I am sure there are connections somehow, but pinning them down is tough. My grandmother, Marie
Nolen, was born in 1899, and I remember her speaking frequently about
Cole Beamish. Howver, she went to high school in
Thompson Falls, I believe, or maybe even in
Washington somewhere.
Her uncles, Joe and Frank
Boyer, and her mother, Mary
Boyer Nelson Scott, lived in
Plains, but I believe it was later than the period you are looking for. Joseph
Boyer married Mary
Lynch, hence the connection. What made it confusing for me is there were now two Mary
Boyers in the same town, and I sometimes can't tell who a story is about. I do know that Joe and Mary
Lynch Boyer were quite well thought of, and that Mary
Lynch Boyer wrote a great deal of
Plains early history. There are two books that I know of, "Horse
Plains,
Montana Territory," by Maurice Helterline; and also "Wild Horse
Plains," by John
Rhone. I'm sure that Mary
Lynch Boyer's historical accounts are somewhere in
Plains still, as they were the basis for the
Rhone book.
My mother attended the small one-room school house that was moved from somewhere in the woods to the corner of Main Street in
Plains, and stands there today, but I don't know if that was
Lynch Creek School. My mother was born in 1922, so again, out of your date range. I definitely remember the
Beamish name, though. I just looked through my mother's senior almanac, and found that one of the freshmen was named
Neptune Lynch. As this was 1940, later than you need. And darnit, for whatever reason, the editors only applied last names to the seniors. All others are listed as Dorothy D., or Mary M. The only reason I knew this was
Neptune Lynch was because he signed his name next to his picture, (as Nep
Lynch,) which is the nickname I think all of the Neptunes went by.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I will keep an eye out for the names you are looking for as I research mine.
Thanks for getting in touch.