Download or read book Tall Tales of Montana Homesteading and Beyond written by Thelma Van Hook Kirkish and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography and moving story of a remarkable lady, who is an avid horsewomen since the day she was born. Homesteading days in southeastern Montana on the prairie is about a strong hard working family surviving hardships and heartbreak including love along the way. The mode of transportation was usually a horse or horse and buggy. No electricity, inside plumbing or water just the light of the kerosene lamps. During the depression years the family made their own good times with many humorous stories and made the best of the bad. This story takes you to Missoula, Montana then to Grand Coulee Dam as it was being built then later to San Francisco during World War 11 where she raised her three teenaged daughters and then the fun began.