P a g e 7 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r HISTORY OF PARK COUNTY-continued From The Livingston Enterprise, January 1, 1900: Z. H. DANIELS—Assessor. Z. H. Daniels, assessor of Park county, is one of the pioneers of the upper Yellowstone region. He was born in Potter county, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1850, but at the age of thirteen went to Port Huron, Michigan, where he was engaged as a clerk in mercantile stores until 1869. Sometime in 1870 he came to the present site of Livingston and, for a time, was superintendent of farming for the Crow reservation, at times also acting as subCrow agent. At the time of the founding of Clark City Mr. Daniels was timber inspector for the Northern Pacific railway, previously having been with General Otis in his three days’ fight with the Sioux while going from Glendive to Fort Keogh; furthermore he was guide and scout for General Terry in his campaign on the Yellowstone river. Mr. Daniels is also one of the pioneers of Cooke City, having represented mineral lands in that district since 1872, and from 1883 to 1894 made it his home. January 18, 1894, he was married to Mrs. Mallon, of Livingston, and in the fall of this year was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Conrow. In 1894 he was elected county assessor, where he still continues laboring for the county’s public. Mr. Daniels is a member of the Royal Arch of the Masons and the Knights of Pythians. JAMES A. BAILEY—Clerk of Court. Of the permanent residents of Park county the life of very few men, if any, dates back to the advent of the first white man as does that of Janies A. Bailey, clerk of the district court. He was born at Weston, Platte county, Missouri, August 29, 1856, and with his parents moved to Kentucky at an early age, remaining until April, 1865. Their trip from Kentucky to Leavenworth, Kansas, was by steamboat. Here the family outfitted and started overland with ox-teams for Virginia City, Montana, arriving at the latter place one hundred thirteen days after starting, since which time he has been a continuous resident of the state. For a time he was engaged in clerical work at various stores in Bozeman, subsequently keeping a supply store and wayside inn at Benson’s Landing, the most prominent pioneer rendezvous for white men in the earlier days on the upper Yellowstone. After disposing of his interests as store-keeper and the ferry at this place, Mr. Bailey went to the Crow agency and continued to barter with the Indians until the spring of 1882, when he returned to Bozeman and filled the position of deputy sheriff of Gallatin county under the administrations of Sheriffs McKenzie, Blakeley and Edsall, covering a period of five years. Z.H. Daniels
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