O'Malley 'the N Bar N Kid' inducted to MCHF

Though he was born in New York City, spent some childhood years in Texas, and lived much of his adult life in Wisconsin, D.J. O'Malley was the quintessential Montana cowboy both in substance and style.

Dominick John (D.J.) O'Malley, also known as Dominick White, the N Bar N Kid, and Kid White, was born in New York City in 1867 to a Civil War veteran father who died from his wounds when D.J. was small. His mother remarried a soldier, Charles White. The family was posted to Fort Keogh in 1877.

While a boy at Fort Keogh, O'Malley met many famous Westerners, including General Nelson Miles - he wen...