GUS AND ANNA DAHLBERG FAMILY, Bio, Granite Co., MT

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	GUS AND ANNA DAHLBERG FAMILY

Born:
Place:  Sweden.
Died:
Place:

Occupation:  Miner, mine owner, rancher.  He owned a water pump in 
the center of Garnet, Montana.  He and Sam Ritchey owned and 
operated a water system to supply water to houses in Garnet.

Married: In Garnet he met Anna Lindahl.  They were married in 
Spokane, Washington on May 11, 1899.
	Born:
	Place:  Sweden
	Died:
	Place:
	She was an immigrant from Sweden but went first to 
Minneapolis where she worked in a bakery and learned the 
English language.  She decided to move to Garnet saving the 
money for her train fare.  When she arrived in Missoula, 
Montana she had only 15 cents.  She took the train to 
Bearmouth, where she and other passengers discovered that the 
Garnet Stage had not waited for the arrival of the train.  
Anna and others walked twelve miles up the steep China Grade 
to Garnet.  They reached the town about 5:00am and Anna 
Lindahl went to the largest hotel, the Wells.  Immediately 
she was put to work serving breakfast to the miners who 
boarded there.

Children:
	1)  Earl Dahlberg
		Born:
		Place: he was born in Granite, Montana.
		Died:  1975.
		Place:
		Education: grade school education.
		Occupation: he worked as a maintenance man in Drummond 
for the State Highway Department.
		Married:  He married Montana (Tana) ?

	2)  Myrtle Dahlberg (Hamilton)
		Born:
		Place: she was born in Garnet, Granite County, Montana 
with Mrs. Murphy as the midwife.
		Died:
		Place:
		Married:  she married Leo Hamilton who was an insurance 
salesman.
		Occupation: she worked for the Milwaukee Railroad in 
Missoula and Deerlodge for many years. 

Mr. Dahlberg was an immigrant from Sweden, arriving in Garnet in 
1894.  He first worked for mine owners, Sam Ritchey and Dr. 
Mussigbrod, but after 1900 he leased and mined for himself.  

In 1905 he and Sam Ritchey purchased the Garnet Water System from 
W.C. Tabor.  From a reservoir the water was piped to many homes.  
He operated a large water pump in the center of town.  The only 
advantage was that running water had to be kept warm.  This pump 
was used in an unsuccessful attempt to save the Davis house from 
fire.

On November 8, 1907 they bought a parcel of land 50 feet by 1000 
feet from Sam Ritchey.  This was located partly on the Tiger Lode 
and partly on the Nancy Hanks claim.  They had a four room house 
constructed with a porch across the front.  A covered passageway 
connected it to the woodshed, the chicken house and the cow barn. 
 The Dalberg's had a cow and chickens, so they enjoyed having 
fresh milk, cream, butter, eggs and chicken dinners.

In 1911 the Dalbergs purchased a ranch in the lower Bear Gulch.  
Here they kept cows and raised vegetables to sell the residence of 
Garnet.  The Dalberg children walked the mile and half to the 
school at Bearmouth.  School was held in the summer as winters 
were too cold.




























Bibliography:

Hammond, Helen 1983.  Garnet-Montana's Last Gold Camp, Acme Press, 
Missoula, Montana.