A history of Montana, Volume II, Part 16

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1002

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At the Sweetwater crossing, Mr. Hines and his party, which consisted of seven men, separated from the main body of the wagon train, composed principally of Mormons, who were bound for an entirely different part of the country. Subsequently Indians overtook Mr. Hines and his party one night, and stole some of their oxen. Mr. Hines and three of his fellow- travelers voted to chase the thieves rather than return to the nearest trading post to buy more oxen, and three of the party started out after the savages, traveling twenty miles before catching sight of them. By an exchange of shots the pursuers forced the Indians to abandon the cattle, but not before one of the animals had been killed. Having driven off the Indians, the band of emigrants secured their cattle, and retraced their steps to the camping place of the Creighton train, and reported what had happened and with twenty men armed with Winchester rifles Mr. Hines guided them to where the ox was killed. They found two hind quarters, the remainder of the carcass having been taken away by the Indians.

Mr. Hines remained at Alder Gulch, mining and prospecting, until 1868, during the time having for two years, in company with John McQueen, operated a general store, after which he had assisted in the build- ing of the telegraph line from Virginia City to Helena. In 1868 he located at Radersburg, Broadwater county, and a short time later moved to Missouri valley, where he pre-empted and homesteaded land. Embarking then in agricultural pursuits, Mr. Hines had a very success- ful career, becoming one of the most prominent and progressive farmers and stock raisers of the county. Disposing of his ranch and stock in 1899, spending the winter in California, he took up his residence in May, 1900, at Townsend, intending to spend his remain- ing days in a pleasant leisure. His many friends, how- ever, frustrated his well-laid plans by re-electing him county commissioner for a second term of six years, he having served his first term of two years from 1906- 1908.

He is a steadfast Democrat in politics, and both he and his wife are members of the Catholic church.

Mr. Hines has been twice married. He married first, at Alder Gulch, Anna Jane Howard, who was born in Ireland. She passed to the life beyond, Jan- uary 27, 1908, leaving seven children, namely: Annie, widow of Edward V. Moran, a ranchman of From- berg, Montana; George Edward, a stock-raiser in

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RESIDENCE OF MARTIN BARRETT, DILLON, MONTANA.

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Alberta, Canada; John Thomas, of Fromberg, assist- ing his sister, Mrs. Moran, in the care of her ranch; Kate, wife of A. B. Timsley, of Rockvale, Montana, a farmer and stockman; Theresa H., widow of Patrick Croak, of Townsend; Lucy H., wife of John Whaley, of Canton, a rancher and stockman; and Stasia H., wife of W. D. Neild, a well-known ranchman of Townsend. Mr. Hines married second, on September 15, 1910, Ellen Cleary, who was born in Ontonagon, Michigan.

MARTIN BARRETT. It is no doubt true that Ireland, of all countries of the world, has sent more immigrants in proportion to population to the United States than any other country, and the reason is well known. For hundreds of years the Emerald Isle has been denied many valuable rights and privileges by Great Britain and the pride and honor of the people were ground into . the dust. They could avoid this only by leaving the island, much as they loved it, and, accordingly, thou- sands of them, as the years rolled around, have crossed the wide Atlantic to find a home of greater freedom in . America. They began to come in large numbers after the Revolution and have continued to come until the present time. In every state they settled and built up comfortable homes. They were among our first teach- ers and business men and today they occupy many of the proudest positions within the gift of the inhabitants. In Erin was born Martin Barrett, one of Dillon's most honored and honorable citizens, a veritable pioneer, since he has lived in the state since 1863. His occupa- tion is that of a stock-raiser, but he has held many puh- lic offices with great credit, having been state representa- tive, stock commissioner, etc., and no one in Beaverhead county is better or more favorably known.

County Mayo, Ireland, was the scene of the birth of Martin Barrett and its date was February 2, 1840. He remained in his native country until about the age of seven, when, his father having died a short time pre- viously, his mother removed to Canada, and there young Martin remained until 1859. Then, a youth of nineteen years, he went to St. Joseph, Missouri, where for about a twelvemonth he worked at various occupations. In 1860 he crossed the plains to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then went back to St. Joseph. In 1861 he went to Colo- rado, where he remained for two years engaged in min- ing and in 1863 he first came to Montana, settling at Horse Prairie, Beaverhead county, and so favorably was he impressed with the opportunities of the section that he has ever since remained here and has won success and general respect. He has followed stock raising ever since his arrival within the borders of the state. He has erected a beautiful home in Dillon, and is now leading a retired life, free to cultivate the finer things of life and the friendships of which he has many.

