With no changes in town structure or estimated growth, there was little reason to give it place status this time either, he said. University of Montana history professor Bill Farr said many American Indian cultures decide a place is a place by the stories they have to tell about it. That rule seems to apply to other cultures as well, he said. You can have these administrative designations, but they're not the same. You hear that from old-timers who talk about a ranch as someone's place.
Family is another thing.
At 90 years old, Peaches Raymond can look out her living room window and nearly see the ranching community her ancestors, Mike Geary and John Geary, helped to found. They all live in one little town or another. I have at least one of them visit every day. At some point, though, official distinctions do make a difference. Title I teacher's aide.