I am a fourth generation Montanan. My great-grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Lamb, was a descendent of Joshua Reynolds, captain of the Speedwell ship that was part of the Mayflower journey bringing the Pilgrims to the New World. The Reynolds family settled in North Carolina and raised tobacco. Today the business is known as the R. J. Reynolds Company. His mother, Eleanor (Reynolds) Lamb, was active in the workings of the Underground Railroad and she assisted many people fleeing southern slavery.

Ben F. Lamb was one of the first residents of Miles City, arriving here from his ranch near Medora, North Dakota in September 1877. He took part in the last round-up of bison northeast of Miles City in 1882. Following the round-up, he worked in the slaughterhouse at Fort Keogh and ranched. I maintain his brand, the reverse B L, issued by the Territory of Montana in September of 1885. His son, my grandfather, Benjamin Earl Lamb, ranched near Whitehall, Montana. It was on this ranch that I began my love for ranching. Granddad was especially proud of his Hereford cattle. I spent many hours talking to my grandfather about the Lamb family and this was the beginning of my interest in our family history.

My father, Lloyd E. Lamb, also worked on the family ranch at Whitehall. He, his dad and grandfather were expert fly fishermen and enjoyed fishing on the Jefferson and Madison rivers near the ranch. A photograph of great-granddad, Ben F., fly fishing on the Jefferson River near the ranch, was featured in the Montana Magazine in 1948, and is on permanent display at the Montana Historical Museum in Helena.

My mother's parents, Owen and Annie (Sharkey) Shields, were born in County Down and Donegal Ireland, and I share their Irish heritage especially by having dual (Irish-U.S.) citizenship.

My grandfather, Owen, started a high grade silver-ore mine and health mine in High Ore Gulch, Mont. He worked three mines on our family property there. My grandmother, Annie, took care of the mill site. The health mine closed several years ago, but the Silver Shields ore mine is now run by the third generation of the Shields-Sharkey clan.

I am a widower, and live in Miles City, Montana.

I am a fourth generation Montanan. My great-grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Lamb, was a descendent of Joshua Reynolds, captain of the Speedwell ship that was part of the Mayflower journey bringing the Pilgrims to the New World. The Reynolds family settled in North Carolina and raised tobacco. Today the business is known as the R. J. Reynolds Company. His mother, Eleanor (Reynolds) Lamb, was active in the workings of the Underground Railroad and she assisted many people fleeing southern slavery.

Ben F. Lamb was one of the first residents of Miles City, arriving here from his ranch near Medora, North Dakota in September 1877. He took part in the last round-up of bison northeast of Miles City in 1882. Following the round-up, he worked in the slaughterhouse at Fort Keogh and ranched. I maintain his brand, the reverse B L, issued by the Territory of Montana in September of 1885. His son, my grandfather, Benjamin Earl Lamb, ranched near Whitehall, Montana. It was on this ranch that I began my love for ranching. Granddad was especially proud of his Hereford cattle. I spent many hours talking to my grandfather about the Lamb family and this was the beginning of my interest in our family history.

My father, Lloyd E. Lamb, also worked on the family ranch at Whitehall. He, his dad and grandfather were expert fly fishermen and enjoyed fishing on the Jefferson and Madison rivers near the ranch. A photograph of great-granddad, Ben F., fly fishing on the Jefferson River near the ranch, was featured in the Montana Magazine in 1948, and is on permanent display at the Montana Historical Museum in Helena.

My mother's parents, Owen and Annie (Sharkey) Shields, were born in County Down and Donegal Ireland, and I share their Irish heritage especially by having dual (Irish-U.S.) citizenship.

My grandfather, Owen, started a high grade silver-ore mine and health mine in High Ore Gulch, Mont. He worked three mines on our family property there. My grandmother, Annie, took care of the mill site. The health mine closed several years ago, but the Silver Shields ore mine is now run by the third generation of the Shields-Sharkey clan.

I am a widower, and live in Miles City, Montana.