Entry from Journal #1: August 15, 1930~
Irene and John[n]ie sent Alb[ert] a birthday card this day. I got a letter from Aloyo Engleman (Gussie’s boy). W[illia]m Rumping left the 18 for Spokane again. They come to the lead in the Shokipee mine. Stropp took brother’s car again. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bishop, Mrs. Mable Shea are visiting at Marysville. I got [E]yebrows (canary) from Sister Maud the 16th.
Entry from Journal #1: August 7, 1930I was to the baby parade. It was nice. Buddie Dalin was in it.
These are 2 photos that were in an album belonging to my grandmother, Georgiana Frances Schenk Dalin, that relate to the day of the baby parade. “Buddie” was my father. He was 3 years old in this photo.
The photo below is of “Buddie” and his sister, Shirley.
I’m just back from my annual summer trip to Montana and am happy to report that I located the pilot’s wheel for the steamboat Rose Bud in the Montana Historical Society Museum – which is where my earlier post stated it might be.
It’s a little difficult to tell from this picture, but the wheel is rather large – probably about 5′ tall. Below this photo is a photo of the museum label for this exhibit piece – see item #4 “Steering wheel”.
Note the “c. 1877” date, which seems to confirm my research that the steamboat was built in 1877.
Entry from Journal #1: July 29, 1930
It was reported to-day. This is the dryest yr. (drought to vegetation) in 30 yrs. in the U.S. I haven’t a drop of water, my whole garden is dying for water. Maud, Tell1, Fran, Bud, Shirley2 & myself were in the Broadwater plunge3 yesterday.
1. Tell. “Tell” is short for “Fontella”. Fontella was the daughter of Mary’s sister, Maud.
2. Bud, Shirley. Bud and Shirley Fran’s two oldest children.
3. Broadwater plunge. Located a few miles west of Helena, the Broadwater Hotel and Natatorium was built in 1889 by Colonel Charles Broadwater. Water from four natural hot springs was used to fill the Natatorium pool, which was the largest indoor pool at the time. In addition to the “plunge”, there were also toboggan slides and observation decks. Five years after this journal entry, an earthquake severely damaged the Natatorium and it was soon condemned and the hotel was closed down in 1941. Most of the hotel contents and salvageable architectural details were auctioned off in 1974 and the hotel was subsequently demolished.
