These names are taken from local histories, diaries, early newspapers and other sources EXCEPT vital records. If you find the name of your ancestor here, please jot down the Book and Page number in the right hand column and then CLICK HERE for details on the source.
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Name |
Comments |
Source |
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Gagnon, Fred |
sold his ranch on Red Mtn to Fritz Benedict |
Book 60 Page 547 |
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Gagnon, Tank |
Caught in Aspen avalanche |
Book 62 Page 51 |
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Gallagher, Mrs. |
had a mean bull in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 402 |
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Gallo, A |
father of Joe, Aspen resident in 1917 |
Book 52 Page 272 |
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Gallo, Joe |
son of A Gallo, moved from Marble to Aspen in 1917 |
Book 52 Page 272 |
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Gardiner, GM |
Death Date: 1897MAR11 County: PIT Mine name: PARK REGENT Cause of death/comments: FELL DOWN INCLINE |
CO State Archives |
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Garrett boys |
Early Aspen saloonkeepers (3 of them) |
Book 62 Page 66, 68 |
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Garrett, Mr. |
Aspen City Marshall |
Book 62 Page 95 |
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Garrish, Elsie |
dtr of Nicholas Garrish and Agnus Baltazar, bn 7 Jan 1905 in Aspen, photo, mar John Snyder in 1922, kids Jimmy, Lucille, Donny, and Pat |
Book 60 Page 449-458 |
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Garrish, Mary |
dtr of Nicholas, mar in Leadville and her husband worked in the Little Johnny Mine |
Book 60 Page 457 |
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Garrish, Mike |
Aspen resident, His mother may have been Helena Smole, on city council |
Book 60 Page 214, 336, 407, 427, 448 |
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Garrish, Nicholas |
mar Agnus Baltazar in 1901, Croatian, dtrs Mary, Elsie, son Mike, miner, 10 kids total |
Book 60 Page 449-458 |
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Garrison House |
Photo in early Aspen |
Book 62 Page 23 |
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Garrison, Emma D |
first postmistress and namesake of Town of Emma |
Book 63 Page 57 |
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Gasset, Ortega |
Spanish philosopher in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 557 |
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Gates, Balina |
mar Hod Nicholson Sr., son Hod Jr. |
Book 60 Page 621 |
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Gavin, Charlie |
had cafe bar in Aspen, mar ? Greener, son Wilbur, his wife was sister of Clarice Greener Vagneur |
Book 60 Page 467, 523 |
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Gavin, Wilbur |
son of Charlie |
Book 60 Page 523 |
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Gavitt, AD (2nd Sgt) |
Led Aspen/Glenwood milita in 1887 to defend against Meeker uprising |
Book 62 Page 89 |
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Gavitt, JS |
Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887 |
Book 62 Page 88 |
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Gaylord, Otis |
Aspen resident, got pie in the face |
Book 60 Page 267 |
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Geary, John |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Geisler, George |
Aspen shoemaker |
Book 60 Page 659 |
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Gentry, CB |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Gentry, CB |
George R Ford tried unsuccessfully to fleece him |
Book 62 Page 112 |
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Gerard, Annie |
1886 Aspen resident, at scene when Eppa Strait fell from belltower |
Book 62 Page 87 |
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Gerard, JB |
Built wagon road from Twin Lakes to Aspen, killed buck in 1881 at Maroon Creek, died 1891, |
Book 62 Page 67, 68, 95, 146 |
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Gerbaz boys |
Aspen boys who got drunk at parties |
Book 60 Page 193 |
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Gerbaz, Auzel |
son of Jeremy, photo |
Book 60 Page 239-249 |
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Gerbaz, Claudia Ree Corbin |
In 1917 she mar Auzel Gerbaz who she met through correspondence, she from Bloomfield/Bedford area of Indiana, divorced in 1923, moved to Ft Worth, remarried in 1928 and had 2 more kids |
Book 60 Page 239-249 |
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Gerbaz, Del |
Had Aspen photo collection |
Book 60 Page 9, 60 |
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Gerbaz, Delbert |
photo, Aspen resident, b 30 Mar 1919 in Denver, grandparents Jeremy and Cecile Mary Gerbaz immig from Doues, Val d'Aosta, Italy; father Auzel bn Del Rey MI in 1893, mother Claudia Ree Corbin who was from IN, cousin Flavian Arbaney, mar Janie Marie Lowe in 1945, kids Larry, Molly, Janice Marie and Cecile |
Book 60 Page 9, 60, 239-249 |
