Little Missouri Gallery

Reblog this if anyone can send you 'hi' and just start a friendship

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:39:50 -0400

I am staying on Tumblr, but...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:11:44 -0400

If they try to own my data, or integrate it with any other Yahoo service, I will leave. Also if there is any attempt to censor others, or if the cat pictures stop

new business card

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:22:33 -0400

new business card

"My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:29:46 -0400

“My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

- Pablo Picasso (via sfmoma)

Abstraction in red

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:25:47 -0400

Abstraction in red

My Town

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:58:02 -0400

The following is a history of the town from the visit Montana web site.http://visitmt.com/categories/city.asp?siteid=32&city=alzada

Alzada, settled in the late 1870s by pioneers who wanted to raise cattle, is on the banks of the Little Missouri River. It was originally called Stoneville, after a saloon owner, Lou Stone. During 1877-1878, General Nelson A. Miles built a telegraph line from Fort Keogh (Miles City) to Fort Meade, South Dakota. The post office was established in 1880 under Stoneville. But since there was another Montana town with a similar name, there was some confusion with the mail, so the town was renamed in honor of Mrs. Alzada Sheldon, wife of a pioneer rancher who had come to the area in 1883. The name was officially changed in 1885 to Alzada.

The history and birth of this small town is connected to the Native Americans and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. On June 25th, 1876 General Custer and his entire command met their tragic end, the war department was then forced to act. General A. Miles constructed a fort at the mouth of the Tongue River, now know to us as Fort Keogh, named after an officer under General Custers command. The fort was constructed in 1877 and Miles City was also founded at this time and named in honor of General Miles. Fort Meade was also in construction near Bear Butte. Communication was necessary and was set up when a telegraph line was constructed between the two forts. Where the line crossed the Little Missouri determined the site of Alzada. At the top of the little knoll in a hay meadow, a log cabin was constructed over a dug out and this was the telegraph station.

I would add that Peter Thompson, A member of the Seventh Cavalry under Custer homesteaded about 2 miles from the ranch buildings I grew up on. Thompson won the Medal of Honor at The Battle of the Little Bighorn carrying water for the wounded under major Reno.

The first saloon in Alzada came in 1877 when Mr M .Stone, the first settler in Alzada built both a saloon and later a store. Eventually he became the first postmaster. The town at that time was called Stoneville in his honor, but it officially changed to Alzada on July 15th, 1885 when George H. Tamblin was postmaster. The name was in honor of Alzada Shelden.

My purchase of the week. Goes in my Jack collection.

Sat, 04 May 2013 20:45:20 -0400

My purchase of the week. Goes in my Jack collection.

Off Montana 323

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:11:57 -0400

Off Montana 323

Photo

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:49:50 -0400

nevver: Theodore Roethke

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:31:18 -0400

nevver:

Theodore Roethke

The 19 most expensive photographs ever sold

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:40:23 -0400

The 19 most expensive photographs ever sold:

The 19 most expensive photographs ever sold

Photo

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:58:10 -0400

stayhungry-stayfree: Vintage Kodak Cameras by Simon Bolyn, via...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:47:06 -0400

stayhungry-stayfree:

Vintage Kodak Cameras by Simon Bolyn, via 500px

morning in Alzada

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:58:38 -0400

morning in Alzada

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:48:58 -0400

shot on a walk near my gallery

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:47:04 -0400

shot on a walk near my gallery

This photo taken around 1917 shows my great grandfather Edward...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:27:36 -0400

This photo taken around 1917 shows my great grandfather Edward Casper Bischoff as well as my great grandmother Lena Bischoff and Aunt Dorthy Courtney in Alzada. photo courtesy of Pearl Butcher Baker

Calving time

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:45:04 -0400

Calving time

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:31:00 -0400

Morning sun on the Johnson House along Montana Highway 323

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:44:41 -0400

Morning sun on the Johnson House along Montana Highway 323