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with Colorado Mining Directory and Colorado Live Stock Directory Department-1883
Ninth Annual Volume
Denver, Colorado
James R. Ives & Co., Publishers. 1883
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| Index to Cities, Towns and Mining Camps |
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Hahn’s Peak Page 315
Hayden Page 316
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| Colorado State Officers |
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Executive Department
State Capital Denver
State Building, cor. 15th and Glenarm Streets.
Election for State Officers once in two years, on the second Tuesday in November. Next Election. November 1884.
Office Official
Governor James B. Grant
Lieutenant-Governor William H. Meyer
Secretary of State Melvin Edwards
Treasurer Frederick Walsen
Auditor John C. Abbott
Attorney General D. F. Urmy
Superintendent Public Instruction J. C. Shattuck
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| U. S. Officials for Colorado |
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Office Official
Assayer U. S. Mint Herman Silver
Clerk U. S. Court Keyes Danforth
Collector Internal Revenue J. S. Wolfe
Post-Office Inspector R. A. Cameron
Surveyor-General Albert Johnson
U. S. Attorney A. W. Brazee
U. S. District Judge Moses Hallett
U. S. Marshall Walter Smith
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The State Legislature consist of a Senate and House of Representatives, the former having twenty-six members and the latter forty-nine. It convenes in regular session (limited to forty days) once in two years, on the first Wednesday in January. The next session meets January, 1885.
Senators – None from Routt County
Representatives – John Lefevre, Rep. - Grand and Routt County
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| District Courts of Colorado – First District |
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Office Official
Judge Chester C. Carpenter, of Golden
Attorney J. McD. Linsay
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| First Judicial District |
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Routt County – Attached to Grand for Judicial purposes.
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| Counties, County Seats, Area and Population |
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County County Seat Area Pop. Pop. Pop.
Sq. Miles 1870 1880 1883 Routt Hayden 5000 New 140 300
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| Elections – Vote for Congressman at Large - Election, Nov. 1882. |
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County Belford, Rep. Wallace, Dem. Green, G.B.
Routt 76 34 0 Election – Vote on Location of State Capital, Nov. 1881.
County Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs Scattered
Routt 14 0 4 0
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| Routt County Officials |
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Routt County County Seat – Hayden Office Official
County Judge G. W. Edwards
County Clerk F. M. Jones
Treasurer H. A. Crawford
Sheriff E. R. Cody
Assessor Thos. H. Isle
Surveyor Vacant
Coroner T. F. Hickey
Sup’t. Public Instruction M. C. La Due
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| Abstract of Assessed Valuation of Colorado, from Records of Auditor of State. |
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Routt County
No. Military Polls 69
Acres of Land 96,000
Value of Land with Improvements $ 23,350.00
Miles of Railroad -0-
Value of Railroad -0-
Merchandise –Value $ 1,894.00
No. of Cattle 7,500
Value of Cattle $ 112,507.00
No. of Sheep 2,500
Value of Sheep $ 5,000.00
Total Valuation $ 169,950.00
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List of Post-offices, Railway and Stage Stations, Camps, &c., in Colorado, Population, Counties in which they are Located, and Distances and Directions to the Most Important Railroad Points or County Seats.
Those places that have no post-offices 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 distance, 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 points from which they are easiest of access are given.
County seats are in italics.
Points not reached by regular conveyance are marked “special”.
Place County Population R.R or Stage Distances and Direction
Hahn’s Peak Routt 100 Stage 150 s. Rawlins
Hayden Routt 25 Stage 170 s. Rawlins
Lay Routt 20 Special Rawlins
Steamboat Spgs. Routt 50 Special 20 e. Hayden
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| Towns and Mining Camps |
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Hahn’s Peak Page 315 Mining Camp in Routt County, 130 miles south of Laramie City, U. P. R. R.
McIntosh, Robt. P. M. and gen’l mdse.
Hayden Page 316 County seat of Routt county, 200 miles northwest of Denver, via Georgetown and Hot Sulphur Springs. Semi-weekly mails.
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