Articles written by Ranee Berg
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Home to Three Forks: Jim & Diane Phillips
Jim Phillips' parents were planning on settling in Washington state in 1928 but on their way from Minnesota they ran out of money in Three Forks. "The people in town were so good to them that they... Full story
HOME TO THREE FORKS: Linzi Cazier
Linzi Cazier's family just can't stay away from Three Forks. "My Great Grandpa Walter Smith's family came to Three Forks with his family from Illinois with the railroad and graduated from Three For... Full story
Home to Three Forks: Wambeke Family
Chuck Wambeke was born in Billings, attended grade school in Butte and graduated high school at Billings Central in 1980. After high school he attended Billings Vo-Tech and went to work for a mining company as a draftsman/surveyor and traveled all...
HOME TO THREE FORKS
Somehow in all the moves with the military, Sean and Kira Gifford's paths crossed in Colorado and they married at Three Forks' Sacajawea Hotel. When Sean was no longer in active duty with the...
HOME TO THREE FORKS: Thurston Family
"Everything we owned in 2 horse trailers," describes Deanna Thurston of her family's move to Three Forks June, 1990 from Nebraska, where Deanna was born and raised. Her husband, Brandon, was also... Full story
HOME TO THREE FORKS
Three Forks gave our family a second chance," says Candi Rumelhart. Candi and Sean met at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. "Sean's great great grandparents lived in Fallon, Montana and he spent most of his childhood in Libby. My...
Home to Three Forks: Lance and Gayla Sieler
He from Billings, she from Whitehall, Lance and Gayla Sieler wanted to settle in Montana. They were renting a mobile home in Churchill for eight years, looking for "the right place". "I was... Full story
HOME TO THREE FORKS
Amber Hungerford's Montana roots run deep! "My mom's maternal (3) great grandparents came from Salt Lake City in 1864 and settled in Willow Creek (Williams and Harwood's). There is a family...
HOME TO THREE FORKS
Editor's Note: These are the first two articles in a series about how local residents made it "Home to Three Forks". Kerin McCarver married her high school sweetheart, both from Trout Creek/Thompson... Full story
Home to Three Forks
I'd been to Montana before but it was summer and warm. Once every decade my parents would take my dad's two-week vacation to take us on the loop from our East Bay Area home in California to their "o... Full story