James Kirkpatrick, Montana Pioneer, was born in Boston, Mass on March 9, 1848 to James Kirkpatrick and Mary Abigail Martin. When James was fifteen years of age,he along with his family headed west from Wisconsin to the Idaho Territory, (Later "Montana Territory"), the year was 1863. They arrived in Bannack City, Montana where the family established themselves. James Kirkpatrick was a young boy when his father left for Cuba to work as an engineer at a plantation where he would die from an illness. His mother, Mary Abigail Martin would then remarry James Monroe Mann, son of Aaron Mann of New Hampshire. The Kirkpatricks and Manns met up with John Bozeman of the now famous Bozeman Trail and attempted their journey in Montana but were turned back by hostile indians. The family would find an alternate and much longer route into Montana where they finally arrived in 1863. James Kirpatrick would settle on Rattle Snake Creek near Dillon and for a time lived at Edgerton, Montana where he and his brother, Robert operated a general merchandise house called, "Kirkpatrick Brothers". They would eventually move their store into Dillon, Montana where a new town was being established after the arrival of the Utah Northern Railroad. Business was good for the Kirkpatricks at first but they would later go under as a result of offering too much credit to their patrons who did not make good on their debts. The Kirkpatrick Brothers would also find themselves involved in a lawsuit regarding water rights which, at the time, many of the water rights laws we have today, had not been established. The brothers would turn to stock breeding and ranching which James did up until his time of death. James married Sarah Alma Kirkpatrick, daughter of Edwin Coffin at Dillon on Feb 1, 1881. Sarah died in 1932 at their ranch and James passed away while being hospitalized in 1935. During the latter part of James Kirkpatrick's life, he recorded and documented his early years in a number of writings that were published in magazines, books, and newspaper columns.
James Kirkpatrick, Montana Pioneer, was born in Boston, Mass on March 9, 1848 to James Kirkpatrick and Mary Abigail Martin. When James was fifteen years of age,he along with his family headed west from Wisconsin to the Idaho Territory, (Later "Montana Territory"), the year was 1863. They arrived in Bannack City, Montana where the family established themselves. James Kirkpatrick was a young boy when his father left for Cuba to work as an engineer at a plantation where he would die from an illness. His mother, Mary Abigail Martin would then remarry James Monroe Mann, son of Aaron Mann of New Hampshire. The Kirkpatricks and Manns met up with John Bozeman of the now famous Bozeman Trail and attempted their journey in Montana but were turned back by hostile indians. The family would find an alternate and much longer route into Montana where they finally arrived in 1863. James Kirpatrick would settle on Rattle Snake Creek near Dillon and for a time lived at Edgerton, Montana where he and his brother, Robert operated a general merchandise house called, "Kirkpatrick Brothers". They would eventually move their store into Dillon, Montana where a new town was being established after the arrival of the Utah Northern Railroad. Business was good for the Kirkpatricks at first but they would later go under as a result of offering too much credit to their patrons who did not make good on their debts. The Kirkpatrick Brothers would also find themselves involved in a lawsuit regarding water rights which, at the time, many of the water rights laws we have today, had not been established. The brothers would turn to stock breeding and ranching which James did up until his time of death. James married Sarah Alma Kirkpatrick, daughter of Edwin Coffin at Dillon on Feb 1, 1881. Sarah died in 1932 at their ranch and James passed away while being hospitalized in 1935. During the latter part of James Kirkpatrick's life, he recorded and documented his early years in a number of writings that were published in magazines, books, and newspaper columns.
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