Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-07-18

supper. I asked him where the horses
were.
Ion the creek he answered, but
they can't get away without u see
ing them. Well tie them up after
we eat
1--WE got busy eating, for we were
hungry. All at once we looked up and
saw the horses going by along the
trail. Charley let out a yell and off
started the horses on a lope. They
didn't stop for the whole is miles, till
they got home. We walked in and got
a team and wagon to go back and get
camp outfit. Charley was SO dis
gusted with the trip he never went
back to locate his ranch, but took up
the Cook ranch and lived happy ever
after.
White Sulphur's Start
I'm the summer of 1873 Frank Cog
Ter and Fred Boch located a store at
the forks of the Musselshell. They
ran a saloon and store for a few years
at what is now the Settle ranch. In
that same year Jim Brewer built a log
cabin at the Springs, cleaned out the
spring, built a house over it, charged
the boys rs cents apiece Tor baths,
sold whisky and ran ell of a place.
BY 1874 it had got to be quite a health
resort. The neighbors would gather
from all over the valley and run horses,
drink, gamble, fight and have a good
time.
Brewer put on a big Fourth Of
July celebration in 1874, and a crowd
gathered from the Smith river and
Missouri valleys and were having a
grand time. Brewer had set up a big
tent for the ladies to dress in. San
ford Moore was riding a little buck
skin pony that was chuck full of buck.
Sanford tied the pony to the rack and
went into the house. Jess Edwards, a
professional gambler, known all over
the territory as Fingered Jess
got on the pony and rode him to the
race track. When the races were over
the boys started running their horses
back to the house. Jess's mount all
at ono turned loose bucking, threw
Jess and tore off most of his clothes,
The pony got the saddle under him
and ran into the guy ropes Of the
ladies' tent, upsetting it. The ladies
were all left standing there, looking
like a lot Of bathing beauties. How
ever, nothing like that kept the boys
from having a good lot of fun-and
that was what we were out for.
Smith Brothers Start
In the spring Of 1875 John Potter
located q ranch six miles south of
White Sulphur Springs and started
what became n of the biggest sheep
companies in the valley, known as the
Ford & Manager company. I think
it was In the same fall that Smith
brothers and Little Mcdonald located
the ranch on Willow creek, now the
property of Mrs. Arcella Smith. They
ran sheep there a few years, then
Little Mcdonald went down near Fort
Benton with his share Of the sheep,
and the Smith brothers went to the
Musselshell and started the famous
Smith Brothers Sheep company. This
company today is said to have the
largest contiguous holdings Of property
in the state.
That same year B. r. Sherman 10
Gated the Sherman ranch one mile
north Of the Springs. Cooper and
Proctor located the Cooper ranch three
miles northwest of White Sulphur
Springs. Billy Luppold, two years be-
fore, had taken up a ranch below the
Springs, at the fork Of the river.
John Higgins moved his store from
Diamond City to White Sulphur
Springs, and 1t was not long until the
valley began to be pretty well settled.