On Sat, 5 Jul 1997, Judy Arnold wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Did anyone else watch "Dateline" last night. In the segment about > the grizzly bear attack, some of those involved were said to live > near Broadus, Montana (s.e. part of state, as I remember). > > Anyone know for whom it was named? > > Judy > > Judy Marshall Arnold - [email protected] > Searching for:*ARNOLD*BROADHURST*COOK*COWAN* > *FAUBION*HOCKENSMITH*MARSHALL*MCCOY*& many others! > http://www.flash.net/~judyad/ > I don't know the full answer to your question, but according to a Broaddus in California who has researched the matter, the person for whom Broadus, Montana was named was a descendant of Edward Broaddus, Edward's son, Richard, and Richard's son Edward. The town's name originally had tws d's, but the Post Office Department mistakenly dropped one of the d's. Edwin Broadus (with one d)