Charles Edward Miller Life History by Harvey L. Coonts (not an oral history)

Charles Edward Miller Life History by Harvey L. Coonts. Topics include: Personal background information including C.E. Miller's place of birth, parents, spouse, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; Growing up in Missouri; Moving to Ottumwa, Iowa for an employment opportunity; Loss of his first wife and a second marriage; Moving to Castleton, Utah; A change in his career; Brief history of Grand County and reasons people came to the area, including trapping, hunting, mining, logging, religious freedom and opportunity; Brief description of Castle Valley terrain and waterways; Purchasing land and building a house; Operating a store and post office; Health concerns and wintering in California; Being referred to as "the Castleton Merchant"; Purchasing additional land and eventually owning 17 lots on Main Street; Hosting dinners for bachelors; Business investments; Lending money to people; Other travels for health; Edema, formerly known as dropsy; Eventual heart failure; Being buried in Missouri next to his first wife; His will and disbursement of funds to beneficiaries; The selling of his land; and no visible remains of the old Castleton townsite where C.E. Miller lived and operated his business.