This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Leper Senator and Wife Stand by Isolation Home
In Alberton, Montana, former state senator O. G. Willett and his wife live in a quarantined cottage at the Missouri River bend to avoid contagion from leprosy. Willett, once a soldier and lawmaker, declines medical treatment, trusting divine healing while Mrs Willett remains steadfast by his side in solitary exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Townsend
Missoulian “Tv
Baalaa
Montana
Ufe
Missouri River
Alberton
O. G. ‘Willett
Willetts
Chicago,Milwaukee & St.Paul
Willett
Brotherhood of Railway
Northern Pacific
Mrs. Willett
Freedom Aidiberty
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Geath
Insere
United States Infantry
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Mineral County
State Senate
Mayo Brothers’ Sanitarium
Congress
Washington
John M. Evans
Senate
H. H. Parsons
Missoula
Missouri