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Gerbaz, Edmond |
photo |
Book 60 Page 245 |
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Gerbaz, Edward |
photo |
Book 60 Page 239-249 |
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Gerbaz, Janie Marie Lowe |
mar Delbert Gerbaz in Ft Worth in 1945 |
Book 60 Page 248 |
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Gerbaz, Jeremy |
immig from Doues, Val d'Aosta, Italy, wife Cecile Mary, bot AB Foster Ranch in 1896 on Woody Creek, had 9 boys, Olice, Orest, Homer, Edmond, Harvey Flavian "Mike", Auzel, and 0 girls. photo |
Book 60 Page 239-249 |
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Gerbaz, Jimmy |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 497 |
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Gerbaz, Mike |
photo |
Book 60 Page 239-249 |
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Gerbaz, Orest A |
photo |
Book 60 Page 245 |
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Gerkey, Bill |
Manager for Mr. Sendelbach |
Book 62 Page 93 |
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Gibb, TM |
photo of home in Redstone |
60 |
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Giffney, Mackey, & Mason |
Founders of the Pitkin County Herald |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Giffney, Mr. |
Proprietor of the Rocky Mtn Sun, arrived 1881 Aspen to start newspaper |
Book 62 Page 95 |
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Gill, Mr. |
Killed in explosion on Midland grade 4 mi from mouth of Frying Pan river |
Book 62 Page 137 |
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Gill, Thos. W |
Received 1892 Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Gillespie, HB |
Visited Aspen mines in 1879, installed telegraph line to Aspen, photo, Victim of Aspen shyster, George Ford |
Book 62 Page 25, 26, 27, 28, 47, 66, 111, 127, 129, 145 |
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Gillespie, HB (Mrs.) |
Photo, started Aspen's first literary society and Sunday school in 1880-81 |
Book 62 Page 27, 33, 66, 99 |
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Gillespie, Henry |
Caught in avalanche in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 271 Book 62 Page 51 |
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Gilmore, Frank |
Death Date: 1961JUN14 Occupation: CONT. MINER Age at death: 27 County: PIT Mine name: DUTCH CREEK Cause of death/comments: RUSH OF WATER |
CO State Archives |
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Glasca, Ada |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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Glassbrook, Mr. |
Aspen under sheriff |
Book 62 Page 113 |
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Goddard, Jim |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 157 |
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Godecage, Frank |
GODECAGE, FRANK Death Date: 1917MAY17 Nationality: Occupation: TIMBERMAN Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death: 38 Marital Status: Surving children: County: PIT Company name: Mine name: Cause of death/comments: FALL OF ROCK |
CO State Archives |
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Godecage, Frank |
Death Date: 1917MAY17 Occupation: TIMBERMAN Age at death: 38 County: PIT Cause of death/comments: FALL OF ROCK |
CO State Archives |
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
musician in 1949 Aspen |
Book 60 Page 32 |
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Golden, Grace |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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Goodhard, Eileen "Butch" Vagneur |
dtr of Benjamin, bn in Aspen, mar Vic Goodhard in Denver in 1949, grew up on her father's ranch at Woody Creek |
Book 60 Page 250-253, 515-524 |
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Goodhard, Vic |
mar Eileen Vagneur, bn Elkhorn NE, mar in Denver in 1949, in navy in 1943, |
Book 60 Page 250-253 |
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Goodrich, HG |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Gordon, Charles |
Killed when he was warming giant powder in a stove oven in Aspen |
Book 62 Page 139 |
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Gosline, JH (Capt.) |
Led Aspen/Glenwood milita in 1887 to defend against Meeker uprising |
Book 62 Page 89 |
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Gould Brothers Store |
in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 274 |
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Gould family |
Early Aspen settlers (3 of them) |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Gould, Emmet S |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Gould, Emmett |
Aspen photo, sis Fannie Gould Grover, wife Molly, got land/mining Patent |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Gould, Fannie |
Aspen resident, wife of Edward G Grover, photo, mother of 4 boys, bro Emmett |
Book 60 Page 272, 276 |
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Gould, Florence |
Aspen photo |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Gould, James |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Gould, James |
