Teton County High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Choteau, MT)

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then the plo IIDIITIC usulllx hem tolloxx ed bx a ocl ll ll0ll1 md lellcsll ments 'lranspoltatlon ln the eal lx daxs xx as malntamed by stlge coaches xx lllch xx ele dl fmxxn by IIOISQ and mule teams of ome tlmes as many as txx enty spans In the eal ly SQWCIIUGS mall and DIOVISIOHS xxere Callled llom Folt Benton then llom Folt Shaxx and lflstlx flom Steele Many tlmes the men xx ho dloxe the stl e xx ould lelxe at f0l11 m the afternoon alld dlllXQ at thell d9StlllltlOIl cu lx the next mol nmg Bob Steele xx IS one ol the eally stage dl1X6lS Attel the Cleat Noltheln Pallload vx IS bullt tl om Cleat Falls to Shelby the m ul xx as bl ought flom COIIIHS In 1910 the 11119 xx as elctended I101'll Cleat Fllls to Choteau thus endlng the ClLllZ19S ol the stage dI1X19S and lllall C2I.1I'l91S Among the early settlels wele James Glbson Ml Hamllton Mr Hazlett Petel Tludo Ml and Nils IN xt Collms fMls Collms belng the fll st xx hlte vxoman ln Lhoteauj Ml T1llCll0lL Ml W 111161 Nll Jullan Buld Jake Schmldt Jesse I'avlol Adolph Fellels Ed DLIIHIS the Floxxellee bl othels a ld the Clark brothels Among the first homes 111 Choteau vxas Ml H1HllltOll s on the slte ol Mr Sulglove s present home Ml Hazlett s home xx as located xxhele the stock yards now stand vxhlle Pd Denllls was lo ated on Spllng Creek some dlstance above toxxll In the eally dlxs the chlef occupatlon was cattle and sheep lalslng Some of the efuly stocl men are stlll ln the l Smlth and blll Jones Choteau ol today shoxxs xelx llttle of the xx lld xxe teln llfe xx hlch xxas so notlceable twenty fixe 01 thllty yells fl o The old tradmg post oxx ned by Ham1ItOH and Hazlett has gl oxx ll lnto a mode n store owned by Jos Hlrshbelg KL Co Thls IS a fine bllCk bulldlng The Choteau Mercantlle IS anothel modeln stole about the lme slze as Hllshberg s It IS located ln the McDonald Block 1 blllldlflg lal ge enough to accomodate the theatle Rexall Drug store C1tV Hospltal Telephone OfI'lC9 busmess OHICGS and llght hou ekeeplng IOOITIS Just RCI oss the tl eet fl om It IS the Lal son block anothel lal ge bulldln the gleatel pfllt of the first H001 of xxhlch IS 0CCL1pl9d by the QIUZQIIS State Bank the IQ t by the Choteau Dl ug Co Hannan s Clothmg Stole the Ifllectllc Shop and lxoulston s Jexx ellx store The second H001 IS occupled chleflv by pl ofesslonal men Choteau boasts llve large bllck bl1lld1llg'S The other thlee ale Golham Glxens Block the WGZVQI Crossen Block and the Stocklnens State Ballk The fo mel IS occupled by the Choteau Meat Co the Post Offlce the Mlsslon Pool Hall Choteau Hospltal and apartment 1OOI'llS xx hlle m the W63VQ1 Crossen Block are Choteau Haldxx are Co and a soft drlnk parlor Some of the smaller places ot buslness ale the Cash St019 Cash Meat Mal ket the Clty Taylor Shop Tln Shop and Hansen s GQHQI al StO18 Thele are also three garages Of the thlee hotels the Choteau House xxas the fl1St bullt It IS verv old and m pal ts of It bullet holes cm be found as 19l l'lllld61S of the ploneer days lhe othel txxo the BGRIIDIC and the Glenloxd ale mole nlodeln the lattel h H1112 been bullt flxe yell s ago xx hen the Cleat Nol th C111 came to the cltx About l x L ll md '1 hfllf lfltu the Mllxx xul ee c lme , 1 ' g '2 K Q t' v lv 5- . Q - Q . .ls - Y ' ' 1 n L . . . , C , , , , . . 4 C 9 Y ' v v u ' . . ,L , W A F , t 1 7 . L - ' 1 6 L . , .. '1 - , '- . f C y - 1, , , . . K EQ , L , , ' - a lag' 2' ' . 'z. . I ' N u Y u n ' 1 v . c ' ' . ' I ' I x 'ic ' '1 I . ' - . ' ' I ' 2 ' . ,, . Y .- I . . z 1. , I .. b 1 l 1 . 9 ' l ' 7 Q . . . Y. ' ., ' ' . v ' , . I .. c f ,. 