Ellen Casto Arthur was born in Provo, Utah, on January 10, 1862 to James and Sarah (Odekirk) Casto Ten years later her parents moved to Piedmont. When she was 18 years old she made a trip to Montana to visit members of her family residing there. While visiting them she met and married James Arthur. The couple lived there for 21 years where all of their eight childern were born, except their eldest daughter Libbie who was born in Lonetree. Within a year after their marriage, they traveled by covered wagon from Montana to Lonetree where her parents at that time resided. It was while they were there that their daughter was born. The following spring they returned to Montana again making the trip by covered wagon, where they continued to live until the early 1900's when at that time they made their home in Fort Bridger. Her children are James and Harry Arthur of Fort Bridger, Frank and Thomas who live in Montana, and Mrs. James Hill and Mrs. Libbie Serdland of Encampment and Maybelle Arthur who recently joined the WAAC's in Des Moines. One son Ray is dead. She occasionaly walks the half a mile trip from her home to Fort Bridger and back.