PHOTO GALLERY - Dorothy Vick Exhibit, August 15, 2010
Historic Crail Ranch is happy to have played a part in assembling this display on the life of Dorothy Michener Vick. Our sincere thanks to everyone who came to share their stories and who helped us along the way.
SADDLE UP! THERE'S ALWAYS BIG DOINGS AT CRAIL RANCH
SADDLE UP! THERE'S ALWAYS BIG DOINGS AT CRAIL RANCH
^ Julie Grimm of Big Sky developed the content of the exhibit, including a timeline of Dorothy Vick's life.
< The centerpiece of the exhibit -- a scrapbook of news articles about Gallatin Canyon. Dorothy began assembling the scrapbook in the 1930's at the suggestion of Dr. Caroline McGill of the 320 Ranch.
< Early visitors to the exhibit on Saturday, August 14, included Bill and Pat McGill from Iowa. Bill is the grandnephew of Dr. Caroline McGill.
Do you know this fellow? If you have lived in the > Canyon for a while, he may have fixed your washing machine. He is Tom "Skip" Border, who worked for Sears Roebuck in Bozeman for many years. He is related to Paul Bohart, who's exciting motorcycle chase of bank robbers is told in the Vick/Cronin book "Montana's Gallatin Canyon."
The scrapbook was given to the Ophir School for safekeeping after Dorothy's death in 1998. Due to its fragile nature, it is rarely put on public display.
Historic Crail Ranch is indebted to past and present School Superintendents Anne Marie Mistretta (a member of the Historic Crail Ranch board) and Andrea Johnson for the loan of the scrapbook and other memoribilia from the school's Michener/Vick collection.
Historic Crail Ranch is indebted to past and present School Superintendents Anne Marie Mistretta (a member of the Historic Crail Ranch board) and Andrea Johnson for the loan of the scrapbook and other memoribilia from the school's Michener/Vick collection.
^ Also on display courtesty of the Ophir School -- very old pictures of Dorothy's grand parents, Lewis and Emmaline Michener, who travelled to Montana in the 1870's. As early as 1880, Lewis Michener summered horses in what is now the meadow and golf course areas of Big Sky.
^ On display in an upstairs bedroom at Historic Crail Ranch -- Dorothy's old school desk and a series of photographs on the efforts of the Ophir Class of 1997 to move a Michener cabin to the school as a permanent display of Canyon history.
Dorothy's Wedding Dress
(She married in 1938.)
(She married in 1938.)
^ Display set up by Julie Grimm to highlight the Vick gold-panning operation.
Standing-room-only crowds attended the "Gathering of Dorothy's Friends" on Sunday afternoon, August 15, 2010.
Seated to the right of the file cabinet is Shirley Luhrsen of Deer Creek, who told of a painting she made for Dorothy.
To the right, in the dark sweater, is Janet Cronin, who told how she came to co-author "Montana's Gallatin Canyon" with Dorothy Vick.
To the right, in the dark sweater, is Janet Cronin, who told how she came to co-author "Montana's Gallatin Canyon" with Dorothy Vick.
Everyone had a story to tell.....
Julie Grimm (in doorway, right) moderated the program. She has begun work on an oral history project to collect stories of the early days of the Big Sky area.
Many of the guests attended at the urging of Katie Grimm, Julie's mother, who also shared her own personal memories of Dorothy Vick.
Julie Grimm (in doorway, right) moderated the program. She has begun work on an oral history project to collect stories of the early days of the Big Sky area.
Many of the guests attended at the urging of Katie Grimm, Julie's mother, who also shared her own personal memories of Dorothy Vick.
