Nels Olaf Seadin was born in 1875 in Sweden. He immigrated in 1890 when he was only 16 years old. He travelled all the way to the mountains of northern Idaho and western Montana to mine. He was a miner for most his life. The latter part of his life, he was postmaster of Garnet, Montana.
The first mention I could find of Nels in a newspaper was The Anaconda Standard, 26 Dec. 1897, staying at the Florence Hotel, in Anaconda, Montana; Nels Seadin of Mullan.
A lot of trouble was brewing in the northern area of Idaho in the 1890s between the mining men and companies. Nels was mining in northern Idaho in 1897, and possibly as early as 1891. Nels married Lena Linderman in Wallace, Idaho, 31 May, 1899, both their residence at the time was in Mullan, Idaho. They married one month after the “dynamite express” blew up the Bunker and Sullivan mines.
Martial law was declared for the entire county of Shoshone and “every man in Mullan was arrested”. Though no oral history has been passed down on this matter, one could assume that Nels was caught up in this situation. He must of been released for whatever reason as he was getting married one month after the incident when the county was under martial law. Nels and Lena had their first child, Mildred, in November of 1901 in Mullan, Idaho. By November of 1903, they had another child, Tor, born in Garnet, Montana.
During the years 1905 to about 1929 moves were made from Garnet to Mullan, Idaho, back to Garnet then to
Philipsburg, back to Garnet and to Coloma at one time and back to Garnet. All their children went to school at some time in Garnet.
The winter times in Garnet, everyone would go skiing and sleigh riding. There were dances at the Ritchey Hotel or at Short's Bar (later the Dahl house). There were many family-focused activities organized by the mothers for the Garnet community. Monthly shopping trips were made to Missoula though some items were bought at the general store in Garnet. Wild game was either hung in the slant or in an old mine tunnel where it was shared with family and friends.
The first mention I could find of Nels in a newspaper was The Anaconda Standard, 26 Dec. 1897, staying at the Florence Hotel, in Anaconda, Montana; Nels Seadin of Mullan.
A lot of trouble was brewing in the northern area of Idaho in the 1890s between the mining men and companies. Nels was mining in northern Idaho in 1897, and possibly as early as 1891. Nels married Lena Linderman in Wallace, Idaho, 31 May, 1899, both their residence at the time was in Mullan, Idaho. They married one month after the “dynamite express” blew up the Bunker and Sullivan mines.
Martial law was declared for the entire county of Shoshone and “every man in Mullan was arrested”. Though no oral history has been passed down on this matter, one could assume that Nels was caught up in this situation. He must of been released for whatever reason as he was getting married one month after the incident when the county was under martial law. Nels and Lena had their first child, Mildred, in November of 1901 in Mullan, Idaho. By November of 1903, they had another child, Tor, born in Garnet, Montana.
During the years 1905 to about 1929 moves were made from Garnet to Mullan, Idaho, back to Garnet then to
Philipsburg, back to Garnet and to Coloma at one time and back to Garnet. All their children went to school at some time in Garnet.
The winter times in Garnet, everyone would go skiing and sleigh riding. There were dances at the Ritchey Hotel or at Short's Bar (later the Dahl house). There were many family-focused activities organized by the mothers for the Garnet community. Monthly shopping trips were made to Missoula though some items were bought at the general store in Garnet. Wild game was either hung in the slant or in an old mine tunnel where it was shared with family and friends.
Nels Olaf Seadin was born in 1875 in Sweden. He immigrated in 1890 when he was only 16 years old. He travelled all the way to the mountains of northern Idaho and western Montana to mine. He was a miner for most his life. The latter part of his life, he was postmaster of Garnet, Montana.
The first mention I could find of Nels in a newspaper was The Anaconda Standard, 26 Dec. 1897, staying at the Florence Hotel, in Anaconda, Montana; Nels Seadin of Mullan.
A lot of trouble was brewing in the northern area of Idaho in the 1890s between the mining men and companies. Nels was mining in northern Idaho in 1897, and possibly as early as 1891. Nels married Lena Linderman in Wallace, Idaho, 31 May, 1899, both their residence at the time was in Mullan, Idaho. They married one month after the “dynamite express” blew up the Bunker and Sullivan mines.
Martial law was declared for the entire county of Shoshone and “every man in Mullan was arrested”. Though no oral history has been passed down on this matter, one could assume that Nels was caught up in this situation. He must of been released for whatever reason as he was getting married one month after the incident when the county was under martial law. Nels and Lena had their first child, Mildred, in November of 1901 in Mullan, Idaho. By November of 1903, they had another child, Tor, born in Garnet, Montana.
During the years 1905 to about 1929 moves were made from Garnet to Mullan, Idaho, back to Garnet then to
Philipsburg, back to Garnet and to Coloma at one time and back to Garnet. All their children went to school at some time in Garnet.
The winter times in Garnet, everyone would go skiing and sleigh riding. There were dances at the Ritchey Hotel or at Short's Bar (later the Dahl house). There were many family-focused activities organized by the mothers for the Garnet community. Monthly shopping trips were made to Missoula though some items were bought at the general store in Garnet. Wild game was either hung in the slant or in an old mine tunnel where it was shared with family and friends.
The first mention I could find of Nels in a newspaper was The Anaconda Standard, 26 Dec. 1897, staying at the Florence Hotel, in Anaconda, Montana; Nels Seadin of Mullan.
A lot of trouble was brewing in the northern area of Idaho in the 1890s between the mining men and companies. Nels was mining in northern Idaho in 1897, and possibly as early as 1891. Nels married Lena Linderman in Wallace, Idaho, 31 May, 1899, both their residence at the time was in Mullan, Idaho. They married one month after the “dynamite express” blew up the Bunker and Sullivan mines.
Martial law was declared for the entire county of Shoshone and “every man in Mullan was arrested”. Though no oral history has been passed down on this matter, one could assume that Nels was caught up in this situation. He must of been released for whatever reason as he was getting married one month after the incident when the county was under martial law. Nels and Lena had their first child, Mildred, in November of 1901 in Mullan, Idaho. By November of 1903, they had another child, Tor, born in Garnet, Montana.
During the years 1905 to about 1929 moves were made from Garnet to Mullan, Idaho, back to Garnet then to
Philipsburg, back to Garnet and to Coloma at one time and back to Garnet. All their children went to school at some time in Garnet.
The winter times in Garnet, everyone would go skiing and sleigh riding. There were dances at the Ritchey Hotel or at Short's Bar (later the Dahl house). There were many family-focused activities organized by the mothers for the Garnet community. Monthly shopping trips were made to Missoula though some items were bought at the general store in Garnet. Wild game was either hung in the slant or in an old mine tunnel where it was shared with family and friends.
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