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Sixty Years in Colorado; Reminiscences and Reflections of a Pioneer of 1860

Irving Wallace Stanton

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Description:A native of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 6th of January, 1835, Mr. Stanton early turned his face toward the West. After a brief experience in running one of the old gravity trains of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, he came to Kansas and was present at the first meeting of the Kansas Territorial Legislature at Pawnee City in the fall of 1855. Those were turbulent times in Kansas, and he did not like the atmosphere. He next tried Iowa, but when the gold excitement in the Pike’s Peak country broke out he embraced the first opportunity to change base again. He arrived at the mouth of Cherry Creek in the spring of 1860, and immediately joined the throng of gold seekers in the mountains. He experienced many hardships, but he enjoyed the life and he always looked back to it with pleasure. After a year or so in the mining camps he returned to Denver, where he became deputy postmaster. In 1862 he responded to the call for the organization of the Third Colorado Infantry and became a Second Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant in that command. He remained in the service until the end of the war, participating in the campaign against Price in Missouri and then in the active work along the western frontier. After peace was declared he spent a brief period in the General Land Office in Washington and in 1866 returned to Colorado as Register of the newly created land office at Central City. In 1871 he was transferred to Pueblo, where another land office had been set up. He held this position until 1874, when he and George Q. Richmond formed a law partnership, which continued until 1881, when he was appointed postmaster of Pueblo. Colonel Stanton was president of the Pueblo Gas Company and of the Board of Trade. He was instrumental in bringing the Missouri Pacific railroad to Pueblo and in helping to have a Union station built there. To his efforts also was largely due the erection of Pueblo’s elegant Post Office building. In 1883 Governor Pitkin appointed him to represent Colorado at the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown. He was a staunch Republican, and his counsel was constantly sought by the party leaders for advice. Contents By Way of Introduction YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD . Growing Up in Pennsylvania Pioneering in Kansas and Iowa Four Years in Iowa Pikes Peak or Bust TRAVELING THE OLD TRAILs' Pawnee City, First Capital of Kansas Colorado in 1860 A Kindness Repaid Roadside Reminiscences Chance Acquaintances IN THE CIVIL WAR On the Way to the Front Campaigning in Missouri Fighting Price and the Bushwhackers Guarding the Frontier IN COLORADO AGAIN To Pueblo via Washington and Central City Teller and Chaffee and their Statehood Fight The Early Bench and Bar PUBLIC UTILITIES The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad How the Missouri Pacific Came More About the Missouri Pacific Address at Banquet to President Bush Pueblo’s Union Depot and Post Office Co1orado’s Soldier Monument POLITICAL PAPERS The Campaign of 1918 The Republican Party The Silver Republican Party Carlson-Gunter Contest FREEMASONRY To Young Masons Conclave in Pueblo The Mason’s Christmas PATRIOTISM Colorado in Three Wars George Washington After the World War Tribute to Pennsylvania Personal TributesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sixty Years in Colorado; Reminiscences and Reflections of a Pioneer of 1860. To get started finding Sixty Years in Colorado; Reminiscences and Reflections of a Pioneer of 1860, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A native of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 6th of January, 1835, Mr. Stanton early turned his face toward the West. After a brief experience in running one of the old gravity trains of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, he came to Kansas and was present at the first meeting of the Kansas Territorial Legislature at Pawnee City in the fall of 1855. Those were turbulent times in Kansas, and he did not like the atmosphere. He next tried Iowa, but when the gold excitement in the Pike’s Peak country broke out he embraced the first opportunity to change base again. He arrived at the mouth of Cherry Creek in the spring of 1860, and immediately joined the throng of gold seekers in the mountains. He experienced many hardships, but he enjoyed the life and he always looked back to it with pleasure. After a year or so in the mining camps he returned to Denver, where he became deputy postmaster. In 1862 he responded to the call for the organization of the Third Colorado Infantry and became a Second Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant in that command. He remained in the service until the end of the war, participating in the campaign against Price in Missouri and then in the active work along the western frontier. After peace was declared he spent a brief period in the General Land Office in Washington and in 1866 returned to Colorado as Register of the newly created land office at Central City. In 1871 he was transferred to Pueblo, where another land office had been set up. He held this position until 1874, when he and George Q. Richmond formed a law partnership, which continued until 1881, when he was appointed postmaster of Pueblo. Colonel Stanton was president of the Pueblo Gas Company and of the Board of Trade. He was instrumental in bringing the Missouri Pacific railroad to Pueblo and in helping to have a Union station built there. To his efforts also was largely due the erection of Pueblo’s elegant Post Office building. In 1883 Governor Pitkin appointed him to represent Colorado at the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown. He was a staunch Republican, and his counsel was constantly sought by the party leaders for advice. Contents By Way of Introduction YOUTH AND EARLY MANHOOD . Growing Up in Pennsylvania Pioneering in Kansas and Iowa Four Years in Iowa Pikes Peak or Bust TRAVELING THE OLD TRAILs' Pawnee City, First Capital of Kansas Colorado in 1860 A Kindness Repaid Roadside Reminiscences Chance Acquaintances IN THE CIVIL WAR On the Way to the Front Campaigning in Missouri Fighting Price and the Bushwhackers Guarding the Frontier IN COLORADO AGAIN To Pueblo via Washington and Central City Teller and Chaffee and their Statehood Fight The Early Bench and Bar PUBLIC UTILITIES The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad How the Missouri Pacific Came More About the Missouri Pacific Address at Banquet to President Bush Pueblo’s Union Depot and Post Office Co1orado’s Soldier Monument POLITICAL PAPERS The Campaign of 1918 The Republican Party The Silver Republican Party Carlson-Gunter Contest FREEMASONRY To Young Masons Conclave in Pueblo The Mason’s Christmas PATRIOTISM Colorado in Three Wars George Washington After the World War Tribute to Pennsylvania Personal TributesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sixty Years in Colorado; Reminiscences and Reflections of a Pioneer of 1860. To get started finding Sixty Years in Colorado; Reminiscences and Reflections of a Pioneer of 1860, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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