Document 1858854

HARRY E . COX.
WILLARD
COM MISSIONERS
OF FICE OF
CLERK A N D RECORDER
B . H . McCARTY, CHAIRMAN
J . SCOTT,
W M. LYNDE, V ICE-C H AIRMAN
DEPU TY
THOMAS MAcLEOD , MEMBER
BIG HORN COUNTY
HARDIN, MONTANA
May 26, 1942
Mr. George E. Snell
Bil l ings,
Montana
Dear Sir,
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Answering your l etter of May 22 , we are pleased to
advise that the name of . the party who is living on the
Plenty Coup ranch is William Bowman.
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The arrangement which we have with this party is in the
nature of a custodian a greement. The cons i deration for
the care and maintan1ance of the Planty Coup memorial
and that part of the ground set aside for this purpose,
the custodian has , possessi on and use of all of the
bu i l dings and other parts of the land. He does not
pay the county any rental but has any revenue that is
derived from the . far.m.
Th e tenant this year is the same as the one that has
been there for the past two years.
It is sixty five (65) miles from~ardin to Prior and
most of the trip is made through ~ ell owstone county,
consequently we do not visit the prior section except
at times when it is necessary to conduct county business
and t hat I can say would be four or five maybe six times
a ye ar.
I trust this inf ormation will be of s ome assis tance t o
you and we would be glad to advise you further.
Yours very truly,