John Streb was born in Bavaria, Germany in April 27, 1851 to Conrad and Margaret (Wombacher) Streb. He immigrated to the United States and married Veronica Gelhaus on Nov. 20, 1883 in Leadville, Colorado. Almost immediately they headed to Montana Territory and wound up at Glendale in Beaverhead County, Montana in 1884. The Streb family began growing at this place with the first born, Charles arriving on March 1,1885. Ralph was born on July 13, 1886 and the third was Albert on August 1,1889. Florence was born on November 4, 1893.
In Glendale, John and Veronica ran a boarding house, and John also made bricks that were being used for building charcoal kilns, some of which he helped in constructing on Canyon Creek, in 1884 and 1885. He also made brick used in the hotel at Melrose. The clay for the brick came from near Glendale. In 1886 John and Veronica, along with Mary Gelhaus planted some pine trees along the road entering Glendale from the east, some of which are still in view today. John and Veronica moved their family to Melrose to operate the hotel and boarding house known as the Iowa House.
John served as a deputy sheriff as well. On December 7, 1900, John started for Jackson, over in western Beaverhead County, nearly eighty miles away, to serve some legal papers on a man located there. On the way, a harness on his team of horses broke and the horses bolted, running out of control. To save himself, John jumped from the wagon, and when he struck the ground, he fractured his leg and fainted. The pain made him come to and he called for help. He was picked up by an old neighbor in a buggy and taken back to Melrose. He was attended to by the local surgeon as well as doctors from Butte. He was resting easy the first day, but then gangrene set in. His wife, Veronica, described him as being in and out of consciousness on his last two days, and during his last moments, "he opened his eyes and looked at us all. The tears rolled down his cheek; this pitiful look, I will never forget." John died on December 20, 1900. A funeral Mass was held in the parlor of the family home two days later and John was laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetary in Dilllon.
In Glendale, John and Veronica ran a boarding house, and John also made bricks that were being used for building charcoal kilns, some of which he helped in constructing on Canyon Creek, in 1884 and 1885. He also made brick used in the hotel at Melrose. The clay for the brick came from near Glendale. In 1886 John and Veronica, along with Mary Gelhaus planted some pine trees along the road entering Glendale from the east, some of which are still in view today. John and Veronica moved their family to Melrose to operate the hotel and boarding house known as the Iowa House.
John served as a deputy sheriff as well. On December 7, 1900, John started for Jackson, over in western Beaverhead County, nearly eighty miles away, to serve some legal papers on a man located there. On the way, a harness on his team of horses broke and the horses bolted, running out of control. To save himself, John jumped from the wagon, and when he struck the ground, he fractured his leg and fainted. The pain made him come to and he called for help. He was picked up by an old neighbor in a buggy and taken back to Melrose. He was attended to by the local surgeon as well as doctors from Butte. He was resting easy the first day, but then gangrene set in. His wife, Veronica, described him as being in and out of consciousness on his last two days, and during his last moments, "he opened his eyes and looked at us all. The tears rolled down his cheek; this pitiful look, I will never forget." John died on December 20, 1900. A funeral Mass was held in the parlor of the family home two days later and John was laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetary in Dilllon.
John Streb was born in Bavaria, Germany in April 27, 1851 to Conrad and Margaret (Wombacher) Streb. He immigrated to the United States and married Veronica Gelhaus on Nov. 20, 1883 in Leadville, Colorado. Almost immediately they headed to Montana Territory and wound up at Glendale in Beaverhead County, Montana in 1884. The Streb family began growing at this place with the first born, Charles arriving on March 1,1885. Ralph was born on July 13, 1886 and the third was Albert on August 1,1889. Florence was born on November 4, 1893.
In Glendale, John and Veronica ran a boarding house, and John also made bricks that were being used for building charcoal kilns, some of which he helped in constructing on Canyon Creek, in 1884 and 1885. He also made brick used in the hotel at Melrose. The clay for the brick came from near Glendale. In 1886 John and Veronica, along with Mary Gelhaus planted some pine trees along the road entering Glendale from the east, some of which are still in view today. John and Veronica moved their family to Melrose to operate the hotel and boarding house known as the Iowa House.
John served as a deputy sheriff as well. On December 7, 1900, John started for Jackson, over in western Beaverhead County, nearly eighty miles away, to serve some legal papers on a man located there. On the way, a harness on his team of horses broke and the horses bolted, running out of control. To save himself, John jumped from the wagon, and when he struck the ground, he fractured his leg and fainted. The pain made him come to and he called for help. He was picked up by an old neighbor in a buggy and taken back to Melrose. He was attended to by the local surgeon as well as doctors from Butte. He was resting easy the first day, but then gangrene set in. His wife, Veronica, described him as being in and out of consciousness on his last two days, and during his last moments, "he opened his eyes and looked at us all. The tears rolled down his cheek; this pitiful look, I will never forget." John died on December 20, 1900. A funeral Mass was held in the parlor of the family home two days later and John was laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetary in Dilllon.
In Glendale, John and Veronica ran a boarding house, and John also made bricks that were being used for building charcoal kilns, some of which he helped in constructing on Canyon Creek, in 1884 and 1885. He also made brick used in the hotel at Melrose. The clay for the brick came from near Glendale. In 1886 John and Veronica, along with Mary Gelhaus planted some pine trees along the road entering Glendale from the east, some of which are still in view today. John and Veronica moved their family to Melrose to operate the hotel and boarding house known as the Iowa House.
John served as a deputy sheriff as well. On December 7, 1900, John started for Jackson, over in western Beaverhead County, nearly eighty miles away, to serve some legal papers on a man located there. On the way, a harness on his team of horses broke and the horses bolted, running out of control. To save himself, John jumped from the wagon, and when he struck the ground, he fractured his leg and fainted. The pain made him come to and he called for help. He was picked up by an old neighbor in a buggy and taken back to Melrose. He was attended to by the local surgeon as well as doctors from Butte. He was resting easy the first day, but then gangrene set in. His wife, Veronica, described him as being in and out of consciousness on his last two days, and during his last moments, "he opened his eyes and looked at us all. The tears rolled down his cheek; this pitiful look, I will never forget." John died on December 20, 1900. A funeral Mass was held in the parlor of the family home two days later and John was laid to rest at Mountain View Cemetary in Dilllon.
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