Received 1888 Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Gould, Jay C |
Death Date: 1903DEC21 Nationality: AMERICAN Occupation: COAL DUMPER Age at death: 34 Marital Status: M County: PIT Mine name: COALBASIN Cause of death/comments: HIT BY RUN-A-WAY CARS |
CO State Archives |
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Gould, Jim |
Aspen photo |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Gould, John |
Received 1888 Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Gould, Molly |
wife of Emmett Gould, photo |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Grange family |
kids attended Woody Creek school |
Book 60 Page 522 |
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Grange, Albert |
had ranch on Woody Creek |
Book 60 Page 353 |
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Grasto, Ed |
had store in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 452 |
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Graverock, Mr. |
Ran Roaring Fork Sawmill Company, 8 mi E of Aspen in 1881 |
Book 62 Page 95 |
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Gray, Al |
sold Little Woody Creek Ranch to Sullivan Vagneur |
Book 60 Page 522-523 |
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Gray, W |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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Gray, William |
discovered coal in Jerome Park in 1882, near town of Spring Gulch |
Book 63 Page 119 |
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Green family |
Early Aspen settlers (2 of them) |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Green, Charles |
One of first travelers to Aspen in 1880, 1883 Aspen town trustee, died 1892 |
Book 62 Page 115, 118, 148 |
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Greener, Clarice |
1898-1979, mar Sullivan Vagneur, her sister married Charlie Gavin |
Book 60 Page 520-524 |
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Greener, Grandpa |
father of Clarice Greener Vagneur, 1st name unknown, came from IL in 1880, miner for awhile, marshall in Aspen, bur in Red Butte Cemetery, 3 kids |
Book 60 Page 520-524 |
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Gregorich, Antona |
mar Anton Vedic, dtr Mary Vedic |
Book 60 Page 294 |
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Gregorich, Ed |
bn 9 Oct 1917 in Aspen, mother may have been Helena Smole, father was Frank Gregorich , photo |
Book 60 Page 254-259 |
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Gregorich, Frank |
from Yugoslavia, worked at Leadville then moved to Aspen, sons Joe and Ed |
Book 60 Page 254-259 |
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Gregorich, Tony |
photo |
Book 60 Page 257 |
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Grestle, Mr. |
Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 136 |
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Griffith, Angeline Muhich |
dtr of Joe Muhich and Johanna Blatnik, mar Newt Klusmire in 1945 for 8 yrs, then Roy Griffith in 1957 |
Book 60 Page 260-268 |
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Griffith, Mr. |
disc coal seam near Coalbasin ca 1881 |
Book 63 Page 106 |
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Griffith, Roy |
mar Angeline Muhich Klusmire in 1957, state patrolman |
Book 60 Page 263 |
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Grohar, Louis and Johanna |
Slovenian blacksmith, she was a bootlegger |
Book 60 Page 685 |
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Groschurth Grocery |
in 1914 Aspen |
Book 60 Page 111 |
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Groschurth, Ed |
ran store in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 112 |
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Grover, Albert |
Uncle of Charley Grover, bn Aspen, bros Edward Jake and Willard, moved to CA, photo holding son Buddy G |
Book 60 Page 269, 275, 276 |
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Grover, Charles Lenado |
son of Edward G, bn in Lenado, moved to CA |
Book 60 Page 273, 275 |
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Grover, Charley |
photo, Aspen resident, bn over the Mesa Store on 11 Feb 1914, son of Edward Jake Grover and Charlotte Louise Feist, bro Ken, mar Genevieve in 1945, sons Ralph and Dana, later moved to Denver |
Book 60 Page 269-281 |
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Grover, Charley |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 499 |
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Grover, Charlotte |
Aspen photo |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Grover, Claire |
Aspen res, photo |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Grover, Donald |
Aspen photo, son EJ |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Grover, Edward |
Received 1888 Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Grover, Edward G |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Grover, Edward G |
Photo in Aspen in 1888, grandfather of Charley Grover, wife Fannie Gould Grover, sons Charles Lenado, Edward Jake, Willard and Albert |
Book 60 Page 8, 269-281 |
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Grover, Edward Jake |
