Ohio picnic pageant and canyon trek in Canon City
A winded account of a Thursday picnic near Canon City Colorado with visitors from Ohio and Iowa. It recounts hill country exploration in Dynamite Park and an old mining camp tragedy retold, plus speeches at a banquet hosted by local families. The piece interweaves local pride, regional scenery and recollections of mining days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Colorado
Alice White
Colo
Mina McGilvra
Des Moines
Elizabeth Weinheimer
Marietta
Ohio
Nellie Stiers
Athens
Karl I. Meigs
Orwell
Ohfo
Dynamite Park
Ohio Canon
Col
Blanchard
Hubeel Spangler Mining Company
Spangler
Wilkinson
Grand
Canon Hills
Pike’s Peak
Sangre de Cristo
Canon
Mrs S J Farmers Condition Improves at Colorado Sanitarium
Mrs. S. J. Farmer, undergoing treatment at Glockner sanitarium in Colorado Springs, has shown material improvement in the last forty eight hours. Dr. C. H. Wilkinson, who attended her, believes she will recover. Her condition had caused grave concern among family and friends last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Farmer
Glockner
Colorado Springs
C. H. Wilkinson
Mrs Emma Prentiss Leaves Canon City for San Diego
Mrs Emma Prentiss and her son Frank Ramsden depart Canon City aboard the Denver and Rio Grande No 1 Saturday for Salt Lake City and San Diego to make their home. She recalls Lucknow siege memories and her father’s British army service amid the 1857 rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Prentiss
Frank Ramsden
Denver and
Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
San Diego
California
San Francisco
Burgess Wins Governor's Prize at Colorado College
Paul Burgess receives the governor's prize of 25 dollars at Colorado College for top scholarship and loyalty. He plans to study at McCormick Seminary in Chicago after ministerial training under Pueblo Presbytery, a record unmatched by peers sent by the presbytery in decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado College
Buchtel
Slocum
Burgess
Joe
Silver Cliff
J. G. Blake
Penitentiary
Chicago
McCormick Theological Seminary
Istry
Presbytery of
Pueblo
Fishing Party on Upper Beaver Makes Good Catch
A group of youths led by Ralph Garlinghouse, Vic Lonnaker, Tom Williams, Walter and Ralph Thoreau fished Upper Beaver, reaching at midnight after a twenty mile drive. Despite low water they landed fine trout including a sixteen inch fish, then faced a slow return due to heavy rain, reaching Canon City at 3 AM.
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Ralph Garlinghouse
Vic Lonnaker
Tom Williams
Walter
Ralph Thoreau
Beaver Creek
Ralph Garinghouse
Beaver Park
Canon City
Copperfield Sees Record Machinery Arrivals At Mines
Copperfield district reports a record week with two car loads of mining equipment for Fremont Copper Mimes and Queen Princess Copper Mining. Plants include a 90 hp boiler, big compressor, shaft sinking hoist, No. 5 Cameron pump and 75 light dynamo. General managers and investors tour camps as Calum bia and Croesus ventures advance and a hotel opens for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copperfield
Fremont Copper Mimes Company
Cameron
Anders
Fremont
Queen Princess Copper Mining Company
Pond
Stephen
C. R. Long
Kansas
Col. Bettis
Red Gulch
Bettis
The
Calumbia
Canon City Copper Mining & ‘Milling Company
Gralapp
Fornes
Copper Prince
Copper Prince Mining & Smelting Company
Croesus Copper Mining Company
Croesus
Well Fed Mountain Trout Said To Be Best Biters
An old-time angler contends well fed trout dominate catches. He recalls a winter 95 pickerel haul where most stomachs held perch and sunfish. He also describes a hidden pool in a trout brook where a single plump trout visited daily, feeding reliably on crawfish, and ponders why such ponds continually yield one resident trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trout Brook
Lone
New York Sun
Brooks Carver Recounts Fishing Trip in San Luis Valley
A letter from Brooks Carver dated June 6 1908 describes travel through Poncha Pass to the San Luis Valley and Rio Grande. He notes deep snow remnants 2600 feet below timber line, cold winds, ice on streams, modest wheat growth near Del Norte, potato crops ready by June 10, and hogs feeding in pea fields near Monte Vista with land values from 50 to 100 dollars per acre. He plans to return to Canon City on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Carver
San Luis Valley
Rio Grande River
del Norte
Monte Vista
Fort Garland
Colo
the Daily Record
Canon City
Poncha Pass
Marshall
Wages ‘Wheel Gap
Rio
Rio Grande
Lincoln Park
Canom City
Carver
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Iowa
Central City
Denver
Pardner
Paul Burgess
Continental Oil Company
Fremont Copper Mines’ Company
W. H. Ritter
St. Louis
C. B. Lawrence
Commodore Halter
Judge Hopkins
Davenport
Miller
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