John Evans

male, deceased (1897)
Territory of Colorado, ColoradoMiningBoom, Colorado politician, Governor of Colorado, mercy hospital, governor…Colorado Territory
John Evans (9 March, 1814 - 2 July, 1897) was a U.S. politician, physician, railroad promoter, Governor of the Territory of Colorado, and namesake...

William Gilpin

male, deceased (1894)
Colorado politician, Futurologist, ColoradoMiningBoom, Governor of Colorado, john c. fremont, governor…Colorado Territory
William Gilpin was a 19th century U.S. explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. He served as military...
Winfield Scott Stratton

Winfield Scott Stratton

male, deceased (1902)
philanthropist, Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill, American, Business person in mining, capitalist, Business Person…ColoradoMiningBoom, Colorado Silver Boom, Mining magnate
Winfield Scott Stratton (July 22, 1848- September 14, 1902) American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist. He discovered the Independence...

Samuel Hitt Elbert

male, deceased (1899)
Ohio Wesleyan University, from Ohio, supreme court, republican party, central city, governor…Colorado politician, state of colorado, Governor of Colorado, ColoradoMiningBoom, Colorado Supreme Court
Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) served as Governor of the Territory of Colorado (1873-1874) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of...

Arthur L. Collins

male
mining, Arthur Lancelot Collins, Smuggler-Union Mining Company, Mining disasters in the United States, Labor disputes in the United States, Mining in the United States…ColoradoMiningBoom, Disasters in Colorado
Arthur Lancelot Collins was born July 8, 1868, in Truro, England. He was the son of a prominent mining expert, Joseph Henry Collins. The Collins...
Horace Austin Warner Tabor

Horace Austin Warner Tabor

male, deceased (1899)
The Ballad of Baby Doe, New England Emigrant Aid Company, slavery, slavery in the united states, prospector, ColoradoMiningBoom…From Colorado
Horace Austin Warner Tabor (November 26, 1830 - April 10, 1899), also known as Silver Dollar Tabor and The Bonanza King of Leadville, was an...
John Long Routt

John Long Routt

male, deceased (1907)
From Kentucky, ColoradoMiningBoom, Colorado politician, Governor of Colorado, republican party, Republican
John Long Routt (April 25, 1826 - August 13, 1907) was a U.S. Republican political figure. Born in Eddyville, Kentucky, he served as the first...
Edward M. McCook

Edward M. McCook

male, deceased (1909)
Territory of Colorado, ColoradoMiningBoom, Colorado politician, governor, Kansas politician, american civil war…Governor of Colorado, Colorado Territory
Edward Moody McCook (June 15. 1833 - September 9, 1909) was a lawyer, politician, distinguished Union cavalry general in the American Civil War,...
Bulkeley Wells

Bulkeley Wells

male, 137 years old
ColoradoMiningBoom, Colorado National Guard, Miners' labor disputes, Mining in the United States, Labor disputes in the United States
Bulkeley Wells was born in Chicago on March 10, 1872, to businessman Samuel Edgar Wells and Marry Agnes Bulkeley. He was educated at Roxbury Latin...
Alexander Cameron Hunt

Alexander Cameron Hunt

male, deceased (1894)
from New York City, republican party, governor, california gold rush, Colorado politician, Governor of Colorado…ColoradoMiningBoom, Territory of Colorado
Alexander Cameron Hunt was the fourth Governor of the Territory of Colorado serving from 1867-1869 as a member of the Republican Party. Alexander...