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Roy Shook recalls covered-wagon trips to Yellowstone and weeklong journeys to Missoula fair
Summary
Roy Shook, a longtime Bitterroot Valley resident, described traveling as a boy to Yellowstone National Park by covered wagon—camping with livestock, averaging a few miles a day—and later taking weeklong Model T trips to the Missoula fair where horse racing, bronc riding and clowns were main attractions.
Roy Shook, a longtime Bitterroot Valley resident, recalled childhood journeys to Yellowstone National Park and annual trips to the Missoula fair, describing covered-wagon travel, camping with livestock and simpler fair entertainment.
Shook said his family traveled “with a wagon and a cow and chickens,” using the cow for milk and keeping the chickens in crates for eggs. He described slow travel through the prairie—“oh, 3 or 4 miles a day”—and repeated stops to rest horses and livestock. The overland route he described went through the Big Hole country by Wisdom and on toward Dillon, with a stop near what he called “the battlefield” before crossing…
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