Born Mattie Byers. 78 years ago. on April 30. 1884. in WinstonSalem. N.C.. she began a fascinating life of adventure when. at the age of 8. she left the wellestablished community in North Carolina for the western wilderness of Montana. When Mattie Bydrs parents died. the child became the ward of her greataunt. Mattie K. Castner. who. with her husband. was a Montana pioneer. and the young girl from North Carolina absorbed the pioneering spirit of her guardian and embraced life as a great adventure. After her marriage 62 years ago to an east European immigrant. John Novotny. the young wife helped her husband to establish homesteads in Cascade County. Mont.
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