Homestead Stake

 In eastern Montana the settlers came

They left the Towns and crossed the plain

Leaving the city hullabaloo

Following the rail road in 1862

They had high hopes, optimism and a new belief

That the High plains would give them good reason to leave 

They broke the sod and planted Corn

Building homes and shelters for their New Born

Life was hard work but they would endure

The North West winters that did occur

Keeping their hopes under the changing sky

Laying foundation’s ,waving their past lives goodbye

On Montana’s plains their future was shaped

A new way of life forever embraced

A million acres or more were duly obtained

With the the homestead Stake they did obtain

The Gold rush was active but Mines were rare

So panning was the way for many to dare

To seek a fortune and hope to be

A part of the Railroad community

Life was hard work but they would endure

The North West winters that did occur

Keeping their hopes under the changing sky

Laying foundation’s ,waving their past lives goodbye

The settlers drove The Natives out West

To Build New Camps and salvation

The movement of a reservation

This caused great stress for Redskin Tribes

For many Years they would describe

How they were driven from there lands

By the Paleface and Government Bands

They were for years given nothing in return

The South would see Their Teepees burn

America turned into many states

Where Settlers came and created fate

That one day they would even Deny

That they came To Rain Dance and pray to the sky

Life was hard work but they would endure

The North West winters that did occur

Keeping their hopes under the changing sky

Laying foundation’s ,waving their past lives goodbye

Many crops were ruined by drought

As the Indians Nations were driven out

So Montana was not ever meant to be

The best place for Land and Community