Articles written by Allen Ireland

Allen Ireland|Updated Nov 10, 2020

I wonder if Tommy jinxed it when he named it After a woman, for all it might forebode. He should’ve named it Cruseville, for himself, Who opened a vein, and found the mother lode. “Just like a woman, ain’t it?” the old men grouched. Despite the gifts she gave, despite our labors, She dried up just like Silver Creek in summer, And now she is withholding all her favors. *Marysville is a ghost town in western Montana, built and established around the Drumlummon Mine in 1876 by founder Thomas Cruse. Allen is the adminis...