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525 - Letter from Eliphalet Price of Clorado Springs to Mrs. Ratersock, dated March 14, 1879. Concerns the unpaid board bill owed by Mr. Reinhold Koenig and of regaining security of his discharge papers from the U.S. Army and his citizenship papers.

Record Type: Archive
527 - Correspondence from J. H. Brown of Irving, Illinois, dated November 9, 1912, to Mrs. C.J. Tiffany of Colroado Springs, concerning the finind of a note written by J.H. Brown and Cora B. Wiles and placed in a tin container in Queen's Canon twenty years before. Includes newspaper article and letter found in the canon.

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531 - Manuscript of address given by Maud McFerran Price at the dedication and marking of the Old Ute Pass Trail in 1912. The ceremony took place during the annual Shan Kive celebration. Speach gives brief history of the El Paso County Pioneers Association and the settlers in El Paso County, and mentions the dedication of Ute Pass.

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532 - Typewritten document describing the first settlement in El Paso County. The document descibes the first few years in Colorado City.
Reminiscence

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533 - Manuscript of "Early Days at Colorado City and Denver" written by M.S. Beach and read at one of the El Paso County Pioneer meetings. It contains a short history of the settlement of Colorado City, and an account of the meeting and the building used when the Territorial Legislature met at Colorado City in July 1861. It gives an account of the use of the building which was later occupied by a Chinese Laundry and later designated as the "First Capitol of Colorado" as first used by the first physician of the County, Dr. Carvin for an office and drug store. Later it was used as the office of the county clerk.
El Paso County Collection

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535 - Manuscript of "Life and Reminiscences of Anthony Bott" written by Anthony Bott, one of the founders of [Old] Colorado City in 1859. It is a historical outline of the early settlement of El Paso County.

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536 - Manuscript of "Life and Reminiscences of David McShane" written by David McShane to be recorded in the History Record colume of the El paso County Pioneer Association. it is a historical outline and biography covering incidents from 1830-1874.

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537 - Manuscript of "Memories of S.M. Buzzard," written by S.M. Buzzard and being a history of El Paso County, and his own life as a pioneer.

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539 - The family came to Colorado in 1866 on stagecoach. They arrived in Denver, Colorado, and arrived in Colorado City in 1868.

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548 - This scrapbook contains 1879 newspaper articles relating to Meeker Massacre, collected by Mrs. Charles Adams, wife of General Adams.

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5538a - "Pikes Peak and Gateway to Garden of the Gods, Colo" Hand tinted stereoview card showing the view of Pikes Peak through the Gateway rocks at Garden of the Gods.
Stereoviews -- Garden of the Gods

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59-103-12 - Unused postcard of a photo of Ellen E. Jack, also known as "Captain Jack," in front of her home at the summit of High Drive at the point of descent into Bear Creek Canyon. Copyright by Ellen E. Jack. No. 40. Jack's house is a shingled building along with an outdoor shelter. Remarks: "Ellen E. Jack was born in Nottingham, England. Married Capt. E. Jack of Farragut Fleet, U.S. Navy. Lived as a prospector in Colorado. Known as ‘Queen of the Rockies' and ‘Captain Jack' in Colorado Springs." Maker's Mark: Von Lackum View Co. Colorado Springs Colo.
SCLH Photograph Collection

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59-103-13 - Unused postcard of a photograph of "Mrs. Captain Jack Looking for Mountain Lion." "Copyright by Ellen E. Jack." Shows Ellen E. Jack dressed in her mining outfit, pick in one hand and gun in the other, posing with other mining gear on a rock. Remarks: "Ellen E. Jack was born in Nottingham, England. Married Capt. E. Jack of Farragut Fleet, U.S. Navy. Lived as a prospector in Colorado. Known as ‘Queen of the Rockies' and ‘Captain Jack' in Colorado Springs." Maker's Mark: Von Lackum View Company, Colorado Springs, Colo.

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59-103-5 - Black and white photograph postcard of Helen Hunt Jackson's grave site on Cheyenne Mountain near Seven Falls. Jackson's grave site consists of a large rock pile in a grove of pine trees. Paper notes, left by visitors, have been nailed to surrounding trees. On back, "Helen Hunt Jackson's grave, above Seven Falls. Picture taken about 1910." (The grave was moved in 1891 and is located in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, CO. Maker's Mark: Unknown

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6064 - "Tender-foot Town" Stereoview showing a group of log cabins in a wooded area. Written on the back: "Leadville, Spring 1879" Maker's Mark: Byron H. Gurnsey
Stereoviews -- Colorado -- Cities and Towns -- Leadville

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61 - Letter to Sir from Thomas Wentworth Higginson regarding letters from Helen Hunt Jackson, which were in his possession, and of a book owned by him called, "Galaten Collection" a collection of manuscripts relating to history of women, which included material concerning Helen Hunt Jackson. In a glassed frame. Signature of Higginson on bottom. Maker's Mark: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Helen Hunt Jackson

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61-259 - History of the U.S.S. Colorado from the Navy Department.

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61-440-1 - Print, intaglio on paper, black and white, rectangular; no title or signature; subject, female, three-quarter view, bust, crying; image is framed by the paper, background, white. May be a copy of a Raphael from the 15th or 16th century.
William S. Jackson Family Collection

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61-440-10 - Print, intaglio on paper, black and white, rectangular; no title or signature; subject, female, bust, three-quarter view, looking down, turned slightly to right, hair, braided, put up on top of head, halo around head, has a band of fabric in hair; background, white; image is framed by the paper.
William S. Jackson Family Collection

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61-440-11 - Print, intaglio on paper, black and white, rectangular; no title or signature; subject, bearded male, seated on cloud-like structure, surrounded by seven adolescents, background, shell-shaped structure, fruit, grapes, vines; image is framed by the paper.
William S. Jackson Family Collection

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