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Real estate appraisal card. 314 E. 2nd Street, lot 17, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built in 1901 according to Chaffee County Assessor records. Charles Herman Saunders (b.1872), an employee of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, lived here in 1903 with his wife Elizabeth Luella Redmond Saunders (b.1877). Charles Saunders and Luella Redmond were married in Salida in 1901. Charles was born in Abington, Illinois, arriving in Colorado...
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Real estate appraisal card. 309 F Street, lot 24, block 50, Haskell's Addition, in Salida, Colorado. This house, built in 1891 according to the Chaffee County Assessor, was the residence of dentist Charles S. Kramer, who was listed in the 1903-04 city directory. He continued to live here during 1905-06. By 1910, Mr. Kramer was renting another house on F street. By 1910 Joseph "Joe" D. Randol, one of Salida's most prominent businessmen, lived...
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Real estate appraisal card. 130 W. Sackett Avenue, pt. SE 1/4, Sec. 32 T 50N R 9E, in Salida, Colorado. This building was constructed about 1906. The 1909 and 1914 Sanborn maps show this building divided into six units and labeled "female boarding," a Sanborn Map Company euphemism for a place of prostitution. This building is visible on 1926 and late 1930s overview photographs of Salida taken from Tenderfoot Hill. These "cribs" were operated by...
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Real estate appraisal card. 133 E. Sackett Avenue, 100' lots 4 & 5, block 4, in Salida, Colorado. A Salida Record article reports that the building was erected in 1902 by J.W. DeWeese. James Watt DeWeese, a native of Ohio, grew up in Ohio and Indiana and apprenticed in the shops of the Lake Shore Railroad as a machinist. In 1887, he came to Salida to work as a machinist for the D&RG Railroad. He worked for the D&RG three years in Salida and three...
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Real estate appraisal card. 110 Lower (or North) D Street, lots 24-26, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. The Salida Mail of January 1, 1889 reported that H.M. Moulder had built a "four room, one-story brick residence on D street, between First and Front at a cost of $1,500 in the previous year. Henry M. Moulder lived here with his wife, Mary. The Moulders were still living here in the 1900s. Henry worked as a hostler for D&RG. He was born in New York...
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Real estate appraisal card. 307 E. Sackett Avenue, lots 11-13, block 2, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1914 and 1920. William Newton and Isabella "Bella" Johnson lived at this house in 1920. William was a carpenter for the railroad. He was born in Mechanicstown, Ohio in September 1852. Bella was born in Pennsylvania about 1857. The couple was married in 1875. In 1900, the couple had lived in Brown's Canon, Colorado with their...
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Real estate appraisal card. 130 E. 2nd Street, lots 21 & 22, block 22, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1898 and 1904, according to Sanborn fire insurance maps. The Assessor's 1900 year of construction could be correct. The building was addressed as 132 E. 2nd Street on 1904 through 1945 Sanborn maps. The 1903-04 and 1905-06 city directories indicate that Mrs. Josephine Hill offered furnished rooms in this building. Mrs....
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Real estate appraisal card. 421 E. 2nd Street, lots 7-8, block 28, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1888 and 1895. In 1903-04, Frank M. Hartman (b.1866), originally of Pennsylvania, lived at this house with his wife Celia A. Hartman (b.1874), originally from Illinois. They were married in 1896. By 1910, Frank was working as an engineer with the railroad. The Hartmans continued living here until at least 1922. By 1930, Joseph...
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Real estate appraisal card. 315 E. 1st Street, lots 9 & 10, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1882 and 1888. In 1903, Melvin J. and Margaret J. Ruland occupied this house. They had two sons, Elmer (14) and Myron J (20). Mr. Ruland was born in 1856 in New York. Mrs. Ruland was born in 1864 in Iowa. Mr. Ruland was employed as an engineer for the Denver & Rio Grande, until his death at the age of 46, on November 1, 1903....
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Real estate appraisal card. 126 Lower (or North) D Street, lots 1-3, block 3, in Salida, Colorado. This house was previously two separate houses, both of which dated to before 1886. The houses were addressed 126 and 130 N. D Street. The houses were joined together between 1890 and 1904. Joseph Warren Fisher lived here from 1903-4 until at least 1905-06. He worked as a clerk for D.A. Dupar, a mercantile company. Born in Wisconsin in 1844, Mr....