At an age when most boys are thinking of little be- sides schooling and diversion Mr. Barrett had become familiar with honest toil. He earned his first money as a boy of thirteen, cutting and splitting wood at seventy- five cents a cord. In Canada he served an apprentice- ship of five years, learning the tanner and currier's trade, but he never followed it. His first entire sum- mer's occupation was while on a farm in Canada, when he worked six months at four dollars a month and saved the entire twenty-four dollars. Out of this money he bought a spotted pig, of which he made his mother a present, and he stayed at home that winter and went to school.

The subject's father, Thomas Barrett, was born and lived in Ireland all his life, and in that country fol- lowed farming. When less than seven years of age, as before mentioned, his father died. The mother, whose maiden name was Nancy McDonald, was born in Ire- land, and when her husband died she came across the ocean to Canada. Subsequently she removed to Kan- sas, and at Wathena, that state, she passed away at the advanced age of ninety years, being there interred. There

were nine children in the elder Barrett family and all were boys, the subject being the sixth in order of birth and the only one living at the present time.

Mr. Barrett has ever given hand and heart to the policies and principles of the Democratic party and while he has held office he is not and never has been what is termed a politician, having no taste for the wire-pulling which is too often a part of the game of politics. In 1879 he was sent to represent Beaverhead county in the state legislature and so faithful was he to the interests of his constituency that he was returned in 1885. He was stock commissioner for six years and at one time was a member of the school board. An amusing cir- cunistance occurred in this connection, Mrs. Barrett be- ing nominated for the same office and running against him and that successfully, for she beat him. She was school trustee for twenty-two years and gave most in- telligent and faithful service to the cause she repre- sented.

Mr. Barrett laid the foundation of a happy and con- genial life companionship by his union on August 6, 1867, at Red Rock, Montana, to Alice E. Cook, daughter of Captain Hiram and Mary E. (Vining) Cook, of Michigan. Mrs. Barrett's father was born in the state of New York and was by occupation a carpenter and contractor. He served in the Civil war, enlisting in Company H, of the Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry, and he was commissioned captain at the start. In 1867 he came to Montana, settling in Boulder, and there he was called to the Great Beyond at the age of seventy-three years. The mother was also a native of the Empire state and their marriage was celebrated in Ohio. Their union, which was a wonderfully happy and devoted one, was of fifty-two years' duration. The mother died in Boulder when seventy-seven and these good people are not parted in death, for they lie side by side. Mrs. Barrett has three sisters and a brother, as follows: Mrs. Mary Jeffries resides in Hamilton, Montana, as does Mrs. E. M. Pollinger. Mrs. Katie Evans makes her home at Como, and the brother, Frank Cook, is mar- ried and a citizen of Como.

Mrs. Barrett is a woman endowed with many good gifts of mind and heart, of the type which Montana recognizes as the flower of its womanhood. All good causes have her support and in this case "support" is by no means nominal or a mere rhetorical expression, for hier.forcefulness and character are remarkable. Through- out his career Mr. Barrett has consulted her on all mat- ters of importance and always found her counsel calm and wise. Throughout all Beaverhead county they are held in high honor and esteem. They are zealous com- municants of the Catholic church and the subject is a member of the Society of Montana Pioneers.

WILLIAM T. MORROW. Although William T. Mor- row has been a resident of the western states for many years and has seen much of the pioneer conditions and primitive life of the country in the early days, his life has been all serenity and calm when compared with the strenuous days of his father in the sixties and even later. Mr. Morrow is the son of Malcolm and Janet (Matheson) Morrow, the former born in Ontario, Canada, and the latter a native of Glasgow, Scotland. In the year 1857, Malcolm Morrow removed from Canada into the states, first locating in Iowa, near the town of Marengo. He was a cooper by trade and followed that business in his Iowa home until the spring of 1860, when the same restless spirit which had prompted his removal from the quietude of Canadian life into the busier life of the states, sent him to Pike's Peak, Colorado, where he engaged in the mining busi- ness. He purchased some mining property in the Dele- ware Flats, continuing there for about a year, when, his efforts not being rewarded with a sufficient degree of success, he moved to Black Hawk Point, Colorado and settled near the famous Gregory and Bob Tail

