Larry speaks of the passing of Katie Wilson and Ivan Winsheimer . . .
Over the years, I have had a great deal of fun writing this column. Each week, it’s almost like writing a letter to friends, telling them about life on the North Fork. Most of all I enjoy researching stories about the homesteaders who settled the North Fork, and once in a while even about pre-homestead days.
I intended to write this week about another early day Glacier National Park ranger, Frank Liebig, who like Norton Pearl had many worth-telling adventures. Unlike Joe Cosley, they were a credit to the National Park Service and to the community.
Unfortunately, that story has to be postponed to write one of my least enjoyable columns. That is, of course the passing of not one, but two, people who have been important to me and many others on the North Fork.