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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Jackson, Annie |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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Jackson, Earl (Mrs.) |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 171 |
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Jackson, Mr. |
Shot by Mr. Harrington in April 1881 in Aspen |
Book 62 Page 73 |
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Jacobs & McPherson store |
In early Aspen |
Book 62 Page 48, 49 |
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Jacobs, C H |
Received 1895 Patent on Pride of the West Mining Claim in Pitkin Co, referred to as old "Black Hiller", president Aspen School Board |
Book 62 Page 65, 103, 106 |
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Jacobs, Charles |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 159 |
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Jacobs, Charles A (Mrs) |
One of 13 women to stay in Aspen winter of 1880-81, their son Dale was first child born in Aspen, had ranch on Capitol Creek, her child Harold died early and was one of first burials in Roaring Fork valley, 2nd child Dale Osman Jacobs born 21 Apr 1881 |
Book 62 Page 33, 38, 49, 68 |
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Jacobs, Dale Osman |
First child born in Aspen on 21 Apri 1881, son of Mr. And Mrs. Charles A Jacobs |
Book 62 Page 38, 68 |
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Jacobs, Mr. |
Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 136 |
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Jacoe, Professor |
Redstone muscian |
Book 63 Page 108 |
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Jageman, Miss |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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James, CC |
JAMES, C C Death Date: 1952FEB14 Nationality: Occupation: MINER Yrs Mine Exp: 1 Age at death: 45 Marital Status: Surving children: County: PIT Company name: Mine name: THOMPSON CREEK NO. 1 Cause of death/comments: ROOF FALL |
CO State Archives |
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James, CC |
Death Date: 1952FEB14 Occupation: MINER Yrs Mine Exp: 1 Age at death: 45 County: PIT Mine name: THOMPSON CREEK NO. 1 Cause of death/comments: ROOF FALL |
CO State Archives |
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Jaminson, Mrs. |
came to Aspen over Taylor Pass, had 3 or 4 kids, sold her house to Matt Oblock for $75 |
Book 60 Page 423-428 |
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Janss, Bill |
Founder of Snowmass |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Jap Morgan |
see Jap Mogan |
Book 60 Page 697 |
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Jenkensen, Earl |
worked for Roaring Fork Light and Power Company |
Book 60 Page 504 |
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Jenkins, John |
JENKINS, JOHN Death Date: 1920JUN30 Nationality: Occupation: MECHANIC'S HELPER Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death: 17 Marital Status: Surving children: County: PIT Company name: Mine name: Cause of death/comments: STRANGULATED HERNIA |
CO State Archives |
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Jenkins, John |
Death Date: 1920JUN30 Occupation: MECHANIC'S HELPER Age at death: 17 County: PIT Cause of death/comments: STRANGULATED HERNIA |
CO State Archives |
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Jenkins, Loren |
Aspen Times publisher |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Jenkins, Margie |
her father ran the drugstore in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 630 |
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Jenkinson, Frank |
bro of George, from Isle of Mann |
Book 60 Page 693 |
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Jenkinson, George |
bn on Isle of Mann, bro Frank, caretaker at Aspen Cem, his wife died 3 days short of 100 |
Book 60 Page 693 |
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Jennings, Mike |
JENNINGS, MIKE Death Date: 1891JUL25 Nationality: Occupation: Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death: Marital Status: Surving children: County: PIT Company name: GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO. Mine name: SPRING GULCH Cause of death/comments: FALL OF SLATE |
CO State Archives |
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Jennings, Mike |
Death Date: 1891JUL25 County: PIT Company name: GRAND RIVER COAL & COKE CO. Mine name: SPRING GULCH Cause of death/comments: FALL OF SLATE |
CO State Archives |
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Jewett, EW |
1925 Aspen grocer, photo |
Book 60 Page 56, 112 |
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Jewett, EW |
1925 Aspen grocer, photo |
Book 60 Page 56 |
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Johns, CC |
Foreman for Eames ranch |
Book 62 Page 67 |
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Johnson family |
cousins of Paul and Glenn Beck |
Book 60 Page 105 |
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Johnson family |
Early Aspen settlers (2 of them) |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Johnson Ranch |
near Carbondale |
Book 52 Page 120 |
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Johnson Ranch |
near Carbondale |
