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!
Pioneer courtship in Montana frontier days
A detailed reminiscence of Martin Barrett and Alice E. Cook meeting on a wagon train from Missouri to Montana in 1867. The piece tracks their courtship from Bedrock to Horse Prairie, marriage, and years of pioneer farming amid Nez Perce and Bannack threats, ferry rescues, and community life on the plains.
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Montana
Martin Barrett
Bannack
Barrett
Mrs. Barrett
Omaha
Missouri
Alice E. Cook
Fort Kearney
Canada
Denver
Barretts
Salt Lake
Bedrock
Snake River
Miss Cook
Helena
Benton
Estes
Horse Prairie
Horse — Prairie
Kearney
Plains
Joseph
Big Hole
Prarie
Howard
Con Bray
Willows
T. H. Hamilton
Bloody Dick Creek
Montague & Winters
Cooper
Jim
Farnsworth
Sheep Creek
G. M. Brown