tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post991163939587735696..comments2024-02-01T17:07:07.104-08:00Comments on Butte History and "Lost Butte": Mrs. E. Creighton Largey (1884-1939)Richard Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-35084679876782352972017-03-17T17:02:09.708-07:002017-03-17T17:02:09.708-07:00The 1885 directory has the Largey house at 200 W B...The 1885 directory has the Largey house at 200 W Broadway, which would be at Montana (note the one above, is not at Idaho St but at Washington, a block further west). Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-73439683223032144832017-03-17T17:01:08.392-07:002017-03-17T17:01:08.392-07:00Oh, thank you for that tidbit! I'd begun diggi...Oh, thank you for that tidbit! I'd begun digging into Mrs. Shodair and had only found she'd invested in a few businesses and remarried in 1886. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786519332408744667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-69760780314351287342017-03-17T16:52:17.935-07:002017-03-17T16:52:17.935-07:00Here's my other point of confusion: Was it act...Here's my other point of confusion: Was it actually at Broadway and Washington (I mean, obviously the above pictured house was at what is currently Broadway and Washington) or was its address at the time Broadway and Idaho? Was there a separate Largey house at Broadway and Idaho? The Largeys owned a lot of properties, of course, which may be adding to the confusion.<br /><br />Another site (http://www.helenahistory.org/telephone-history.htm) reports that Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company came to Butte in early 1882.<br />So I guess it wasn't Rocky Mountain's building in 1881 to which Joseph's confectionery was attached. I'll dig around to see when Western Union arrived.<br /><br />I look forward to seeing what you turn up! Thanks again. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786519332408744667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-9208513332047642242017-03-17T16:47:41.219-07:002017-03-17T16:47:41.219-07:00in 1885, Shodair's Ice Cream Parlor was at 12 ...in 1885, Shodair's Ice Cream Parlor was at 12 W Broadway (i.e. just west of Main) which would be reasonable. Doesn't prove Dyer wasn't in his home at Idaho, but really there wasn't much as far west as Idaho st in 1879-81. Not impossible, just unusual and not likely IMO. <br />Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-61299231295467858662017-03-17T16:32:16.326-07:002017-03-17T16:32:16.326-07:00It's possible, I guess, that there was an earl...It's possible, I guess, that there was an early telegraph office in some home of the Largeys but I doubt if the Largey house at Idaho and B'way was built by then. I'll have to do some more checking - thanks!Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-83499612393343776492017-03-17T16:29:29.059-07:002017-03-17T16:29:29.059-07:00Following is from Rory Triscuit (I inadvertently c...Following is from Rory Triscuit (I inadvertently clicked delete instead of publish): Ah, of course, Joseph sold his business in 1881, and died in 1895 so you won't likely find anything about him past 1881.<br /><br />Butte Daily Miner. Tuesday, September 23, 1879. Minor Items. "..Besides the interior improvements lately noted Mr. Dyer is putting in a glass front at his place of business, west Broadway"<br /><br />Joseph and his wife Jane can be found on the 1880 census in Butte. He is listed as confectioner, she as "works in shop".<br /><br />Butte Daily Miner. [page 3] Wednesday, August 24, 1881. Changes in Business. "Yesterday Mr. Joseph Dyer sold to Mrs. Kate M. Shodair the bakery and confectionery business carried on in the building adjoining the telegraph office, on West Broadway."<br /><br />Montana Butte Standard. July 4, 1939. "The first telegraph office in Butte was in the Largey home which stood on the northwest corner of Broadway and Idaho street."<br /><br />The only records I could find of them in phone directories are of Jane, his widow, who moved to Great Falls after his death in Belt in 1895.<br /><br />I tried to leave a second comment yesterday but it sadly wasn't going through. Basically, I'm pretty confused, too! *chuckles<br /><br />Perhaps what once was a telegraph office later became the Largey home? I see in your post on Telephones in 1880s Butte that the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company shared an office with Western Union Telegraph at 260 Main, between Park and Broadway by 1884. Hmm. Perhaps I should be looking at Main and Broadway. Or perhaps there was another telegraph office in 1881 before those companies settled into a building on Main St?<br /><br />Thanks so much for your quick response! Given that you can't find Joseph in the 1885 and on volumes, I can now surmise that they moved to Belt or Great Falls before then. Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-21965741801994358162017-03-17T07:15:31.075-07:002017-03-17T07:15:31.075-07:00Hello and thanks for your note - but it confuses m...Hello and thanks for your note - but it confuses me!The telegraph office in Butte was, I'm quite sure, always at the heart of town, and would not have been in a private home anyway, especially not by the time the Largey house was built c. 1897. Nor would a business like a confectionery have been in this upscale residential neighborhood (it's not impossible that your ancestor had a business in his home, which could have been somewhere near here). So I'm curious as to the source of the quotes about the confectionery, telegraph office, and Largey house. I only have a few of the Butte city directories here at home but I can't find a Joseph Dyer or Dyer Confectionery in the 1885, 1891, 1893, 1895, or 1900 volumes. Cheers - Dick. Richard Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03330538991049552829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4520907669288432855.post-10308932687776416692017-03-17T01:25:40.119-07:002017-03-17T01:25:40.119-07:00Hello! I'm researching my Dyer family from But...Hello! I'm researching my Dyer family from Butte circa 1880-1900. Joseph Dyer's confectionery was in the "building adjoining the telegraph office", which was in the "Largey House on the NW corner of Broadway and Idaho street". I checked Google Maps and was sad to see that the house on the corner looks rather new. I was curious to see what the "Largey House" actually looked like and found your wonderful post here. Thank you so much for these images! What a cute little area, and the perfect place to have get-togethers and a candy shop! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786519332408744667noreply@blogger.com