Homesteading - Hardcover

Wollaston, Percy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558216022 ISBN 13: 9781558216020

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 1997

Synopsis

In 1973 Wallaston (1904-83) set out his account of his family's attempts to homestead in the harsh plains around Ismay, Montana from 1910 to the 1920s. He begins with the move from the Dakotas, and proceeds through World War I and the beginning of Prohibition to the town's early signs of demise as the Great Depression settled. Includes a few photographs. No index or bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Homesteading chronicles the Wollaston family's attempt to carve a successful homestead out of the harsh plains around Ismay, Montana, in the period from 1910 to the late 1920's. Beginning with their move west from the Dakotas, the book continues through World War I and the onset of Prohibition to the poignant first signs of the town's demise in the early Depression years. From the workaday details of life - the construction of a house, trapping and hunting, courtships and funerals, saloons and banks, local cowboys and ranchers - to the increasingly tangible signs of the outside world - county extension agents, new roads, the sinking of the Titanic, World War I - Homesteading is a rich and detailed look at the forces that influenced the growing towns of the American West. (6 1/4 X 9 1/4, 156 pages, b&w photos)

About the Author:

Percy Wollaston was born in 1904. After moving from Ismay, he worked for the Montana Power Company until his retirement. He died in 1983.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1558216022
• ISBN 13: 9781558216020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 156