Jason W. Strevell

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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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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 Charles 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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On the way to St. Paul, they stopped they stopped in Minnesota for a day to visit Elizabeth's father, Dr. John Kelly. Kelly had made his fortune the California gold rush.

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On the way to St. Paul, they stopped they stopped in Minnesota for a day to visit Elizabeth's father, Dr. [[John Kelly]]. Kelly had made his fortune the [[California gold rush]].

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At St. Paul, they met with [[Jules Hannaford]], then general freight agent of the [[Northern Pacific Railroad]] and later its president. Most of the inventory for their future hardware sales would be shipped by this railroad, only part way, at first. A visit to Jules would become an annual event. They then continued by train to Bismarck and waited for their belongings to catch up to them via teams that had left Illinois traveling overland before and during the family's train travel. When they arrived, the journey continued, crossing the [[Missouri River]], passing through [[Mandan]] country (where Lewis and Clark had enlisted the previously kidnapped [[Shoshone]] [[Sacajawea]]. They came to the [[Yellowstone River]] about where the [[Powder River]] flows into it. At some point, they experienced a buffalo hunt, securing a head as a trophy, as well as an Indian scare.

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Arriving exhausted at Miles City, they checked in to the [[Yellowstone Hotel]] and soon found a small almost finished house to move into. It had no domestic water, so a man was hired to dig a well on the lot.

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-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 Charles 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".
-On the way to St. Paul, they stopped they stopped in Minnesota for a day to visit Elizabeth's father, Dr. John Kelly. Kelly had made his fortune the California gold rush.
+On the way to St. Paul, they stopped they stopped in Minnesota for a day to visit Elizabeth's father, Dr. [[John Kelly]]. Kelly had made his fortune the [[California gold rush]].
+At St. Paul, they met with [[Jules Hannaford]], then general freight agent of the [[Northern Pacific Railroad]] and later its president. Most of the inventory for their future hardware sales would be shipped by this railroad, only part way, at first. A visit to Jules would become an annual event. They then continued by train to Bismarck and waited for their belongings to catch up to them via teams that had left Illinois traveling overland before and during the family's train travel. When they arrived, the journey continued, crossing the [[Missouri River]], passing through [[Mandan]] country (where Lewis and Clark had enlisted the previously kidnapped [[Shoshone]] [[Sacajawea]]. They came to the [[Yellowstone River]] about where the [[Powder River]] flows into it. At some point, they experienced a buffalo hunt, securing a head as a trophy, as well as an Indian scare.
+Arriving exhausted at Miles City, they checked in to the [[Yellowstone Hotel]] and soon found a small almost finished house to move into. It had no domestic water, so a man was hired to dig a well on the lot.