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Tli** old rrli'i |iii»* lull nnl stopping |Uand abandoned.' iair in- ii i rim in i , |,||,| killedturn and that night they brought I even|nK ,h..„ th„y w„r,him homo a llttlolh* worse forth* ra d nnf far ffom Sna||*liquor. the only tin,-* ho wan ever j rir„r John |hlt;vm lo pu,seen In that condition. ot|, ,h„ f|ro and |ake |ho fo0d |heyBelieving himself cured, he en* |,a,j j,ien cooking into the cared with h;» brother In hulldlnr a* a storm wa- coming For th* the Prlast hotel at Decatur, which next 1 minutes the outfit waa bat-was still -tandlnc a f*-w years ago t*-red by a terrific hailstorm that It was not lor.c until his doctor passed as quickly as It had come, told him he could never live In n- mid them h- had never come Illinois In 1M9 he ocain started tbrooch th* reclon without en-west, this time with his wife and ronnterlnc some such storm, their two daughter*. Millie Mr., Th„ n,l(t, r|vM |ncilt;tent of the floodell. need S. and Alice. 1C Journ,y occurred while they were month. old. now Mrs. Frank Duff ero^e Malad valley where the/ of Hutte. ; encountered a family of MormonsThey traveled over th* Union Pa- that had cone to Torino* for sup- j clfle and reached Corlnne. Utah. at piles The father of the family that time the rail head, about the | »a- lt;lrlvlr.c a hue** cover*-*1 wacon middle of May. Corlnne was a tent drawn by several oien. city. The family was quartered In , Two little children, a boy an*| a a t»nt until preparation' were eom- rlrl. were playing hotis - In th« pleted for the 60 rr.il- trip over front end of th* wacon when It land to Helena Mr. Priest and 1 dropped in** a chuck hoi TheDAUGHER TELLS STORY OF V. T. PRIESTHobson. Dec. it. -Persons read-Inc account* of hardships of Montana pioneers often wonder Ju*t what caused them to come to that territory In the sixties and seven tie*. Hold lured many, adventure call-d others and rv'llessne.* or a desire to ret away from unsettled conditions between the north nnd south Influenced a number. Thero were also those who came seeking h-alth. This was the case with Valentine Thomas Priest, who for many vrars kept th* toll house at what is known as Priest pa-s near Helena.These Incidents In hi* career were told by hi« dauchter. Mrs. M. C. Ooodell. who In 1*S3. at th* beginning of her married life, rame to the Phllbrook community west of Hobson, where eh* live* In on«* of the inc»t beautiful ranch homos In the Judith basin.home at Decatur. III. Heaving his family there, lie went to St. l*oul*. taking with him Peter Michael, who had worked in ihlt;* mill and wanted to go West.Mr. Priest * doctor at Taylorville fixed a medicine kit In a black walnut case. Mr. Prl**t hour lit four mules and a wacon and. lt;iiulpptr.it his outfit, started west on a mattress. with his kit hr.ido him and Peter Michael or. the driver s seat They Joined on* of Jim llrldger’* S«-wacon trains and came to Virginia City A Methodist minister, the Rev. Mr. Statler. and his wife were In th train and every Sunday they had services and rested.\ Typical WesternerMr. Priest was cone eight months and returned home on election day. j 1961 Although Mrs. Good el I was a child. *h** recall* his r**turn. 11* had had no hair cut sir.ee he had left home, was wearing a Russian doc overcoat with one red sleeve and one white sleeve, had reRalned all hie weight, and was so typically western Mrs. Prleta did not j know him when he stepped from 1 th* rear of rh* old fashioned bus that met train- Hi* younc man friends took him down town fo • celebrate th* election and his return and that night they hroucht I him home a little th* wor** for th -1 liquor, the only tim* h* was ever j seen In that condition.Believing himself cured, h* en-eared with his brother In hulldlne the Prlast hotel at Decatur, which was still standing « few years ago It was not lor.c until his doctor told him he could never live In Illinois In SM9 ho ncain starlet! west, th!* tlm* with his wife and their two daughter*. Millie Mr*KKKPHR OF OLI) TOLL IIOUSI?Ptioto Co’.ri**r cir.si palls Tribune Valentine Thomas Prle«l. who built the loll rand hut Prb'-t I**.Reforestation .Army Takes the f ield-c I I op, TheRelief *1,rnitration
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Helena Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Fri, Dec 15, 1933
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