12 - a Glendale general merchants account ledger book has revealed purchases made on account, during this time period. Some account collections are also posted, as well as a few credit assignments by third parties. History of the ledger indicates this was kept at the Company Store.
moved to Melrose to run the hotel (Iowa House) name likely due to Veronica's birth state.
1900 Jun 1 - Census - located in district 88, Red Mtn. twp., Silver Bow County, Montana, (Melrose vicinity) at Melrose, John J Streb, is 52, married for past 16 years, is German ancestry, came to US in 1851, n/a citizen, is hotel keeper, on own, owns home with a mortgage; wife Veronica is 44, has borne 5 children, 4 still living, is from Md/Ger/Ger; children are: Charles B is 15, Ralph is 13, Albert J is 10 and Florence E is 6, all show Montana nativity.
1900 Dec. 7 - accident occurred while traveling to Jackson to serve papers as deputy sheriff, resulting from poorly attended broken leg, died as a result some 2 weeks later.

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Sturgis, William:
[the following biography is compiled and transcribed from several sources, one of which is from a paper prepared by Ms Susan Hand and dated 1934.]
William Sturgis was born on April 14, 1817 at Mount Pleasant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first born to John and Ardillacy (Miller) Sturgis, who had fled to Canada following the confiscation of lands of John’s father, Amos Sturgis who served under George Washington in the Revolution. The confiscation had to do with lands owned by Thomas Sturgis, who was loyal to the crown, thereby generating a rub.
In 1835, as a youth of eighteen, William Sturgis left his boyhood home at Sturgis, Michigan {near present day Monroe, Michigan} and struck out on his own. Not content with farming, he became interested in the vast milling enterprises in Iowa and Minnesota. Moving about from Iowa City to Cedar Falls, to St. Paul, to Little Falls and locating finally at Little Elk, Sturgis made and lost several small fortunes but came out “on top” at last.
When the middle west became so settled that it no longer challenged the pioneer in him, Sturgis turned his eyes to the far west, and leaving his mill at Little Elk, for his wife to manage, he fitted with ox team and covered wagon, joined the caravan of Captain Robert E. Fisk at St. Paul on April 1, 1862 and journeyed with it to Fort Benton.
Hearing of the rich strike made that July at Bannack, Sturgis left the caravan at Ft. Benton and went to the gold fields at Bannack. Believing more in himself than in Lady Luck, for Sturgis was never a prospector., but turned rather to the business possibilities of the rapidly developing country.
Naturally his first thought was of his old business of milling, for there was great demand for lumber in the mining camps. His saw and some mill irons he secured from the Ravalli Indian Mission in Missoula county, and set up his first saw mill at Saw Mill Point, still know as Mill Point, near Bannack. Part of his mill machinery was freighted in from Salt Lake City. Later a second mill was set up under his direction on Rattlesnake Creek at a point three miles from Argenta, another mining town. So great was the demand, that ordinary lumber sold for a hundred and fifty dollars a thousand. {board feet}
Not satisfied with this one enterprise, Sturgis located a ranch at the mouth of the Beaverhead Canyon and established a stage station and toll road thru the canyon in 1866, making a shorter route between southern Montana and Salt Lake City.

In 1867, Mrs. Sturgis sold the mill in Little Elk and with her five children, journeyed to Montana by way of a steamboat to Fort Benton and teams from there overland to Argenta. {Listed on the 1870 Beaverhead County, Montana Territorial Census, William listed as a lumberman, from Canada; Rosanna is 39, from Pennsylvania and children: John 20, Ann 15, Kate 13 and Henrietta at 11 all born in Minnesota, and young William is 2 and born in Montana.}
Of the life at Sturgis Station, Mrs. Kate Poindexter Lynn of Dillon, then a ten year old Katie Sturgis, writes: “The Gilmore and Salsbury Stage Co. equipped Concord coaches from Helena, Deer Lodge, and Virginia City, which met the coach from Salt Lake City at Sturgis Junction, later called Barretts, by the railroad company. There was also a lighter coach from Bannack which made trips daily, by which fresh food supplies were ordered for the eating station. A lively point it was. All passengers were served one dollar per plate. Many prominent men en-route to Salt Lake sought and Helena and other points north, spoke of the Sturgis Station as the best eating place on the road and would say, “wait until we reach Sturgis, there’s where we get prime roast beef and a cup of good coffee.”
In 1873, Sturgis, in company with Dr. E. D. Leavitt, Judge Meade, Lawyer Washburn Stapleton and w. J. Milligan, joined the great stampede to the silver strike made by James Bryant at Hecla on Trapper Creek, west of Melrose. Locating a silver mine in early September, within a few months these men sold to the Knippenburg Co. of Indianapolis, for one hundred thousand dollars and realized twenty thousand dollars a piece, “clear velvet, that.” {note of ed: reference here is of the Armstrong associated company that was formed shortly there after known as Hecla Consolidated Mining Co., of which Knippenberg did become general manager of, but not until much later in 1881.}
William Sturgis, suffering from ill health and desiring to give his children educational advantages, took the back trail to Sturgis, Michigan in 1873. Not content with Michigan, he later engaged in sheep raising in Kansas, in real estate in New Mexico. He died at New Smyrna, Florida at the age of eighty four in 1901. 

