Leading Billings businessman and politician. Assessor and County Treasurer before becoming Mayor of Billings in 1901. See History of Montana by Miller, Progressive Men of Montana and History of Montana by Saunders. Wife was Virginia Sleeper. Virginia's sister was Mrs. W. M. Johnston, 20C Yellowstone Ave. Virginia lane in Billings named after either his wife or their daughter, Virginia - See Many of the Streets, Billings Gazette, January 25, 1931. Helped establish the YMCA & Billings Polytechnic Institute. Montana State Senator in 1910. Credited with planting trees along Poly Drive - See Man Who Planted Poly Drive Trees, Billings Gazette, September 10, 1953, p. 3. Moved from Billings in the 1920s and was a U.S. Customs Collector in San Diego for many years. Died in California in 1954 - See WB George Dies in Los Angeles, Billings Gazette, May 2, 1954, p1. Buried at Mountview Cemetery.
Creator
Unknown
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
Language
eng
Date Original
1890
Subject (LCSH)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. Businessmen--Montana. Mayors--Montana. Young Men's Christian Association (Billings, Mont.) Legislators--Montana.
Rights Management
Billings Public Library is unaware of any copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act. All images in this collection may be used for educational, scholarly purposes and private study. We do request that a credit line be included with each item used. If you wish to publish or reproduce the material in any physical or digital form that exceeds that permitted by fair use or use them for any commercial purpose, including display or web page use, you must obtain prior written permission from Billings Public Library.
Contributors
Unknown
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 12,506,000 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 2941 x 2372 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 5.0.
Date Digitized
2007-02-26
Relation
See History of Montana by Miller, Progressive Men of Montana and History of Montana by Saunders. See Many of the Streets, Billings Gazette, January 25, 1931. See Man Who Planted Poly Drive Trees, Billings Gazette, September 10, 1953, p. 3. See WB George Dies in Los Angeles, Billings Gazette, May 2, 1954, p1.
