Journal #1, January 20, 1931

Christie took a load of [illegible] & bedding & went up to Friday Gulch to work on the Shakopee mine[1. According to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, the Shakopee is “located in the northwest quarter of section 4, T11N, R6 W, the mine was apparently worked with the Towsley mine and was located to the east of the Earthquake mine. The Shakopee was developed by a 50 foot incline shaft with a drift on the bottom. The ore shoot worked on the mine varied in thickness from one to six feet. No production figures are available (McClernan 1983).”].  Ralph Williams went down around the Penobscot way.  The road thro the timber was good, little snow.

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Journal #1, January 1, 1931

Had a heavy flurry of snow. Ben Atwater died of heart failure.

I did a little research in Ancestry regarding Ben Atwater and came cross a very interesting article from The Helena Independent dated October 22, 1939 about his wife, Dr. Mary B. Atwater. The article also offers information which possibly explains how Mary might have known this couple, or at least Dr. Atwater. Continue reading →

Journal #1, January 14, 1931

Still nice weather, no snow.

In her last journal entry of December 25th, Mary mentioned that it had been the “grandest fall & winter” she had ever seen. But have no fear, snowy Montana weather is on the way!

Journal #1, December 25, 1930

To-day is the nicest, clearest, and even partly warm out and it’s the grandest fall & winter I ever remember of or seen since I can reason back in years.  It don’t seem true, the winter so far is grand.  The school entertainment sure was good & comical.