Jana Robertson comments  (contributor of slide show)
 jana.robertson@verizon.net

I get to be the keeper of old photographs for both Tom's side and my side of the family. I have two small neatly organized photo albums from Tom's side that have higher quality photos than most photos I have and it has me wondering if a professional photographer took them and sold these completed albums. There are no photographer markings anywhere on the albums nor on the photos.
Jana’s comments:
Tom's Great Grandmother was a Fey. They hailed originally from Prussia/Bavaria/Germany (I'm still trying to nail down what it was called and when). They immigrated to New York. Then a few decided to move to Montana since there was so much land. They were pretty successful as ranchers and mercantile owners. These photos appear to be belong to the Fey side - a few are labeled Gold Butte which is in Toole County. Other known towns the Feys lived in are Conrad, Shelby, Sweetgrass Hills, Great Falls and Valier. Be sure to click on the slideshow for larger images - I think these photos are pretty awesome

THESE ARE THE COMMENTS ON THE PHOTOS.  (any one else doing genealogy in Toole County???
This might be Jacob Clemons Fey family.  The girl on the right kind of looks like Tom's grandmother Mabel and she had three brothers and two sisters. It also looks like Jacob Clemons. But the ages of all the children don't seem to fit quite right:  Lillie Beatrice Fey b. 1885, Arthur Anthony
Jana’s comments above.(Jana’s comments)
Fey b. 1887, Mabel Clare Fey b. 1889, Lula Hazel Fey 1891, Walter Victor Fey 1892, Clemons Jacob Fey b. 1894
writing on pictures:
Signs read "Hotel Casey" and "Bakery

"General Mercantile" "Uncle Sam's Hotel"
 
Mabel Clare Fey is the young woman third from the left , shanty and Gold Butte.
 
  John G. Fey and Arthur Henry Fey had sheep and cattle ranches in Sweetgrass Hills according to "Toole County Backgrounds"

Sheep Searing  I found this inscription from the Toole County Backgrounds when I put it on
the web site, enlarged it and saw the following words that had been on the original  picture
(evidently before the book was published). Walter Victory Fey, 1892 and Clemons Jacobs Fey
 born 1894.) written exactly as written.

 A rancher wrote me saying that “rattlesnakes” would hide in the fur..then when the “packers”
 that stuffed the wool in the bag could get bitten.

     Photo link:  (you need to click on the photo link at the beginning, and click on through to a slide show of  old pictures...check it out, send me your
comments and I will post them. This is the full url.  Jana’ana-treeclimber.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-get-to-be-keeper-of-old       -   photographs.htmls link

    e-mail Jana She is offering to do lookups in a book called “Toole County: the following are surnames mentioned in the article titles and contributing authors.

Adamson, Brownfield, Christian, Coover, Costello, Crockford, Demarest, Dunster, Fey, Gardner, Guth,  Haines, Highes, Kassel, Malone, Marmont, McGinnis, Monahan, Murray, Parsell, Stephens, Toole, Torgerson and Volbrecht.