bn Leadville 1896, mar Charlotte Louise Feist, brothers Willard and Albert, son Charley, phto holding dtr Lois |
Book 60 Page 269-281 |
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Grover, Fannie Gould |
Aspen resident, wife of Edward G Grover, photo, mother of 4 boys, bro Emmett |
Book 60 Page 272, 276 |
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Grover, Helen |
Aspen photo |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Grover, Kathren |
photo holding son Barney |
Book 60 Page 276 |
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Grover, Kenneth |
photo, bro of Charley, son of Edward Jake Grover |
Book 60 Page 279 |
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Grover, Willard |
Uncle of Charley Grover, bn Aspen, bros Edward Jake and Albert, moved to CA, photo |
Book 60 Page 269, 275, 276 |
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Grubb Ranch |
DRC Brown bot it, now Mt Sopris Hereford Ranch |
Book 60 Page 136 |
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Guenin, Gaylord |
Journalist |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Guerino, Lucile |
bn Florence Italy 1889-1952, immig at age 5, mar Mr. Jurick, dtr Agnes "Jerry", |
Book 60 Page 351-362 |
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Guistat, Mary |
from Piedmont Valley in Italy, mar Fred Cullet 9 May 1918 in Glenwood, aunt & uncle were the Vidanos in New Castle, mother of Amelia |
Book 60 Page 511-514 |
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Gutting, Otto |
visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival |
Book 1 Page 364 |
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Hagerman, JJ |
Of Colo Spgs, owned Mollie Gibson mine in Aspen |
Book 62 Page 39 |
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Hall, Augustus O |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Hall, AW |
Victim of Aspen shyster, George Ford |
Book 62 Page 111 |
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Hall, Henry |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Hall, Mrs HS |
visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival |
Book 1 Page 364 |
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Hall, Newman G |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Hall, Newton K |
Early prospector, came to Aspen area in 1879 |
Book 62 Page 63, 65 |
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Hall, William A |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Hallam Lake |
near Aspen |
Book 60 Page 28, 123 |
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Hallam, Charles A |
Received 1891 Patent on Grand Fink Mining Claim in Pitkin Co and others, Cinncinnati lawyer |
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov |
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Halleck & Company |
Freighters, formerly of Buena Vista, moving to Aspen in 1881 |
Book 62 Page 71 |
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Hallett, Moses (Judge) |
Denver judge who presided over suit between Durant and Emma mines |
Book 62 Page 28, 91 |
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Hallett, SI |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 157 |
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Hamilton, Charles |
had ranch at Woody Creek in 1880s |
Book 60 Page 516 |
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Hamilton, Mrs. |
wife of Aspen marshall, petit |
Book 60 Page 193 |
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Hammell, Richard N. |
Bought Snowmass Village Sun in 1978 |
Book 65 – Pitkin County Page |
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Hammerich, Elizabeth |
taught at Owl Creek School, mar Sam Stapleton |
Book 60 Page 478 |
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Hanna, JW (Judge) |
Of Leadville, Aspen promoter |
Book 62 Page 26 |
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Hannan, Chuck |
hung out at the Aspen post office |
Book 60 Page 697 |
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Hannon, Chickie |
Aspen miner |
Book 60 Page 698 |
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Hannon, Chuck |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 214 |
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Hansen & Dummer |
had garage in Aspen and Glenwood |
Book 60 Page 40 |
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Hansen, Con |
ran Independence swmill |
Book 63 Page 87 |
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Hanson Drug Store |
in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 296 |
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Hanson, George |
Aspen resident, sibs George, Roy and Hildur |
Book 60 Page 274 |
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Hanson, Hildur |
Aspen resident, sibs George, Roy and Hildur |
Book 60 Page 274 |
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Hanson, Kenneth |
photo in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 207 |
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Hanson, Roy |
Aspen resident, sibs George, Roy and Hildur |
Book 60 Page 274 |
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Hardeman, BE (4th Corp) |
