Wow, that is all really neat and thank you for sharing.
My great grandparents settled in Salida after coming from Ohio. He was a Railroad conductor once the RR came into the area. People asked how a RR conductor could afford to send a son to law school. He had invested in some gold mines and did pretty well.
Maybe our ancestors rubbed elbows some time along the way.
Merry Christmas.
I bet they did. I always wonder about this. :)
That was the big thing before the silver crash in the 1880s. The ore was transported down into Denver where it was processed in the processing plant in Globeville. All of the nasty metals saturated the area and it is now a superfund sight. The precious metals made a lot of people rich in Colorado. Lots of interesting history. :)
Hey, had a girlfriend of many years ago who grew up in Salida (Cotopaxi) — family names were Lively and Yeats and Padilla. Girlfriend in Cotopaxi, her family in Salida. I made a few trips from Denver to Salida in the late 70s, early 80s. Pretty town.
Colorado is a beautiful state. I have traveled everywhere and even internationally, and Colorado has it all beat by a mile. More than the fact that it is home. The weather, the seasons, little humidity, blue skies, few bugs, etc.
Merry Christmas to you!