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History & Genealogy>Early Routt County Business Directories>1889 - Colorado State Business Directory
1889 - Colorado State Business Directory
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with Mining Directory Department – 1889
Denver, Colo.
James R. Ives, Publisher
1889
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| Index to Cities, Towns and Camps |
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Egeria Page 323
Hahn’s Peak Page 366
Hayden Page 110
Lay Page 392
Maybell Page 111
Routt Page 112
Sidney Page 112
Steamboat Springs Page 496
Toponas Page 112
Trull Page 512
Yampa Page 521
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| Colorado State Officers |
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Executive Department
State Capital Denver
State Offices – Corner Larimer and Eighteenth Streets.
Election for State Officers once in two years, on the second Tuesday in November. Next election, November, 1890.
Office Officer
Governor Job A. Cooper
Lieutenant Governor W. G. Smith
Secretary of State James Rice
Treasurer W. H. Brisbane
Auditor Louis B. Schwanbeck
Attorney General Sam W. Jones
Supt. of Public Instruction Fred Dick
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| U. S. Officials for Colorado |
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Office Officer
Assayer U. S. Mint George Munson
Clerk U. S. Court William A. Willard
Collector Internal Revenue J. F. Benedict
Post Office Inspector George H. Waterbury
Surveyor General Oney Carstarphen
U. S. Attorney H. W. Hobson
U. S. District Judge Moses Hallet
U. S. Marshall Zeph T. Hill
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The State Legislature consists of a Senate and House of Representatives, the former having twenty six members and the later forty-nine. It convenes in regular session once in two years, on the first Wednesday in January. The next session meets January, 1891.
Members of the Senate
No members from Routt County.
Members of the House
The following are members of the House, their post office address, and the date on which their term will expire.
H. H. Eddy, Axial, 1891
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| Judicial - District Courts of Colorado |
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Ninth District
Judge Thomas A. Rucker
Attorney Jordan Rockwell
Pitkin County – On the first Monday of February and the second Monday of July
Garfield County – On the second Monday of March
Grand County – On the second Monday of August
Routt County – Is attached to Grand County for judicial purposes.
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| Railroads in Colorado |
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In the following tables the mileage only for that portion of each railroad lying within the State is given.
Denver and Rio Grande
David Moffat, President; S. T. Smith, General Manager; A. S. Hughes, Traffic Manager; S. K. Hooper, General Passenger Agent, Denver; Stanley Wood, Chief of Literary Department.
Total Miles of Railway in Colorado
Company Miles
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 403.00
Burlington and Colorado 350.00
Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska 154.00
Colorado Midland 233.50
Denver, Utah and Pacific 44.00
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth 224.60
Denver and Rio Grande 1,478.84
Missouri Pacific 147.00
Silverton and Red Mountain 15.00
Union Pacific 1,097.50
Total 4,147.44
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Routt County County Seat – Hahn’s Peak
Office Officer
County Clerk F. M. Jones
Sheriff R. H. Buchanan
Coroner S. Adair
Treasurer S. D. Wilson
Sup’t. of Schools J. T. Whyte
Surveyor W. R. Rose
Assessor J. H. Templeton
Judge County Court J. Wolbridge
Clerk District Court R. G. Wallace
County Attorney Vacant
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| Counties, County Seats and Population |
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County County Seat Population Population
1885 1889
Routt Hahn’s Peak 754 2400
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Vote for President, November 1888
County Harrison Cleveland Fisk Labor
Routt 366 216 2 0
Vote for Congressman, November 1886
County Geo. G. Symes Myron W. Reed Joseph Murray
Routt 148 123 0
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| Small Towns and Post Offices |
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In the State of Colorado
Where there is at present no business.
In this list will be found every post-office in the State not given in the body of the book and in addition many places not post offices.
Those places, which have no post-office, are marked *.
Population is estimated from vote at last election; but where no basis existed for such estimate, we have taken the judgment of well-informed residents.
Distances given are by the nearest railroad or stage route.
Accompanying the figures for distances, the direction is indicated as follows: n., north; s., south; e., east; w., west; nr., near, etc.
