Elliot Travels to Helena, Montana to find work.

Elliot left Missouri in search of work. Times had gotten hard and so he headed out to Montana near Helena to find work on a farm. My Dad related this story to me around the times that I would travel thru Montana on my crosscountry motorcycle journeys. Dad was proud to tell me about his father working in this part of the country.

I am not sure of the years that Elliot worked in Montana, however keep in mind that my Dad was born in 1916 and the Depression began in 1929. Times were tough.

It was during this time that Mabel came into Elliot's life and their relationship developed into marraige. Elliot brought Mabel back to the farm in Missouri. Clark and Amel now had their father again as well as a new mother. Elliot and Mabel had two more children. The boy became my Uncle Lee and the girl became my Aunt Margaret.