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Daniel Pinna
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.
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When Milton was a young man, the whole Bean family left Texas, they packed up everything onto pack animals and left Texas, on May 20, 1872. Moving North across open country to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and living there until they left there in May of 1875.
Milton's father, Rupel Owen Beene (R.O.) changed his name to “Russell” Owen (still R.O.) Bean, his great, great grandmother’s madden name, when he left Texas.
On May 20, 1875 the Bean family left Indian Territory in Oklahoma and ended up in Del Norte, Colorado arriving there on Aug. 10, 1875.
The journey took approx. 70 days…
Del Norte served as a supply point and gateway to the San Juan’s and was never a mining town. A post office was established on January 28, 1873. Del Norte became a major transportation center after the arrival of the railroad. Pueblo was the nearest town and supplies were hauled 250 miles by pack string and freight wagon teams.
In the spring of 1876, the family moved to Los Pinos River, by way of Pagosa Springs, and began ranching near the Southern Ute Reservation Jasper Milton Bean became just “Milton” when the family left Colorado.
In 1891 Milt and his dad R.O. left Colorado, traveling light and moving fast through Utah and Idaho territory, finally stopping on the Rosebud in southeastern corner of Montana, where R.O. took up squatter’s rights.
In 1882, R.O. had his other son, Maynard Solomon “Dobbs” Bean (11 Sept. 1865, TX – 28 Feb. 1941, MT), bring the family up from Colorado to Montana.
On May 31, 1883, Milton Bean and Henrietta Sprague were married in Forsyth, Montana when the town was only a tent city. There being neither church nor minister, they were married in the store by the Justice of Peace. Henrietta Sprague-Bean was born in Tama county, Iowa, on April 2, 1863. She moved to Kansas with her parents at the age of seven and to the Rosebud in 1881 when she was 18. According to family legend, a band of Crow Indians camped near the home on the Rosebud River when they were displaced by the Army. Elizabeth Ann took care of them and fed them. One of the tribal leaders offered her husband R.O. a swap; her for horses, because she was so kind and generous.
Eleven children were born to this marriage
The family members were homesteaders, hunters, trappers, cowboys, bronc-busters, miners and loggers… they could also build sod (soddies) and log structures to live in, house livestock or root cellars to store garden goods (canned and bare root). They all learned to play stringed musical instruments like the violin and guitar, playing music for local barn dances and such. The women raised gardens, canned vegetables, cooked for the ranch hands, looked after the children and anyone sick whether they were family or neighbor, they washed cloths on a wash board in a tub and hung them out to dry.
Times and life for the troubled Bean family improved as they settled into building homes and ranching on the Rosebud.
Sometime in 1884, Milton & his father R.O. headed directly west and came through the Centennial Valley in Southwestern Montana. They continued moving on, stopping for a while in Spokane Falls, Wash., and then headed for Seattle. There on the docks they watched “dudes” trying to load cattle on a freighter. They became involved in helping load the cattle, and were hired to take the cattle to Juneau, in the District of Alaska. They stayed in Alaska for a short time, and then returned to the Centennial Valley in Montana and built a cabin. They remained in the valley for a while and returned to the Rosebud in 1885.
Milton Bean could not forget the Centennial Valley so he returned and took up a homestead. Milt sent for his family and they arrived in December of 1886. Brother Dobbs Bean brought Henrietta and the three children from the Rosebud and she took up a desert entry homestead near Milt near where Bean Creek and Bean Hill are today.
Milt sold the homestead in the Centennial Valley, then purchased a Mercantile Store in Cottonwood, Utah, and moved the family there. They had this business for about two years. Great grandpa Milt liked the city life and all it had to offer… His recreation was the same as most gentlemen of this era – playing poker and drinking booze.
The family went back to the Centennial Valley in Montana the family came and Milton knew he was in big trouble so he stopped drinking and would never allow his sons or anyone to have liquor on the ranch.
Henrietta would not allow a deck of cards in her home…
This time Milt homesteaded on Clover Creek, building cabins, barn and corrals, and went back into the horse and cattle business.
In 1933 Milt and Henrietta celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on the Clover Creek Ranch. Open house was held all day, followed by a barn dance in the evening.
After the children were married and left home, Milt and Henrietta spent winters in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho and Ziegler Hot Springs in Dillon, MT.
Henrietta died at the ranch of a heart attack at the age of 72, October, 17, 1935.
