ABSTRACT
Lois, could you begin by talking about your family genealogy? I guess my family qualify as WASPs (white Anglo-Saxon Protestants). Both sides of the family came to America very early, during the colonial period. We were among those who continued to move west. My father was born in Illinois. His father was a small-town lawyer, but probably not a very successful one, and not terribly interested in law. He put more energy into his large orchard. But my father, as the oldest son, attended college. Just before World War I, my father moved to Montana where his brother was homesteading. He took up a homestead on a high ridge of land with a good view of the mountains. But it was unsuitable for farming and cattle raising. So he ended up supporting himself by teaching school and working for other farmers. During World War I, he served in the army. After the war, he returned and got a teaching job on the Crow Indian reservation.
