Magnificent

Oil on Canvas
24″ x 16″
$900
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O’Connell Ranch
This farm, homesteaded by Bill Curran, was the largest farm in western Montana. Mr. Curran liked his whiskey, but his wife did not approve, as Larry’s dad and he found a profusion of empty whiskey bottles hidden in the barn. The Curran family lived in a dugout until he built his log house in which they lived.

Larry O’Connell’s great-uncle built the brick-house in 1898. The Stahl brothers had the first brickyard in the valley and they used their product to build the impressive home,. Larry’s grandmother bought the place in 1947. The house, which has been modernized with decks and porches, is now the O’Connell’s home. The barn, still looking almost new, was built in 1900 by commercial barn-builders.

Interestingly, Larry sold the original log cabin for $3,500 to a chap, who came and carefully numbered the logs before disassembling it. He loaded the giant jig-saw-puzzle into his truck with intentions of rebuilding it elsewhere.