Martha, I too, ended up in Red Lodge alone & young, seventy years after George. People were “talking U.S.” by that time!

Jim - Red Lodge in 1910 had a wide variety of immigrants, most were here to work in the area mines. Many of their descendants are still in the area. Finns, Italians, Slavs, Germans, Irish, English, Welsh and Scots made up a large part of these immigrants. There were earlier non-native residents that were “American”, including people who would qualify for DAR status. Many of these people raised sheep and cattle. Norwegians and other Scandinavians also had early ranches in the area. The railroads brought in Asian workers. I have found Filipinos, Japanese and Chinese families in early Carbon County. There were Germans from Russia and people of Mexican descent - both were following the sugar beet industry. There were shepherds from Latin & South American countries and several European countries.

Poor George must have went down all the “wrong ” streets! Since I was raised in NYC, I understand how that could have happened. I used to walk ten blocks from the train station to my house in Queens. Some days I heard no English on that walk.