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quartz mines, there engaging in ranching. He re- mained thus occupied until the summer of 1863, when he removed to a point fifteen miles south of Denver, on Plum creek, where he established his family, and made preparations to move on to Montana alone. He started out with a yoke. of oxen and a covered wagon, arriving in Virginia City in November, 1863. There he engaged in mining at Bevins Gulch, where he was fortunate in securing a good claim. He found a part- ner, named Kennedy, and the two lived in the wagon all winter and worked the claim on shares. In the springtime, when Mr. Morrow returned to Denver to get his family, Mr. Kennedy took advantage of his absence and the lax business methods there prevail- ing and sold the claim, taking the wise precaution of leaving the country. When Mr. Morrow returned to Bevins Gulch he had no claim, and his one-time part- ner had the money for the property. This was a most unfortunate circumstance, as the claim later developed a valuable mine. While in the Gulch Mr. Morrow formed many acquaintances from which lasting friend- ships were evolved, and he had many thrilling experi- ences which were common to all who in those days had sufficient hardihood to brave the possible and almost certain adventures of the life in a mining camp. Road agents were common, and every man was prepared to protect his life and property at all cost. On one occasion Mr. Morrow welcomed to his camp one Holter who had been shot by George Ives, one of the greatest desparadoes of the country. Mr. Holter and Mr. Mor- row became fast friends, and later they assisted the vigilantes to hang Ives, who was so unfortunate as to fall into their hands. Mr. Morrow assisted in the capture and execution of Slaide and Buck Stimson, two road agents who made life uncomfortable for honest men in Montana for many months before they were finally captured and brought to justice. On his trip from Virginia City to Denver, where his family was located, Mr. Morrow acted as one of the escort, the other two being John Featherstone and X. Biedler, of "Billy" Kiskadden, and who was taking back to Colo- rado a great quantity of gold, all a large mule could carry. They traveled by night to avoid highwaymen and skulking Indians, and they reached Denver in safety on May 1, 1864, having started on the trip in Marclı.

Returning with his family, Mr. Morrow arrived at California Gulch, three miles east of Alder Gulch, on July 4, 1864; they made the trip by ox team and drove a herd of forty-one head of cattle. The journey was attended by many hardships and perils, and they crossed streams so swollen that the animals with difficulty were able to swim across. While en route, Martin Holter, a brother of A. M. Holter of Helena, overtook the party on the road with his horse teams and passed the Morrows, who were en route to Alder Gulch. At California Gulch, where they settled, Mr. Morrow sold dairy products to the residents of Virginia City and despite the high prices paid for food stuffs, a sack of flour bringing $150, and other groceries in pro- portion, as the result of the Civil war, Mr. Morrow was able to maintain his family in comfort. In Feb- ruary, 1865, Mr. Morrow returned to Lost Chance Gulch and became engaged in dairy farming three miles south of Helena, and there he continued to farm until the fall of 1865, when he moved down to Prickly Pear valley and remained there till the spring of 1867. Mr. Morrow freighted from Salt Lake to Helena and from Benton to Helena, assisted by his sons, Dave and Malcom, William remaining at home to attend to the dairying on the old Bob Hereford ranch on Big Prickly Pear valley. The freighting business between Helena and Benton was conducted via Med- icine Rock and Lyons Hill, both extremely difficult mountains to cross before the toll road was built through the Prickly Pear canyon. In 1878 Mr. Morrow estab- lished a permanent residence in Fort Benton, where

he was living at the time of his death, which occurred in May, 1891. In addition to his farming and freight- ing business, Mr. Morrow conducted a ferrying busi- ness on the Missouri river at Fort Benton, and altogether was a busy man all the days of his life. He was a typical pioneer, and one of the men who have made the recent years of progress in the West pos- sible to the men who came after them. He was fear- less to a fault, and no duty was too severe or no hardship too difficult for him to undertake and bring to completion. For years he was an officer of promi- nence in the vigilante committee of his locality. Thomas Baum, also an officer, in fact captain of the vigilance committee, together with Mr. Morrow, at one time entered a darkened cabin in Virginia City and arrested a desperado who had sought shelter there with five companions. In order to secure their man it was necessary to run the gauntlet of the guns of the other five, but by a strategic ruse they succeeded in covering the entire party and carrying off their man without injury to themselves.