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Tarbell, George E.:
George E. Tarbell was born on October 27, 1844 in Boston, Massachusetts. By 1855 he was located in Illinois. In 1862, he joined the Wisconsin 3rd Cavalry, which he served through until the conclusion of that struggle. From Stevensville, Wisconsin, he departed for Montana Territory in May of 1866, arriving at Bannack in September that same year. He prospected some and found the better prospects had been claimed or mined out and turned some to freighting. Then by 1873 he joined a move to Lion Mountain where the new found Bryant Mining district was grabbing the attention of all the miners in the region. He became involved very early on in the founding of Trapper City, later moved to Lion City, where he established a saloon and eatery, and a hotel of sorts, and not the least to mention, the highest “hall” in the west…that being Tarbell’s Hall.
In the September 24th, Butte Miner, an advertisement that was posted, so stating, “that George Tarbell was the owner of Tarbell's Hall in Lion City, Montana. The 24 X 50 structure is "Complete and ready for occupancy by Theatre Shows, Balls or any other legitimate purpose." George served as county assessor for Beaverhead in 1877 and 1878. Then also became justice of the peace at Lion City in 1874. He was active in the Masonic Lodge and the I.O.O.F. at Glendale. On December 12, 1879, George and Bianca Bolowsky were married at Lion City, Montana Territory, by the Judge, R. Z. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Poitras were witnesses.
Bianca had two children, Victor and Olga by a previous marriage. By late 1888, George retired his judgeship at Lion City and moved his family down the gulch to Glendale, acquiring then the Glendale Hotel from A. L. Picket. He continued at the hotel on into the 1890’s. George E. Tarbell died at his home in Glenale on April 17, 1891. The following day he was laid to rest in the Glendale cemetery.

1855 - moved from Boston area to Illinois.
1862 - joined the 3rd Wisconsin Calalry.
1866 - mustered out of army, left from Stevensvill, Wisc., for Montana Territory. Departed May 30, arrived at Bannach on Sept. 16. Prospected and freighted until about 1873.
1873 - settled at Lion City, Montana Territory.

1874 - selected as justice of the peace at Lion City.
1877 - elected assessor of Bvhd. County
1880 Oct 6 - Atlantis ad, is proprietor of Tarbell Hall, Lion City.
1881 Sep 24 - In an advertisement that was posted in the Butte Miner, it is mentioned that George Tarbell was the owner of Tarbell's Hall in Lion City, Montana. The 24 X 50 structure is "Complete and ready for occupancy by Theatre Shows, Balls or any other legitimate purpose."
1882 Sep 16 (02) - noted in the Tribune, precinct judges at Lion City; A M Morrison, Jos. Young, Geo. E Tarbell. Polls at school house.
1883 Apr 22 - Butte Miner reports that a coroners inquest held on April 16, in Lion City, did clear Mike Kutt in the shooting death of Edward Tendal, as being justified in the protection of ones life and/or property. Judge Tarbell, officiating. Members listed on the coroners jury are: A M Morrison; John J Crockett; Joseph Murphy; J F Todd; Nich Bergstrom; John Jacklin.
1883/1884 - saloon and j.p., on tax list
1883 Oct 13 - in the Miner, report from the Wilson, Rote & Co., Mr. Bennett states the Hecla had $80,000 pass through the past month.... and Judge Avery's whiskey was running smoothly...and Professor Frank Reed had a barrel or two a day offer fun times for all....and at Lion City Mose's busy and Tarbell is stacking ball on the billiards hall...
1884 Sep 5 - Butte Miner lists founding members of the Ancient order of Foresters, formed at Lion City.
1884/1885 - tax list at Hecla
1886 Sep 17 - The Dillon Tribune reported that will attending the Republican County Convention in Dillon, Geroge Tarbell, delegate from Lion City, was elected to serve on a committee for credentials, a member of the central committee and as a delegate to the Territorial convention.
1886 Oct 1- The Dillon Tribune mentions that in Justice Tarbell's court, two men who were charged with thefts from the Lion City boarding houses, were found guilty and sentenced to serve thirty and sixty days respectively at the jail in Dillon.

