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Stephen C. Montgomery
Stephen C. Montgomery was born in 1943 in a large southern city. He spent several of his early years on his Uncle Gilbert’s ranch in the Texas Hill Country. He enjoyed the farm and...view moreStephen C. Montgomery was born in 1943 in a large southern city. He spent several of his early years on his Uncle Gilbert’s ranch in the Texas Hill Country. He enjoyed the farm and ranch life and the lure of the outdoors. There was ample time between his ranch chores,
to learn to hunt and fish. One of his favorite past times was to stalk deer and turkey. Many days he would sit quietly on the Sabin Creek waiting patiently to shoot a squirrel that he could cook on an open fire near the water’s edge. He has lived in Bandera, Texas, “The Cowboy Capital
of the World,” for the past 31 years. He is married to Jeanne, his wife of 45 years and they have one son Steve. As an adult he operated a placer gold mining operation for nine months in Arizona on the Hassayampa River. He panned for gold on banks of the Yukon River in
Alaska, and explored numerous areas in the mountains in Colorado and New Mexico. Around the various campfires, he listened to the stories about the West and the many hardships that the early pioneers faced. Those stories helped shape this frontier saga. Stephen's ancestors were from Scotland arriving in America in 1775. They fought in the War of Independence, and in the Civil War. For a short period of time his ancestors settled in the southern town of Cleveland, Tennessee. That is why he chose Cleveland to be the “jumping off” place to start this book. With the aid of the Internet, he researched the era of the 1860s. Hopefully, his effort to make this fictional saga as historically factual and realistic as possible will help make THE JOURNEY WEST one of your favorite books.view less