Of the fourteen children born to Malcolm and Janet Morrow, ten came to Montana and eight are now living. William T., the subject of this review, was born in Ontario, near Kingston, on October 26, 1854. He was yet a small child when his parents removed to this country, and he received his principal book-learning at Black Hawk Point, Colorado, up to the age of ten years. After that he was associated with his father in the dairy business until about 1878, at which time his father gave him an interest in the business, and since that time he has been continuously engaged in the cattle business in this section of the country. He has with the passing years made steady and consistent progress in his business, and is today ranked among the leading cattle-men of the state. He is the owner of a thousand acres of ranch land, to which he holds the title deeds, and holds the leases to several thou- sand additional acres which he utilizes in his business.

The children of Mr. Morrow's first marriage are: Mrs. Robert Coburn, deceased; Malcolm, Jr .; William T .; David; Mrs. John H. Green; Mrs. C. W. Fields of Fort Benton; Mrs. Mort Strong of Sun River, deceased; Mrs. Frank Leedy of Helena; Laura; Mrs. James Adams, of Sun River, and Mrs. James Scott of Charleston, Washington. By a second marriage Mr. Morrow became the father of two sons, and they yet survive him. His first wife, the mother of the subject, died in Helena, Montana, in June, 1878.

On January 23, 1884, William T. Morrow married Miss Mary Elizabeth Bach, niece of Mrs. Charles Lee- man of Helena, and the sister of George Bach, who died at Fort Benton on December 23, 1889, at the early age of twenty-six years. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Morrow, three sons and one daughter. They are: William G., Charles W., Harry R. and Mary Elizabeth, all of whom were born at Fort Benton. Mr. Morrow is a member of the Odd Fellows and the family are members of the Presbyterian church.

JAMES HENRY GALLOP. It did not require the heroism of that noble band of men on the deck of the sinking Titanic to prove that personal courage belongs to the American man, for the annals of such states as Mon- tana, teli true tales of wonderful self-sacrifices, of re- markable daring and of quiet bravery in the face of danger. There are those still living whose lives have been, as it were, miraculously preserved, many times having been placed in jeopardy and on not a few occasions, to shield the helpless. Among the retired and honorcd citizens of Bozeman, Montana, is Hon. James Henry Gallop, whose experiences through years of adventurous life might prove all that has been said. Mr. Gallop was horn at Scipio, New York, February 10, 1834, and is a son of Jonah and Hannah (Frye) Gallop, who came of English ancestry.

In 1839 the Gallop family settled in Michigan, and

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James Henry remained on the homestead until the death of his mother, in 1852, when he started out to work at the carpenter trade, with which he was already familiar. In traveling over Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, he found a demand for bridge-builders and as he was skilled in that branch of his trade, as in others, he was kept very busy and was reasonably contented until 1862, when he determined to go to Montana, although in those days this was a great undertaking. From New York he sailed for the Isthmus of Panama, where, at present, he would probably find trouble in locating land-marks, and by this route reached San Francisco. The next move was to Portland, Oregon, from there he went up the mighty Columbia to Fort Wallula, then crossed the country to Walla Walla. At that point, in partnership with Arid Chidester, he bought a pack of ponies and they started for Florence. Mr. Gallop relates how they reached the Mountain House, but from there, for sixteen miles, the partners had to pack on their own backs. . They proved it pos- sible to get through with goods and Mr. Gallop saw this as an excellent business opportunity, which he took advantage of and it was not long before he had accumulated several hundred dollars, with an income sometimes of forty dollars a day. This money he in- vested in prospecting in and around Florence and later joined the Buffalo Hump stampede, and before he re- turned he passed through the Ross Hole, the Big Hole and the Bitter Root country, going on down the river to Fort Owen, and finally reached Elk City, later returning to Florence. It was in October of that year that Mr. Gallop was stopped by a road agent, Pete Riggs, and seriously wounded by a man who was later identified and was finally executed for other crimes.

On account of the severity of his wound, Mr. Gallop was unable to work during the following winter and spent the same with friends in Oregon, but in the spring and summer he tried mining on Clearwater river, which he continued in the next summer, Oregon being chosen for his winter home. He then became interested with John T. Silverwood and A. B. Chidester in the pur- chase of the Montana House, which was conveniently located within a few miles of Clearwater bridge, and in the following spring Mr. Gallop sold his interest in the property for $1,200 and went into the cattle busi- ness. In March following he bought forty-five head of cattle, mainly cows, locating at Magpie, Montana, where he pre-empted 160 acres of land and engaged in stock-raising. With this business settlement 'the greater part of his really adventurous life closed, but the records of several years were replete with hard- ships and dangers that only a brave man could go through and still continue to face possible other losses of fortune and dangers of all kinds. For ten years, up to 1876, he remained in the neighborhood of Magpie, raising cattle and buying and selling produce, and in 1870 opened a store at Gallatin. He had not been trained, however, along mercantile lines and finding the venture not remunerative, in 1873 disposed of it.

