Jason W. Strevell
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| − | Strevell moved from Pontiac to | + | Strevell considered moving west. Part of the reason was to live in a drier climate for his son Charles, whose health was still affected by a year of recovering from typhoid fever. It is also probable, like so many others, Jason was attracted to the opportunities to become much more wealthy in a frontier town. Pontiac was fairly well established and any increases in wealth would be hard fought and subject to luck. After an exploratory visit, the family moved from Pontiac to Miles City in autumn of 1879, where he and Chalres reestablished themselves as a involved citizens of Miles City. When they left Chicago, Jason told the family that with the new start, they would drop the final "e" from "Strevelle". |
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| + | Judge Strevell practiced law in Miles City for many years until his death. He homesteaded a tract of land on the east side of town, where the Veterans' Hospital now stands -- in fact his residence was right in the middle of what is now Wibaux Park. | ||
In 1893, he was one of three attorneys who assisted in the defense of [[Alvah Tilton]], the young cowboy who killed [[James Pym]], a decorated veteran of Custer's campaign (he was in Reno's fight, went for water). | In 1893, he was one of three attorneys who assisted in the defense of [[Alvah Tilton]], the young cowboy who killed [[James Pym]], a decorated veteran of Custer's campaign (he was in Reno's fight, went for water). | ||
