Charlotte's Mail Order Husband (New Montana Brides series) (8 page)

After a normal, full term pregnancy, Doctor Carter Palmer delivered Lottie and Zebulon’s eight pounds-six ounce baby boy, whom they named Hiram. Both mother and son did well. The father proudly passed out the finest cigars Silas Farmer was able to order.

Two years later, Lottie gave birth to seven pounds, four ounces, red haired, Mary Louise. After completing the Hel
ena Public Schools, Mary Louise decided to attend the Saint Anne’s College for Girls in Baltimore, She lived with her Aunt Mary in Baltimore while attending Saint Anne’s.. Mary Louise would marry Prescott Walker, of Helena. They would be blessed with one child, another girl with red hair, whom they named Emma.

Lottie and Zebulon lived to be seventy five years of age.
They were joined in death, with Lottie passing two weeks after Zebulon. Their will left the Circle P jointly to Hiram and his sister, Mary Louise, with the provision it would not be sold outside of the family.

Little Hiram would grow into a strapping, six foot tall young man. H
e would complete school in Helena and go on to attend Montana State University. He would take over the operation of the Circle P Ranch until his untimely death, when ownership would transfer to Mary Louise.

IN 1874 the railroad came to Montana, and crossed land owned by the Jamison and Parsons family into Helena after acquiring right. The advent of the railroad was a boon to both ranches after they jointly built holding pens and corrals for the shipment of their cattle to market.

The Parsons, the Palmer and Owens families remained close friends through the ages.

About Susan Leigh Carlton

Susan lives in a gated community just outside Tomball, a small Texas town, 26 miles northwest of Houston, with her husband, two toy poodles, Bobby and Charlie, and
Lissie, the cat.

Lottie’s Montana Millionaire Husband
is her latest book to be published by Amazon. She says, “The Montana Doctor’s Bride kicks off a new series, called New Brides Of Montana, then came The Montana Rancher’s Bride, Carrie’s Montana Love, and with Charlotte’s Montana Husband the series numbers four.

In the time setting for this book, Montana has just b
ecome a territory and is in the midst of a gold rush. There is no railroad service in all of the territory. In addition, the Indians have grown tired of the miners and settlers moving onto their lands and fight back. It is the time of what is known as Red Cloud’s War.

Susan passed through Helena many years ago, but mem
ories fade, and if she had a bucket list, another visit would be near the top, and in particular, the area of Yellowstone. (Author’s Note: 3% of Yellowstone National Park is in Montana.)

She continues to monitor all of the reviews and co
mments. A real treasure comes from the emails from readers. She says “I revise my writing process and style accordingly. This is a learning process for me and I love every minute of it.”

The names of all her books are on the pages following this one.

She says, “My thanks to you readers. I appreciate your taking the time to read them. As an avid reader myself, I will read several books during the time I am writing. Our kids love to read, as does my husband. He takes his iPad with him everywhere and reads during waits for the doctor. He would take it when we go out to eat, but he knows I would do him bodily harm.

“I would like to thank those of you who cared enough to email me about the plots and the style. For someone to have the interest and take the time to email… well it makes my
day. I had an email from a gentleman who lives in the area I used as the setting for “In Search Of Love”. Since I research the geographical setting of all my books, the names of the trails, creeks and towns were familiar to him.

Another reader emailed me a picture of her great-great grandfather after reading “The Widow Finds Love” which is based in part on my great-great-great grandmother and her 1888 trek from South Carolina to Utah.

“Thanks again. Now I can begin research on my next effort. If you have suggestions for additional books, I would love to hear them. Email them to me or enter them as comments on the website.”

Susan

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http://susanleighcarlton.com

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