My mothers family came to Idaho from Nebraska in the 1870's. My dads father came to Butte Montana from Ireland to work in the mines in the 1930's. My dad married my mom when he went to school at U of I in the 50's. No family left in Butte, everyone is in Idaho now.

Not a lot of people know that Butte Mt has a huge population of Irish. I used to go there on St Patricks day with my dad. I swear even the cops were drunk. Talking with my dad is pretty intresting. Old times in Butte were like the wild west but it was Irish and Indians instead of Cowboys and Indians. They were very poor when he was a kid. He tells me all the time if the world needed an enima, they would have to stick the hose in Butte Mt.