Costilla County Listings - 1883 Colorado Business Directory http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/costilla/directories/1883cbd.txt Transcribed and contributed by Marta Norton 30 May 2001 1883 Colorado Business Directory Costilla County, CO County Seat - San Luis County Judge - A. Hamilton County Clerk - Nat. Nathan County Treasurer - L. Lucero County Sheriff - A.E. Medina County Assessor - A. K. Hampton County Surveyor - left blank County Coroner - left blank County Sup't Public Instruction - F. G. Hagan No. Military Polls. - 505 No of Acres of Land - 23,482,900 Value of Land with Improvements - 315,219.00 Miles of Railroad - 4,868 Value of Railroad - 388,941.43 Merchandice Value - 22,045.00 Capital in Manufacturing Value - left blank Number of Cattle - 4,560 Value of Cattle - 74,988.00 Number of Sheep - 36,209 Value of Sheep - 45,877.00 Total Valuation - 958,981.43 FORT GARLAND - Old Military Post in Conejos County, on D. & R. G. Railroad, 106 miles southwest of Pueblo. Meder, John - Hotel Meyer, Ferd. - Gen'l Store, Wool and Cattle Reiter, W.L. - Postmaster OREAN - Formerly called Mosco. Post office in Costilla County, 30 miles northeast of Alamosa. Tri-weekly mail. Hidell, J - Saloon Holly, C.F., Jr. - Postmaster Holly, Morris & Co. - Mines, Lumber and Gen'l Mdse Howes, Adee & Durkee - General Mdse Iron Mining Company Johnson, N.O. - Hotel and Livery Orean Mining and Milling Company Mosco Toll Road Co. Sedgwick Mining Co. RUSSELL - Station on Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, in Costilla County, 212 miles southwest of Denver. Daily mails. Hampton, A.K. - Assessor Marra, John O. - Boot and Shoemaker Sefton, H.T. - Gen'l Mdse and Postmaster SAN LUIS - County seat of Costilla County, 20 miles southeast of Alamosa, 16 3/4 miles from Fort Garland. Cohn, Louis - Gen'l Mdse Gallegos & Elenterio - Saloon Gallegos & Lacome - Saloon Salazar & Gallegos - Gen'l Mdse St. Clair, Alex - Blacksmith =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.