In cases where the exact location of new post-offices could not be ascertained, distances are omitted and the point from which they are easiest of access are given.
Place County Pop. Railroad or Stage Distance and Direction
Hahn’s Peak Routt 100 Stage 150 s Rawlins, Wyo.
Hayden Routt 15 Stage 170 s Rawlins, Wyo.
Maybell Routt 25 Stage 120 Hahn’s Peak
Routt Routt 15 Stage 120 n Glenwood Spgs.
Sidney Routt 15 Stage ---
Toponas Routt 15 Stage ---
Trull Routt 15 --- ---
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| Business Directories by Town |
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Egeria Page 323 Postoffice in Routt county, Russell, on the D. & R. G. R. R., 45 miles south, is the nearest railway point. Principle industry, stock raising and lumber. Altitude, 7,000. Population, 150.
Bird, Wm., blacksmith.
Carl, W. W., saw mill.
Hoag, Elmer, postmaster, justice peace and notary.
Hernage, H. J., gen. mdse.
Montgomery, W. W., hotel.
Note: Current day Yampa, Routt County.
Hahn’s Peak Page 366 County seat of Routt county, 150 miles south of Rawlins, Wyoming, the most convenient railroad point. Population 200.
Cody & Mackey, gen. mdse. and postoffice.
Curry, Sam, physician.
Draper, J. E., gen. mdse. and hides.
Hinman, P. T., grocer.
Hinman, T. A., blacksmith.
McCarger, A., hotel.
McIntosh, R., gen. mdse.
Miller, D., hardware.
Paulson, R., surveyor.
Wallbridge, J., attorney.
Lay Page 392 Postoffice in Routt county, 90 miles from Hahn’s Peak and 100 miles north-west of New Castle. Agriculture and stock raising the principal industry. Altitude, 6,200. Population, 40.
Matthews, Wm., glovemaker.
Wallihan, A. G., gen. mdse.
Steamboat Springs Page 496 A growing town in Routt county, 150 miles north-west of Georgetown, 65 miles north of Russell, the nearest railway point. Altitude, 6,500. Population, 300.
Baker, C. E., principal public schools.
Bamber, L. E., dentist.
Bennett, Mrs., prop. Mountain Home hotel.
Bennett, Mrs. Jennie, books and notions.
Bourquin, Albert, carpenter.
Burgess & Milner, real estate, loans and insurance.
Campbell, L. D., physician.
Congregational Church, C. E. Parker, pastor.
Crawford, Jas. H., gen. mgr. Steamboat Springs Co.
Crowell, D. C., carpenter.
Dunfield & Easton, gen. mdse.
Gough & Crowell, blacksmiths.
Graham, C. C., real estate.
Groesbeck & Metcalf, drugs.
Hall, Caleb, blacksmith.
Hamilton, A., shoemaker.
Harding, Jacob R., attorney.
Herwig, Geo. D., meat market.
Hoyle, J., pub. Pilot.
Klopfenstein, J. E., dentist.
Lewis, J. H., restaurant.
Mettleman & Mayberry, tinners.
Milner, F. E., postmaster.
Milner & Co., bankers.
Milner Lumber Co., lumber.
Mountain Home hotel, Mrs. Bennett, prop.
Myers & Adair, hardware and implements.
Pilot (weekly), J. Hoyle, pub.
Pyles, J. F., blacksmith.
Schaffnit, H., prop. Sheridan House.
Snyder, Alice, dry goods and millinery.
Stafford & Whipple, livery.
Steamboat Springs Co., Jas. H. Crawford, gen. mgr.
Sutler, Sam’l., carpenter
Suttle, H. H., saw mill.
Turner, H. E., saw mill.
Wagoner, Frank, blacksmith.
Williams, A. P., dentist.
Woolery & Barnhar, lime burners.
Trull Page 512 Postoffice in Routt county, 59 miles south-west of Russell, the nearest railway point.
Trull, J. M., gen. mdse. and blacksmith.
Yampa Page 521 Postoffice in Routt county. Population, 25.
Hangher, F. M., postmaster.
McKay, J. C., saloon.
McKay, J. C., hardware and implements.
Note: Current day Craig, Moffat County.
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