1. Name: Moses Samson Caruthers

2. Date of Birth: June 3, 1861

3. Place of Birth: Eagle Creek, Montana. My grandpa was one of the town's founders.

4. Parents: Avis and Sharon Caruthers

5. Siblings: Grace Christian (1859-1860), Scott Abraham (1862-1899), Paul Jonsey (1864-), Gregory Bruce (1869-), Judith Arlene (1871-)

6. Describe your childhood. My father grew wheat and barley on a farm. I loved growing up here. We were always a part of the town. I never felt like an outsider. That's rare.

7. What did you enjoy doing as a child? Playing hide-and-go-seek with my brothers and sisters.

8. What is your earliest memory? The earthquake of 1863, part of the roof in my bedroom collapsed. I wasn’t hurt but it was very frightening. Although I was only 2 at the time I remember it vividly.

9. How old were you when you went on your first date and where did you go? 13. I escorted Judy Frances to the Christmas Ball over in Plentywood. That was a big event because Plentywood was the only place nearby which had a dance floor. We climbed in the back of a wagon with the rest of her family. Last I heard, she was living over in Pike, South Dakota.

10. Married? Mary Southwind on June 10, 1877.

11. How did you meet your spouse? We met in Eagle Creek. Her father was a rancher to whom my father sold wheat.

12. Children: Karina Swan (1878-), Olaf Jergin (1879), Jerald Louis (1881-), Phyllis Katelynn (1883-), Mary Bella (1885-)

13. Grandchildren: Six boys and six girls.

14. Pets? My family always had hunting dogs but they mostly lived out in the barn. We used them for hunting and we’d trade them in lean times, but, I can't say any of them were my pets.

15. Education: Certificate in Accounting, LaMann Correspondence School, Helena

16. What is your favorite quote? "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world." – Harriet Tubman

17. Current friends: Rafe Tallard, Hubert Fry, John McCartney, Michael Conrad, Augustus Grossman

18. Occupation: Notary Public for Eagle Creek.

19. What was your first job? Park maintenance worker for the town of Eagle Creek. I was one of the first employees of the town.

20. How much did you make? Twenty cents an hour.

21. What is your favorite word? Reward

22. What are you doing now? Reviewing the swearing in ceremony for the new mayor.

23. Do you admire a famous person? Harriet Tubman

24. What makes them admirable? Besides being a thought provoking author she is a tireless advocate for women's suffrage and the indigent.

25. What is your favorite food? Sweet Potato Pie

26. What is your favorite color? Auburn

27. What is your favorite song? Lamp of Our Feet by Bernard Barton

28. Hobbies: Trout fishing, city beautification, I like to read biographies.

29. Name of the last book you read? Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

30. Tell me about a memorable moment in your life; a time you will never forget. The day Mayor Tallard suggested the swimming hole be turned into a city park.

The town didn't have any parks. Mayor Tallard, who’d been in office just a couple of years, had enough vision to see that this community needed to expand its cultural opportunities.

Me and a couple of other fellows worked on it for most of a year. We cleared rocks, built steps, outhouses and a changing room. Only after the work was complete did folks recognize the value in the project.

When you young people go swimming down there you probably never would have imagined that it was mostly the result of engineering. Instead, you would think of it as a natural formation which is fine by me. I am not seeking credit; I am relating this story because it needs to be recorded.

31. What things do you find yourself doing that you said you'd never do? Wishing for younger days. That drove me crazy as a child but now I do it myself.

32. What are the goals you are still working toward? I'd like to write my memoirs someday. I don't know if anyone except my grandkids would read it but that would be enough.

33. When people look back at your life, how do you want to be remembered? As a man devoted to his family and betterment of his community.

34. What is your favorite outdoor activity? Trout Fishing

35. Do you attend church or religious services? I am a deacon at Eagle Creek Baptist. I sing in the choir.

36. What is your favorite Bible verse? Revelation 1:3

37. What makes you happy? Seeing folks straightening their life out.

38. What makes you sad? Prejudice of any kind

39. What frightens you? Earthquakes

40. What is there about you that would surprise people if they found out? I actually considered running against Rafe in the last election. Not that he wasn't a good man; I just pondered my place in the town. If I'd run and won, I'd be the only black mayor in Montana, maybe the first.