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- Lindley Emmet Ruland, eldest of seven children, was born the 6th ofMarch, 1855, on the farm in Calhoun County, Illinois, to his parents,Jackson Washington Ruland and Mary Marie (at this time, his mother’smaiden name nor her parentage are not known 1997). Finishing school at Rockport, Missouri, where his parents moved, helearned the painting, paperhanging and decorating trade. Lindley lived with his father in New York for a time and plied hisdecorating trade. He met and married Minnie Davidson, a lass from Ireland. In 1898 Lindley, Minnie and four children, Birdie, Alexander, Emmet,and Marguerite arrived in Belle Fourche, South Dakota by train. They weremet by relatives and lived for a time near his brother, Dan and family.Later they filed on a homestead on Beaver Creek four miles east of Alva,Wyoming. Lindley's brand was a capital HT, the T had a bar under it.This area is still known as the Ruland Gulch. They erected a frame houseand their water came from a nearby spring. The children attended theBeaver Creek School, which was built in 1896 and is still standing. In 1910, they sold their ranch and moved to Moscow, Idaho. Later theymoved to Los Angeles, California, where they lived the rest of theirlives. This account was compiled by Frances Olivia (Nilson) Ruland, and copiedfrom the book - 'Pioneers Of Crook County 1876-1920, by the Crook CountyHistorical Society, Crook County, Wyoming, 1981 copyright 1981. Page437. Lindley's brand is pictured on page 16 in the book 'Hulett Area Pastand Present', compiled, Published & Distributed by Hulett Area SeniorCitizens, Inc., Printed by Sand Creek Pring, Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
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