General Discussion

worked his way across that country, and then entered northwestern Montana from Alberta in the early 1900s.

Strictly speaking, he was an illegal immigrant. But by the time that was discovered and anyone cared, he was considered a pillar of the community, had married a US widow, adopted her two sons from a previous marriage, and begun raising a family of his own, which included seven daughters.

My maternal grandmom was born in Dallas, TX and went to join her parents, who had moved to Montana from Missouri, after her first husband died of appendicitis.

I was raised along the Hi-Line (US No. 2) in Montana and have always felt a great kinship with our neighbors to the north.