Jason W. Strevell
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Strevell moved from Pontiac to Montana in 1879, where he reestablished himself as an involved citizen of Miles City. 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. | Strevell moved from Pontiac to Montana in 1879, where he reestablished himself as an involved citizen of Miles City. 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. | ||
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| + | 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). | ||
While not primarily a farmer, a record exists of a planting of sugar beets in 1898, which includes an accounting of his costs, but (as he laments) the yield record was lost, though he waxes exurberantly about the yield being as good as anyone ever saw. | While not primarily a farmer, a record exists of a planting of sugar beets in 1898, which includes an accounting of his costs, but (as he laments) the yield record was lost, though he waxes exurberantly about the yield being as good as anyone ever saw. | ||
