P a g e 4 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y Simple grave markers pay a humble tribute to the miners buried at the Sand Park Cemetery between 1898 and 1914. Little more is known than their names and the year of death. Most of the other hard-rock-era miners who had family and means chose to be buried in "consecrated ground" in metropolitan areas like Missoula or Deer Lodge. We can only surmise that these men died far from family in their quest for gold. They rest close to the source of their dreams of wealth, in the heart of the Garnet Mountains. Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz When driving through prime wheat country, it’s hard to imagine that the townsite of Carlyle was once home to some two hundred souls, lumberyards, a blackFrom The Madisonian (Virginia City, MT) April 16, 1886 Would you like to receive our digital quarterly magazine for free? Just send an email with MAGAZINE in the subject to ghosttownsofmontana@gmail.com smith, restaurant, barber shop and hardware store. Located near the North Dakota border, it was named for the son of Arthur C. Knutson, who had a store and was postmaster when the office opened in 1907. The school closed in the 1970s and the post office saw its last letter in 1986. Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Please be sure to share this newsletter with a friend!
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