I have been working on Chapter 8 of my book for several weeks now, and just when I thought I was nearly done with it this afternoon, I was temporarily distracted by an extraordinary photo I found online.

I found the photo on a website about William N. Selig, a motion picture industry pioneer from Chicago. Taken in November 1912 at the Selig Polyscope Company studio in Chicago (one of the first motion picture studios in the country), the photo shows Selig shaking hands with Chief John Two Guns White Calf, leader of the Blackfeet tribe.

And the mostly shadowed face just above White Calf’s head? That belongs to my great-grandfather, G. Oliver Riggs, who is posing as a cowboy.

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My mouth started watering last night while I was working on Chapter 8 of my book. I was writing about a national Elks convention my great-grandfather attended in July 1912. G. Oliver Riggs was a cornet soloist with the Kalispell (Montana) Elks Club Band, and one of the events they attended (and performed at) during the six-day event in Portland, Oregon, was a memorable barbecue at the Oaks Amusement Park.
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