In 1876 Mr. Gallop sought and found a desirable ranch on which he determined to establish a permanent residence, its situation being twenty-six miles north- west of Bozeman, and in April he settled there, home- steading 160 acres, taking up a desert claim of 200 acres and purchasing a one-half section of railroad land, still retaining at that time his pre-emption at Mag- pie. Farming and stock-raising were his industries. His Durham cattle and his Norman horses becoming noted all over the state. In 1910 Mr. Gallop retired to Bozeman, selling his first ranch, March 1. 1910, for $36,000. The neighborhood and district adjoining his second ranch was named Gallop, in his honor, and for fifteen years he served as its postmaster. This ranch he sold in December, 1911, for $21,600.

On Julv 6, 1873. Mr. Gallop was married at Fort Ben- ton to Mrs. Rachel C. Hutchinson, who was born in Michigan, and is a daughter of Nathan Chidester. By

her first marriage she had one son, Frank N., who was born at Converse, Michigan, July 1, 1866, and died in Montana, January 7, 1901. He had been associated in business with Mr. Gallop, who regarded him with a father's affection.

In his political views Mr. Gallop is nominally a Republican, but in 1898 there was a Silver Republican ticket, on which he ran for county commissioner, but the ticket was defeated at the polls. Mr. Gallop served one term as justice of the peace and other offices were at his disposal for many years, but his business in- terests were too absorbing to give him time to serve in many positions otherwise than stated. He has been a very active member of Pythagoras Lodge, No. 2, Knights of Pythias, and during his twenty-four years of membership has served in all the offices and on sev- cral occasions has been state delegate to the Montana Grand Lodge. In 1895 Mr. Gallop was elected presi- dent of the Pioneers' Society of Gallatin county, Mon- tana. He is interested in a number of successful busi- ness enterprises at Bozeman and keeps in touch with all movements that increase the city's prosperity, often advising and directing, being qualified through his wealth of experience. He is a representative man of Gallatin county.

ANTON M. HOLTER. In all that has been suffered and all that has been wrought in connection with the development and progress of the great state of Mon- tana none has played amore worthy part or marked the vanishing years with greater accomplishment than has Hon. Anton M. Holter, one of the best known and most highly honored pioneer citizens of Helena and for many years past one of the representative business men of the capital city. Virtually half a century rep- resents the period of Mr. Holter's residence in Mon- tana, and this period practically compasses the entire history of this commonwealth, both as a territory and a state. Here he came when civilization was strug- gling to gain a foothold on the frontier; here he was a veritable pioneer of pioneers; here his constructive ability and indomitable energy early became potent in results; and here it has been his to achieve large and substantial success, together with the gaining of the most impregnable vantage place in popular confidence and esteem. In the most significant sense the archi- tect of his own fortunes, Mr. Holter, now venerable in years, has stood as one of the strongest and noblest of the Scandinavian element of citizenship that has wielded wonderful influence in the development and upbuilding of the great empire of the west. His ex- periences in connection with frontier life were many and varied, as may well be inferred, and he was one of the leaders in the march of civic and industrial development and progress in Montana, where he has overcome seemingly insuperable obstacles, where he has endured many hardships, vicissitudes and reverses, and where his courage and persistence finally won to him a most gracious independence and prosperity. He is a man of broad mental grasp, of well fortified opinions and has been influential in public affairs as well as those of industrial and commercial order. Mr. Holter is to be considered distinctively as one of the founders and builders of Montana, even as he yet continues to be one of its most liberal and public- spirited citizens. He was one of those who had pre- science of the future greatness of the state, and he was foremost in the promoting of gigantic and important enterprises that have made possible the consecutive development of this favored commonwealth. Scarcely any project advanced for the general good of the territory or the state has failed to find in him a strong and vigorous promoter and supporter, and for all time his name shall merit a place of distinction in the history of Montana, where he has long lived and labored to goodly ends and where his circle of friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. His remi-

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A history of Montana, Volume II, Part 16

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883- Publication date: 1913 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 1002

Author: Sanders, Helen Fitzgerald, 1883-
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1002