1 y 1 ' ' l . . 1 . - . , . ' . v . , . , . c , A . , ' ' V 1 , . ' , ' y - . . . ! L 7 ! ' 'S W W 1 . Y I . , . K ' I u L , Y ' , ' 1 , YK 7 v 1 . , . ., . , . , . , ' l . c. ' ' ' . ' f aj ' ' ' . 1 . ' ' . - ' ' I- ' - L X ' . I . - 3 . . . buslness. Among them ale Llal k lll othels, the Coopel Brothers, George . . ,. : ' 1 ' j z ' .53 . 1 ' ' 1 u I - u ' . . . Sz ' ' . 7 I ' ' A 1 I . l 1 1 C o I K 1 ' . 1 r K S . n K . 5 . . . T . ' ' . . . - v ' 9 1 f gl Y fl . . S. . I , , , S ' ,, 1 ' , . 1 ,' I 7 , -7 v -f ' L. ' 7 , . F D - , . 1 A, ., y 1 7 Q v l , 0 ' ' - 4 1 ' K 1 ! w - w 5, 9 . . . , . -. 1 1 ' I n fb.. 'K - rx , , . ' ' Y . , , f ,Y s n . .- -' . ' v f . - 4 v I I - ' - , C c K c - , 1' 2 fl: 'z 1 1 . ' '2 it '2 -

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We mrght hryc had an en er tarnrng ewenrng 11 we hadnt been such tools I notrced hrm when he frrst came rn Iooks 'rs though were tryrng to for get the w ar too hurrredlv We shouldn t forget those that won rt for It rt could be done oy er but-come on and play thls hand sard the hr st speaker and they drd lookrng more sober than they had a few mrnutes betore E I C HISTORY OF CHOTEAU About thrce mrles north of the srte where Choteau now stands the Indran Agency w as located at one trme It was moved there from Sun Rrver and as the w hrtes moved nor th the agency w as agarn moved from Choteau to Roebear and thence to Brownrng where rt rs located at present The town or Choteau grew from an Indran tradrrrg post and got rts name from Prerre Qhouteau of St Lours The frrst store w as a log burldrng nerct to the present store of Jos Hrrsh berg and Lo whrch was owned by Hamrlton and Hazlett who came here rn 1879 and 1880 The post offrce called the Old Agency was rn therr' store and the nr st postmaster was A B Hamrlton The communrty people pard a man frve dollars a trrp to car ry the marl from Fort Shaw to Choteau erch 'lhur sday Ihe mam street ot Choteau follows 'rn Indrfrn trarl that goes from Fort bhaw to the mountarns Prrest Butte an old land mark w as used by the Latholrc prrests as a gurde to mark the trarl to therr mrssron on the Teton Rryer lhere rs 'r Butte north of Choteau formerly used by the Indrans n krllrng butlalo 'lhey used to drrwe the buffalo over the clrff rn thrs ot thrs butte The Indrans used to call Choteau the Four People be cause they had krlled tour whrte men at one trme 'Ihe hr st school house was a log burldrng north of the Lone Tree near w her e the creamerv now stands It had a drrt floor and sashless w rndows Mr Crrbson was one of the first trustees of thrs drstrrct Only whrte chrldren w ere rllow ed to attend thrs school Mxss Posa Schmrdt the fir st teacher was a srster of Mrs I W Kerr who lry es on the Burton Bench 'rnd ot Mrs Hazlett Later teachers were Mrs Chas McDonald and Mr J L1 arr In 1880 the Choteau Calumet a weekly newspaper came out It was edrted bv W H Buck Hrs w rfe who was blrnd w as the srster of Rrchard 4 hoker w ho w frs then boss of Tammany Hall rn New Xork Crty Later the Lhoteau Montanran w as publrshcd and edrted by Schuler Cor son The hrst yarl was bu1lt rn 1888 about three mlles southwest of town It w a log burldrng The drstrrct court was establrshed rn 1893 The first Judge w 'rs N11 Dubors If rr back 111 the sexentres there wcre practrcally no whrte women llancrng was the chret 'rmusement rn those days The men tred whrte rfurdkerclrrets about therr arms to show Lrterary socretres w ere common ' Z . , f Y - ' ' . ' ' ' , C 7 - - ' ' v ' . ' , , v , , - L . 1 c ' . -. . ..' 1 , Y - ' 1 ' C us. ll ' ' 7 , I . ,, I . Y Q I Y -Y ' , ' - V . Y ' By . . .--'20, x . . , I o I . . Y D . , D, 1 . 1 . ' 1 . , . . . Y . v . , v z ' ' . A C C ' v ' -' w - y ' 1 Y ' v 'T l . . 1 1 . - C J . . , way killing and injuring marry. The bones have been found at the foot - - - ' ss , H T ' 1 v ' . 1 D 7 . ' v Y -1 k ' ' 1 . ' S L 1 . ' y .- ', ' . A . Q . - , Y v y C ' A' - 1 - 7 . . . ' , I . '. B ' . - , , .C , , y . . . . , , f . - v . . v 1 ' I 7 - ' v ' Z Y C A 1 C 1 ' , ' I ' , . . - . 'as ' ' . 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' I - . V YC A 'u I u ,. . I v - ' v ' , V X , ' , v ' v . , . .' v w ' ' C K a I ' I

