Kenneth Ross was born in 1863 and came to Montana in 1883; his parents were from Nova Scotia. Ross was steel erection superintendent on the Northern Pacific Railroad's Marent Trestle and raised cattle on the Mild River until the winter of 1886-1887. He was manager of Marcus Daly's timber operations after 1890; he became general manager of the Anaconda Company's Lumber Department, from which he retired in 1926. He died in 1933.
The collection consists of three items: Ross's 1922 speech to lumbermen; the reminiscence he started in 1930 after his retirement; and John Toole's 1972 memories of "Stories Gramps Told Me." The 1930 reminiscence is the most extensive document and relates stories of his childhood, early adulthood, and experiences in and around Missoula, Montana. The 1922 speech contains his memories of the Anaconda Company, the Big Blackfoot Milling Company, and the lumberman's library. John Toole's 1972 document has a list of memories about the Blackfoot Milling, the Anaconda Company's lumbering operations, and the Seeley Lake area.
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[Name of document or photograph number], Kenneth Forbes Ross Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
Gift of John Toole, 1974.
The actions of the original processors are unknown. In 1998, the collection was re-described.
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