May Hundley Seelye, daughter of Charles Wesley and Sarah Frances (Parsons)
Seelye, was born May. 8, 1886 in Blunt, Dakota territory.

In 1905 I left Washington High at Pierre for Sioux Falls where I got a
certificate to teach school.

My first year of teaching was in room two of the Lincoln building in the fall
of 1907 where Raymond Tarbell, a nephew was in the fourth grade at Pierre.

All ready a teacher of the 7th and 8th grade (Jr. Hi>) in the Forsyth Public
school system I made a visit to Pierre and gained a man-friend and a marriage
license. The man-friend turned out to be Fredick M Riehm whom I married July
21, 1910 at the Methodist church at Forsyth, MT. Reverend Tho Wise read the
sentence.

Fred was born in Allegheny, PA. July 26, 1878. At the age of 13 hewas in
school in Toledo, OH. He conducted a tin shop and followed carpenter work in
the city and state since his residence in 1910. He later became a pioneer
carpenter and sheet medalist who pioneered the Forsyth air conditioning, now
of Billings, MT.

I attended the 1928-34 summer sessions at the Universityof Wisconsin where a
sister of mine lived on 545 south Randall Ave. in Madison, Wisconsin.

After Fred's war of being a bill collector he managed to get enough money
together so we could go to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. where Fred could
get some medical advice before it was to late in August of 1936. After the
death of Fred on the 5th day of Jan. 1937 at our home after several years
ailments I sold the small ranch one mile north of Forsyth and for many summers
I divided my time remodeling the old tin shop of Fred's into a rooming house
and traveling to and from the family relation and the Dude ranches.
One ranch was the Custer Trail operated by William McCarty five miles south of
Medora, North Dakota until about 1940 when the National Bank of Dickinson took
it over.

Howard Eaton, who started the Custer Trail in 1882 was operating a duderanch
at Wolf, Wyo. west by northwest of Sheridan, but it was like old home.He died
there April 5, 1922.

In the year of 1942 I became very involved around the Sheridan, Parkman.
Dayton, Ranchester and some times Buffalo area of Wyo. as a member of the dude
clan. I helped with many of the chores as I liketo ride. I really don't
believe I had a favorite horse to ride but there nameswere Boots, Rocket and
Bones and I loved them all as well as the people I metthere: Dego, Vieva,
Dorothy, Raymond and Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Jeffers. The Bearclaw, Jack Rabbit
and Elkhorn were the ranches of those days as I rode Bootsto Poss Creek for a
picnic.

In march of 1944 Ott Hofmeister took and estimate of Fred's old tin shop to
remodel it into a rooming house. The work of remodeling was started in April
and by June it was finished. I sold the rooming house in 1953.

In June of 1944 I left by train for San Deigo to Raymond Tarbells. Ginnia and
Grant met me there the last part of June from Ohio. Bought a lot of weddding
things before Ginnia, Grant and I got back to Dayton, Ohio. Thebig day,
August 4, 1944; Ginnia had gotten her cowboy! I left Dayton Aug. 7th and it
was time for school when I got home.

In June of 1947 a reception for me was held in the home economies rooms at the
Forsyth High school by 300 Forsyth residents in consideration of 47 years
teaching in the Forsyth Public schools. I had planned when I retired that I
would live with a sister FrancesWardle in Madison, Wisconsin but she turned
out to be a real gold-digger so Ireturned to Forsyth.

I had a apartment for years with the Wakefields and others after the passing
of my husband and now I took up residency with the Eastsin an apartment.
Since my residence at the Vic East residents I find that theproperty has been
mortaged to the gills so I decided I'd better find anotherplace to live as I
might be out on the street!

In 1964 Hill Crest apartment(apartments for retried teachers only) had been