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Orphan boy in Montana - 1915

Russell was born 1904 in Monon, Indiana. He lived with his grandma near Knox on a small sand farm for two years (ages 5 to 7), until she died. Russell was then shuffled between relatives - often strangers - to work for his room and board. At age eleven (1915) Russell was put on a train from Indiana to Poplar, Montana. By seventeen, he was a full-fledged ranch and farmhand. He could do any part of the roundups, even castration. Russ harvested fields encompassing Poplar, Montana, throughout Kansas and into Canada ( he describes the town, Indian Reservation, farm and ranch life).

Orphan Boy by R. J. Milne, Jr. available online at Amazon.com, Barnes Noble.com and Authorhouse.com