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Hartville Iron Boom Ties City to Rich Sunrise District
Hartville rises from a copper era town to a steel center with the Sunrise and Hartville iron deposits. Prominent figures including Col. A. T. Babbitt and C. A. Guepssey backed mining schemes while lawyers fought townsite claims. The Jehosaphat claim case ended with a government settlement, ending nine years of factional conflict and court action.
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Eondal Dulding
Ball Park
Hooters
T. Miller
Platte River
Giomaay
Mivere
Wilta
Thiartvite
Hariyie
Pamneti
Geo. M. Pollan
N. K. Paltbanks
Henry Wy King
West
Col. A. T. Babbitt
Catlenen
Cheyenne
Sunrise
Fairbank
Ofhey
Uist
Steel Trunt
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Hartville
B. FP. Yokum
C. F. & J. Oldings
John Shaw
Black Hills
Hurtville
Dusinesa
Shaw
Chas. Wright Just
District
State Supreme Court
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Chas. Wright