CHARLES (CHARLEY) LEWIS, Bio, Granite Co., MT

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	CHARLES (CHARLEY) LEWIS

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Died:
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Occupation:  he operated the Garnet Stage Line twice a day from 
Bearmouth to Garnet, Montana in 1898.

Married:

Children:
	1)  Ester Lewis (Bonham)
		Born:
		Place:
		Died:
		Place:
		Married:  she married Mr. Bonham.

He owned a large barn in Garnet.  The barn was a tall building 
with a loft that was entered from an outside stairway.  It was 
built of logs and roofed with horizontal boards.  In summer odors 
from the barn was noticeable to nearby residence located down 
wind.

Ester Lewis came to Garnet when she was five years old.  Her Uncle 
was Phil Newman who had a sawmill on Anderson Hill near Garnet.  
Lewis decedents are still mining claims near Garnet.

On one trip with his stage line several ladies and Dr. Mussigbrod 
were passengers, the stage went off the China grade and slid top 
down for more than 20 feet before coming to a stop.  Luckily the 
passengers escaped injury.

He ran an advertizement in the Garnet Miner News which reads, 
"GARNET STAGE LINE, from Garnet to Bearmouth, connections with all 
trains, Charles Lewis, Proprietor."










Bibliography:

Garnet Miner News, 1898.  Advertizement, December 8, Volume 1, No. 
10, page 1.

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