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Bird's eye view of Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado, 1882. Population 1500 and 7,456 feet above sea level. Published by J.J. Stoner, Madison, Wisconsin, 1882. Lithographers Beck & Pauli. Includes notes by Thomas Nevens.
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Cowen's article 'A Graphic Descripton of the New Mining District. Maysville and the Men Who Live There: The Mines, and Prospects of Future Developments.'
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3) A Retrospect
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Cowen's article A Retrospect: The First Settlers in the Monarch District - The Early Gold Excitement and Its Sudden Death - Fissure Veins Discovered by the Boone Brothers in 1867 but the First Mine Not Opened Until 1879 - How an Intended Boom Was Nipped in the Bud - 'Crazy Man's Camp' Excitement and Its Fizzle - A Careful Review of the Growth of the Most Extensive Mining District in the State.
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A typescript from the Chaffee County Times newspaper.
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Chaffee County Times newspaper typescript of information regarding the Monarch Mining District and the North Fork Consolidated Mining and Tunnel Company.
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Cowen's article 'A Stage Trip Down the Valley, Ending at a Camp of the Most Brilliant Prospects.'
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Mary Nash Mear's account of growing up in the upper Arkansas Valley, and her family's experiences with the local Utes.
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Cowen's article about Maysville in 1880: An Exciting Encounter with a Footpad, and a Chapter on the Fraternitiy, Increased Activity in Mining Interests, The Usual Growl at the Census Enumeration, and Policies, Business, and General Interesting News.
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Una Hogue's biographical sketches of the Ute tribe, and Ouray, Chipeta, and Shavano, in particular.
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A reminiscence of the Hortense Hot Springs near Mt. Princeton and the Chalk Cliffs in Chaffee County, Colorado.
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In 1878, on the western edge of Chaffee County, prospector Nicholas Creede struck ore and named his mine ‘Monarch.’ Prospectors soon came from all over to try their luck, and the town of Chaffee City was born. To lessen confusion, the town was renamed Camp Monarch in 1879, and then just Monarch.
Monarch was located about a mile west of the town of Garfield and had mining camps all over. When the 1893 Silver Panic hit, the town took a hit. Today...
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John Arthur Hutchinson was one of the four sons of Major Joseph and Anabel Hutchinson, one of the first families of Chaffee County.
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John Arthur Hutchinson was one of the four sons of Major Joseph and Anabel Hutchinson, one of the first families of Chaffee County.
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John Arthur Hutchinson was one of the four sons of Major Joseph and Anabel Hutchinson, one of the first families of Chaffee County.
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A biographical sketch of Hugh Clark Boon, one of the pioneers of Salida, Colorado.
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16) Chaffee County
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This narrative is taken from In Colorado's Gold Fields: The World's Most Famous Gold Camps, ca. 1899 by W.C. Calhoun, Denver, Colorado. Pub. 1900, The Quarterly Sentinel, V. 4, No. 1, January 1900, p. 63-65.
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In 1878, on the western edge of Chaffee County, prospector Nicholas Creede struck ore and named his mine ‘Monarch.’ Prospectors soon came from all over to try their luck, and the town of Chaffee City was born. To lessen confusion, the town was renamed Camp Monarch in 1879, and then just Monarch.
Monarch was located about a mile west of the town of Garfield and had mining camps all over. When the 1893 Silver Panic hit, the town took a hit. Today...
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A photograph of Maysville from the early 1880s. Visible business fronts: Cheap Charley's Clothing House, Cheap Joe's Clothing and Dry Goods Store, and The Square Dealing Clothing and Dry Goods House.
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An image of downtown Garfield, looking east.
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A biographical sketch by Hugh Clark Boon, one of the pioneers of Salida, Colorado.
This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.
