Great Falls Tribune (MT), 7 Feb 1939
Death Takes Widely Known Rancher
Homer Armstrong, 66, widely known Belt rancher, mining engineer and member of the second graduating class of the Great Falls high school, died in a local hospital Monday.
Armstrong, who was born at Springville, Ind., Feb. 1, 1873, came with his parents to Great Falls from Indiana in 1890 and entered the high school here as a freshman. Four years later he was graduated as a member of the second class in the history of the city to complete the four years of high school training. He continued his education at Columbia university school of mines and was graduated with an engineering degree in 1901.
Armstrong then returned to Montana and worked as a mining engineer at Butte and at Matami, Mexico. After a few years in the mining industry, he returned to Montana and with his brother, Schuyler, took over operation of the ranches owned by the father, Felix Armstrong, on Cora Creek, near Armington.
In 1911 Homer married Alma L. Smith of Boonville, Mo. Three children were born to them and in 1921 the family moved to Belt, where the youngsters were graduated from high school. The daughter, Julia, is a senior at the University of Montana, one son, Tom, is a junior at the State college in Bozeman, and another son, John, is at the family home in Belt.
In addition to the widow and three children, the survivors include two sisters, Mrs. John M. Galvin of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. George Longeway of Great Falls, and the brother, Schuyler, who lives at Belt.
From: cara
Death Takes Widely Known Rancher
Homer Armstrong, 66, widely known Belt rancher, mining engineer and member of the second graduating class of the Great Falls high school, died in a local hospital Monday.
Armstrong, who was born at Springville, Ind., Feb. 1, 1873, came with his parents to Great Falls from Indiana in 1890 and entered the high school here as a freshman. Four years later he was graduated as a member of the second class in the history of the city to complete the four years of high school training. He continued his education at Columbia university school of mines and was graduated with an engineering degree in 1901.
Armstrong then returned to Montana and worked as a mining engineer at Butte and at Matami, Mexico. After a few years in the mining industry, he returned to Montana and with his brother, Schuyler, took over operation of the ranches owned by the father, Felix Armstrong, on Cora Creek, near Armington.
In 1911 Homer married Alma L. Smith of Boonville, Mo. Three children were born to them and in 1921 the family moved to Belt, where the youngsters were graduated from high school. The daughter, Julia, is a senior at the University of Montana, one son, Tom, is a junior at the State college in Bozeman, and another son, John, is at the family home in Belt.
In addition to the widow and three children, the survivors include two sisters, Mrs. John M. Galvin of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. George Longeway of Great Falls, and the brother, Schuyler, who lives at Belt.
From: cara
Great Falls Tribune (MT), 7 Feb 1939
Death Takes Widely Known Rancher
Homer Armstrong, 66, widely known Belt rancher, mining engineer and member of the second graduating class of the Great Falls high school, died in a local hospital Monday.
Armstrong, who was born at Springville, Ind., Feb. 1, 1873, came with his parents to Great Falls from Indiana in 1890 and entered the high school here as a freshman. Four years later he was graduated as a member of the second class in the history of the city to complete the four years of high school training. He continued his education at Columbia university school of mines and was graduated with an engineering degree in 1901.
Armstrong then returned to Montana and worked as a mining engineer at Butte and at Matami, Mexico. After a few years in the mining industry, he returned to Montana and with his brother, Schuyler, took over operation of the ranches owned by the father, Felix Armstrong, on Cora Creek, near Armington.
In 1911 Homer married Alma L. Smith of Boonville, Mo. Three children were born to them and in 1921 the family moved to Belt, where the youngsters were graduated from high school. The daughter, Julia, is a senior at the University of Montana, one son, Tom, is a junior at the State college in Bozeman, and another son, John, is at the family home in Belt.
In addition to the widow and three children, the survivors include two sisters, Mrs. John M. Galvin of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. George Longeway of Great Falls, and the brother, Schuyler, who lives at Belt.
From: cara
Death Takes Widely Known Rancher
Homer Armstrong, 66, widely known Belt rancher, mining engineer and member of the second graduating class of the Great Falls high school, died in a local hospital Monday.
Armstrong, who was born at Springville, Ind., Feb. 1, 1873, came with his parents to Great Falls from Indiana in 1890 and entered the high school here as a freshman. Four years later he was graduated as a member of the second class in the history of the city to complete the four years of high school training. He continued his education at Columbia university school of mines and was graduated with an engineering degree in 1901.
Armstrong then returned to Montana and worked as a mining engineer at Butte and at Matami, Mexico. After a few years in the mining industry, he returned to Montana and with his brother, Schuyler, took over operation of the ranches owned by the father, Felix Armstrong, on Cora Creek, near Armington.
In 1911 Homer married Alma L. Smith of Boonville, Mo. Three children were born to them and in 1921 the family moved to Belt, where the youngsters were graduated from high school. The daughter, Julia, is a senior at the University of Montana, one son, Tom, is a junior at the State college in Bozeman, and another son, John, is at the family home in Belt.
In addition to the widow and three children, the survivors include two sisters, Mrs. John M. Galvin of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mrs. George Longeway of Great Falls, and the brother, Schuyler, who lives at Belt.
From: cara
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