1887 - Jan 17\April 12 - a Glendale general merchants account ledger book has revealed purchases made on account, during this time period. Some account collections are also posted, as well as a few credit assignments by third parties. History of the ledger indicates this was kept at the Company Store.
1888 Jan 20 - noted in the Tribune that Mrs. Geo. E. Tarbell has commenced suit against the commissioners of Beaverhead County for medical attendance and care of one of the sick and inform at Lion City.
1888 Mar 16 (04) - appeared on Dillon Tribune published list of business licensees, lists includes type of license and amount to be paid. For quarter ending February 29, 1888. [retail liquor & gambling, two separate fees]
1888 Jun 15 - noted in the Tribune that Geo. E. Tarbell came before the Board with a petition asking a reconsideration of their action in rejecting bill of Mrs. Tarbell at the Dec. 1887 session, amounting to $897 for care of John O'Neil for 76 days. After due consideration the Board decided not to re-open this case as Mr. Tarbell had appealed the case to the District Court and had not previously indicated any desire to compromise.!
1888 Dec 28 - noted in the Tribune, that on "the 26th inst. Geo. E. Tarbell resigned the chief justiceship of Lion City and took charge of the Glendale hotel where he will be pleased to see his old friends and wandering guests in search of palatable grub and comfortable, homlike quarters."
1889 Jan 4 - noted in the Tribune, "George Tarbell, proprietor of the Glendale Hotel, paid Dillon a call."
1889 Jan 25 - noted in the Tribune, "Mr & Mrs Geo. E. Tarbell were the recipients of a pleasant surprise party on leaving Lion City for Glendale."
1889 Feb 8 - in real estate transactions column in Tribune, "A. L. Pickett, et al., to Geo. E. Tarbell, hotel property in Glendale."
Jun 15 (03) - noted on the Dillon Tribune published list of Licenses and fees collected for the quarter ending May 31, 1888.
1891/1892 - Polk directory lists him as proprietor of billiard hall.

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The Tate Family:
[The following family biography was transcribed from one prepared by members of the Tate families, intended to be included in a Melrose centennial celebration booklet that was not published. (1988)]
Frank Tate was born in 1862 in Centralia, Missouri where he grew to manhood. In, or around 1881, he left Missouri for Montana, traveling by train, coming up from Salt Lake City on the narrow gauge railroad.
Frank spent the first few years cutting wood for the Glendale smelter. Later he took up a homestead and started his family, marrying Nina Conley. They had several children; two infant daughters died at birth and lost a boy and a girl in their teens. They were in order of birth: Hilary D., Florence V., John F., Zenah E., Ethel E., and Ernest L.
The surviving children were Hiliary, who for many years operated a threshing machine in the valley, working from Divide to Dillon. Hiliary married Sylvia Smith. They had four children; Lauretta, Lilbern, Maurice and Frank. Only Lauretta and Lilbern (Bud) survive.
Zenah, a daughter, married a mining man, Louis Hoffman. They spent several years at the old Calvin mine on Camp Creek. He also mined in Hecla and Bannack. They had three children, Jean, Dorothy and Robert. Only son Robert survives. Daughter Ethel married a telegrapher for the Union Pacific Railroad, Bob Edger. They had a son Robert.
Somewhere along the line, the family started milking cows and selling milk. The would winter on the homestead and spend the summers up Trapper Creek, between the old ore camp and concentrator on what is known as Tate’s Flat. From there milk was hauled with team and wagon to Hecla, Glendale, Melrose, Rochester Basin and Soap Gulch.
In later years, range cattle came to the front. At on time the Tate Ranch had eight hundred head of cattle on the range. The original homestead had also been added to. Four other ranches had been bought up and added to there place. The Howard place, the Quilici place, the Renaldo place and the Mattix place, under one fence made a pretty good spread! Joe Langley bought the houses on the Renaldo and the Mattix places and moved them into Melrose.

After the death of Hiliary and Frank in 1939, the place was taken over by Ernest, and after several years, and being in ill health, sold the old Tate Ranch.

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Terry, David:
Terry, Elizabeth Jane Miller:
David Terry Elizabeth “Lizzy” Terry
David Terry was born to Jacob Er and Mary Riley Terry on Sept. 1, 1844; at Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. He was the second son of six children between Jacob and Mary.
David's first immigrant ancestor was Richard Terry, born Aug 17, 1618 in London, England; (who is David's 6th great-grandfather). Richard arrived at the age of 17 with his brothers; Thomas age 28, Robert age 25. Onboard the ship "the James" which arrived at Salem, Massachusetts on July 13, 1635. Richard remained there a short time, then moved to Springfield, MA, thence to Lynn, MA, and finally in 1640 to Southold, being one of the original thirteen settlers. Thomas Terry afterwards settled at Southold, Long Island. Robert Terry settled at Flushing, Long Island.
David's family had immigrated to Draper, Utah in 1852. His family worked hard, obtained land to build a farm. David and his brother, Jacob helped groups that had migrated down the Ohio River on flatboats to be traded off or made into wagons, obtained horses, oxen or mule teams plus livestock like chickens, pigs and milk cows and other needed supplies.
Elizabeth Jane Miller was born Jan.21, 1846, to Bethuel Miller and Amantha Gordon. Bethuel’s family hails from Vermont.

