Phillips County Museum News for Wednesday, September 1, 2021

As Covid raises its ugly head in Phillips County a dear friend comes to mind. She and her mother both passed due to Covid.

In remembering, a story came to mind about the grandmother of my friend. Grandmother was quite a lady. She came from Minnesota to Montana with her family in the early 1900s.

The early years were hard with the family living in tents during the summer when their house burned down. In rebuilding the family pulled up fence posts, stood them end to end, and made their home.

By the year 1919, she proved up on a homestead claim close to the Canadian border. Love came to Nellie and she had to have money for a wedding dress. A pet pig was the answer to her problem. She sold that pig and bought pussy willow taffeta to make her wedding dress.

Check out the PC Museum and the wedding dress display for more fun and uplifting wedding stories. Museum hours are 10-5 Monday through Saturday. (The name of the grandmother was Nellie Dolson Hallam.)