Phillips County Museum News for Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Herman George Robinson was one of the finest men in Malta, and his story was more than incredible, so I’ll share it with you.

He was born on February 25th, 1865, in New York. He had always envisioned being a cowboy and a cattleman, and in 1884, his dream brought him to Billings at the age of 19. After only a year, he found himself on the alluring prairie we now know as Malta. The changes he brought with him were some of the most marvelous and game-changing modifications we needed.

Herman worked on various farms until he was twenty-one when he left to file a homestead on the south slope of the...