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INTERVIEW With JULIA HURLEY October 10, 1983 This is Anna Zellick interviewing Mrs. H. C. (Julia) Hurley who lives in the Eagle Manor. Mrs. Hurley and I were visiting about her early experiences here in Lewistown. She moved to Lewistown as a young girl around 1904. How old are you Mrs. Hurley? HURLEY: I was ninety in December. ZELLlCK: Your husband, Hubert Hurley came to Montana to Lewistown in 1912. How did it happen that he came here to Lewistown. HURLEY: Well, he came here with a man from Wisconsin who intended to locate here. He loaded all his farm machinery, animals, and household goods. They came here to Lewistown. How they happen to pick Lewistown, I don't know, but they did. The weather was so bad. This man became discouraged. He packed up and went back to Wisconsin. Mr. Hurley stayed on and went to work for the Cook Reynolds Co. ZELLlCK: This is of interest to us as far as this interview is concerned. Mr. Hurley was a mechanic for the Cook Reynolds Company. Could you tell us something about the Cook Reynolds Co.? What was it? HURLEY: It was a real estate company having an office. They handled the Milwaukee land all through this area. ZELLlCK: Mr. Reynolds then was also connected with the Milwaukee Railroad? HURLEY: Yes. I don't know just how, but he would sell this land in large blocks to people that would be coming in, on the trains. ZELLlCK: They were very much interested in finding land for the home seekers and homesteaders. Would you say that the Cook Reynolds was a big company? HURLEY: Oh, Yes. It was at that time. There was Chan Cook who was a member. Mr. Williamson, ZELLlCK: C.C. Williamson? HURLEY: C. C. Williamson. Later Glenn Morton joined it as a young boy. He practically grew up there working for the Cook Reynolds Co.
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Title | Hurley, Julia. Interview |
Description | An interview with Julia Hurley who moved to Lewistown, Montana as a young girl in 1904. She married H.C. Hurley who worked for the Cook-Reynolds real estate company in Lewistown. This interview was done as part of the Historic Resourse Survey. |
Creator | Anna R. Zellick, F.C.H.S. Graduate, 1935, University of Chicago, A.B. 1941; M.A. 1945. Lecturer, College of Great Falls at Lewistown College Center. |
Genre | documents |
Type | Text |
Language | eng |
Date Original | 1983-10-10 |
Subject (keyword) | Real Estate; Automobile mechanics; Cook-Reynolds Co.; Cook, George; Reynolds, Ralph W.; Businesses; |
Subject (AAT) | Homesteads; |
Rights Management | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Publisher (Original) | Anna R. Zellick |
Geographic Coverage | Fergus County, Montana; Lewistown, Montana |
Coverage-date | 1904-1983 |
Digital collection | Central Montana Historical Documents |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Physical format | |
Digitization Specifications | Canon MX310 300dpi |
Local Identifier | LH 978.6292 INTERVIEWS |
Description
Title | Hurley, Julia. Interview 1 |
Type | Text |
Contributing Institution | Lewistown Public Library, Lewistown, Montana |
Digital Format | application/pdf |
Digitization Specifications | Canon MX310 300dpi |
Full text of this item | INTERVIEW With JULIA HURLEY October 10, 1983 This is Anna Zellick interviewing Mrs. H. C. (Julia) Hurley who lives in the Eagle Manor. Mrs. Hurley and I were visiting about her early experiences here in Lewistown. She moved to Lewistown as a young girl around 1904. How old are you Mrs. Hurley? HURLEY: I was ninety in December. ZELLlCK: Your husband, Hubert Hurley came to Montana to Lewistown in 1912. How did it happen that he came here to Lewistown. HURLEY: Well, he came here with a man from Wisconsin who intended to locate here. He loaded all his farm machinery, animals, and household goods. They came here to Lewistown. How they happen to pick Lewistown, I don't know, but they did. The weather was so bad. This man became discouraged. He packed up and went back to Wisconsin. Mr. Hurley stayed on and went to work for the Cook Reynolds Co. ZELLlCK: This is of interest to us as far as this interview is concerned. Mr. Hurley was a mechanic for the Cook Reynolds Company. Could you tell us something about the Cook Reynolds Co.? What was it? HURLEY: It was a real estate company having an office. They handled the Milwaukee land all through this area. ZELLlCK: Mr. Reynolds then was also connected with the Milwaukee Railroad? HURLEY: Yes. I don't know just how, but he would sell this land in large blocks to people that would be coming in, on the trains. ZELLlCK: They were very much interested in finding land for the home seekers and homesteaders. Would you say that the Cook Reynolds was a big company? HURLEY: Oh, Yes. It was at that time. There was Chan Cook who was a member. Mr. Williamson, ZELLlCK: C.C. Williamson? HURLEY: C. C. Williamson. Later Glenn Morton joined it as a young boy. He practically grew up there working for the Cook Reynolds Co. |
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