Robert H. Selway
History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
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Robert H. Selway, of Dillon, came to Montana in 1864 and 
is one of the representative farmers of the Beaver Head 
Valley, his farm being located at the mouth of Blacktail 
Creek, one half mile north of the city of Dillon.He was 
born in England in 1847, and crossed the ocean in the Great 
Eastern with his father and family in 1849. Theylanded in 
New York and went to Kenosha Wisconsin where they settled 
on a farm on Lake Michigan which the father purchased. In 
1864 he returned to England on a visit and died there in 
the sixty-fourth year of his age. His widow then came to 
Montana with her son, the subject of this sketch.James 
Selway, one of their sons, had come to Montana in 1863 
and Robert H. and his brother Thomas followed in 1864. 
They came with oxen, with all summer in making the 
journey. On the Platte River one of their company was 
killed by Indians. Mr. Selway came direct to Beaver 
Head Valley and located on the land which he now owns. 
When he arrived there were only three or four settlers 
in the whole valley and the Bannack and Spoke Indians 
were numerous. He homesteaded and pre-empted land, and 
now has 640 acres on which he has good buildings and 
valuable improvements. In 1879 on Christmas day, Mr. 
Selway was married to Julia A. Block, a native of 
Illinois, a daughter of Charles Block, she having 
come to Montana in 1878. They have three sons and 
two daughters: Maud M., Charles E., Robert R., 
Mable and Warren F.

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