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1879 - Colorado State Business Directory

with Colorado Mining Directory and Colorado Live Stock Directory Departments – 1879

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, Express, Telegraph, Railroad Offices, etc.

Fifth Annual Volume.
Denver, Colorado:
J. A. Blake, Publisher. 1879

State of Colorado State Officers
United States Officials for Colorado
Indian Agents
Judicial District
Terms Of Court
County Officials: Routt County
County Area, Population and Assessed Valuation
Postoffices, Railway Stations, Telegraph and Express Offices
Official Vote
Small Towns and Villages
Colorado Live Stock Directory – Department
State of Colorado State Officers Top 

Office                                  Official
Governor                                Frederick W. Pitkin
Lieutenant Governor                     Horace A. W. Tabor
Secretary of State                      Norman H. Meldrum
State Treasurer                         Nathan C. Culver
Auditor of State                        Eugene K. Stimson
Attorney General                        Charles W. Wright
Superintendent of Public Instruction    Joseph C. Shattuck
State Geologist                         J. Alden Smith
United States Officials for Colorado Top 

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. S. Wolfe
Indian Agents Top 

Agency                          Agent
White River Agency              N. C. Meeker
Los Pinos Agency                J. L. Kelley
Judicial District Top
First Judicial District is composed of the counties of Boulder, Jefferson, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit, Grand and Routt.
Terms Of Court Top
Routt – Hayden, attached to Grand. (first Tuesday, July)
County Officials: Routt County Top 

Office                  Official          Party        Town
County Judge            F. A. Sherman      R          Hahn’s Peak
Clerk & Recorder        H. E. Peck         D          Hahn’s Peak
Treasurer               F. A. Sherman      D          Windsor
Sheriff                 E. Cody            D          Hahn’s Peak
Assessor                S. D. N. Bennett   D          Hahn’s Peak
Coroner                 Jas. E. Dunn       R          Hayden
School Superintendent   Albert H. Smart    R          Hayden
Surveyor                Vacant             n/a        n/a
Commissioner            W. E. Timberlake   R          Snake River
Commissioner            D. G. W. Whiting   R          Hayden
Commissioner            S. B. Reid         D          Hahn’s Peak
County Area, Population and Assessed Valuation Top 
County     Valuation	Area Sq. Miles	Population 
Routt	  $74,661.00	     5000	    500


Note: The State tax for 1878 was: State tax, 3 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 Pool-Tax, 50 cents per capita.
Postoffices, Railway Stations, Telegraph and Express Offices Top
In the following table the frequency of mails is indicated by numbers, as 6 – six times a week, 1 – once a week, etc.; moneyorder postoffices 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.

Postoffice              County          Postmaster
Bear River, 1           Routt           H. E. Peck
Hahn’s Peak, 1          Routt           J. B. Donaldson
Hayden, 2               Routt           Mrs. M. L. Smart
Steamboat Springs, 1    Routt           Baker Long
Windsor                 Routt           C. B. Clements

Official Vote Top
State Election Biennially, First Tuesday in October
Second State Election, Oct 1, 1878 - 46th Congress

Results for Routt County

Governor
Pitkins, Rep. = 21
Loveland, Dem. = 29
Buckingham, Greenback = 0

Congress
J.B. Belford,Rep. = 21
T.M. Patterson,Dem. = 29
H.C. Childs, Greenback = 0

Election for 1878
Frederick W. Pitkins, Rep. Majority over W. A. H. Loveland = 2823 votes
James B. Belford, Rep, over Thomas M. Patterson, Dem. = 2291 votes

Note: Routt County did not show any results for the election of 1876. In that election for Governor, John L. Routt, Rep., majority 838.
Small Towns and Villages Top
Bear River, (P.O. in Routt County).
H. E. Peck, General Merchandise.

Hayden. – Capital of Routt County.
Davenport House, by W. T. Davenport.
G. R. Beaver, Saloon.
Distance to Georgetown, 150 miles.

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.
Gen’l Mdse: John V. Farwell & Co., (A. J. Bell, Supt.) Boarding House: A. J. Bell.
Hahn’s Peak Gold and Silver Mining Co., A. J. Bell, Superintendent.

Steamboat Springs. – On the Bear River, 48 miles northwest of Hot Sulphur Springs, Routt County. Forty Springs, 60 deg. to 110 deg. Temperature. Hotel, bath-house, store.

Windsor. – Routt County, on Bear River, 140 miles from Rowlins, on the U. P.
C. B. Clements, Store.
Colorado Live Stock Directory – Department Top
The assessed valuation of Cattle and Sheep in Colorado may be seen from the following table furnished by the State auditor:

Counties       Cattle        Sheep       Total 
Routt          $35,660         0         $35,660
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