Denver County, History of Colorado, BIOS: QUIGLEY, Edward D. (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II

p. 128, 130
photo p. 129


EDWARD D. QUIGLEY.

	Edward D. Quigley is a prominent mining man and early pioneer of 
Colorado, widely known in the state, so that his history cannot fail to 
prove of interest to the general public. He was born in County 
Tipperary, Ireland, May 15, 1843, a son of Michael and Julia (Donohue) 
Quigley, who in 1849 came to the United States, crossing the ocean on 
the sailing ship Bodecia, which was nearly three months on the voyage, 
and settling at Jamestown, New York, where the family resided until 
1856. They then removed westward to Wabasha county, Minnesota, where 
the father engaged in farming.

	Edward D. Quigley was the second child born to his parents. In 
early life he attended school in New York for a few months and 
afterward became a pupil in a country school of Minnesota. He was a 
youth of eighteen years when the Civil war broke out, and in 1861 he 
responded to the call of his adopted country for aid, enlisting in the 
Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry under the command of Colonel Henry 
C. Lester. He remained at the front for three years and two months and 
participated in many prominent battles of the Civil war, including the 
engagements at Fort Donelson, Willow Springs and Murfreesboro. In the 
last named he was taken prisoner, and following his parole he returned 
to Minnesota, where he took a prominent part in the Indian campaign, 
the red skins having massacred many of the early settlers, destroyed 
much property, and had stolen and driven away the stock. They had also 
captured tar over a hundred women and children, and the latter were 
taken along by the ruthless band and held captives while the Indians 
fought the soldiers at Woods Lake and Camp Release. At length the 
Indians gave up the fight, after many had been killed and wounded. 
About five hundred Indians were taken prisoner and one hundred and 
fifty women and children were then released. This put an end to the 
Indian outrages in that period and locality.

	In 1865 Mr. Quigley removed to Colorado and homesteaded on the 
land where the city of Greeley now stands. After he had perfected his 
title to the claim he sold the land for thirty-eight hundred dollars to 
Colonel Greeley, who laid out the present city. Mr. Quigley then went 
to Golden. Colorado, where he became deputy sheriff, and made many 
sensational arrests while discharging the duties of that position. He 
was very prompt and fearless and succeeded in apprehending many 
criminals of that district. In 1867 he went to Central City, where he 
conducted a wholesale flour and teed business, and there he remained 
until 1870, when he came to Denver and engaged in the real estate and 
land business. He devoted a decade to that undertaking, and in 1880 he 
erected the Granger flour mill, which he operated until 1882. He was 
deputy sheriff of Denver at the time Judge Elliott was on the bench. He 
afterward returned to Central City, Colorado, where he had some 
valuable mining property, and later he went to Idaho Springs, where he 
developed the famous Brighton mine, also the Bellman mine, and last but 
not least, he became president of the Hoosic Tunnel & Mining Company, 
in which he still owns the greater amount of the stock. He is still 
conducting extensive operations under that name, and he is likewise 
engaged in the real estate and loan business. He owns a number of 
valuable mining properties in Colorado, and his investments have been 
most judiciously and wisely placed.

	He resides at No. 1275 Lincoln street, in Denver, and the years 
have brought to him a measure of success that enables him to enjoy all 
of life's comforts and many of its luxuries. There is scarcely anyone 
living in the city today who is more familiar with the history of 
pioneer progress and development in Colorado than Mr. Quigley. In fact, 
his is a notable career, in which have occurred many thrilling 
incidents. The story of the Civil war is a familiar one to him, from 
his active experience on southern battlefields. Enlisting when but 
eighteen years of age, he loyally did his duty until captured and 
paroled. He then aided in the protection of the settlers against Indian 
outrage and depredation, after which he heard and heeded the call of 
the west, hesitating not before the privations and hardships of pioneer 
life in Colorado. He now is a member of Lincoln Post, Grand Army of the 
Republic. He is thoroughly familiar with everything that has gone to 
make up the mining history of the state, and he has been connected with 
many projects and enterprises which have been of the utmost value in 
the development and upbuilding of the commonwealth.