The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-08-19

lante committees Gn~eIlselfe8 Was
copy Of the constitution Of the first
Vigilante committee Of Gallatin
county, with no date, but Of the %
names signed, the only person now
living is w. B. Meadow Of California
A somewhat gruesome picture IN
the Pioneers historical exhibit, loaned
by Mrs. w. j. Beall is that Of the
hangman's tree in Helena in 1870
calling attention to the method used
by Vigilantes in those early days. The
bayonet used by John Purcell in cross
ing the plains in 1864 with the Town
send train of which Mrs. Beal was a
member, is an interesting relic. The
j drafting instruments used by BQze-
mans pioneer architect, William j..
BeaD, in drafting plans for many
buildings in Montana, including the
first Sacred Heart cathedral in 1874,
were interesting to men who have
used such instruments, as well as to
other people.
Mrs. S. C. Crockett had on exhibit
ton a stone jar used by her mother,
Mrs. w. L. Davis, as a churn on the
journey across the plains from IL
Hnois to Montana in 1864.
Mrs. E. H. Kleiuschmidt loaned for
the exhibit a bride made from horse
hair by Henry EdmOnds. a member
Of a gang Of road agents and horse
thieves, when he was in the peniten-
tiary, the bride being made for T..
H. K~leinschmidt, to whom Edmonds
made a confession about the gang.
Mr.. K~leinschmidt was the father Of
the late E. H. Kleinschmidt Of this
city.
Mrs. H. A. Mardis, widow Of James
w. Mardis, had many interesting ar
ticles in the exhibit, aside from the
copy of the Montana Post, the first
Montana newspaper, published at Vir-
ginia City in 1864. There was a tin
TYNE of Mr.. Mardis in uniform as a
member Of company K, thirty-fifth
infantry, at Muscatine, Iowa, in 1861.
A key is shown used by Mr.. Mardis
in driving across the plains in 1864.
Gold scales used in Virginia City IN
1854 are unusually interesting. A
i set of jewelry made in 1866 by Mr..
Bailey of Helena, a weIl-knOwn p5o-
neer jeweler, and presented to Mrs.
Mardis by her husband, is another
relic. Among the interesting pictures
loaned by Mrs. Mardis is a photo
. graph Of the Fourth of July celebra-
ton in Virginia City in 1866.
Photo Of John BOzeman-
A photograph Of John M. BOzeman.
/ for whom the city of BOzeman is
Z named was exhibited by Mrs. E. F
Razier with the old-time relics.
. Robert F. King, a pioneer who came
, to Gallatin valley when a boy, haC
! on exhibit a Dutch oven, an iron te;
n kettle and a large kettle that he use'
in freighting about as years ago.
A piece of q bedspread that wa
4 spun by her mother, Mrs. Catherin
q Duke, more than 20 years ago, is ex
e hibited as the property Of Mrs. RObeI
King.
d A photograph Of P. H, Rea, VIII
ran the first bus line from Virgini
pr City to Nevada, and afterward live
in Helena, was loaned by Mrs. Kat
as Rea James. It was at the Code
I'll wedding of Nh. and Mrs. William Re
of parents of Mrs. James and grandpa
& ents Of Mrs. Charles L. Anceney,
he 1895, when the first social gatheril
of the Pioneers society Of Gallat
county was held, the reunions CONT
on uing on February % ever since.
Mrs. H. P. Bisel, widow Of Ben
Bisel, who ran the first threshing n
chine in Gallatin valley, loaned sol
interesting relics, including a silV
teapot brought to Montana in Is
by her mother, Mrs. George w. Kra
Ger, and a garment made by ]
grandmother, Mrs. Nancy KrattC
100 years ago, showing fine need
work.
One Of the oldest relics among
exhibits was a pair Of gold-rimE
spectacles, at least 100 years
They had been worn by the mot
of B. +. Bisel, who would have b
GO years old now if he had lived.
mother died before he came to d
tana in 1864, and he brought
spectacles with him here. He
she had worn them as far back
he could remember.
Mrs. H. /. Border exhibited a y
ing cabinet brought to Gallatin
ley BY her mother in 1884, Thei
an old horseshoe plowed up on
old ronrh which ia NOW the nror