JAMES FERGUS:

FRONTIER BUSINESSMAN – MINER – RANCHER – FREE THINKER

 
By
 
ROBERT M. HORNE

B.S. Valley City State College, 1959

M.A. University of North Dakota, 1964

Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Doctor of Education

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

1971

Reprinted 1982 

Electronic edition 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Page numbers omitted—334 pages in this copy + vi]

FRONTISPIECE:  JAMES AND PAMELIA FERGUS – EARLY 1880's

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER

INTRODUCTION

I.                 NORTH AMERICA:  THE PROMISED LAND

II.              MOLINE:  BUSINESS SUCCESS – HEALTH FAILURE

III.            LITTLE FALLS:  FAILURE VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES

IV.           PIKE'S PEAK:  DISCOURAGEMENT

V.             VIRGINIA CITY:  DETOUR TO A DREAM

VI.          PRICKLY PEAR:  PRODUCE RANCH AND STAGE STATION

VII.      ARMELLS:  HOME AT LAST – THE FIRST YEAR:  SURVIVAL

VIII.   ARMELLS 1881-1887:  GROWING YEARS – GOOD YEARS

IX.     PAMELIA:  ". . . A FAITHFUL WIFE, A LOVING MOTHER, A TRUE FRIEND AND AN HONEST WOMAN."

X.          GOVERNMENT:  "I AM NOT A POLITICIAN."

1884 Constitutional Convention

1885 Territorial Council

Politics, 1886-1902:  Defeat – Bitterness - Withdrawal

XI.   EDUCATION:  "MY HOBBY ALL MY LIFE HAS BEEN TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND TO INVESTIGATE THINGS."

XII.     RELIGION:  "VERILY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS A CLOAK TO COVER A MULTITUDE OF SIN AND HIEROCRACY."

XIII.   ARMELLS:  THE 1890's

The Man

The Ranch

Twilight Years:  Lonely and Worried

EPILOGUE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

         THE FERGUS FAMILY TREE

from the 2nd edition cover

To read the additions from the 2nd edition, go to this Table of Contents page,
where you can go to separate web pages for each chapter of the thesis.
or
There is a another page starting like this one that includes all the chapters in the same page. This is for ease in searching the entire thesis, but it is over a megabyte in size and takes longer to load.

James R. Dangel
P. O. Box 219
Sitka, Alaska 99835 USA
Phone: 907-747-3348
Email:

Hiding my address underneath to avoid getting spam and unsolicited viruses has not worked very well. You will have to type in my email address from the picture file above.

Please make sure you include a subject line that means something. I get so much spam that if you are unknown to me and leave it blank or it looks like typical junk I will never see it nor answer you. Put some family names or something useful in the subject line!!!

Return to Jim's Home Page

---