Milt stayed on the ranch and bought himself a new saddle at the age of 75. On April 5, 1941, at the age of 80, he sold the ranch J.E. Hughes of the Horse Prairie Country.
Milt resided with his daughter (my great Aunt) Roberta, in her home at Dillon until his death on May 25, 1943, at the age of 82. Both Milton & Henrietta are buried in the Jones Cemetery in the Centennial Valley.
Milton Bean
Milton Bean
Milton Bean was born Jasper Been (Bean) on March 4, 1861, in Gonzales Texas, the third of the five children.
Grace Leora Bean was born on 22 Octorber 1893 on the Bean family homestead located on Clover Creek in the Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana.
Grace was the daughter of Milton and Henrietta Bean and was the 7th child of a family of 12 children. She attended schools in the Centennial Valley, MT and Salt Lake City, UT. The family moved to Salt Lake City, UT a few years after selling their property in the Centennial Valley, MT. Her mother, Henrietta, had developed Milk Leg and required treatment available in Salt Lake City, UT.
The Bean family came back to "The Valley" and homesteaded on Clover Creek, on the North-west side.
Grace worked at the Summit Hotel in Monida, MT for Ossie Smith for several years.
She married William (Bill) Edwards on Saturday, 01 March 1913, by Rev. Jesse Lacklen in the Methodist Church in Dillon, MT.
Bill and Grace lived in Monida, MT for a time, as Bill was driving stage from Monida to Lakeview in the Centennial Valley. They later worked on the Paul Brothers Ranch and on the Staudaher Place for the P&O Cattle Co.
Two children were born to this union, a son Vernold on 16 July 1914 and a daughter Muriel Leora on 16 May 1916.
Grace and Bill filed on a homestead on Clover Creek in 1917 and built a house on the property. the family lived there part time and also worked on other ranches.
They were working for the P&O at the Stauduhar Place in 1918 and everything was going well… Then the “Spanish” flu epidemic made it into the valley. Bill died from the flu at the age of 27, on 31 Oct. 1918. He is buried in the Jones Cemetery in the Centennial Valley.
After Bill died, Grace took her children to her mother, Henrietta, further down on Clover Creek and went to families with the flu to take care of them until they either died or were able to take care of themselves.
The Orr’s wanted Grace back at the Stauduhar Place to cook for their ranch hands. She and her children lived at the Stauduhar Place part of the time and part of the time they lived at the homestead so she could prove up on it. A certain amount of time had to be spent living and making improvements in order to receive a patent for the property.
On 14 August 1920 Grace married Milford (Tug) Judy from Alder, MT. He was working for the P&O Ranches. They continued working for the P&O in the Centennial Valley and also on the Blacktail.
Vernold Edwards died on 05 November 1920 of “septic” from the toxins released when his appendix ruptured… He is buried beside his father, William (Bill) Edwards, in the Centennial Valley at the Jones Cemetery.
Grace & Tug made a valent attempt to get Vernold into the old Curtis Hospital in Dillon, MT. They hitched up the team of horses to the wagon, at the homestead on Clover Creek, and took off on a run… They had to come up over the hill from Clover Creek, into the Blacktail and down that long valley into Dillon. It was many, many miles on a single wide, 2 track, rocky dirt road.
At that time, there was nothing they could do medically once his appendix ruptured!
Muriel was 4 and Vernold was 6. This tragedy had a lifelong effect on Muriel.
Grace, Tug and Muriel moved back to the homestead in 1921.
Grace proved up on the property and received a patent to it later in the 1920's. The place was called the "Judy Ranch". Everyone stopped at the ranch and were always welcome. The cowboys stopped for a meal of Grace's excellent cooking and perhaps to stay overnight while trailing cattle to summer ranges in the Centennial.
Grace was a loving, caring person and was always willing and ready to help those in need and in illness. She also delivered several babies. She loved the outdoors and went fishing whenever possible. Grace and Tug sold the Judy Ranch on Clover Creek and moved to Dillon in the late 1940's.
Grace passed away on the 17th of March 1959, from a heart attack while she was visiting Tug in the hospital in Butte, MT. Grace is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Dillon, MT.
Grace Bean
Grace Bean
Grace was a loving, caring person and was always willing and ready to help those in need and in illness. She also delivered several babies. She loved the outdoors and went fishing whenever possible. Grace and Tug sold the Judy Ranch on Clover Creek and moved to Dillon in the late 1940's.
Grace passed away on the 17th of March 1959, from a heart attack while she was visiting Tug in the hospital in Butte, MT. Grace is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Dillon, MT.
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