Led Aspen/Glenwood milita in 1887 to defend against Meeker uprising |
Book 62 Page 89 |
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Hardeman, Mr. |
1886 Aspen mayor |
Book 62 Page 136 |
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Harding, CH |
Independence druggist |
Book
62 Page 94 |
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Harding, HL |
1883 Aspen clerk and recorder |
Book 62 Page 118 |
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Harding, JF |
Discovered Ida Chatfield's body in Roaring Fork river in 1886 |
Book 62 Page 88 |
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Harding, John F |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Harmon, Ellen |
Teacher from MN, sis of HR, married Henry Staats |
Book 62 Page 50 |
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Harmon, HR |
Had ranch near Aspen, his sister Ellen was a MN teacher |
Book 62 Page 50 |
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Harmon, Mr. |
Bought Yank mine |
Book 62 Page 51 |
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Harrington boys |
drank some bad bootleg liquor of the Whispering Swedes and died |
Book 60 Page 657-662 |
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Harrington brothers |
Aspen residents, musicians and uncles of Buck Parson |
Book 60 Page 152 |
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Harrington, Abbey Leahey |
bn Ireland, mar Patrick Harrington, 10 kids, including Margaret A., John and Bill |
Book 60 Page 199-203 |
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Harrington, Bill |
son of Patrick Harrington, had band in Aspen called Roamer's Rhythm Kings |
Book 60 Page 208 |
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Harrington, James |
Worked on Smuggler Mine near Aspen, brother of John |
Book 62 Page 67, 68 |
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Harrington, Jim |
Aspen blacksmith |
Book 60 Page 448 |
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Harrington, John |
son of Patrick Harrington, had band in Aspen called Roamer's Rhythm Kings |
Book 60 Page 208 |
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Harrington, John |
Worked on Smuggler Mine near Aspen, brother of James |
Book 62 Page 67, 68 |
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Harrington, Mr. |
Shot Mr. Jackson in April 1881 in Aspen, shot near Buena Vista by Sheriff James Van Pelt |
Book 62 Page 73 |
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Harrington, Patrick |
bn Ireland, miner, had Harrington & Holland store in Aspen, d 1946 of Silicosis, wife was Abbey Leahey, 10 kids |
Book 60 Page 199-203 |
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Harris, Charley |
Early miner in Pitkin Co |
Book 62 Page 54 |
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Harrison, JW |
1892 Aspen resident, photo of home |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Hart, Ellen Colby |
mar Fred Hart, bn MN, dtr Gladyce Hart, her uncle was Henry Staats |
Book 60 Page 191-194 |
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Hart, Fred |
father of Gladyce Hart Christiansen, had Hart's Store in Aspen, also a miner, from IA, County Assessor in Aspen, mar Ellen Colby |
Book 60 Page 191-194 |
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Hart, Gladyce |
mar Jens Christiansen, b 25 Nov 1911 in Aspen, father Fred Hart came from IA to Aspen on the Midland train, mother Ella Colby Hart who was bn in MN, photo, mar 17 Jul 1932 at her parents home on Capitol Creek, 1 dtr Joyce bn 1934, |
Book 60 Page 191-194 |
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Hartman, F |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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Harvett, Annie Obester |
mary Antony Harvett, photo |
Book 60 Page 656 |
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Harvett, Antony "Tony the Weasel" |
bootlegger, alway getting caught and put in jail, photo mar Annie Obester, illiterate |
Book 60 Page 655-657 |
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Hasey, George E |
Received Mining/Land Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Hatch, Leona |
taught at Owl Creek School |
Book 40 Page 476 |
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Hathaway family |
Early Aspen settlers (2 of them) |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Hathaway, RB |
Packed wagon over Independence Pass |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Hawkins, May W |
negro, bn Jan 1875, from MO, Aspen resident in 1900 |
Book 60 Page 79 |
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Hawstrauser, Walter |
Pitkin Co miner, from Gilpin County, partner of Ed Orne, killed by John A Ryder |
Book 62 Page 67 |
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Hawthorne, John |
Had claim on Capitol Creek |
Book 62 Page 58 |
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Hayden, Ferdinand V |
Led expedition to Aspen area in 1873-74 |
Book 60 Page 7 |
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Hayes, Jim |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 266-267 |
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Hayes, Mary Eshbaugh< |