Lizzie Fisk

 

Lizzie Fisk Sources at Lewis & Clark Library Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center Online Resources

 

 

Elizabeth Chester Fisk was born in Connecticut in 1846. Before her marriage she was a teacher and volunteer in the Civil War effort. She and Robert E. Fisk moved to Helena after their marriage in 1867. During her trip and life in Montana, Elizabeth corresponded with loved ones in the East. While raising a family of six children she also assisted Robert with management and running of The Herald newspaper and was a social activist. She died on April 21, 1927, in Berkeley, California, where she and Robert had retired.

 

 

Sources at Lewis & Clark Library

 

1. Fisk, Elizabeth Chester. Lizzie: The Letters of Elizabeth Chester Fisk, 1864-1893. Rex C. Myers, ed. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press, 1989. [Shelfmark M B FISK]
2. Petrick, Paula. "Mothers and Daughters of Eldorado: The Fisk Family of Helena, Montana, 1867-1902." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 32 (Summer 1982): 50-63.
3. Myers, Rex C., ed. "To the Dear Ones at Home: Elizabeth Fisk's Missouri River Trip, 1867." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 32 (Summer 1982): 40-49.
4. Shirely, Gayle. "Legacy of a Frontier Woman." The Indepedent Record 19 August 1981: 1C.
5. Bishop, Joan "A Season of Trial: Helena's Entrepreneurs Nurture a City." Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 28 (3):66. [Shelfmark Helena Summer 1978 V28 N3] 
6. "Mrs. Elizabeth C. Fisk, 82, Helena Pioneer, Dies." The Helena Daily Independent 23 April 1927.
7. Shirely, Gayle. "Legacy of a Frontier Woman." The Indepedent Record 19 August 1981: 1C.
8. Meloy, Harriett. "Lizzie's Story." The Independent Record 11 April 1996: 1C, 2C.
9. "Mrs. Elizabeth Fisk, Pioneer of Montana, Dies in California." The Billings Gazette 24 April 1927: 5.
10. Lang, William L., and Rex C. Myers. Montana Our Land and Our People. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Company, 1979. 116-119. [M 978.6 LANG]

 

Sources at the Montana Historical Society Research Center

 

1. Fisk, Elizabeth Chester. Lizzie: The Letters of Elizabeth Chester Fisk, 1864-1893. Rex C. Myers, ed. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press, 1989.
2. Fisk Family Papers, 1858-1901. Manuscript Collection 31, (Subgroup Elizabeth Chester Fisk), Boxes 4-8.
3. Myers, Rex C., ed. "To the Dear Ones at Home: Elizabeth Fisk's Missouri River Trip, 1867." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 32 (Summer 1982): 40-49.
4. Petrick, Paula. "Mothers and Daughters of Eldorado: The Fisk Family of Helena, Montana, 1867-1902." Montana: The Magazine of Western History 32 (Summer 1982): 50-63.
5. Jones, Betty. Montana Women: Montana Historical Society Biographical Series. (Pamphlet 4604).
6. Fisk Family, Vertical File.
7. Shirely, Gayle. "Legacy of a Frontier Woman." The Indepedent Record 19 August 1981: 1C.
8. "Mrs. Elizabeth C. Fisk, 82, Helena Pioneer, Dies." The Helena Daily Independent 23 April 1927.
9. Meloy, Harriett. "Lizzie's Story." The Independent Record 11 April 1996: 1C, 2C.
10. "Mrs. Elizabeth Fisk, Pioneer of Montana, Dies in California." The Billings Gazette 24 April 1927: 5.

 

Online Resources

 

1. "Mrs. Elizabeth Fisk, Pioneer of Montana, Dies in California." The Billings Gazette 24 April 1927: 5.
2. Meloy, Harriett. "Lizzie's Story." The Independent Record 11 April 1996: 1C, 2C.

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