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Medicine Rocks Montana

Medicine Rocks State Park, noted for its great sandstone pillars, is located in the southeastern corner of Montana, 14 miles north of Ekalaka and 25 miles south of Baker. Iit was a place of "big medicine" where Indian hunting parties conjured up magical spirits, thus the name Medicine Rocks was conferred upon it. Over the years, weathering due to water and wind have given the soft sandstone rock formations a swiss-cheese look. The park is 320 acres in size and is a haven for mule deer, antelope and sharp-tailed grouse. Source: http://montanakids.com/things_to_see_and_do/state_parks/medicine.htm

Baker, Montana

The Milwaukee Railroad survey of 1905-1906 opened the area for a prospective town site. Steel rails were laid in December 1907 and the community was ready to begin. The original town site survey was called Lorraine but the name was changed to Baker, when the first train came through in the spring of 1908, to honor the chief engineer of construction. A petition was filed on January 7, 1911 asking for the incorporation of the town of Baker. An election was held on April 22, 1911 with a vote of 51 for and1 against it. Ekalaka was Baker's rival for the county seat and won in the first election but on the re-election the following year, Baker became the county seat of Fallon County. Ekalaka then pulled away in 1917 and formed its own county of Carter. Gas and oil discoveries have been an important part of the history of Baker.

Source: http://www.bakermt.com/about_baker/history.html

Ekalaka, Montana

Ekalaka was named after Ijkalaka, the daughter of Eagle Man an Oglala Sioux, and the wife of David H. Russell, the first white settler in the area. This area later became known as the Russell Creek Valley of Carter County, Montana.

Ijkalaka, (meaning "restless or moves about") was born about 1856 on the Powder River in Wyoming territory. Her mother died and she was raised by her mother's sister who had married a white settler named Bullard at Fort Laramie. She later lived with her cousin, Elizabeth (Renshaw) and her husband, Hiram B. Kelly on their cattle ranch bout 30 miles from Fort Laramie. Elizabeth was a granddaughter of the War Chief Red Cloud, who was Ijkalaka's uncle. During this period she met David Russell, a native of Henderson Co., IL. On February 16, 1874, at the age of 16 they were married at Gellett Parrier near Fort Laramie, Wyoming territory. By 1880 Russell had become a rancher as well as a buffalo hunter. When he learned of the order issued by the government for help in clearing this area of buffalo, he sold their ranch and most of the stock and moved his family to the Black Hills of South Dakota. He then traveled to Montana and located a place to homestead. In the spring of 1881 he returned to the Black Hills and moved his wife and 4 children to Montana, settling four mile southeast of what is now Ekalaka. By 1885 a town had sprung up and a post office opened in what had become known as "the Russell Creek Valley" and renamed for Russell's wife, Ijkalaka. The original spelling was hard for people living away from the area to spell and thus the spelling was changed to Ekalaka.

Source: http://www.cartercountymuseum.com/photos/ijkalaka.html

Medicine Rock Church Cemetery

Medicine Rocks Cemetery is located next to the Medicine Rocks Wesleyan Church on Medicine Rocks Road, at 604 Highway 7, 1 mile south of Medicine Rocks State Park. Map It is a small well cared for cemetery, where my great aunt, Stella Maude (Morgan) Beeson and two 2nd cousins, Royal Glen Beeson and Oliver Truman Cretsinger, are buried.

We visited this cemetery in August of 2007 and took all but one of the photos shown here.

View of cemetery

Royal Glenn Beeson Obituary

b. Sept. 11, 1908 -- d. Oct. 13, 1929

Son of Charley August & Stella Maude (Morgan) Beeson

Stella Maude

(Morgan) Beeson

b. Sept. 17, 1877

d. July 13, 1931

Obituary

Her husband Charley is buried in an unmarked

grave in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, IA.

Stella is my aunt and the mother of Royal Glenn Beeson

Marion William Cretsinger

b. May 12, 1854 -- d. Nov. 23, 1932

Father of Oliver Truman, Roland Elmer & Mart Cretsinger

All buried in Medicine Rock Church Cemetery

Oliver Truman Cretsinger

b. March 15, 1898 -- d. Apr. 25, 1932

Son of Marion William Cretsinger

Husband of Delcie Gertrude (Beeson) Cretsinger

Delcie was the daughter of Charley & Stella Maude (Morgan) Beeson

Inscription says:

"Iowa

PVT 88 Inf.

19 Division"

Roland Elmer Cretsinger

b. Dec. 20, 1898 -- d. Oct. 20, 1980

"PFC US ARMY

SORLD WAR II"

Son of Marion William Cretsinger and

brother of Oliver Truman & Mart Cretsinger

Mart H. & Violet L. (Stultz) Cretsinger

Mart b. Dec. 20, 1905 -- d. Aug. 19, 1990

Violet b. Oct. 15, 1908 -- d. June 13, 2007

Inscription: "Loving Parents & Grandparents"

Son of Marion William Cretsinger and brother

of Oliver Truman and Roland Elmer Cretsinger

Hollis Cretsinger

b. Dec. 26, 1912 -- d. 26 Oct. 1998

PVT US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

He was a cousin of the other Cretsinger's buried in the cemetery

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