Book 52 Page 120 |
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Johnson, Charles "Kance" |
Aspen resident, photo |
Book 60 Page 236 |
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Johnson, CR |
Rescued dog Bruiser from 33 day burial in Conundrum Gulch avalanche in 1884 |
Book 62 Page 84 |
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Johnson, Fred C |
Early Aspen resident, photo |
Book 62 Page 26, 175-177 |
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Johnson, Louis A |
Arrived Aspen 1879, died 1892 |
Book 62 Page 68, 147 |
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Johnson, Mary |
wife of Hannibal Brown, mar 1926 in Denver |
Book 60 Page 35-79 |
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Johnson, Mary |
wife of Hannibal Brown, mar 1926 in Denver |
Book 60 Page 35-79 |
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Johnson, Mr. |
Aspen sheriff |
Book 60 Page 267 |
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Johnson, Mr. |
Early Aspen prospector |
Book 62 Page 46-48 |
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Johnson, Otto |
Swede, Aspen sheriff |
Book 60 Page 190 |
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Johnston, Ernestine |
1928 Spring Creek teacher |
Book 52 Page 346 |
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Johnston, Ernestine |
1928 Spring Creek teacher |
Book 52 Page 346 |
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Johnstone, Mr. |
1891 Dist Attorney in Marion Cook case |
Book 62 Page 107 |
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Jones, Deacon |
black shoemaker in Aspen in 1910, strange squeaky voice, short, preacher |
Book 60 Page 604 |
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Jones, Edna Louisa |
bn Carbondale in 1915, mar John Edward Stitzer |
w.stitzer@iolwest.com (Bill Stitzer) |
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Jones, Frank |
Got drunk and quarrelsome on 8 April 1885, got shot and killed by Officer Barney Riley |
Book 62 Page 135 |
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Jones, Gail |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 106 |
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Jones, John |
Involved in 1882 Aspen lot-jumping |
Book 62 Page 84 |
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Jones, Lee and Virginia |
bot house near Aspen |
Book 60 Page 252 |
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Jones, Morgan |
Received 1892 Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Jones, Mr. |
Aspen storekeeper |
Book 62 Page 94 |
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Jones, RH |
Independence saloonkeeper |
Book
62 Page 94 |
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Jones, Smoky |
Pitkin Co prospector |
Book 62 Page 57 |
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Jones, William |
JONES, WILLIAM Death Date: 1901NOV28 Nationality: WELCHMAN Occupation: DRIVER Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death: Marital Status: Surving children: County: PIT Company name: Mine name: COALBASIN Cause of death/comments: STUMBLED WHILE TRYING TO JUMP ON THE CAR |
CO State Archives |
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Jones, William |
Death Date: 1901NOV28 Nationality: WELCHMAN Occupation: DRIVER County: PIT Mine name: COALBASIN Cause of death/comments: STUMBLED WHILE TRYING TO JUMP ON THE CAR |
CO State Archives |
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Judge, F.J. |
Arrested in Decatur TX for holding up Carson's Stage near Aspen in Oct 1882, with B.B. Sears |
Book 62 Page 76 |
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Judkins, CA |
Formed Aspen Electric Light & Power in 1885 |
Book 62 Page 129 |
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Jurick, Agnes "Jerry" |
dtr of Lucile Guerino and John Louis Jurick, bn Snowmass 4 Jan 1918, mar 1st Larry Stubbings, kids Patty and Mickey, divorced, mar John McLaren in 1947, son John |
Book 60 Page 351-362 |
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Jurick, John |
1865-1941 who had a ranch up by Windstar, wife Theresa, son John Lewis |
Book 60 Page 351-362 |
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Jurick, John Lewis |
from Croatia Yugoslavia, 1889-1972, immig at age 15, son of John and Theresa Jurick, 5 kids dtr Agnes |
Book 60 Page 351-362 |
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Kalmes Clothing Store |
in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 112, 263 |
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Kalmes, Francis |
sold Aspen house to Charles Alton Beck |
Book 60 Page 105 |
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Kane, Charles |
Aspen city council member in early 1900s |
Book 60 Page 230 |
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Karde, Chris |
rancher in Aspen area, killed by lightening, had sister Dorothy Lippert |
Book 60 Page 213 |
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Kastelic, Tony & Mary |
from Yugoslavia, he worked at the Smuggler Mine, changed name from Kastelic, 5 kids, dtr Ethel Smith |
Book 60 Page 344-345 |
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Kastelik, Tony |
photo in 1936 |
Book 60 Page 570, 470, 699 |
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Katz, Bernerd |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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Kavanaugh, Red |
