The House of Bair: Sheep, Cadillacs and Chippendale

by Rostad, Lee

• ISBN13: 9781591520672
• ISBN10: 1591520673
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Farcountry Pr

Summary

A biography of the influential "House of Bair", particularly Alberta Bair.

Author Biography

A close personal friend of Alberta Bair, Lee Rostad gives us a warm account of the Bair family.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Alberta's House Tour	p. 15
The Pine Room: Family Memories	p. 24
The Dining Room is Next: A Veritable Storehouse of Silver	p. 33
Alberta's Room	p. 41
Marguerite's Room	p. 43
The White Bedroom	p. 48
The Iron Fist and the Velvet Glove: Charles and Mary Bair	p. 53
From Tent Town to a Ranch in Lavina	p. 53
Billings and Klondike Gold Nuggets	p. 61
Watermelon Charlie on the Crow Reservation	p. 74
More Sheep Tales	p. 90
Coal and Oil Wells	p. 97
A Life Divided	p. 102
Marguerite and Alberta-Always the ôGirlsö	p. 121
Two Bairs and a Lamb	p. 135
Alberta Alone	p. 154
Architecture of a Legacy	p. 181
The Charles M. Bair Family Trust	p. 184
The Battle for the Bair Museum	p. 191
The Gala Opening of the Museum	p. 196
The Museum is Closed	p. 204
One Story Ends, Another Begins	p. 215
Family Trees	p. 228
Bibliography	p. 230
Biography	p. 232
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