Hurley, Julia. Interview

              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.