David and Elizabeth were married in the Salt Lake City Endowment House on Dec. 1, 1866. David, Elizabeth and their children, moved north to Corrine. Elizabeth stayed at Corrine, Utah, while Dave took his wagon train on to Oregon. He then returned to Corrine; organized a train to go to Bannack, Idaho Territory; loaded Elizabeth and belongings and headed north. They stopped at Bannack a short time, moved on to Virginia City then on to Trapper Creek drainage west of Melrose to try their luck at prospecting.
At least three children were born in Cottonwood, Utah: Ida A. Terry, born Nov.22, 1869, Delpha (Della) born in 1872, and David born in 1874. Grace was born in 1876, perhaps at Corrine, Idaho. Luella, was born June 22, 1877 at Trapper Creek, Raymond, August 1889 at Glendale and Carl Terry, 19 Oct 1891 at Glendale. Delpha, Luella, and Grace 
Dave Jr. Raymond Ida and Della

Luella, Grace, Della, Ida Carl Terry and friends Carl, Luella, and Dave
When Hecla and Glendale first was going strong, Dave was deputy sheriff of Glendale for a number of years and also worked in the smelter at Glendale for the Hecla Consolidated Mining Company. He also hauled wood.
Dave liked and respected the Indians he had met in his days of guiding wagon trains. He became friends with many Indian families and tribes in southwestern Montana. Elizabeth distrusted the Indians and didn't understand their culture. Dave welcomed all Indians to camp at Glendale. Dave welcomed all Indians to camp on their place which was just east of the Florence and Don Goody place at Glendale, Mont., five miles west of Melrose on Trapper Creek.
1879 Dec 17 - recorded in the Beaverhead County Deeds book is the folling indenture transaction: This indenture made the Sixteenth day of December AD, One thousand eight hundred and seventy nine between David Terry, and wife, Lizzie, of Glendale, Beaverhead County, Territory of Montana parties of the first part and and Homer C. Smith party of the second part. Witnesseth that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty ($350.00) dollars lawful money of the US of America to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part at or before the unsealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged has revised, released and quit claim unto the said party of the second part and his heirs and assigns forever, the following described town lot situate in Glendale, Beaverhead County, Territory of Montana, commencing at the Northwest Corner of William Kimbal’s lot and running in a westerly direction seventy four feet thence in a southerly direction across to opposite bank of Trapper Creek thence in an easterly direction seventy four feet, thence in a Northerly direction to the place of starting. Together with all and singlular the tenements hereitaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise apportaining. To have and to hold all and singular the above mentioned & described premises together with all the appurtencances unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever....
In witness whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands & seals the day and year first above written. signed by David Terry & Lizzie Terry (PC310239]
1880 Jun 7 - Census - listed at Glendale, Beaverhead County, M.T. is David Terry, age 35, wood hauler, from Iowa; wife Elizabeth is 32 and from IL/Mi/NY; Ida is 10 of Ut; Delpha is 8 of Ut; David is 6 of Ut; Grace is 4 of Ut and Luella is 2, of Montana.
1886 Apr 3 - The Dillon Tribune notes, "David Terry, George Chinn and Wm. Hutchins have contracted to deliver lime rock to the smelter at $1.20 per ton.
1886 Jul 10 - "David Terry has recovered from the headache incurred by the explosion in the Lily mine," was reported in the Dillon Tribune.

1886 Sep 10 (07)a - noted in the Tribune that N.Genereaux was named as election judge, to be held at school house. Also Geo. W Chinn and David Terry.
1888 Apr 27 - appeared in the Tribune, the Park View lode, in Vipond district, located by David and Jacob B Terry.
1898 Dec 24 - rec'd a check for $58.50, drawn on account of HCMC through the HMBC.
1900 Jun 10 - Census - listed at Glendale, Beaverhead County, Montana is David Terry, Sept. 1844, is 55, married for the past 34 years, working as day laborer, from IL/IL/IL; wife Elizabeth, Sept. 1846, is 53, married 34 years, has borne 8 children, all living at present and is from IL/Mi/NY; children listed here are Raman, son August 1889, is 10, of Mt; Carl, October 1891 is 8, of Mt.
Dave passed away, February 6, 1906 at Glendale. He is buried at the Glendale Cemetery. Elizabeth passed away, April 7, 1917 in Butte.