Sheridan's Daybreak III
Entering the New Millenium
The Ongoing History of Sheridan County, Montana
Compiled
and Collated by May (Hilyard) Budke, Pamla (Fouhy) Hendrickson and the
Sheridan's Daybreak III Committee
Copyright
2005 by the Sheridan County Daybreakers Genealogy Society
This 1092
page hard bound book was a 2 year project begun in 2003 and completed
in the fall of 2005. Most stories were written in 2003 or early
2004.Cemetery records in the back of the book were updated through the
end of 2004. Books are still available at the
price of $45.00, but with the current special price reduction, you can purchase the
book for $35.00 plus shipping!
If you are in
Sheridan County, books can be purchased at the following locations:
Little Muddy Dry Goods, Nelson Accounting,the Greeter or the Sheridan County Museum in Plentywood, and the Equine Connection in Medicine Lake or by
contacting May Budke
or Pamla Hendrickson.
If you are interested in ordering a book, please click on the following
link for more information or to print out an order form.
Order Sheridan's Daybreak III book for
only $35 as a special price reduction!
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Following is part of the Foreword from the book as
published. |
Sheridan’s Daybreak III continues the on-going history of residents
past and present, who lived and/or may still live in the northeastern
Montana communities of Antelope, Archer, Coalridge, Comertown-Dooley,
Dagmar, Homestead, Medicine Lake, Outlook, Plentywood, Raymond,
Redstone, Reserve, Volmer and Westby. Since Sheridan’s Daybreak and
Sheridan’s Daybreak II were published thirty-five and twenty years ago,
this volume updates personal stories from the first two books; includes
first-time personal stories of those born during the past two decades,
stories omitted from volumes I and II, and those who have changed
marital status; catalogues community cemetery gravestones and/or
courthouse death records; chronicles organizations, clubs and churches;
and contains colorful stories of the past and human interest stories of
the present. All stories are printed in their entirety as submitted to
retain their local language and uniqueness, with only minor revisions.
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Sheridan’s Daybreak III began when the
decision was made that so many changes necessitated publication of
volume three to continue the rich heritage of Sheridan
County—marriages, births, deaths, divorces, remarriages, and the
communities in general. With this motivation, I wrote a letter to the
editor of Sheridan County News calling for a meeting of Sheridan County
readers and residents interested in producing Sheridan’s Daybreak III.
From the small group responding—ideas, volunteers and community
participation followed which resulted in this beautiful book—a new
chapter to the story of Sheridan County. May Budke, Coordinator
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This book not only contains family histories and a chapter on the
stories and memories of county residents, but a chapter on the
cemeteries of Sheridan County compiled by the Sheridan County
Daybreakers Genealogy Society. Following is a brief excerpt from the
chapter, Cemeteries of Sheridan County, by Pamla
(Fouhy) Hendrickson. |
The goal of the Sheridan County
Genealogy Society is to record the resting places of our ancestors to
the best of our ability. With this in mind, we have compiled these
indexes from available sources, mostly cemetery stones or listings,
some of which were compiled by the late Ralph Parpart, who spent many
hours searching out this information. . . . Local volunteers maintain
many of our small cemeteries, but some of our earliest have been long
abandoned and are going back to nature. Even though we can no longer
locate some of their resting places, we have not forgotten those who
have gone before us. This chapter is dedicated to them.
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