Came to Aspen in 1879 |
Book 62 Page 147 |
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Kearney, Pete |
Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887 |
Book 62 Page 88 |
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Kearns, Joyce Christiansen |
b 19 Aug 1934 in Aspen, dtr of Jens and Gladyce Christiansen, mar Kearns, photo, |
Book 60 Page 195-197 |
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Kearns, Leo |
mar Emma Burke |
Book 60 Page 196 |
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Kearns, Luetta |
Aspen resident, worked at Hotel Jerome |
Book 60 Page 178 |
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Kearns, Mrs. |
mother of Patty, nurse near Aspen |
Book 60 Page 88 |
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Kearns, Owen |
mar Maymie Crosby in 1926, dtr Pat and 2 others, son of Tom Kearns and Margaret Mahoney Kearns |
Book 60 Page 327, 328 |
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Kearns, Pat |
wife of Chuck Maddalone, sister Luetta, mother Maymie Crosby, father Owen Kearns |
Book 60 Page 321, 327-331 |
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Kearns, Tom |
had ranch near Aspen, limped, bn in Ireland, gfather of Pat Maddalone, from WI |
Book 60 Page 86, 328, 428 |
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Kech, W.C.F. |
Member Elks Club in Aspen who visited Leadville Ice Carnival on 15 February 1896 |
Book 1 Page 361 |
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Kech, W.C.F. |
Member Elks Club in Aspen who visited Leadville Ice Carnival on 15 February 1896 |
Book 1 Page 361 |
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Keelin, George |
mar Christina Eustace in Aspen on 3 Jul 1899, bartender at Red Onion in early 1900s |
Richard F. Wilkinson Laguna Beach, Ca |
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Keene, Stephen W |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Kelleher, Nora |
wife of Tim, 1879-1954, Irish, photo |
Book 60 Page 608-609 |
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Kelleher, Tim |
Aspen saloonkeeper, his place became the Red Onion, sold it to Ed Tekoucich in 1940, 1874-1945, wife Nora, Irish, photo |
Book 60 Page 258, 321, 322, 495, 608-609 |
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Kelley, Bertha |
dtr of James H., herded goats, beekeeper, well educated |
Book 60 Page 604-607 |
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Kelley, James H. "Horse Thief" |
1850-1928, always had a bunch of starving horses, often fined for letting them run loose in Aspen, dtr Bertha, photographer, well educated, wrote poetry |
Book 60 Page 604-607 |
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Kellogg family |
Early Aspen settlers (2 of them) |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Kellogg, JM |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Kelly, Cat |
lived in Aspen during Depression, rounded up all of Aspen's cats and killed them and cooked them |
Book 60 Page 691-692 |
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Kelly, Frank |
Rec'd Land/Mining Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Kemper, Ralph |
foreman for Bruntons on Brush Creek |
Book 60 Page 87 |
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Kenney, JC |
Accompanied Sheriff Hooper from Aspen to White River Country during Meeker Massacre in 1887 |
Book 62 Page 88 |
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Kensie, DM |
Part of 1887 Aspen/Glenwood Militia that went to rescue whites at Meeker uprising |
Book 62 Page 89 |
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Kester & Rose |
Aspen housebuilding firm |
Book 62 Page 158 |
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Ketherly, Mr & Mrs JW |
visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival |
Book 1 Page 364 |
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Ketherly, Mr & Mrs JW |
visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival |
Book 1 Page 364 |
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Kevan, Ruth |
Founder of Snowmass Village Sun |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Killam & Dixon |
Sold Aspen lot |
Book 62 Page 136 |
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Killbride, George J |
Aspen coroner |
Book 62 Page 99 |
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Kimberly, Captain |
helped Aspen become Pitkin County seat |
Book 62 Page 68 |
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Kindt, Amos |
founded Castle Forks City in 1880 |
Book 63 Page 22 |
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King, George |
KING, GEORGE Death Date: 1900MAR12 Nationality: Occupation: Yrs Mine Exp: Age at death: Marital Status: Surving children: County: PIT Company name: Mine name: IOWA CHIEF Cause of death/comments: EXPLOSION OF POWDER |
CO State Archives |
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King, George |
Death Date: 1900MAR12 County: PIT Mine name: IOWA CHIEF Cause of death/comments: EXPLOSION OF POWDER |
CO State Archives |
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King, J.H. |
1856-1895, of Athens, GA, law deg at U of VA, arriv Aspen 1880, Aspen City Attorney in 1881, bur Aspen Grove Cem |
Book 24 Page 350-351 |
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King, Jack |
