We would like to invite you to re-visit our website, The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com We just posted something very special! Jackie Corr has written a piece of creative non-fiction (and if you don't know what that term means, just click to see a wonderful example) which uses the vehicle of an imaginary interview with the author, Charles Dickens, to present some thoughtful insight into the history of the SILVER BOW County Poor Farm in Butte, Montana. DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above) click on POORHOUSES BY STATE, then on MONTANA on the table of states. If you will scroll down just below the picture, you will find the SPECIAL FEATURE section and see the entry (with a yellow NEW arrow). (NOTE: If you have visited the site recently, you may have to click on REFRESH on your browser to see the new information.) There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the RECORDS page; and you might want to subscribe to our (almost) monthly newletter (which you can do in the lower right corner of the homepage). The information on our site will only grow through the submissions of generous readers. If you would like to e-mail me ... please do so off-list because I cannot maintain subscriptions to as many lists as we post messages on. (You can use an e-mail link off one of our web pages.) We hope you enjoy the site! Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)