This photo of Mary’s brothers, John and Willie, was taken on Grand Street in Marysville, just down the hill from the school house.
Photo back reads as follows:
John and Willie Rumping and dog team
1898 – Marysville – Mont
Prince, Fido, Curley & Nero by the side
Jim O’Brien[1] bot Curley & Nero from Mrs. Jno Rumping and took them to Alaska for his dog train in 1897 [2]
[1] Jim O’Brien. A search at Ancestry.com resulted in the location of a 1900 census record for a 36-year-old man named “Jim O’Brien” who lived in Belmont with his wife Mamie, a 3-year-old daughter Katie, and a 2-year-old daughter Alice. His occupation was listed as “quartz miner”. Year: 1900; Census Place: Belmont, Lewis and Clark, Montana; Roll: 912; Page: 16B;Enumeration District: 0162; FHL microfilm: 1240912
[2] took them to Alaska for his dog train in 1897. In all likelihood, Mary is referring here to the Klondike Gold Rush which took place between 1896 and 1899.
