INTRODUCTORY
To the people of Southern Montana, the cradle of our State, to the men and women
who bore all of the early hardships, who never flinched when a duty was to be
performed; who drove the Red man from his hunting grounds, and the robbers from
their roosts, I dedicate this short history of those early days. I want to thank
Mr. Charles Beehrer, for throwing light on men and things never before
published; Judge H. M. Lott, John F. Bishop, A. F. Graeter, John C. Innes, James
Kirkpatrick and W. B. Carter for early day stories; F. L. Graves, Jr., for
pictures; George R. Metlen for kindly help; Jay Baker and Charlie Conger for
records; Mrs. Walter Scott of Armstead for information; Ed Hart of Virginia
City, for valuable material which he alone could furnish; and particularly Miss
Myrl Erwin for assisting in gathering information and preparing my manuscript
for the printer; last, but not least, the many boys of Beaverhead who have made
it possible by their words of encouragement and financial assistance, especially
T. J. Murray, Harry Gilbert and Gov. B. F. White for the money with which to
carry the work to a successful termination. Friendship is better than a bank
because it purchases many moments of contentment unknown to him with gold alone.
AL NOYES.
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