1911 Colorado Business Directory, Allison, La Plata County http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/laplata/directories/1911-allison.txt Transcribed by Joy Fisher November 12, 2004 1911 Business Directory listing for Allison, La Plata 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 ================================================= ALLISON. Rapidly growing new town on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad in La Plata county, 41 miles east of Durango; in the center of promising new fruit belt irrigated by the waters of Pine river; principal industries fruit and vegetable farming, with grain and live stock as secondary enterprises. Population 96. Allison Horse Co, J J Schenk mgr. Allison Union Church, Rev Mills. Balli & Esposti, truck gardeners. Barasa Romeo, dairy. Barnette E E, trapper and fur. Barnette Henry, contractor. Briggs M D, hides and pelts. Briggs James, blacksmith. Brown G L, blacksmith. Brown Nina, principal school. Buck E L, real estate & insurance. DOWELL FRANK C, genl mdse, hardware, wh grain & produce, real estate, insurance and postmaster. Dowell L E, farm produce. Engler F M, mgr Allison Apiaries. Gove Solon C, carpenter. Horner & Mayn, threshing machines and gang plows. Larson Louis, carpenter, lumber. Larson Robert, painter. Lonne Bernard, stone quarries. Mason & Hetherington, threshing machines and gang plows. Mentzel & McLean, land and live stock. Newcomb R B, blacksmith. Pine River Canal Co, E A Chubb supt. Quirk F E, agt Davis County Nurseries. Savino Chavez, genl mdse. Schenk J J, imported Percheron stallions. Shaut D B, physician and notary. Slabaugh E R, transfer. Thomas B F, implemetns. Woodard C H, carpenter. ================================================================= 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.