2008 July 1 Dailey Hill near Evans, MT

During a very rainy drive through the hills of Cascase countiy on July 4th 1982, my Dad pointed out a window at a hill and said it was called "Dailey Hill." With permission from the current owner, we returned to hike around on what is still called Dailey Hill. Dailey was George & Ida Dailey, my great-great grandparents who first home steaded there in the earliest part of the 20th centurty. The remains of their home was buried about 15 years ago. Stories have it that George, who never had a car, would sometimes would be heard driving his horse wagon, singing, after returning from the bars in Stocket, MT. George and Ida had 9 children, but only 3 lived into mature adult hood. They had 2 kids die in the Flu Plague of 1918 (including my Great Grandfather, Charles Dailey). George and Ida stayed on their hill until 1944, at 80+ years of age. The had a son, Robert, who was know to be mentally slow, or was likable enough but was often getting in the way; likely retarded. Some have surmised that George and Ida stayed on their hill so long as a way to keep Robert at home. When they finally got to old and had to move away, Robert went to the state mental hospital and died there in the 1950s.