Sam Singer King and his wife Mary lived in Brainerd, Minnesota, where he worked in the big Northern Pacific locomotive repair shops. Some of his wife's relatives had gone to Montana to take up homesteads. This fired Sam's imagination. He got passes on the railroad and the family came out to look things over. It was all very different from anything they had ever seen.
The relatives had shacks where they lived and tents where they cooked. Regardless of the living conditions, Sam was sold on the idea. They went back to Minnesota and Sam started burning bridges. Mary was against it, but in the spring of 1912 they left for Montana.
According to Hallie (their daughter) "it was a big blow to Mother when Dad quit his job and came west. I couldn't understand her concern then, but I certaily do now - no certain income - a new land - no money to speak of - up in years. They lived in a tar paper shack... a far cry from her nice home in Brainerd? She became adjusted later and she wouldn't have gone back east."
In the 1920's when Dad King got cancer and his health failed, they moved over to a house which was practically in their daughter's, Hallie, back yard.
Mr King was "Dad" to everyone - you never met a kinder, gentler man. I was proud to call him "Dad".
- from "Pages of Time: a history of Petroleum County, Montana"
The relatives had shacks where they lived and tents where they cooked. Regardless of the living conditions, Sam was sold on the idea. They went back to Minnesota and Sam started burning bridges. Mary was against it, but in the spring of 1912 they left for Montana.
According to Hallie (their daughter) "it was a big blow to Mother when Dad quit his job and came west. I couldn't understand her concern then, but I certaily do now - no certain income - a new land - no money to speak of - up in years. They lived in a tar paper shack... a far cry from her nice home in Brainerd? She became adjusted later and she wouldn't have gone back east."
In the 1920's when Dad King got cancer and his health failed, they moved over to a house which was practically in their daughter's, Hallie, back yard.
Mr King was "Dad" to everyone - you never met a kinder, gentler man. I was proud to call him "Dad".
- from "Pages of Time: a history of Petroleum County, Montana"
Sam Singer King and his wife Mary lived in Brainerd, Minnesota, where he worked in the big Northern Pacific locomotive repair shops. Some of his wife's relatives had gone to Montana to take up homesteads. This fired Sam's imagination. He got passes on the railroad and the family came out to look things over. It was all very different from anything they had ever seen.
The relatives had shacks where they lived and tents where they cooked. Regardless of the living conditions, Sam was sold on the idea. They went back to Minnesota and Sam started burning bridges. Mary was against it, but in the spring of 1912 they left for Montana.
According to Hallie (their daughter) "it was a big blow to Mother when Dad quit his job and came west. I couldn't understand her concern then, but I certaily do now - no certain income - a new land - no money to speak of - up in years. They lived in a tar paper shack... a far cry from her nice home in Brainerd? She became adjusted later and she wouldn't have gone back east."
In the 1920's when Dad King got cancer and his health failed, they moved over to a house which was practically in their daughter's, Hallie, back yard.
Mr King was "Dad" to everyone - you never met a kinder, gentler man. I was proud to call him "Dad".
- from "Pages of Time: a history of Petroleum County, Montana"
The relatives had shacks where they lived and tents where they cooked. Regardless of the living conditions, Sam was sold on the idea. They went back to Minnesota and Sam started burning bridges. Mary was against it, but in the spring of 1912 they left for Montana.
According to Hallie (their daughter) "it was a big blow to Mother when Dad quit his job and came west. I couldn't understand her concern then, but I certaily do now - no certain income - a new land - no money to speak of - up in years. They lived in a tar paper shack... a far cry from her nice home in Brainerd? She became adjusted later and she wouldn't have gone back east."
In the 1920's when Dad King got cancer and his health failed, they moved over to a house which was practically in their daughter's, Hallie, back yard.
Mr King was "Dad" to everyone - you never met a kinder, gentler man. I was proud to call him "Dad".
- from "Pages of Time: a history of Petroleum County, Montana"
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