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1880 - Colorado State Business Directory
with Colorado Mining Directory and Colorado Live Stock Directory Department 1880

Containing a Classified List of all the Business and Professional Men, Officers, Societies, Schools, Churches, etc. Lists of Mining Companies, Mills, Smelting and Other Works, Cattle and Wool Growers, Shippers, Etc. and a Complete Directory of all the Cities, Towns, and Mining Camps of Colorado, Together with Postoffices, Telegraph, Railroad Offices, Etc.

Sixth Annual Volume
Denver, Colorado
J. A. Blake, Publisher – 1880
Index of Towns Top
Fraser                        Page 225 (Note: Fraser was in Grand County)
Hayden Page 226
Hahn’s Peak Page 226
Colorado State Officers Top
Biennial Election – Next State election, first Tuesday in October, 1880.
State Capital, at Denver. State Building, 412 and 414 Larimer street.

State Officers – All Republicans.
Office                                  Official
Governor Frederick W. Pitkin, (of Ouray county), Denver.
Lt. Governor Horace A. W. Tabor, (of Lake county), Denver.
Secretary of State Norman H. Meldrum, (of Larimer county), Denver.
State Treasurer Nathan S. Culver, (of El Paso county), Denver.
State Auditor Eugene K. Stimson, (of Pueblo county), Denver.
Attorney General Charles W. Wright, (of Arapahoe county), Denver.
Superintendent Public Instruction Joseph C. Shattuck, (of Weld county), Denver.
U. S. Officials For Colorado Top

Office Official
U. S. District Judge Moses Hallett
U. S. Attorney W. S. Decker
U. S. Marshall P. P. Wilcox
Assayer, U. S. Mint Herman Silver
Surveyor General Albert Johnson
Collector Internal Revenue J. S. Wolfe
Clerk U. S. Court Keys Danforth
Judicial Districts Top
First Judicial District is composed of the counties of Boulder, Jefferson, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit, Grand and Routt.
District Court - First District Top
Routt – Hayden, attached to Grand (first Tuesday, July)
Routt County Officials Top

Office Official Party Town
County Judge G. W. Edwards R Brown’s Park
Clerk and Recorder Frank M. Jones R Hahn’s Peak
Treasurer Henry A. Crawford D Windsor
Sheriff Edward R. Cody D Hahn’s Peak
Assessor Thomas H. Iles R Windsor
Coroner Jas. E. Dunn R Hayden
School Superintendent M. C. Laduc D Hayden
Surveyor Adrian Marshall D Hahn’s Peak
Commissioners W. E. Timberlake D Snake River;
L. T. Farnsworth R Steamboat Springs;
S. B. Reid D Hahn’s Peak
County Area, Population & Assessed Valuation Top
County          Valuation         Area Sq. Miles                  Population
Routt $56,102.50 5000 500
Postoffices, Railway Stations, Telegraph and Express Offices Top
In the following table the frequency of mail is indicated by numbers, as 7 means daily; 6, six days a week; 1, once a week, etc.; money-order postoffices are indicated by a *, railway stations by R, regular stage stations by S, express offices by X, telegraph offices by t, money-order telegraph offices by T, county seats in Italics.

Postoffice                      County		
Bear River, 1 Routt
Hahn’s Peak, 1 Routt
Hayden, 2 Routt
Steamboat Springs, 1 Routt
Windsor, 1 Routt
Small Towns and Settlements Top
Fraser – Postoffice in Routt county.
Wm. Z. Cozens, hotel and dairy;
D. N. Ostrander, hotel;
G. R. Hortell, saw mill.
(Note: Fraser was in Grand County)

Hahn’s Peak – Postoffice in Routt county.
International Mining Co., general merchandise;
S. D. N. Bennett, Physician;
F. A. Hinman, N. Patten, saloons.

Hayden – Capital of Routt county.
Davenport House, by W. T. Davenport;
G. R. Beaver, saloon;
S. G. Bishop, dentist;
Goodspeed & Co., general merchandise;
Harrison & Frazer, blacksmith and wagon-shop;
S. M. Waggoner, postmaster and merchandise, liquors, tobacco and cigars;
Rodgers & McIntyer, general merchandise and liquors;
A. M. Smith, Justice of the Peace;
B. F. Taupain, carpenter and builder;
C. E. Whiting, County Surveyor.

Windsor – Routt county on Bear river, 140 miles from Rollins, on U. P.
C. B. Clements store.
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