Missionary Shuart Founds Hesper Farm West of Billings
The Rev. B F Shuart, Montana's first Congregational minister in Billings, settled at Hesper farm eight miles west of Billings after 1822. He helped establish the local church, introduced alfalfa in 1883, started the valley’s first dairy, and invented a land leveler later sold as the Little Yankee. The farm, 620 acres at its peak, later split into six smaller holdings under I A O Donnell and E G Bailey.
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Rev
B. F. Shuart
Coulson
Montana
Pardner
Shuart
Yellowstone Valley
Hesper Farm
Billings
First Congregational Church
I. D. O'Donnell
Bozeman
Forsyth
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Lewistown
Ohio
Hesper
Frederick Billings
Northern Pacific
E. G. Bailey
Hesper Ranche
Bailey
Hesper Farm Company
Trained fruit trees lure Tom and Carlotta to Our Place
In 1942 Vermont hills a tree expert Tom Gilbraith courts Carlotta Shinlever and plans to buy a hillside house for their future. Mrs Hapgood owns the estate with spruces pines and fruit trees as the couple debated a workroom and a view amid birch groves. The narrator recounts their flirtation and the couple’s budding ambitions.
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Tom Gilbraith
Carlotta
Vermont Hills
France
Tom
Carlotta Shinlever
Hank
Paradise Found
Goor
California
Bank
Paradise Found Remade by a Vermont Couple in Conflict
The narrator sketches Tom and Carlotta Gilbraith in their idyllic Vermont hideaway Paradise Found as they welcome a visiting architect Francis Trait and discuss remodeling. Underlying tensions surface about happiness, jealousy, and the fragile balance of romance amid material showiness and social scrutiny.
Waistcoat Our House Sparks on Dream of Paradise Found
In an appalled tone the narrator scolds an architect couple over home redesigns. Tom resists but Carlotta pushes to remove a partition and widen the driveway while debating a controversial vista and a study makeover. The tension centers on personal space and a shared dream.
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Carlotta
Tom
Hank
Tommy
Paradise Found
Murray brothers join Navy and air corps in service push
Butte report states W. D. Murray assistant United States district attorney has begun active duty in the navy. He is the third son of Senator James E. Murray to enter service. Private Howard A. Murray serves in the artillery corps at Fort Douglas Utah. Corporal Edward Murray enlisted in the air corps.
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Butte
W. D. Murray
United States District Attorney
James E. Murray
Howard A. Murray
Artillery Corps
Fort Douglas
Utah
Edward Murray
Air Corps
France Bottles 1926 Wine Boom Surges Beyond 892 Million Gallons
In 1926 France produced more than 892 million gallons of wine, marking a bumper year for the industry as output soared and vineyards operated at high capacity across regions.
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France
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Mrs. Hapgood’s
Susi Ave
Francis Trait
Gauguin
Rome
Gilbraiths
Francis
Mrs. Hapgood
Trait
Frances Trait
Charles Armour
Margot Stevenson
Ann Eden
Zoe de Salle
Sunny Brook
Whitkey
Sunny
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