THE SAMPLES FAMILY, Bio, Granite Co., MT

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	THE SAMPLES FAMILY

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Occupation:  Mr. Samples was a carpenter making studs and lagging 
that were used by miners to support the sides of the mine area 
where they were mining.  Mrs. Samples carried the mail between 
Garnet and Bearmouth for a year, driving a horse and buggy (a 
sleigh in snowy weather) up and down the steep and narrow China 
Grade.

Married:

Children:
	1)  Hugh Samples
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	2)  Orpha Samples
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Hugh Samples was ten when his family moved to Garnet.  They stayed 
but two years living in an area above the Nancy Hanks mine called 
"stump town" because one year the trees were cut off at the level 
above the snow.  

Sammy Ritchey and Normanand Sigland (a blond Norwegian boy) became 
a close friends of the Samples children.  As Helene, Sam's sister 
remarked, "It was always Me and Hugh and Normanad".  They formed 
an nearly inseparable trio and roamed the hills around Garnet and 
went to Warren Park on picnics.  

Hugh Samples was very musical and played the fiddle at the dances 
held in the Garnet Miners Union Hall.  He has won many awards and 
trophies in fiddle contests.  He played in Washington D.C. in July 
1976 for our Nation's 200th birthday at the American Folklore 
Festival. Both legs have been amputated just below the knees, but 
he continued to travel to fiddler contests and to win prizes.

Bibliography:

Hammond, Helen 1990.  Garnet Was Their Home, unknown publisher.