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1886 - Colorado State Business Directory

with Colorado Mining Directory, Colorado Live Stock Directory and Colorado Wool Growers Directory Departments - 1886

Twelfth Annual Volume
Denver, Colorado
James R. Ives & Co., Publishers.
1886

Index to Cities, Towns and Mining Camps
Colorado State Officers
U. S. Officials for Colorado
District Courts
First Judicial District.
Counties, County Seats, Area and Population
Elections – Vote for Congressman at Large - Election, Nov. 1884.
Routt County Officials
Routt County – Totals for 1885
Shippers’ Guide
Business Directories by Town
Colorado Live Stock Directory – 1886
Business Listings by Occupation
Index to Cities, Towns and Mining Camps Top 
Hayden                         Page 314
Lay                            Page 330
Steamboat Springs              Page 417
Colorado State Officers Top 
State Capital                 Denver
State Building, cor. Larimer and Eighteenth Streets.

Election for State Officers once in two years, on the second Tuesday in November. Next election: November, 1886

Office                                  Official
Governor                                Benjamin H. Eaton
Lieutenant-Governor                     Peter W. Breene
Secretary of State                      Melvin Edwards
Treasurer                               George R. Swallow
Auditor                                 Hiram A. Spruance
Attorney-General                        Theodore H. Thomas
Superintendent of Public Instruction    L. S. Cornell
U. S. Officials for Colorado Top
(All Resident at Denver) 

Office                                 Official
Assayer U. S. Mint                     Posey S. Wilson
Clerk U. S. Court                      E. F. Bishop
Collector Internal Revenue             J. S. Wolfe
Post-Office Inspector                  George W. Waterbury
Surveyor-General                       J. A. Dawson
U. S. Attorney                         H. W. Hobson 
U. S. District Judge                   Moses Hallett
U. S. Marshall                         Walter A. Smith
District Courts Top
First District. 
Office                       Official
Judge                        Chester C. Carpenter
Attorney                     S. S. Downer
First Judicial District. Top
Routt County – Is attached to Grand County for Judicial purposes.
Counties, County Seats, Area and Population Top 
County     County Seat            Area         Pop.
                                Sq. Miles      1885
Routt        Hayden               5300          754
Elections – Vote for Congressman at Large - Election, Nov. 1884. Top 
County     Symes,          Thomas          Woy
Routt       106              73             0


Elections – Vote for Congressman, Nov. 1882. 

County     Belford, R.     Wallace, D.     Green, G.B.
Routt         76              34              0
Routt County Officials Top 
Routt County            County Seat – Hahn’s Peak
Office                        Official
County Judge                  Vacant
County Clerk                  I. G. Voice
Treasurer                     L. H. Breeze
Sheriff                       Thomas Morgan
Assessor                      Clark Tilton
Coroner                       H. W. Jaynes
Supt. of Schools              John T. Whyte
Surveyor                      Preston King
District Clerk                Emmett Calahan
District Judge                C. C. Carpenter
Routt County – Totals for 1885 Top 
No. Military Polls.                                237
Acres of Land.                                  14,112
Value of Land with Improvements           $  46,118.00
Miles of Railroad                                  -0-
Value of Railroad                                  -0-
Average Value of Mdse.                    $   2,705.00
Capital employed in Manufac’rs            $     200.00
No. of Cattle                                   25,283 
Value of Cattle                           $ 423,885.00
No. of Sheep                                     9,218
Value of Sheep                            $  18,436.00
Total Valuation                           $ 576,448.00
Shippers’ Guide Top
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

Edith           Routt          20            ---            ---
Egeria          Routt (1)      20            ---            ---
Fortification   Routt          20            ---            ---
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
Yampa           Routt (2)      20            ---            ---

(1) Egeria is current day Yampa.
(2) Yampa is current day Craig, Moffat County.
 
Business Directories by Town Top 
Hayden                    Page 314

Post-office in Grand County, 42 miles southwest of Hahn’s Peak. Population, 40.
Note: Should be Routt County.

Hayden Business Directory

Farmers & Merchants’ Insurance Co., 282 15th St., Denver
McCaslin, Wm., saloon.
Myers, Louis, saloon.
Reid, S. B., postmaster.

Lay                       Page 330

Small settlement in Larimer county. Banking town, Rawlins, Wyo. Population, 100.
Note: Should be Routt county.

Lay Business Directory
Farmers & Merchants’ Insurance Co., 282 15th St., Denver
Hendricks, A. E. gen’l mdse.
Phalon, J. A. gen’l mdse.

Steamboat Springs         Page 417


Post-office in Routt County, 25 miles southwest of Hahn’s Peak. Population, 100.

Steamboat Springs Business Directory
Farmers & Merchants’ Insurance Co., 282 15th St., Denver.
Hoyle, James, editor Pilot.
Milner, T. E., gen’l mdse. and postmaster.
Suttle, H. H., saw mill.
Trull, J. M., blacksmith.
Colorado Live Stock Directory – 1886 Top
Cattle Growers 

Adair, Wm.                      Hayden
Brock, H. W.                    Hayden
Clark, R. E.                    Steamboat Springs
Denison, Wm.                    Steamboat Springs
Donelson, E.                    Hayden
Gregory, A. J.                  Hayden
Hailey, O.                      Hayden
Hamill, W. A. Jr.               Hayden
Hoff, J.                        Hayden
Price, J. F.                    Steamboat Springs
Reid, S. B.                     Hayden
Smith, E. D.                    Hayden
Stuse, J. H.                    Steamboat Springs
Woolery, J. M.                  Steamboat Springs
Business Listings by Occupation Top 
Blacksmiths           Trull, J. M.          Steamboat Springs
Gen’l Merchandise     Milner, T. E.         Steamboat Springs
Lumber                Suttle, H. H.         Steamboat Springs
Newspapers            Pilot (w)             Steamboat Springs
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