[MONTAGNE].-Livre Rare Book
Small archive of legal documents & autograph letters with manuscript land maps detailing a lawsuit filed in 1912 near Monida Montana. Rancher Zene Bucy sued his neighbors William & Margaret Koch to build a private road allowing access across their ranch to the new County highway in order to fulfill a sawmill and logging contract.
191256287Dillon & Monida MT: Zene Bucy Monroe Bucy Clair William Robison W.T. George 1912. Fourteen pieces. Folio. 8.5 x 13 in. 3 leaves on thin onion skin paper signed by Martin Fricks & Monroe W. Bucy; ALS from William Koch to Zene Bucy; 2 leaves ALS signed Monroe Bucy; 2 leaves Report of Commissioners; 2 leaves 1 typescript Summons on Robison letterhead; 1 typescript Summons on Robison letterhead; 1 leaf oath of Commissioners typescript copy; 1 manuscript colour map by W.G. George 9.5 x 13.5 in.; 3 leaves printed report & MS map from L.G. Price Real Estate Land Office; 2 leaves Petition of New Road filled in MS; 6 leaves Summons MS printed & typescript additional colour manuscript map by George; 4 leaves Petition for New Road including MS & printed map; 2 leaves Demurrer; 2 leaves judgement typescript signed all contained in the original legal file folder. This archive of legal documents chronicle the efforts of Montana rancher Zene Bucy to connect his ranch land cut off from the County Road from Monica to Lakeview MT in the years prior to World War I so that he could fulfill a logging and sawmill contract with Martin Fricks. Zene Bucy’s ranch was sandwiched between the T.C. Beattie and William & Margaret Koch ranches outside of Monida and his only option was to take over and build a road across Koch’s land. Initially Koch objected and insisted that Bucy buy the land for $ 150.00 as well as build a very expensive fence along the entire length of the road. Bucy refused hired Robison as his attorney and months later was able to have the County Road Commissioners rule that he could keep the road and only owed $ 30.00. At the time Beaverhead County MT was not only a bustling County Capital but also one of the major suppliers of wool cattle and lumber for Idaho and Montana mining companies. The Bucy’s were an influential Centennial Valley family in Beaverhead County first established by Andrew Bucy followed by his sons Monroe Zene Louis & Manley who all owned ranches in and around Monida MT and Dillon MT. Zene Bucy 1886-1928 operated as a rancher until after World War I and then sold out and moved to Denver CO where he owned and operated a cigar store until his death. The family is best remembered for the gunfight between Louis Bucy and brother Monroe Bucy which caused Monroe to buy and operate the Cowboy Bar in West Yellowstone in order to remove himself and his family from living near Louis. Koch 1869-1952 and wife Margeret 1883-1923 owned the ranch near Dillon MT until her death and then he relocated to Missoula MT. Monida MT still exists as a small unincorporated town with a population of 2 near the Montana - Idaho border. See: History of Beaverhead County 1800-1920 Vol. I pp. 46 48-49 388; Detail Assessment of Property Dillon Tribune August 23 1912. Zene Bucy, Monroe Bucy, Clair William Robison, W.T. George, unknown
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