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Nellie "Quick-To-See" Monteray Minesinger

Birth	:	25 Dec 1826
Death	:	21 Jun 1932
Burial	:	Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Finney County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.9963989, -100.8666992
Description	:	Quick-To-See (white name, Nellie Monteray) was born near a little village, Bitterroot Valley, once the home of the Salish or Flathead Nation. Nellie's father, Carlos Monteray, was Spanish. Her mother, called by her people, Strong Old Woman, was a descendent of the Shoshone and Salish Tribes. As the Salish strain came from the male side of the family, Strong Old Woman was considered Shoshone. The tribal and family relationship among Northwestern Indians was determined by the mother's blood. Quick-To-See's life extended over more than a century. Born just twenty years after her people guided... Read More	Quick-To-See (white name, Nellie Monteray) was born near a little village, Bitterroot Valley, once the home of the Salish or Flathead Nation. Nellie's father, Carlos Monteray, was Spanish. Her mother, called by her people, Strong Old Woman, was a descendent of the Shoshone and Salish Tribes. As the Salish strain came from the male side of the family, Strong Old Woman was considered Shoshone. The tribal and family relationship among Northwestern Indians was determined by the mother's blood. Quick-To-See's life extended over more than a century. Born just twenty years after her people guided Lewis and Clark over the savage Bitterroot Mountains, she experienced in the raw, the conquest of the wild west. She passed away at the age of 105 years. Up until the last few years of her life she retained a vivid memory of characters and events of the early west. Source: "In the Shadow of the Shining Mountains" by Ida Pearl Source: The Daily Missoulian, Thurs., 23 June 1932, p1, (E.M. Felsman Obituary Collection): "Mrs. Nellie Monteray (Quick-To-See) Minesinger Finley, 105 years old, Is Taken By Death --- Dies in St.Ignatius, Was Born At Skalkaho in December, 1826. Mrs. Nellie Minesinger, aged 105 years, native of the Bitter Root valley and for many years a resident of the Flathead reservation, died Tuesday at the ranch home of her son, John, near here. She was born December 26, 1826, at Skalkaho in the Bitter Root valley. She was married to James Minesinger about 1857 at Hell Gate by Father Ravalli, early-day missionary of the Northwest and for whom Ravalli county was named. Her husband was a civil engineer and a graduate of Yale. He came west in the '50s and was in the various Western mining camps during the gold rush days. He was with Granville Stuart at Gold Creek in 1859, and was also at Alder gulch, Last Chance gulch and Cedar creek. Mrs. Minesinger traveled with her husband throughout the west and witnessed the hanging of Henry Plummer, outlaw sheriff, and Boone Helm, road agent, by the Vigilantes. Mr. and Mrs. Minesinger homesteaded the Lensou ranch [Emil Lehson] on Grant creek, northwest of Missoula, in 1865. Mr. Minesinger was county surveyor of Missoula county for many years. He died in Alberta in 1894. Mrs. Minesinger is survived by two sons, Henry of Polson and John of Missoula, and a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Magee of St. Ignatius. Until her death there were five generations in the Minesinger family, 15 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will take place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the local undertaking chapel. Rev. Mr. Officer will conduct the services and burial will be in the Pleasant View cemetery." (Obit Information Provided By Find A Grave Member Piper #46632224)

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Nellie "Quick-To-See" Monteray Minesinger's memorial is located at: Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Finney County, USA.
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Latitude: 37.9963989
Longitude: -100.8666992

Family Members:

Spouse

James Madison Minesinger

(1824 - 1894)

Children

Henry Minesinger

(1860 - 1941)

Mary Minesinger Miles

(1864 - 1932)

Emma Minesinger Waymack

(1866 - 1950)

John Julian Minesinger

(1878 - 1948)

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