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vii, 344 pages : 27 cm Elected Montana's lieutenant governor in 1960, Tim Babcock was thrust into higher office when Governor Donald Nutter died in a plane crash one year into their administration. Placing his trucking company, Babcock & Lee, in the hands of his brothers and a trusted friend, Babcock served out the term, being elected in his own right in 1964. He later built the Colonial Inn Motel and Convention Center in Helena; owned the historic Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington, and Ox Bow cattle ranch, in Wolf Creek, Montana; and owned Helena's KBLL radio and television stations. Babcock also stayed active in Republican politics as a national committeeman. In his late eighties, he works as a partner in Montana Ethanol Company. His wife Betty has been at his side in politics and business since they were married in 1941. She served as a Montana legislator, and was an elected delegate to the convention that rewrote Montana's constitution in 1972. Her First Ladies' Cookbook has seen many printings to benefit various charities. Betty Babcock continues to be a tireless volunteer for multiple nonprofit groups. This joint biography tells the stories of the personal and public cha

Author

Babcock, Tim, 1919-2015; Babcock, Betty L; Grosskopf, Linda

Publisher

Lorna Babcock Kuney, Special Project Publisher

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781607250692