Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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 C lie i C oU ni zed depression, now covered with grass in the vanished town of C011I- son. A real estate In Mist- er’s home, which was in the most desirable place, is now near the fair grounds, or somewhere close to the tourist park. In those hectic days when the six - shooter was law and a “necktie” party not unheard of. Maverick H «e Company elections were nice, so- ciable affairs. There was never any illegal voting. They placed their ballots on the table and the voter was told which was the best way to vote. For excitement, the town had three disastrous fires before sufficient pro- tection was gained. Thousands of dollars worth of projiertv suffered and the insurance companies even threatened to withdraw from the town. But. at this time, the Yellowstone Hook and Ladder company was organized; then, later, the Billings Fire Department, which lasted about a year. On January 14. 1NS‘ . they formed again under the name of the Maverick Hose company. It is difficult lor visitors now to realize that this is the same Billings which was the scene of so much Indian fighting during the early days of its career and that the exploits of its citizens are still within the memory of our oldest inhabitants. The war-whoops of the savage and the crack of the frontiersman’s rifle are heard no more! The rimrocks still guard the sleeping valley Ijelow. and the pine trees murmur the same requiem over the graves clustered around old luiothill monument, erected by I. 1). O'Donnell. Seldom, now, the coyote howls from the top of the bluffs, and never dares venture down into the town. But, those generations, which have followed along the trail which was blazed by such hardships, sacrifice, and danger, will ever honor these pioneers, and never weary of retelling with pride their tales of valor and heroism, and, at all costs, will continue to main- tain the old Bozeman trail! —By . Elizabeth Hirst, '29. Footnote —Material taken from Stout's History of Montana. Saun- ter’s History of Montana, early Bil- ling» newspaper», ant pioneer». HSd Newman nml Tarty