1911 Colorado Business Directory, Wiley, Prowers County http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/prowers/directories/1911-wiley.txt Transcribed by Joy Fisher December 26, 2004 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 ================================================= WILEY. A growing and prosperous town in Prowers county, 10 miles N. W. of Lamar, on the Arkansas Valley and A. T. & S. F. Ry's. Agriculture the principal industry. Adjacent to an excellent fishing resort. Has up-to-date brick and concrete buildings, cement sidewalks. A new waterworks system built at a cost of $15,000. Excellent schools and the finest church building in the county. Wiley has a bank, newspaper, and up-to-date business houses of all kinds. Population 300. Altitude 3,600 feet. Beck R H, R R & Exp agt. Big Bend Rural Tel Co, C E McComb mgr. Big Bend Town & Improvement Co, D C Lamson pres. Blosser W H, postmaster. Blosser & Mitchell, plumbers. CARLEY A G, asst cash State Bank of Wiley. CITY MEAT MARKET, J B Fryberger prop. Coleman Mrs O F. notions. Davis A C, physician. Denver Alfalfa Milling & Products Co, B B Overfield mgr. DICKINSON HARDWARE CO, G I Cutler sec. A G Roberts mgr, hardware, paints and wire fence. DICKINSON LUMBER CO W M, W M Dickinson pres, Chas Maxwell vice-pres, G I Cutler sec, W F McCue treas. FORT LYON LAND & INVESTMENT CO, Lamson & Spencer mgrs, real estate & insurance. Fryberger J B, prop City Meat Market. Gearhart J H, marshal. Hadley Merc Co (inc), F H Tanner mgr, genl mdse. Hall Mrs R M, boarding house. Hiltabidel W E, carpenter. Hudson Guy, real estate. Jacobs T B, livery. Kirk Chas T, blacksmith. LAMSON H G, pres State Bank of Wiley. LAMSON & SPENCER, mgrs Fort Lyon Land & Investment Co. LEWIS NEWMAN H, pub The Wiley Journal. Lindstrom H H, blacksmith. McLerran & Taylor, pool hall. Methodist Episcopal Church, Rev Fairchild pastor. PARKER H S, prop Wiley Cash Store, dry goods and groceries. Pierson Edw, cement block mfr. Ray C B, auctioneer. Roberts A G, mgr Dickinson Hardware Co. Roe J F, justice peace. Sheller W O. physician. Southard F S, carpenter. SPENCER CHARLES, cash State Bank of Wiley. STATE BANK OF WILEY, H G Lamson pres, Charles Spencer cash, A G Carley asst cash. Wiley Elevator Co. Floyd Barker mgr. WILEY HARDWARE CO, J M Hudson prop. Guy Hudson mgr, hardware, furniture and farm implements. WILEY JOURNAL (w). Newman H Lewis pub. Wiley & Lamar Stage & Mail Line, Hardin Bowles prop. YEOMAN'S PHARMACY, O B Yeoman prop, drugs, stationery and toilet articles. ================================================================= 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.