Born in Kentucky on February 7, 1847, Alonzo Putnam Hart, came to Montana in 1869 after serving in the 7th Iowa Infantry during the Civil War. He marched with Sherman to the sea in the Civil war. Settled at Coulson in 1881 and then Billings. Was a carpenter, Justice of the Peace, Deputy Sheriff and U S Court Bailiff. Father of Arthur J. Hart, Mrs. Maude Salsbury and Mrs. Hazel Clark. Buried at Mountview Cemetery in 1928 - See Last Tributes are Paid Hart, Billings Gazette, April 26, 1928 (and April 25, 1928 article). Daughter Maude E married Clarence T. Salsbury, March 25, 1908, in Red Lodge - she was born in Keosauqua, Iowa, she died in 1965.
Creator
Unknown
Genre (AAT)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
Language
eng
Date Original
1925
Date (Unknown or Estimated)
Circa 1925
Subject (TGM)
Pioneers--Montana--Yellowstone County--Billings. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans. Coulson (Mont.) Law enforcement officers--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
Parmly Billings Library
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; 65,535,704 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 3791 x 6667 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 6.0.
Date Digitized
2007-04-02
Relation
See Last Tributes are Paid Hart, Billings Gazette, April 26, 1928 (and April 25, 1928 article).
