This is Part Six of the story of the unbridled corruption in Colorado s 1904 election, a contest between incumbent Governor James Peabody and challenger Alva Adams, who previously served two
“Edgar Stallard is a busy man, or at least from the number and character of printed placards he has scattered about his office one would think so,” asserted the Aspen Daily Times on Oct. 14,.
Researching using the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection, I discovered an Aspen paper, The Bryan Democrat, that I knew nothing about. There is only one edition, Nov. 2, 1897, although it was marked as number eight..
On Thursday, Aspen Historical Society is presenting its annual progressive museum-theatre tour “Twilight in the Cemetery: Stories from Aspen’s Ancestors” at Red Butte Cemetery.
In 1912, Madam Esther Lefebvre rode into the town of Dorchester, dressed in one of her usual flamboyant Paris outfits, and visited her mine for the last time.