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Real estate appraisal card. 217 E. Sackett Avenue, lots 9 + 1/2 of 8, block 3, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built between 1898 and 1904. Leo Welch, a machinist with Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, lived here in 1910. He had married Pearl B. Welch in 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Welch were both born in Texas in 1879.
By 1920, Thomas and Elizabeth Kennedy, both Canadian-English immigrants, lived at this house. Thomas Kennedy was born in Ship Harbor,...
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Interview with Frank J. Butala, b. October 7, 1926 and died May 2, 2010. Frank discusses growing up in Salida, his work in the USMC, starting his business, Butala Construction, and has a funny story about a getting paid with Susan B. Anthony silver dollars.
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Interview with Wendell Hutchinson, born 9/25/1924 and died 9/20/2014. Wendell reminisces about attending Valley View School, the 'Bloody Espinosas', and chores at the Hutchinson Ranch.
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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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Camp Hale ledger that was most likely used for keeping track of the soldiers tabs at the local commissary. It was the property of Lt. Olive Peppard, W.A.C.
Includes a letter from Camp Hale field director John Stowers addressed to the Vienna City Laundry in Leadville, Colorado.
6) 225 D Street
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Real estate appraisal card. 225 D Street, lots 14-17, block 29, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built in 1885, according to Chaffee County Assessor records. William M. Henderson and Nettie Henderson lived at this address in 1903. William was a repairman for D&RG. Andrew Tubbs, a laborer, lived here by 1906. He married Anna in 1894. Andrew was born in Pennsylvania in 1863 and Anna was born in New York in 1869. By 1910 Andrew was working...
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Real estate appraisal card. 227 E. Sackett Avenue, lots 7 + 1/2 of 8, block 3, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was built between 1898 and 1904. In 1906, David C. Kern, a carpenter for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, lived at this house. He was born in Ohio in 1868. His wife, Eva W. Kern, was born in Missouri in 1869. They were married in 1888. The couple had a daughter, Crystal M. Kern, who was born in Kansas in 1893. By 1910, they had moved...
8) 224 D Street
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Real estate appraisal card. 224 D Street, lots 6-7, block 30, in Salida, Colorado.
This house was erected in 1900 according to the Chaffee County Assessor. Charles "Charlie" B. Chapman, a carpenter, lived at this house in 1903-04. Gharles was born in Missouri in 1865. The 1900 US Census showed Chapman living with his wife, Octavia J., who was born in 1869 in Missouri. The Salida address was not given in that year. Clay Davidson was a roomer with...
