Life Along the Line

Life Along the Line (HMUMX)

Location: Saltese, MT 59867 Mineral County
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Country: United States of America
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N 47° 23.797', W 115° 38.093'

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Just getting groceries up here could be a challenge

Deep winter snow sometimes made getting to school, going to the doctor, or buying food an adventure.


Families living at the top of the Bitterroot Mountains, here at East Portal and Roland, made the most out of a lonely situation.

When winter's deep snow closed the roads, residents ran errands on borrowed "motor cars" that ran on rails, or hitched rides on passing trains. The trains would drop off mail-order groceries, medicines and household supplies.

Doris Walton lived both at East Portal and Roland with her husband Homer, the Section Foreman, and her children. She remembers being busy monitoring the weather station and keeping her children occupied. In summer, there was berry picking, fishing and exploring mountain trails.

Winter brought sledding, snow fights and school.

During the school term, kids boarded with relatives in Avery, or mom and kid stayed in a hotel in Wallace at school district expense. In the early 1950s, students rode to the school bus stop on at Taft on a large "Snow Cat" snowmobile.
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Date Added Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 10:14am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11T E 603012 N 5250143
Decimal Degrees47.39661667, -115.63488333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 23.797', W 115° 38.093'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 23' 47.82" N, 115° 38' 5.58" W
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Area Code(s)406
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 758-798 Milwaukee Rd Trail, Saltese MT 59867, US
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