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41) Monarch Hotel
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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...
42) 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.
This statement is part of the Thomas A. Nevens Papers.
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Photograph of William Jennings Bryan delivering a speech from the back of railroad car in Salida, Colorado, on October 28, 1902.
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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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Cowen's article 'A Stage Trip Down the Valley, Ending at a Camp of the Most Brilliant Prospects.'
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A photograph of downtown Maysville in the 1880s. Visible business fronts: Stationery & Post Office, and the Bakery.
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47) 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 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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A photo of Venable's Hotel on Colorado Avenue in Maysville, Colorado, taken in the 1880s. Hattie Venable, the daughter of Jacob and Harriet Venable is leaning against the left post of the hotel.
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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.
This map is part of the Donna Nevens Collection.
