1911 Colorado Business Directory, La Veta, Huerfano County http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/directories/1911-laveta.txt Transcribed by Joy Fisher November 12, 2004 1911 Business Directory listing for La Veta, Huerfano Co. This file was extracted from: 37th Annual Volume The Colorado State Business Directory WITH A Complete Classified Directory of the Entire State, Including Mines, Reduction Works, Etc. 1911 DENVER, COLORADO THE GAZETTEER PUBLISHING CO. ESTABLISHED 1871 JAMES JR. IVES, MANAGER 1911 ================================================= LA VETA. Important town in Huerfano county, on the D. & R. G. R. R., 191 miles southwest of Denver. Walsenburg 15 miles, Russell 21, St. Mary's 20. Altitude 7,200 feet. Population 700. ABBOTT W S, pres The Cuchara Land & Water Co. ADVERTISER THE (w), C B Turner prop. Anson A H, barber. Baptist Church, Rev Joel F Wood pastor. Beamer 0 B, livery. Bergamo C, saloon. Boyd C F, blacksmith. Brennan Trix, meat market. Campbell C B, stationery. Capps S J, mayor. Capps & Son S J, cattle. Carson F 0, cash LaVeta State Bank. COLEMAN E R, contractor and builder, stone cutter. Collier F E, saw & prop timbers Colorado Tel Co, C F Dryden ex mgr. Commercial Club, J K Kincaid pres. Cory A, shoemaker. CUCHARA LAND & WATER CO, W S Abbott pres, J W Hiatt vice-pres, W A Dregman treas, M V Peaslee sec. Drydon Mrs F L, dressmaker. Edmonston & Cutter, genl mdse. ELK LIVERY, Jasper Kerby Prop. Elrod J M, carpenter; undertaker ESTES P L, prop La Veta Drug Co. Fey Wm, carpenter. Fletcher C R, R R and Exp agt. F0OTE ARTHUR A, civil and mining engineer; prop LaVeta Enterprise. FOSTER BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY, Mrs M S Foster prop GARREN J M, genl mdse, groceries, clothing, hats and shoes Ghiardi & Co Paul, saloon. Hamilton Frank R, meat market. Hammett R L, carpenter. HIATT J W, vice-pres Cuchara Land & Water Co. Jewell J E, jeweler. KERBY JASPER, prop Elk Livery. Kincaid J K, genl mdse. Lamme S J, physician. LaVeta Civic Assn, H H Stockwell pres. LaVeta Coal Co, S J Capps pres. LA VETA DRUG CO, P L Estes prop. LA VETA ENTERPRISE (w), Arthur A Foote prop. LaVeta Ice Co, Peter Verliff mgr. LaVeta Investment Co. LaVeta Light, Heat & Power Co, C C Webster mgr. LaVeta Lumber & Supply Co, W 0 Van Etten mgr. LaVeta Roller Mill & Elevator, Peter Verliff mgr. LA VETA STATE BANK, H M Stockwell pres, I M Snider vice-pres, F O Carson cash. LaVeta Steam Laundry, Allsup & Black props. LaVeta Sulphur Springs, S H Springer prop. Laybourne Fannie, osteopath. Lost Tunnel Gold M Co, J W Phillips mgr. Mack & Powell, saw mill. Martin C L, meat market. Martin Hotel. Jno Martin prop. Matney T B, prin High school. MAULDIN A C, groceries and provisions. Mauldin Mrs A C, millinery. Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev A B Pendleton pastor. Neeley D H, cement block mfr. New LaVeta Hotel, E Smith prop Ojo Canon Coal Mine, Stranger & Foote owners. Opera House, J K Kincaid prop. Peaslee Mrs M, public stenograph PEASLEE M V, sec Cuchara Land & Water Co. Pickens J J. marshal; street commissioner. Pinon Supply Co, genl mdse, 6 miles west. Powell Jas L, photographer. Presbyterian Church. Rev C B Campbell pastor. Rilling C J, coal mine. Ritchey, Gibbons Hardware Co, plumbers. Roberts L B, physician. Sager F C, creamery. Seventh Day Adventist Church. Simpson Green R, blacksmith. Slone J B, mines and mining. Smith Edwin L, genl mdse. Solomon Jno, dry goods. Spanish Peaks Hotel, Mrs E Smith prop. Spring Coal Mine, C J Rilling mgr SPRINGER HOTEL, Mrs M M Springer prop. Stockwell H M, pres LaVeta State Bank. Strange E A, notary. Stranger J P, town clerk. TIFFANY A G, hardware, furniture, sporting goods & camp supplies. TURNER C E, prop The Advertiser. Tweedy Miss Jennie E, millinery. Vasquez H W, blacksmith. VORHEES I R, new and second hand furniture, licensed embalmer and funeral director; notary public; fire insurance. Whitney Chas A, forest supervisor. Wilkinson G A, dentist. Woodruff W H, postmaster. Wright Myron, cleaning & pressing.r ================================================================= All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archives Project (http://www.usgwarchives.net/). USGenWeb Archives Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as the source and contributor name remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual without the express written permission from the author/contributor.