Mayor of Billings in 1890 and from 1895-1897. Announcement of his appointment as Mayor in Billings Gazette on December 3, 1890. Theo Griggs, a brother, described in detail visiting George A. Griggs, his brother, in the 1890s - See Early Day Resident Recalls Life, Billings Gazette, August 14, 1955, second section. George worked at Bank of Billings with Edward Bailey. George Griggs was a charter member of the Billings Municipal Band in 1884. On the city's first bowling team in 1902 - See Bowling, Like Topsy, Billings Gazette, April 5, 1942. George A. Griggs moved to Butte in 1904 to work in the new Yegen Brothers Bank on West Park Street. Mrs. Griggs was involved with the Montana State Federation of Women's Clubs and attended the meeting in Billings in October, 1908.
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Contributors
Unknown
Contributing Institution
Billings Public Library
Geographic Coverage
Billings (Mont.)
Digital Collection
Billings Public Library Historic Collection
Digitization Specifications
HP Scanner, unknown model, unknown scanning software; 12,506,000 Bytes file size for master TIF file; 2941 x 2372 dimension size for master TIF file; web-viewable images created from master TIF using Microsoft Office Picture Manager and CONTENTdm 5.0.
Date Digitized
2007-02-15
Relation
Billings Gazette on December 3, 1890. See Early Day Resident Recalls Life, Billings Gazette, August 14, 1955, second section. See Bowling, Like Topsy, Billings Gazette, April 5, 1942.
