EDWARD BROOK WARREN, Bio, Granite Co., MT

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	EDWARD BROOK WARREN

Born: he was born about 1840.
Place:
Died: sometime after 1917.
Place: probably Long Beach, California.

Occupation: he worked a small underground mine at Garnet, Montana.

Married: he never married.

Children:  None.

Military: he was a veteran of the Civil War.

Edward Warren (Mr. Warren) was a loved member of the Garnet 
Community.  He was very much and individual and was a pioneer 
health addict.  He always carried wheat and dried figs in his 
pockets.  He played Santa Claus at the school Christmas play in 
1917.  

His mining adventures were not successful.  He built his cabin far 
from town on the north side of the Garnet Range overlooking the 
Blackfoot River.  His furniture was likewise old, all black 
walnut, and said to be carried in pieces on his back.

Mr. Warren wanted to share his lovely view with the townspeople of 
Garnet by building a city park, but his claim was so far and over 
such steep grades that old people would have a difficult time 
reaching his park if he built it there.  Mr. Warren with little 
knowledge of grades or engineering set about to build a trail to a 
smooth grassy place that had few trees.  He worked for many 
months, probably several years to make the path, and when it was 
done it was practically on the same level as the town.  At one 
point with a view he build benches on flat stones or of small 
poles so the visitor could stop and rest.  The trail of packed 
earth bordered neatly with stones lead for several miles.

At the end he built a set of recreation and picnic furniture as 
fine as that at Clark's Columbia Gardens.  A large rustic table 
was covered wit a canopy of fresh pine boughs.  There were several 
swings of the usual type except they used poles for side ropes and 
pivoted on hand forged iron links.  Several benches composed of 
small poles surrounded large trees.  

Finally there was a complicated double swing where four people 
could sit facing each other with their feet on a little platform. 
 It was suspended from tall trees so little effort was necessary 
to sustain it's motion.  Many Sunday and Forth of July picnics 
were held at Mr. Warren's Park, where even the old folks could 
walk easily without tiring.  

If they let him know ahead of time, he would put up fresh pine 
boughs over the table and have fire wood ready.  There was never a 
litter problem because the people brought their food in their own 
dishes or cooked it there, and carried everything back home.

Bibliography:

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

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

Morin, Mary Jane Adams, 1995.  Interview by Bureau of Land 
Management concerning persons who lived at Garnet, Montana.