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Real estate appraisal card. 437 E. 2nd Street, lots 3-4, block 28, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1888 and 1895. The 1903-4 city directory listed Mrs. Elizabeth Bly living here with her daughter, Jeanette M. Bly, who worked as a clerk for the Salida Record, and her son Theron. Mrs. Bly may have been the original owner of the house. Robert C. Hall was a roomer here in 1903-04 and worked as a printer at the Salida Mail. Elizabeth...
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Real estate appraisal card. 247 D Street, lots 14-17, block 29, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1890 and 1892. In 1903, Harry Hansen Adams and his wife Mary lived at this address. Harry Adams was born in Pennsylvania in 1862, and Mary Tring Adams was born in Iowa in 1864. They were married in 1900. Mr. Adams worked as a boilermaker for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad until at least 1927. He was working as a clerk for E.O. Churchill...
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Real estate appraisal card. 318 E. 2nd Street, lots 18-19, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1888 and 1890. Sanborn maps for 1890 and 1893, indicate that an occupant of this house engaged in dressmaking. The 1894 State Business Directory listed only two women engaged in dressmaking in Salida, although there may have been others who did not advertise. This home was occupied by James Gallagher by 1903-04 and he was also...
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Real estate appraisal card. 346 E. 2nd Street, lots 24-26, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This house was built between 1895 and 1902. The 1903-04 city directory listed the Matthew K. Miller family at 340 E. 2nd. That address does not appear on the 1904 Sanborn map, but 346 E. 2nd is listed. The 1905-06 city directory indicates that Joseph H. Miller, Uriah G. Miller, and their father Matthew K. Miller lived at 346 E. 2nd. Matthew, a prominent Salida...
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Real estate appraisal card. 108 Lower (or North) F Street, lots 24-26, block 5, in Salida, Colorado. This building appears to have been erected between the fire of March 1886 and the time of the Sanborn map in September 1886. The previous building on the site was destroyed in the fire of March 1886 (as verified by a historic photograph), but this building appears on the September 1886 Sanborn map. The 1886 Sanborn map indicates the building housed...
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Real estate appraisal card. 127 D Street, lots 14-16, block 24, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected between 1888 and 1890. The building was historically addressed 125-27 and later 127-29 D Street. Several people lived here in 1903: Myrda Gray; Stanley A. Pawl, a clerk for Crews Mercantile Company; Henry H. Schafer, a watchman for D&RG; and Jesse Vetter, a machinist for D&RG. In 1911-12, Frank A. Bates, a driver for the Salida Market...
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Real estate appraisal card. 233 E. 1st Street, lots 4-5, block 23, in Salida, Colorado. The 1903-04 city directory indicated that Ada Jane McNichol (b. 1874) lived here and offered furnished rooms for rent in this building. Her family included her husband Alexander McNichol, an engineer with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and their two daughters. A nurse, Ella Nelson, roomed with them in 1903. Originally from Pennsylvania, Mrs. McNichol died...
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Real estate appraisal card. 410 E. 2nd Street, lots 17-18, block 25, in Salida, Colorado. This duplex house was erected in 1904. In 1922, this duplex was listed in the Salida city directory as Wilcox Terrace. Information about # 410: In 1905-06, T. Arthur Pettigrew, a boilermaker with the Denver & Rio Grande, lived at this address. Longtime Salida resident Robert Dougherty (b.1869) lived here by 1910 with his wife Anna J. (b.1870) and their...
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Real estate appraisal card. 420 F Street, lot 5 with part of 4 & 6, block 60, Haskell's Addition, in Salida, Colorado. The Chaffee County Assessor's 1950 year of construction for this house is incorrect. This house was built in the 1880s and appears on the 1890 Sanborn map. The address is listed In the 1903-04 Salida City Directory, at which point Thomas and Mary Ryan lived here. The Ryans were living on F Street at the time of the 1900 Census,...
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Real estate appraisal card. 128 F Street, lots A & B, block 21, in Salida, Colorado. This building was erected in 1890 by E.W. Hively. On 30 December 1890 the Salida Mail reported: "E.W. Hively has erected a large two story brick building on F Street, between the post-office and Alger-Disman building. This block is 50 by 75 feet. The front is of pressed brick with red sandstone trimmings. On the first floor the front is plate glass with iron pillars."...