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Tragic Death Near Victor
Mrs. Monroe Fulkerson Thrown from her Buggy Yesterday Evening by an Unruly Horse and Death Resulted in a Few Minutes
    Mrs. Monroe Fulkerson was thrown from her buggy last evening near Victor and sustained injuries from which she died in a few minutes. In company with her son, Ray Fulkerson, she was driving from Victor to the Fulkerson ranch north of that town. Where the ditch from the Frank Tudor ranch crosses the road near the Clark ranch and the road that leads to the Victor Cemetery, they met Alexander Duffield, station agent at Victor. Mr. Duffield was driving across the bridge over the ditch at the time of meeting and for some unexplained reason the horse which was being driving by Ray Fulkerson began rearing and and plunging. In an effort to avoid a collision with the Duffield carriage, the boy pulled the horse our of the road to the side of the land. The horse jumped the ditch and when the front wheels of the buggy ran into the ditch, the occupants were thrown from the buggy.
    Mrs. Fulkerson was immediately placed in the Duffield carriage and driven to Victor, where she was placed in the Fulkerson store and Dr. T. H. Hanbidge was called. Everything possible was done to save her life, but she lived only about twenty minutes after reaching the store.
    The horse continued running after crossing the ditch and was not recovered last night. The animal was of a spirited and excitable nature and had on several occasions run away. Monroe Fulkerson had several times narrowly escaped injury while driving the horse.
    The funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock., Rev. D.B. Price of Stevensville officiating. Mrs. Fulkerson ws a native of the Bitter Root and one of the oldest inhabitants. She was born at Fort Owen at the northern edge of Stevensville, February 7, 1857. Thirty one years ago she was united in marriage to Monroe Fulkerson and several children have blessed the union. The tragedy caused universal sympathy for the bereaved family and sorrow for the loss of a worthy life. Miss Maude Fulkerson, a daughter, is prostrated by grief.
Stevensville Register, July 27, 1904