P a g e 5 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 his future wife, Ina, at the time, and ended up on a brush and trail crew instead. However, he did work a short while on Red Mountain Lookout, which allowed him to go down at night and date Ina. Today, Ted lives in Pleasant Valley and talks of returning with his wife and family to Webb Mountain, which is now a cabin rental. He enjoyed sharing his memories with his grandkids which, Ted says, “… I will NEVER forget.” – Courtesy of The Northwest Montana Lookout Association, For more info, visit their website at: https://www.nwmt-ffla.org/ Photo Courtesy NMLA This article by Beth Hodder is based on an interview that is part of the NWMT-FFLA Oral History Project to preserve the stories associated with the lookouts (people and places) of Northwest Montana. This and other interviews will be archived at the University of Montana Library, and can be found online at https://scholarworks.umt.edu/nwmt-ffla/ HISTORY OF PARK COUNTY-continued From The Livingston Enterprise, January 1, 1900: Livingston Flouring Mill Company, Merchant Millers. The flouring mill industry of Park county is just in its infancy, the present interest being stimulated by the building up of the agricultural resources. In June, 1898, the foundation was laid for the construction of the Livingston Flouring mill. It consisted of a stock company of the principal business men of Livingston, with A. W. Miles, president ; Wm. Grabow, secretary, and Frank Huot, manager. The mill was completed November, 1898, and all the construction work and placement of the machinery was done by Mr. Huot. The building is 40x50 feet, built of native stone, and consists of two floors and a basement, while it has a daily capacity of seventy-five barrels. The basement contains the drive pulleys, main shaft and one smutter. On the first, or grinding floor, are four double stands of E. P. Allis Co.’s rolls, one feed mill, one cockle machine, one flour packer, a way hopper and one complete steam generator and heater. In the northwest corner of the room is located the electric motor, which, with a forty-horse power, gives the necessary power throughout the mill. It is the only motor of the kind in the state that is used in flouring mills, giving a satisfaction that far exceeds that of steam. On the second floor are located two E. P. Allis middling purifiers, a perfection dust collector, one universal bolter, one round reel and two centrifugal reels, two wheat separators, a brush machine and oat clipper. The products of this mill are competing with high-grade eastern flour, with the following brands : Old Faithful, Yellowstone, Tourist, Livingston Royal, Ivory, Starlight, Livingston Pastry, with a specialty of Barleytine. That these brands have been appreciated is shown by the present demand far exceeding the supply. William Grabow. William Grabow, secretary and manager of the Livingston Flouring Mills, is a son of the Father, Ed Clarke, and granddaughter in 1960 at Black Butte Lookout.
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