Jason W. Strevell

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".

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".