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History & Genealogy>Early Routt County Business Directories>1879 - Colorado State Business Directory
1879 Colorado 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
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| State of Colorado State Officers |
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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
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| United States Officials for Colorado |
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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
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Agency Agent
White River Agency N. C. Meeker
Los Pinos Agency J. L. Kelley
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First Judicial District is composed of the counties of Boulder, Jefferson, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Summit, Grand and Routt.
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Routt – Hayden, attached to Grand. (first Tuesday, July)
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| County Officials: Routt County |
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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
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| County Area, Population and Assessed Valuation |
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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.
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| Postoffices, Railway Stations, Telegraph and Express Offices |
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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
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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.
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| Small Towns and Villages |
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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.
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| Colorado Live Stock Directory – Department |
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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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This page last updated on 3/27/2007.
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