When Merle Jeanette Risa was born on 15 May 1913, in North Dakota, United States, her father, Ole Risa, was 38 and her mother, Martha Hestand, was 33. She married Glen Homer Murphy on 6 June 1936, in Orange, California, United States. She lived in Flaxville, Daniels, Montana, United States in 1935 and San Diego Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. She died on 20 April 1988, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 74.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Located near Petroleum and Garfield counties in Montana is Cat Creek . It was here in 1919, that oil was discovered
Construction on the Fort Peck Dam started in 1933. It is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River. It is located in the northeastern part of Montana near Glasgow and Fort Peck.
Czech (Riška): variant of Ryška, a nickname for someone with red hair, a derivative of Old Czech ryzí ‘red’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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