Entry from Journal #1: October 7, 1930
Albert Schaffer and Christie Schenk brot home over a 20# pail of mushrooms they found in Friday gulch, on coming home from work at the Shokipee1 mine.
1Shokipee. Click here for additional information on the “Shakopee” mine.
Yesterday I continued my research on steamboat travel and came across a newspaper article discussing the troubles experienced by numerous steamers attempting to make their way to Ft. Benton. It reminded me of the fact that Mary and her mother were on the Missouri River for three months!
The difficulties being experienced by the Savannah elicited this commentary:
The Steamer Savannah left Bismarck with two barges in tow. After a struggle of 19 days she left the barges and proceeded up the Yellowstone with 44 women and 103 children. She hopes to reach Tongue river before the children are too old to be recognized by their fathers, but the probability is that when they arrive they will be qualified to vote.
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Entry from Journal #1: September 26, 1930
Mr. Alb. Price moved in the Miskell[?] house as his went beyond living in it.
I did a little searching at Ancestry.com and based on the 1930 U.S. Census, Albert Price was born in 1858 in New York. I believe this is the same Albert Price referenced by Mary on the back of the photo posted here – the one who built the school house.