One of first settlers to Aspen, killed in mine explosion in Crested Butte that killed 57 people |
Book 62 Page 26, 121 |
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King, Joe H. |
1856-1895, of Athens, GA, law deg at U of VA, arriv Aspen 1880, Aspen City Attorney in 1881, bur Aspen Grove Cem, partner of Geo A Crittendon |
Book 24 Page 350-351 Book 62 Page 66, 99 |
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King, Joseph |
Early Aspen city attorney |
Book 62 Page 38 |
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King, JV |
visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival |
Book 1 Page 364 |
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King, JV |
visitor from Aspen for Aspen Day at Leadville Ice Carnival |
Book 1 Page 364 |
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Kingsbury & Iron |
Old Aspen firm |
Book 62 Page 65 |
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Kinkead, William |
first postmaster of Sidney |
Book 63 Page 85 |
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Kinkle, Mr. |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 157 |
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Kinney, Felix |
came from Ireland ca 1883, ran PO and grocery store in Ashcroft, |
Book 60 Page 525-534 Book 63 Page 25 |
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Kinney, Jennie |
Received 1884 Patent to Scottish Chief Lode and Arthur Lode in Pitkin Co |
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Kinney, Teresa Lundy |
sister of Catherine Lundy Devine, immig from Ireland by herself at 13, 1st to an uncle in IA who had a dtr w/tuberculosis, then to Colo Spgs where there was a sanitorium, then to Aspen before 1900, mar Felix Kinney in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 525-534 |
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Kirby, Colonel |
Of TX, died of mtn fever June 1880 in Aspen, bur in Ute Cem, reinterred inin 1881 to Hemstead TX |
Book 62 Page 68, 73 |
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Kirkpatrick, George |
Charged ca 1883 w/murder of Richard Malam |
Book 62 Page 119 |
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Klusmire, Bob |
rode horse into Red Onion, dad was night watchman at the power plant |
Book 60 Page 680-681 |
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Klusmire, Newt |
mar Angeline Muhich in 1945 for 8 yrs, on Aspen baseball team, bro of Bob |
Book 60 Page 263, 316, 680-681 |
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Knight, Bob |
Aspen resident |
Book 60 Page 165 |
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Knoblock, James |
Victim of Aspen shyster, George Ford |
Book 62 Page 111 |
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Knott's Pharmacy |
Failed in 1893 |
Book 62 Page 170 |
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Kobey Park |
near Aspen |
Book 60 Page 251 |
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Kobey, Ben |
namesake of Kobey Park |
Book 60 Page 155 |
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Koch, Anna M |
photo, 1836-1944 |
Book 60 Page 271 |
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Koch, Bertha |
mar Charley Feist, sister of Harry Koch, photo |
Book 60 Page 272, 274 |
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Koch, Billy |
1st Aspen postmaster, had company Koch & Jones |
Book 62 Page 47, 66, 94, 95 |
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Koch, Ernst Wilhelm Edward |
immig from Lower Saxony to Philadelphia, then Buffalo NY, then Bowling Green KY, then Toledo OH. journeyed to Aspen in 1880 for a year then returned to Toledo, made survey town plat of Aspen |
Book 60 Page 271 |
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Koch, Harry |
son of Ernst Wilhelm Edward Koch, kids Edward and Dorothy, ran some sawmills near Lenado, moved on from Aspen to WA where Everett is named after him. |
Book 60 Page 271, 494 Book 62 Page 158 |
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Koch, Harry G |
1862-1936, arriv Aspen 1885, owned Koch Lumber Co, bur Aspen/Red Butte Cem |
Book 24 Page 349 |
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Koch, Harry G |
1862-1936, arriv Aspen 1885, owned Koch Lumber Co, bur Aspen/Red Butte Cem |
Book 24 Page 349 |
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Koch, Mrs |
Aspen resident, went crazy and went to live with her dtr Dorothy Shaw |
Book 60 Page 580 |
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Koch, W.E.E. |
Visited Aspen mines in 1879 with son |
Book 62 Page 25 |
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Koch, Will |
son of Ernst Wilhelm Edward Koch, |
Book 60 Page 271 |
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Kochevar, D Frank "Frank Mousharts" |
1863-1937, slovenian, from village of Musharts, Aspen area resident |
Book 60 Page 673 |
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Kopp, Amelia Cerise |
dtr of Albert D Cerise, b Woody Creek 28 Jun 1923, Aspen hairdresser, photo, mar Louis Zupancis and had son Bob, 2nd mar Robert Kopp ca 1952 and had Stan |
Book 60 Page 148, 169, 171 |
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Kopp, Robert |
mar Amelia Cerise 1952, son Stan |
Book 60 Page 171 |
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Kopp, Stan |
son of Robert and Amelia Cerise Kopp, photo |
