The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

Sunday, August 27 a fire burned several acres of the Bear Paw Mountains on Moses Mountain close to the Ova Sety Summer Place.

The fire started just east of the East Fork Dam on the Rocky Boy Reservation close to the cattle guard by the Dumas summer place. The fire started right next to the Warrick/ Beaver Creek road and spread quickly to Moses Mountain and parts of the Sety summer ranch.

It started at 3pm on Sunday afternoon.

By 7am on Monday the fire was reported as contained. Volunteers along with several fire departments worked to get the fire contained quickly due to extreme dry conditions.

Old timers will remember that Steve Boyce bought the Sety place on Clear Creek from Ova Sety and along with it came the summer range and buildings. The summer range and buildings are on the very upper reaches of Little Box Elder Creek just in between Clear Creek and Beaver Creek.

Very old timers will recall that this historic summer ranch was run for many years by old time cowboy Bob Sterling.