Dad came from Butte, Montana to Inisfail in 1898 and bought
land,and returned to Butte to work in the smelter. In the
spring of '99 he bought harness, etc. and headed for Innisfail.
It was a late spring and his land was covered with snow.
He stayed a few days with a neighbor, living on potatoes,
only; He sold his land and went back to Butte. In 1901
he bought a ticket for Lethbridge for $16.00, and looked
for land in the Okotoks district 1/2 mile west of the Shell
Service Station north of the town, which he bought.

Mrs. Arnold and daughter Ethyl arrived in 1904.. Ethyl
went to school in Okotoks one of her teachers being
Jack McIntyre who owned the land now farmed by Mrs.
Eileen Moore. In 1905 mother and dad filed on a quarter
near '6 Corners' and on which he lived to the end of his life.

They did most of their trading in Okotoks and on one of
their trips mother bought a pig, bringing it home in a box
at their feet. On the road they met some people they
knew were above such things as having a pig along, so
she kept busy trying to keep it quiet so no one would
know it was there.

Prairie fires seemed to be the topic of the day;
people camping out and leaving their fires burning.

Ethyl was still going to school in Okotoks, paying
$5.00 per month for board and having to do
housework besides.

In 1906, Sky Glen school opened, seven miles away
so she went there; Tom McKee was a teacher, brother
of George McKee. Big Hill school was opened in
1908, it being only five miles away, so she changed
again; Miss McLean was the teacher. In 1909 she
went to High River where board was $15 and $20
per month. She claimed she learned more from Miss
Kelly than any other teacher.

Isaac Arnold came in 1904 and bought land west of
Okotoks but he sold in 1905 and came to East
Longview. He also owned the quarter cornering
where the Windy Hill school used to be. By this
time I had arrived on the scene and when old
enough used to like to ride home with Uncle Ike
and batch. Mother used to bake his bread for
him as she did a number of the bachelors; each
one would bring their flour and the sacks were
labelled so each man got bread made from his own
flour.

Henry Arnold's first place was north of '6 Corners'
then he homesteaded west of Longview. Dick
Dayment's father bought the place.

Ethyl married Lawrence Gier who owned a garage
in Calgary and they had one daughter. Ethyl passed
away in 1969.

My mother, Mrs. Arnold, passed away in 1925, and
dad in 1941.