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'Ihc urrx rl of two rords br ought elex ators 'md a lumber mrll as well as a general boom Durrng the summer that the Great Northern came through there were tort5 modern homes rn constructron 'Ihe Methodrst Church was the first establrshed church rn Choteau It w as burnt by subscrrptrons and completed ln the year of 1890 Before thrs serxrces were held rn the burldrng whrch rs the Catholrc church but w hrch also served as a gather rng place for dances and other socral gath rrrngs At that trme rs w as located w here the grade school now stands but rt w as later moved to 1ts present locatron Rev Van Or sdel more commonly known as brother Van was the first mrnrster of the Methodrst church He was pard S900 to come here from Helena to preach It rs rnterestrng to note that among the early trustees or the church were J G Barr and W W Van Orsdel whrle one of the lead mg stewards was bterlmg McDonald father of Chas McDonald In 1887 Brshop Brewer came to Choteau to carry on the work of the Eprscopal church holdrng meetrngs rn the Hodgskrss hall The church w as burlt rn rts present form rn 1909 The other church rs that of the Latholrc whrch occupies the old school burldrnff Choteau has modern street lrghts paved streets and cement srde walks rmnrng from end to end of town She hrs a satrsfactory water and sew arage system the water comrng from a deep w ell and berng stored rn a lar ge sanrtarv tank There are mam beautrful modern resrdences wrthrn the crtx lrmrts and the dwellers enjoy all the convenrences of mod ern crty lrte The surroundrng country rs w ell populated wrth dry land farmers w ho have been prosperous untrl the recent three year drouth lhese farmers hfue taken up the old stock range rlmost entirely and the range stock lndustry has mor ed far ther rnto the foothrlls of the mountarns ' hoteau rs now a busy grow mg commercral center surrounded by a large Irrmm countrx It rs the countx seat of Teton County NI I Z and E I F A SEIN IOR S XDVICF It s easy to cheat We mrght as well When there s a word We cannot spell lt s handy to bluff Once rn a whrle And rf we don t We re out of stvle Our teachers scold Of course we sass VR e re not afrard VS Q must have brass But mv lad or lass w ho cheats Youll know sometlme just w hom rt beats You ll be the one w hen school dar s end To thrnk Oh dear It mrght hax e been PV W w - . , 2 .. .Z 1 . 2' . r V . t , , 1 .' . , v . 1 Y . Q V ' . . 1 - 1 P . . I' f , . V. ' . . . . . . ' 1 Y . 1' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' y Y . . , ' 1 V ' 5 0 1 . . , 1 . 1 . ' L 1 ' 1 Y -1 I v . . . . . , 0 - r T . v r , . . . Y 1 1: v , . 1 . l. . , . Y . . . 1 o' ' 1 l . . - , L ' . 2 1. 1 y ' - 1 ' I 1 1 . nv 7 1 I Y D ' I , V c . , 1 Y. . . Y . . ' . Y . - . 1 . V . . . - . - 7 ' , ' I r 1 Q A ' 5 - . rw ' , , Y I ' . v c .. 1- - . . ' , s - ' ' . r 1 . . . i i , 1 1 . V 1 a ' g j . C 1 - 19 By L . 1. . . . Jr- -0- l ' 1 , A 1 1 I v 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , U 11 1 Y Y , ' 1 1 at 11 fr . 1 . 1 . L , Y . . 1 1 ' v L , 1 , . , . .Y 9 ' , u .V , , c . v 11 1. ,, L. .-zo