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Sometime around the Civil War Ernest Goettlich was born in Long
Island, New York and as a young man he moved to Booneville, Indiana.
After serving an apprenticeship in a Saddlery & Harness Shop in
Booneville, Indiana Ernest Goettlich moved to Helena, Montana where he
continued working as a saddle maker for A. J. Davidson, and later in
Bozeman, Montana working for Frank Estler.
By late 1880 young Ernest Goettlich had taken on a partner and opened
a Saddlery in Miles City, Montana but shortly thereafter in 1881 the
partnership was dissolved and Ernest Goettlich continued working the
Saddlery under his own name as sole owner. In 1885 Ernest Goettlich
sold his Saddlery to Al Furstnow who made the Saddlery the famous
Miles City Saddlery that it was to become later, and Ernest Goettlich
moved to Livingston, Montana where he continued to make saddles until
1889 when a fire destroyed his shop.
In 1885 Ernest Goettlich moved back to Helena, Montana where he worked
once again as a saddle maker for various saddle shops until he
purchased the shop of William Mann and named it the Helena Saddlery &
Tent Company. Until 1937 Ernest Goettlich continued to own and
operate the Helena Saddlery & Tent Company then shortly before his
death Ernest Goettlich sold the Helena Saddlery & Tent Company to L.
G. DeVore, and the business still operates today as the DeVore
Saddlery.
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