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images.
These are some of the photos that can be found in the book.
My grandfather, Charles Ellsworth Pintler (1854-1925) guarded gold
bars in the Giltedge Mine during the depression in about 1898. Great
Grandfather William Dundom (1838-1925) and Great Grandma Katie operated a horse and cattle
ranch at Hanover, (South Moccasin Mountains) and sold horses to South Africa
during the Boer War.
 My father, William Augustus Pintler, (1885-1976) with his
parents, arrived in Lewistown in 1888 at the age of 3 years, following his father's
mountain adventures exploring and blazing trails north of the Big Hole Valley, now called
The Anaconda Pintler Wilderness. My father homesteaded nine miles southwest of
Forest Grove in 1909, my mother, Florence McCallum rode horseback past his homestead cabin
on her way to Great Divide School. They were wed in Lewistown in 1916. Other
family pioneer  names in
addition to Pintler who lived in Fergus County are: McCallum, (who homesteaded on Alaska
Bench) Dundom, Sherman, Clark (John and Mary) and descendents, many of whom still live
there. Mention of others in our book are John Ihde, and Chris Nelson.
Those who may be interested, shirt tail relation, that is, who are not in the book
but descendents and live in the area are Fisher, James, Kent, Steele, Kizer,
Fishburn. Other names mentioned in the book, not neccessarily in this area are
Barney, Hale and Young.
The links, link to other Pintler Wilderness websites in order to promote the book
to those the world over who frequent the wilderness area. It was written to tell a
story that needed to be told. There was controversy over the spelling, the
name, (Pintler to Kennedy?) All in all, a story of the Pintlers. It is not
geneaologically written, but has a wealth of information to those who live in Montana or
those who long to visit the area.
 By the way, my co-author and I chose THE GILTED EDGE as our
business name, how about that? [Gilted Edge comes from the mining town of Gilt
Edge, now pretty much a ghost town] We have fond memories of my father and grandmother
Katie relating stories of Giltedge, the Musselshell, Moore. Some are included in the
book, also photos, maps, illustrations, unusual documents.
Thank you for your interest.
Submitted by Nola Imus of Newman Lake Washington. Co-author of "The
Pintlers"
The
Gilted Edge Presents The Pintlers, Majestic They Stand
Contact THE GILTED EDGE
Co-authors and sisters
Nola Pintler Imus
Charlotte Pintler McLucas
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