Montana's DAR Markers . . . Honoring Where History Was Made

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This book has been 125 years in the making. It stands on the shoulders
of prior authors and all who love Montana history. With appreciation to:
Earlier DAR authors who kept our marker information alive (esp.
Mrs. C.A. Rasmusson, Mrs. Fred E. May, Iris McKinney Gray, Mrs. R.V.
Love, Mrs. E.E. Bruno, Mrs. Sidney Groff and Miss E. Lorene Burks);
Cameo Society for its enthusiastic support and financial backing;
State Regent Jane Lee Hamman for being a champion of the book, for
sharing historic facts, and for her always helpful edits;
Montana DAR chapters whose members went out to take
photographs and get GPS coordinates (esp. the chapter regent who took
unsuspecting out of town guests on a “DAR marker treasure hunt”);
Sandy Taylor (Chief Ignace Chapter) for typing the initial book draft
from dim photocopies and for her eyestrain while proofreading the book;
Char Ross (Black Eagle-Assinniboine Chapter), along with John, her
HODAR and SAR member, who traveled 520 miles on their 2010 Harley
Davidson motorcycle recording DAR markers, who researched historic
facts, and who dug out a potential marker from two feet of February snow;
Jennifer Buckley (Silver Bow Chapter) for deep digging through
dozens of old newspapers to ensure that our facts are correct, and to her
HODAR, Luke, for the GPS map;
Rick Sanders (Janice S. Hand’s HODAR) for suffering endless hours
providing help with malevolent software and for cover design; and
The State Historical Society for research assistance and permission
from its Research Center Photography Archives to print its historic photos.
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