Book 60 Page 171, 597 |
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Korfhage, JW |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 157 |
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Kralich, Agnes Luba Oberster |
2nd wife of James Oberster, from Austria, after he died in 1913 she married Anton Kralich later in 1913 and had 5 more kids |
Book 60 Page 535-539 |
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Kralich, Anton |
2nd husband of Agnes Luba Oberster |
Book 60 Page 535-539 |
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Kralich, Helen |
recipe for her blood sausage |
Book 60 Page 456 |
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Kurtz, Harry |
Ran Ault Progress newspaper, from KS, cousin of Lawrence Kurtz |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Kurtz, Lawrence G. |
Worked for Aspen Times |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Kuster, Werner |
owned the Red Onion in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 441 |
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Laird, Larry |
Purchased Skiers Gazette |
Book 65 - Pitkin County Page |
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Lamb, Al |
Aspen resident, gfather of Peggy Rowland, Paepckes bot his house |
Book 60 Page 135, 554 |
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Lamb, Al S. |
photo, pharmacist, immig to Aspen from Indiana ca 1880, had drugstore in Leadville, mar Susan in Denver, 1885-1940 |
Book 60 Page 411 |
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Lamb, Alfred |
Photo of his 1880s Aspen Drug Store, photo of home |
Book 62 Page 150, 151, 162 |
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Lamb, Fleeta |
dtr of Al S Lamb, mar Edward Cooper, dtr Peggy |
Book 60 Page 410-416 |
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Lamb, Peggy |
Aspen resident, became Peggy Rowland |
Book 60 Page 121 |
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Lamb, Tom |
Aspen area resident, would help pull cars out of the mud |
Book 60 Page 360 |
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Lamb's Drugstore |
in Aspen |
Book 60 Page 295 |
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Lamicq, John |
ran sheep on Hunter Creek |
Book 60 Page 317 |
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Lanchel, F |
Victim of Aspen shyster, George Ford |
Book 62 Page 111 |
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Lanes, Thomas |
Variety actor, body found in Roaring Fork below Aspen in 1891 |
Book 62 Page 107 |
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Langhorn, Mr. |
Part owner of Bank of Pitkin County |
Book 62 Page 101 |
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Langstaff brothers |
Sold groceries and liquor in Independence |
Book 62 Page 66, 94 |
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Langstaff, William |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 160 |
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Langstaff/Langstall, Bill |
Independence settler |
Book
62 Page 66, 67 |
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Langton, Marion |
Played in early Aspen Opera The Kings Fool |
Book 62 Page 32 |
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LaPlante, Duff |
uncle of Charley Grover and husband to sister of Charlotte Louise Feist. |
Book 60 Page 277 |
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Larson, Hans |
Received several Mining Patents in Pitkin Co |
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Laurence, Dave |
Aspen tenant |
Book 60 Page 547 |
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Lavender |
see Briner, Lavender & Company |
Book 63 Page 87 |
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Lay, John G |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 160 |
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Leahey, Abbey |
mar Patrick Harrington in Aspen, 10 kids |
Book 60 Page 199-203 |
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Leahy, Jack |
Irish immigrant, last resident of Ashcroft, moved to Glenwood Spgs in 1935 at age 77 when he was weak from near starvation |
Denver Post 20 June 1999 Page 31 travel section |
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Leahy, John M. "Jack" (Judge) |
Irish immigrant, last resident of Ashcroft, moved to Glenwood Spgs in 1935 at age 77 when he was weak from near starvation, 1858-1939, photo, well educated, would draw up legal papers, mar Mary Wiler ca 1890 |
Denver Post 20 June 1999 Page
31 travel section |
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Lee, Abe |
earliest settler on Conundrum Creek |
Book 63 Page 44 |
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Lee, Margaret S |
1950 Spring Creek teacher |
Book 52 Page 346 |
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Lee, Samuel P |
Proprietor of the Lee House hotel in Aspen |
Book 62 Page 68, 70 |
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Leggatt, James |
named Redstone in 1890 |
Book 63 Page 107 |
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Leiter, Levi Z |
Received Mining/Land Patent in Pitkin Co |
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Leland, John |
Early editor of Aspen literary paper |
Book 62 Page 66 |
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LeMoyne, NP |
1892 Aspen resident |
Book 62 Page 159 |