My grandfather on my mother’s side worked at a bank in Lewistown MT. C. M. Russell came in and tried to get a loan.. this was before he became known. The bank turned him down,, but my grandfather gave him an out of pocket loan. When Russell paid him back, he also gave him a painting of a Buffalo. My grandfather hun it by his dest.. later ho moved to Meanwhile Russell enamel famous. My grand father remembered the painting and tried to get it back. The bank had laid clams to it a d refused to return it.
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