helena

Today, at a graduation ceremony held at the Civic Center in Helena, The Montana Highway Patrol welcomed 10 new troopers to the force.

Cooper, was born Frank James Cooper in Helena back in May of 1901. His parents came from England and had settled here in Montana. His father bought a ranch and Cooper would spend his summers on the ranch doing "cowboy" stuff, which would no doubt come in handy when we would later start in some major Westerns.