This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STEELE, HARKINS Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/614 Message Board Post: "A History of Montana" by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders copyright 1913 Volume 2 p 1293 CHARLES STEELE. The real estate dealers of Butte are among its most progressive citizens, and to them perhaps more than to any other single class of people is due the development of the city and its environs on the high plane that exists today. Among the well known operators in realty circles at the present time is Charles Steele, whose business is extensive, embracing transactions in both real estate in the city and mining properties in the surrounding sections. He has been at different times connected with important interests and filled positions of responsibility in railway and banking circles previous to entering the real estate field in Butte. Mr. Steele was married in Portland, Oregon, November 3, 1891, to Flora Belle Harkins, and they are the parents of two sons, Chester H. and Ralph G. Mr. Steele is an independent thinker who discharges his duties as a citizen and voter without respect to parties. He is a member of the Masonic order.