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History & Genealogy>Early Routt County Business Directories>1878 - Colorado State Business Directory
1878 - Colorado State Business Directory
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and Annual Register for 1878
Containing a Classified List of all the Business and Professional Men, Officers, Societies, Schools, Churches, Etc., in all the Cities and Towns of Colorado, together with Postoffices, Express and Telegraph, Railroad and Stage Offices, etc., etc.
Fourth Annual Volume
Denver, Col.:
J. A. Blake, Publisher. 1878
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Hahn’s Peak Pg. 205
Hayden Pg. 205
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| State of Colorado - State Officers |
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Office Official
Governor John L. Routt
Lieutenant Governor Lafayette Head
Secretary William M. Clark
Auditor D. C. Crawford
Treasurer George C. Corning
Attorney General A. J. Sampson
Superintendent Public Instruction J. C. Shattuck
State Geologist J. Alden Smith
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| United States Officials for Colorado |
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Office Official
U. S. District Judge Moses Hallet
U. S. Attorney W. S. Decker
U. S. Marshall P. P. Wilcox
Assayer, U. S. Mint Herman Silver
Surveyor General W. L. Campbell
Collector Internal Revenue J. C. Wilson
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Agency Agent
White River Agency N. C. Meeker
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| Vote at October Election, 1877 |
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Routt County – no votes were listed.
(Note: This is a list of voting results per county that included a vote for Supreme Court Judge and also Woman’s Suffrage. The Woman’s Suffrage issue lost by a state wide vote of 6,612 for to 14,053 against.)
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| County Area, Population and Assessed Valuation |
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County Valuation Area Sq. Miles Population
Routt $84,698.00 5,000 500 Note: The State Tax for 1877 was: State tax, 5 mills; University of Colorado, 1-5 mill; Institute for Mute and Blind, 1-5 mill; School of Mines, 1-10 mill; Agricultural College, 1-10 mill; Military Poll-Tax, 50 cents per capita.
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| Post-Offices, Railway Stations, Telegraph and ExpressOffices |
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In the following table the frequency of mail is indicated by numbers, as 6 –six times a week, 1 – once a week, etc.; money-order post-offices are indicated by a *, railroad stations by R, express offices by X, telegraph offices by t, money-order telegraph offices by T, county seats in Italic.
Post-Office County Post-Master
Hahn’s Peak, 1 Routt J. B. Donaldson
Hayden, 1 Routt J. B. Thompson
Windsor, Routt C. B. Clements
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| County Officials: Routt County |
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Office Official Party Town
County Judge Andrew J. Bell, R, Hahn’s Peak.
Clerk and Recorder James B. Thompson, R, Hayden.
Treasurer S. D. N. Bennett, R, Hahn’s Peak
Sheriff J. B. Donaldson, R, Hahn’s Peak
Assessor Horace Hulett, D, Windsor
Coroner Vacant
School Superintendent Vacant
Surveyor Vacant
Commissioners J. A. Matthews, R, Hahn’s Peak;
*Thomas H. Iles, R, Elk Head;
*Gordon C. Stuart, R, Hayden
* Did not qualify.
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| Small Towns and Settlements |
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Hayden – Capital of Routt County.
Davenport House, by W. T. Davenport.
Saloon: G. R. Bearer.
Hahn’s Peak – Mining camp and district in Routt County. Distances: To Laramie, on U. P. R. R., 130 miles; Rawlins, 140; Denver, via Berthoud Pass, 200. Population, 100.
General Merchandise: J. V. Farwell & Co. (A. J. Bell, Supt.)
Boarding House: A. J. Bell.
Hahn’s Peak Gold and Silver Mining Co., (Gulch), J. B. Donaldson, Supt.
International Mining Co., A. J. Bell, Supt.
Note: Windsor was not listed in this section.
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| Colorado Live Stock Directory - Assessment, 1877 - Cattle And Sheep |
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Counties Cattle Sheep
No. Valuation No. Valuation
Routt 6,504 $ 26,490 0 $ 0.00
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This page last updated on 3/27/2007.
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