Victor E. George was born on June 6, 1893, in Carbon County, Montana. He grew up on his parents' ranch near the present day town of Roscoe, Montana. He attended the Billings Polytechnic Institute where he earned a teaching certificate in 1911. George began teaching school in rural Carbon and Stillwater Counties, but he left the profession after five years to resume ranching full time. He married Margaret Ryan on December 31, 1931, and the couple had four daughters: Jean M., Betty C., Patricia, and Mary Ellen. In 1950, George retired from ranching and moved to Billings, Montana, where he worked in retail sales and real estate. He died in 1980 at his home in Billings.
The Victor George reminiscence, composed and transcribed in 1961, recalls his parent's move to Montana Territory from Missouri in 1883. The narrative describes the family homestead in the Paradise Valley in Park County south of Livingston, Montana, and their eventual move to Carbon County, Montana, in 1893, just prior to Victor's birth. Sprinkled with humorous observations, Victor describes many incidents while growing up on the homestead near Roscoe, Montana, including farm chores, school work, neighbors, and encounters with bears, rattlesnakes and wolves. The Montana communities of Red Lodge, Absarokee, and Columbus, in Stillwater County, are mentioned, and Victor also briefly describes his teaching career. His later work as a rancher completes the reminiscence.
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An original reminiscence created by Victor E. George of Billings, Montana, was loaned to Special Collections for transcription by Ora Magee of McAllister, Montana, on December 5, 1968.
This collection was processed 2009 October 15
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