Your Local, Family-Run Supplier of Caskets, Urns & Vaults At Medallion Vault & Casket, we’re a second generation family-run funeral supplier providing personal, friendly and professional service to our funeral home clients. Get in touch to learn more about how we can serve you! (406) 652-6605 • medallionvc@outlook.com www.medallioncasket.com Many more rest in peace at this beautiful plot on Prickly Pear Flats, including Sanders’ partner in life. See the headstone: His Faithful Wife, Harriet Fenn Sanders 1884-1909 Should you visit Helena, reserve time to enjoy the bronze figures and busts of historical figures in the Capitol Building. See the beautiful twin steeples of St. Helena Catholic Cathedral, and stroll and shop the stores along the Last Chance Walking Mall in downtown Helena. Remember old Irish Thomas Cruse, a hard-working prospector/miner/banker/rancher. He provided funds for both the Cathedral and the Capitol Building. He found and developed the Drumlummon Gold and Silver Mine. What an astonishing and tragic life he led. These few words barely scratch the surface of the rich, rare and wild history and characters that created the modern-day community of Helena. This article is courtesy of Montana Senior News with the author’s permission. founded some 50 churches around Montana. His name is still remembered at Methodist churches and church conferences. Even Helena’s once-thriving but segregated Chinese community is represented in the “China Row Section.” At least one story tells of gold being washed out of pockets and cuffs from miners’ clothing at the Chinese laundry. Directors Digest | 23
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