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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
Colorado State Officers
U. S. Officials For Colorado
Judicial Districts
District Court - First District
Routt County Officials
County Area, Population & Assessed Valuation
Postoffices, Railway Stations, Telegraph and Express Offices
Small Towns and Settlements
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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