The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-16
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Der the vivid impression which the
l%Oveliness of the valley produced up
on her, when her eyes first Toasted
upon its ~luxuriant growth of bunch
grass, so high at the time-early IN
Augustus to come up to the tops
of the backs Of the oxen. Antelope
fed in numbers upon it, unseen .ex-
cept when they raised their heads.
What a contrast was the wild ro-
mantle scene with its abundant tim
Der and luxuriant vegetation to the
prairie she had just crossed! Wild
berries raspberries, gOoseberTies,
and currants-and cherries were
gathered by the party as they trav-
eled along.
Below Bridger canyon they came
upon a vegetable garden near Lyman
creek belonging to some bachelor.
Camping near. there, they had for
supper that night the first fresh
vegetables eaten for three months.
Of those who were on the train
with Mrs. Beall and who came to
BOzeman, she remembers w. ].
Davies and wife, Colonel Kimball and
Mr.. Double and wife. F. F. FTidley
and family came a month later. Mrs
Davies, Mrs. Fridley, Mrs. Rice and
her sister were the only women who
stayed in BOzeman during the COM
ing winter, besides MRS. BeaIl.
Mrs. Beall and her family located
on what is now the Story ranch adj
joining the present city of BOzeman
Double locating above them on what
was afterwards the Hellinger place
now lines addition, and Colonel Kim.
: ball below.
f Mrs. BealI's husband took the
household effects out of the double
: decker" wagon and the family liveC
q very comfortably for three months il
) the second story of the wagon will
r its canvas top set on the ground an,
4 a small canvas tent placed at tn
p rear. In the fall her husband bull
h a sod cabin which opened into a loI
l building he erected without chinkinI
in which to keep the stock. Tn
wagon box had been used to max
door and window easements, a piec
of carpet answering for the door an
a piece Of canvas for the window
The sod house remained standing ur
til about five years ago, and most G
BOzeman's residents have doubles
seen it. Here the family spent til
winter with none, we may say, {
life's comforts, and what we migl
call substitutes fer many of its NJ
cessities.
Fallen timber furnished fuel an
d water was obtained from the cree
r near by. Food for the winter col
d sisted of bread, bacon, rye coffee an
a once in a while, game.
$ During the early spring Of g
- when the 'bread famine" prevaile
= in the territory, Mrs. Beall and h,
IS children lived for two weeks on e.
meat Straight a part of the tin
the only meat they had being tn.
from an elk which had been four
= dead and which hunger forced the
. to eat. Flour, which could not
al obtained then at any price, was sa
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It The family had no coal oil and Il
y few candles they had were reserv,
- for those evenings when they h;
I. company. Ordinarily, light was o
tanned by making a fire of sms
IS twigs and weeds. A small cook sto7
ID brought with them was truly a lu
ID ury.
The family had two cows and Nh
Beall sold to the Stafford and Ri
hotel at 81 a pound all the butt
she could make the first winter, kee
ing none for themselves. The mon
n obtained was used in buying hay f
1ns the stock, which hay her husband h
- to go out into the valley to procure
The little girls, however, had
no happy Christmas in that first Decor
Of Der. Nuts, candy, and little pictu
By books, which their mother h
ne thOugttfully brought from the ca
unknown to them, and little cak,